Happy Celebrations!

This year we spent Christmas with Chris' family. We haven't had Christmas with them for several years. It was fun to see almost all of Chris' family. We wished David and Rahel could have be there.

Santa brought Christian a Little Tikes Basketball Hoop. He has totally loved having it. He hasn't stopped playing with it since Christmas. It has been fun to watch Chris and Christian shoot hoops together. It is so cute because Christian tries to shoot it where Chris shoots it.

Chris gave Christian a book this year. Christian is having fun looking at the book.


Christian turned two. We decided this year that we would celebrate it with his cousin Jayden because her birthday is the day after. We had dinner as a family: roast, twice bake potatoes, peas, jello salad, and rolls.

Here Christian is having party dance with Jayden and Ruban.

Christian versus the snow!

Chris finished his semester on last Friday. We decided to just spend Saturday doing things as a family. Chris and I started the day off by playing Doctor Mario. We had so much fun because it has been a really long time since we have played the Nintendo together. After Christian's nap, we decided to take Christian sledding for the first time.

Chris and Christian getting ready to take off!

and away they go!

Christian lost one of his gloves so I put one of mine on him, since I wasn't using it.

Watch out Christian, your drool is going to freeze!

Over all I think Christian will like the snow more after he has better gloves. So far, he hasn't had great experience with the snow. My mom bought him snow pants and boots as a early birthday gift. She took him out in his new gear and he fell face forward into the snow. Learning to walk in his snow boots presents a new challenge for him. I hope he will eventually like the snow.

I just love this age!

Christian has starting to really like to help out. He can help unload the dishwasher, load the washing the machine, and dryer.

Here he is washing my dishes. I feel so lucky that he loves to scrub those pots and pans. Christian might not feel so lucky in the coming years when he gets to wash dishes. We better savor these moments, because they won't much longer.

Christian likes to help sweep and mop the floor. It sure would be easier right now if he would let me do these chores. I think it is good to teach children to work while they are young.

Christian is getting really good at catching the ball. I sometimes think that he can catch the ball better than I can. We can't believe how athletic he is at a young age.

Christian's favorite game is Ring a Round the Rosie. Here Christian is doing his own version of Ring Around the Rosie. I love it how Christian loves monkeys just like me.

Our Sink Monster

Who ever thought a kid would want to spend hours playing in the sink? Well this has become one of Christian's favorite pastimes. America has baseball and Christian has the sink. Such is life as the only child of two poor love birds wanting another one. Christian has the faucet and measuring cups for a playmates!!! One wet floor and soggy diaper later, Christian could not have been happier.

Happy Halloween!

It took us while to figure out what we wanted Christian to be for Halloween. Once we decided there was no going back. Christian was so happy to get a new football as part of his costume. I think this was his favorite part. Although, he did enjoy every single minute of Halloween. What a cute site to see Christian carrying his football in one hand and his treat bucket in the other hand!

Chris' work had a little Trick or Treat event. All the kids went to each little pod to get treats. Some of the pods had crape paper and skeletons hanging down, and another one had a fake bat flying around. Christian didn't care for the crape paper but loved seeing the bat fly around. In this picture Christian looks really scare and that is because he is. He was absolutely terrified of this one Halloween bowl. We enjoyed spending time with Chris.

Christian with his game face

Having fun seating on his football!

Analiese, Camille, Ashley, Juliet, and Christian. Christian loved seeing some of his cousins.

Juliet, Camille, and Christian

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Feast!!!

Our families once again met together for a Canadian Thanksgiving celebration. This year Mark and Cheree were so kind to let us meet at the dental office and have our family feast! We express our sincere gratitude towards their awesome kindness! Thanks to everyone who contributed with their time, effort and cooking so that we could enjoy this event. We hope everyone had a good time, and missed those who could not make it. We love you all.

Max and Troy appear excited about Thanksgiving Canadian style, while Nate ponders the margin of victory for BYU over SDSU.

The youngest and the eldest of my simblings hug!!!

Kari, Mackenzy, and Mommy Shirley

Two of Earth's cutest children.

Already a gamer!!!

Nintendo, an activities for all ages. Awesome.

