Christmas 2009

We had a most wonderful Christmas this year! Tate and Hailey were at a perfect age. They were both so excited for Christmas, and for Santa to visit our house.Little Carson enjoyed his very first Christmas.

Tate was way excited to see what was in his stocking!

Hailey asked for Barbie and the Three Musketeers, she was soooo happy.

Carson was most thrilled to chew on this bow !

Check out Tate with his Star Trooper gear on !

Hailey got more Ponies then she could ever wish for!

Carson loved opening his gifts and tearing off the paper.

Tate was in heaven with all his Star Wars Legos, and his new U jersey.

Here is Hailey with her Grandma, so sweet!

Here is my lovely Grandma Pantuso she is such a wonderful person. Couldn't live without her!

What a bunch of cuties! Chad and I are so lucky to have these three monkeys around. I look forward to many more Christmas's for years to come.

Christmas Eve 2009

We always go to a family party on Christmas Eve. We have dinner and fun with gift exchange, and even a visit from none other then Santa himself!

Tate telling Santa that his wish for Christmas is Legos !!!

Hailey heard some of the other little cousins say they wanted make-up for Christmas, so when it was her turn she said the same thing. She's not ready for make-up yet, but I'm sure the day will be here before I know it.

Look at those cheeks!!!

Tate and Hailey made sure to leave out cookies for Santa before they went to bed.

I'm the Gingerbbread Man !

One of Chad's favorite things about the month of December is eating gingerbread cookies. He asked me for weeks when I was planning on making them. I decided to make it a family activity and we all made them together!

Chad helping Hailey to cut out all the fun Christmas shapes.

Tate can do it all by himself!

Can't forget the cinnamon candies !

Hailey making sure to put them in just the right spot.

I love how yummy gingerbread cookies make your house smell while they are baking.



The best part ......eating them of course!!!

Lights at Temple Square

We had so much fun celebrating the Christmas season by visiting Temple Square to see all the beautiful lights! We went with some friends of ours, the Patten family. The kids were soooo excited to get together, especially when there was snow involved.

Tate, Drew, Eliza and Hailey. They had a great time stomping through the snow and sticking their mittens in the freezing water.

What a great big bro. Tate is to his little sister.

Chad was so great to push little Carson in the stroller while I kept track of the other two. Carson was as snug as a bug!


These two are great buds. They loved seeing each other.




I think they all licked the snow at some point that night.

We had a great time!!! Yeah, a family picture with all five of us!

Perfect Imperfection

I love this time of year !!! Tate and Hailey were soooo excited to help decorate the tree this year. They were having so much fun I decided to let them put the ornaments where they wanted to. As you can tell in the picture, the tree is beautifully decorated on the bottom half of the tree (as far as their little arms could reach.) I thought it was so cute I left the tree that way for a week before filling in the top half. How lucky Chad and I are to have such wonderful kids.