Our Merry Christmas...

(Sorry this is a long post!)We had a great Christmas this year and what made it great was that we were able to spend it with both sides of our families. My parents came up here and we had lots of fun together. We went to TeMpLe SquARe to see the beautiful lights and nativity.

(top: view of the temple from Joseph Smith building, bottom: Jason, Noah, my Mom and Dad in the visitors center)

The next day we went ice skating at Seven Peaks and had a great time. Noah even got in on the action with his own skates. It was so stinkin' cute!

On Christmas Eve we went to my sisters house to watch a great movie about The Savior and have a yummy dinner. Then Tatum and Noah opened their Christmas jammies. They looked so cute!

On Christmas Day, Jason's parents came to our place to watch Noah get his Santa gifts. We got a few pictures of the loot:

Here's Grandpa Dean helping Noah open his nerf guns. They were his favorite gift. He also really loves his cowboy guns.

My parents gave Noah this cute little art easle and supplies that he got to help Daddy put together with his new tools.

Jason got me Rock Band for the Wii and we have had so much fun with it!

We hope all of you had a great Christmas too. Next year we'll have a new baby boy to join in on the festivities!

Merry Christmas!

We hope that all of you have a very Merry Christmas with your families and loved ones.

4 Wonderful Years

Jason and I were married 4 years ago today, December 18, 2004. This was our engagement photo:

Our wonderful wedding day. We were so lucky to have gotten married on such a clear day in December. My Grandfather got to seal us for time and all eternity in the Logan, Utah temple.

Here we are 4 years later on the beach at Malibu, 1 and a 1/2 kids later and still going strong. I can't wait to spend forever with you Jason, you are the best husband and father that anyone could ask for. Happy Anniversary babe, I love you!

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The tree is up!

We got our Christmas tree on Saturday. It is so beautiful but cost and arm and a leg. I'm thinking about going fake next year. Anyway, here are some of the pics:

Noah is such a big "helper". I actually gave him a knife so that he could "help" Daddy.

Then he helped me decorate the tree. Here is a close up of his decorating skills.

Here is the finished tree (the darn camera doesn't do it justice). I just love it and sit on the couch just staring at my beautiful tree. It will be so sad when it dies but it just makes it feel so Christmasy in our little house.

On a side note, Jason took me to the Messiah sing along in American Fork on Friday night. It is my favorite thing to do this time of year so he got HUGE husband points for that. You just can't listen to the music and not feel the spirit or at least tap your foot to the beat. After we sang the Hallelujah chorus, (which Jason participated in!) I just wanted more. It was a great night!

Our California Thanksgiving

We got to go to my parents house for Thanksgiving and had a great time there. Noah and cousin Tatum had so much fun playing together. Here they are in Aunt Eryn's room "playing" video games.

(not the best picture but they were so cute I had to post it)

We took the kids to the L.A. zoo and got to see Santa's reindeer. They weren't very active, but they were so cute!

Noah fell asleep shortly after arriving so I took some pictures of some of the animals. He woke up just on time to see the gorillas.

We got to go to old town Pasadena to do a little shopping and as we were finishing up there were Christmas carolers singing for everyone and Santa Clause was there for the kids to see. The Christmas tree in the backround was amazing, you could barely see the tree because of all the ornaments. It really added to the Christmas spirit and was such a nice treat.

The voters win!

Most of you guessed correctly .... our new baby is a BOY! When the ultrasound tech told us the news I thought I was ready to hear it but Jason and I were convinced that this baby was going to be a girl. Mainly because my pregnancy has been so different from Noah. It took us a few days to get used to the idea of having 2 little boys but now I am pretty happy about it. The ultrasound is looking up at the baby as if he were sitting down. You can see his cute little bum cheeks. We are now 16 weeks along and today I put my hand on my belly and could feel the baby kick. That was pretty cool! I felt little flutters though since week 14. We are so excited but I don't know if I am ready for another rambunctious little boy. Ready or not.... here he comes! Now we just have to pick a name.