Christmas 2009

Letters and treats for Santa

Christmas PJ's

The "Leavitt" production of the Navitity. Izzy as Mary, Daddy as Joseph, Brad as the Donkey, Shannan, Mommy and Amber as the Wisemen, Grandpa and Grandma as shepherds, Lilli as the Angel, and Lindsey as the Narrator.

"SANTA BABY"

Oh sweet angel of mine:)

Canadian Snow FUN!

The girls were so excited to play in the snow!! Since we don't get much in Richmond, they relish any time that they can play...so this was a much awaited day...and a perfect day, not to cold.

"Look Mom we built a snowman bigger than Daddy!"

My Mom and Dad bought a tree and then "planted" it their pasture so the girls and Josh and I went and "cut it down." And then we decorated it....of course the lights were the funnest part!

Inside the Polar Express

We got a roomette for the longest part of our trip, Chicago to Shelby = 27hrs. If you ever go on a train ride I highly reccoment a room. It is so nice to have a place to lie down, you have your privacy, and you get free meals (well you do pay extra for a room but you don't pay any extra to eat at the dining car restaurant) which by the way has amazing food. Josh actually had the best steak he's ever had on the train. Talmage loved having a place to take a nap...I did too:)

Lilli and Izzy's little cubby/bunk. They slept up there together and thought it was so cool to sleep on a bunk bed.

The Chicago Train Station all decked out for Christmas.

ALL ABOARD....yes they actually do say that:)

Johnny Rockets

We at Johnny Rockets at the Washington D.C train station. Pretty good but not as good as the one in Richmond.

Lilli had hot chocolate and spilled it all over herself. Nice start out to our 2 1/2 day journey. Thank goodness we had extra clothes. We felt like bag ladies carrying 7 carry on bags in our stroller. It was hard to take less and be "prepared" with enough stuff for 3 kids and 2 1/2 days.

The girls loved this display of a miniature train. The train station was really beautiful!!

Train Ride

This is the girls starting our adventure on the train from Richmond to Washington D.C to Chicago to Shelby Montana. So excited!! Lilli kept that jewel on her head the whole time! When we go to the Ashland stop Izzy asked if we were almost there......ummmm not quite:)

We were all really excited to go on the train! It was really nice to be able to move around and "explore the train!" Or the Polar Express as we told the girls:)

Hooter Hider and Car Seat Cover

I made a hooter hider for my sister-in-law with the same fabric I am making the girlie car seat cover. JoAnnes carries this fabric. Anyways just let me know:)

I love my Hooter Hider, now I can't live without it! Now nursing in public is so much easier!! No more blankets falling off of my shoulder....now I can nurse in style:)

Here's the car seat cover, and I love, love this! It is so great for your newborn, keeps all of the germs out! My little guy is 9 months and it still works great for when he falls asleep in the van, just cover him up and it keeps the light out and him alseep. And it looks dang cute, dresses up my drab car seat:)

You can look at JoAnnes website and there is also another website I like, fabric.com. Just let me know:)

Halloween 2009

I know this is waaaaaaay late but what can I say I've been busy! Halloween for us was kind of a bust. Everyone was SICK....yes SiCK on Halloween can you imagine. We didn't go to our ward party, the girls were really sad about that, especially Lilli. She was really looking forward to walking across the stage. All day I could tell she was tired and had that sick look in her eyes, and insisted that she felt good. Anyways we rented Peter Pan and they were happy about that! My dad flew in that night and joined us for Halloween day. He got lots of cuddles from his grandkids and he LOVED it! We had a fun Halloween dinner and the girls even went trick or treating. They were pretty tired so we took the stroller, their very own princess coach:)

My Dad made a good Smee! It was so fun to have him here. Here's Smee and our little lost boy.

Peter Pan and Wendy!

Tinker Bell and a fellow fairy:)