An intense foosball match. Tyler and Dylan looked strong early, but they eventually gave way to the older duo of Chris and Steven.

Cheree, Tiffany, Heather, Mommy Julie, Grandmother Edythe.
This group produced much of the effort that made our celebration possible

More evidence turkey induces sleep!

A traditional Grandpa snooze.

The leftovers from the Feast!!!

Park Moves and Trying on Shoes!!!

I have decide that until the weather is too cold to take Christian to the park, we are going to go. We have gone 4 times this week. Christian just loves the park and it is so fun to see his excitement as he runs to go down the slide again. I love taking him because the park entertains him for sometime.

Christian is getting so big. He can climb this mountain all by himself. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when he first climbed it but I was. He is so funny. If there is any wood chips on the mountain, he has to brush them off and says "ewew".

Before Christian goes down the slide he says "ready, set, go". It is so fun to hear him talk more.

Christian is in that stage where he loves to try on other peoples shoes. Before tonight, he would only put on one shoe and walk around. We showed him how to put on both shoes. He had so much fun just walking around in them.

It is so fun to see how Christian is understanding a lot more of what we tell him. At dinner time, I told him to go get his chair chair. While he was bringing it over it got stuck. He was so frustrated and started to cry. I told him to say help Dad. A hour later, he said help when he need help putting on the shoes.

Cool Hats

Tonight, we got together with my side of the family, to celebrate the safe return of my parents, who came home from Peru. Here are some cute picture of our get together:

Here is Justin and Juliet in their Peruvian Tuques

Little Mommy Maddie and Fire Marshal Christian

A Little Bit of Everything

Christian totally loves the computer. I think he loves his dad so much he likes to copy him. We call Christian our "little Tech".

Christian loves to play with his dad after work.

Our Little Tornado!

Ready, Set , and Go!

Reading a Story

A Climbing He Will Go!

Lately Christian has been climbing up on everything that he can climb on. I feel like I have to constantly be watching because I'm afraid he will fall from a far distance. I think I now know why I am tired and want to take a nap every day.


Last week, I was in the kitchen cleaning up and Christian went into his room. When he didn't come right out to find me, I knew that I need to see what he was doing. I found Christian siting on his Changing table.


Christian has been doing this trick for some time but it is usually when he is hungry. I guess he can also use it to get himself a drink.


Christian just loves to climb on the bar stools to get into trouble. He also will climb up on them to sit on my lap. We finally had to put the bar stools against the wall.
This is one I really don't like when he climbs on the toilet to get to the sink because of course he turns on the hot water.

Corn on the Cob

Christian totally loves Corn on the Cob. He enjoys it so much he doesn't even want to wait until it is cooked. There has been times that he has taken a bite of it before we can cook it. He has also had some temper tantrums because he can't wait for it to be cooked.

One Little Monkey Jumping In His Bed

Christian has started to give me a harder time about going to bed, especial for nap time. On Monday, he jumped, played and cried for two hours. Today he wouldn't go down for a nap until 2:45. I really hope that he is not giving up naps. I for one still need nap time for a couple of reasons:

1. I need to have down time from my wild man.
2. So I can get some things done.

Here are some of Christian's newest pre-bedtime antics for your viewing enjoyment!







This is what Christian thinks about going to bed.

Last Reunion For This Year!

This weekend we had a Reunion with my Grandma and all of her children. We haven't had a reunion for five years. We stayed at his place called Camelot Resort Pinnacle Lodge. This place had a big cabin that had nine bedrooms and had 3 small cabins. It was great fun getting every one together and catching up, playing games, watching the kids play with Lizards, hearing stories and jokes, and watching a talent show.

The Cabin that we stayed in.

Strawberry Pinnacles

There was a rock wall that surrounded the resort

Some pictographs that Chris found

Just one of the many lizards that the children caught.

What happen a year from this day?

Last year, Christian legally became a part of our family. We feel so bless to have him part of our family. He makes our life meaningful. Here are some pictures from the pasted year:

We legally became a family

Christian at 9 months old

10 months old

Christian's first Christmas

Our first professional family picture.

14 months old

15 months old

16 months old

17 months old

18 months old
Christian eating cereal by himself for the first time.