Luke's Birthday

Hey all!

We had another great pirate birthday party at our house on Wednesday. We had about 11 kids altogether, so it was quite a wild and crazy time. I think they all had fun though. We read a pirate story, played pin the pirate flag on the treasure map, tried to scoop pretzles out of a bowl with pirate 'hooks' (made out of paper cups and candy canes), walked the plank, and had pirate cake (Luke doesn't like ice-cream, so we skipped that part). I think Luke's favorite gift was a haunted house for cars that I found him-he LOVES skeletons and stuff like that. The weather was perfect for having a party in the backyard.

Happy Birthday Jesse!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSE!!

For Jesse's B-Day (29th, last year in his twenties, can you believe it) we went down to Zion's. We had so much fun! The weather was great for hiking. We conquered Angels Landing, which is one of my favorite hikes and of course I made sure I took lots of pictures. Jesse, your birthday was great, can't wait to see what next year brings. (: Hope you had a great B-Day!!!!

Hey everybody, as you all know I am taking a photography class this semester. I thought that I would just post some of the pictures I have taken. I have really enjoyed the class and want to keep taking lots of pictures and hopefully will get better as I keep practicing. Hope you are all doing well. Love you lots!!!

Happy Valentine's Day

I just wanted to let you all know how much I love and appreciate EACH of you. I am so happy to have you all in my life! Luv ya lots!!!!!

Christianne

(just in case the letters are small on the card, it says,

"All I really need is LOVE, but a little chocolate doesn't hurt." I found the card at scrapgirls.com.

These are the boy's yearly Christmas photos. Thanks Christianne for your help on the page.

I just had to share a few things about Sophie. The other day I felt her gums and it seemed like they were a bit swollen on the bottom like she might be startging to get teeth in. 'Great' I thought...here we go with the grumpy teething phase. The next morning I felt her gums again, and her teeth were already in...TWO of them! She didn't fuss, she didn't wake up all night, etc, etc, etc! She is an angel!!!!!!! The other thing I wanted to share is about her eyes. They are such a unique color. The other kids we have figured out who's eyes they have (Cassie & Luke have Grandma Sally's eyes, Eliza has Jake's). But Sophie's are different. They aren't quite green or hazel..they are kind of a grayis-hazelish-greenish-darkish. I can't even describe the color right. Well, when we went down to visit Grandma and Grandpa Harrison, Grandpa told us that his mother's eyes were exactly that same color. So, now we know where Sophie gets her eyes from! Her Great-Great-Grandma Olive. So there you have it...my musings of the evening...Hope all is well with everyone...all I have left to say is GET POSTING!!! :-)

Recption Photos

Here are a few photos from Dave & Steph's reception. I didn't get many of the decorations etc...so, if any of you have more photos, please share! Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas!

Cutting the cake...

Dave & Steph and the kids...(I had to sneak in the photo and hold Liza because she was being shy)

Pretty girls...