Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas. It was a little strange for the weather to be so warm. We went to the Meager home for the Nativity reenactment. It was so nice. Dallin was Baby Jesus, Joshua was a Shepard, and I was an angel. It was lovely.

Joshua wasn't a fan of getting his picture taken. He loves the cars at the Meager house, so it is hard to tear him away.


Dallin got new toys to drool on as well as a race car. He did well for Christmas. He is sitting up better on his own and has started to scoot around the floor. He has gone clear across the living room floor, he is pretty proud of himself. He goes backwards, but I think crawling will come soon. He is rocking on all fours. Joshua got a new tool set and books for Christmas. He also got a race car and Denver Bronco shirt. Uncle Benjamin spoiled our boys this year. :) We went to brunch in the morning and then spent the rest of the day relaxing. We are so blessed! We had a lovely Christmas, and now we will have a second Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Rasmussen. Yeah!

Date!

We actually were able to go on a date to Michael's Christmas party for work. A friend of ours watched the boys. She did a great job with them. They also watched them on Thursday two days before our date and we were able to go to the Temple together. We have only been able to pull that off once before. The Meager family has been such a blessing in our life. We love the Meager family!

During the White Elephant exchange Michael got this great cookie jar! Joshua thinks it is cool anyway! Dallin and Joshua have been doing great. Joshua has been awake teething at night. Last night we gave him Orajel to help with the pain. It worked, or maybe he was so exhausted that he actually slept. He had been up for three nights just crying. He actually slept in until about 8 this morning. It was so nice. Dallin has been sleeping great.

We are taking off on Monday to go to the airport to see family. We are so excited! We can't wait to see everyone. Thanks Mom and Dad for helping us get tickets! Thanks to our wonderful friend Maren who volunteered to take us to the airport. We are so blessed with great friends! Also Quinn got married. We are happy for him and welcome Nallely to the family. We hope we get to see them sometime soon.

It is December and Winter is Here

We have been covering up in our blankets and getting cozy it is so nice.

Dallin has started to open his Christmas presents. I figure maybe by Christmas he will have it all the way unwrapped. :)

It has snowed twice this month. Our heater has kicked on several times. It almost feels like Idaho weather and then the next day is like 70 degrees.

The weather almost kept us from having our Enrichment activity last night. I am so glad it is over. I think it went alright. I am so thankful for everyone who helped me. We have such a great Ward and they are so willing to help. Someday I will get the hang of the calling and have no anxiety, but by then I am sure I will be released so I can expand my horizons in another calling. :)

Happy Birthday Joshua

We started out at the Doctor's office for his 2 year exam. He did so great! He didn't cry or fuss at the Doctor. He is 27 lbs and 35 in tall. He is predicted to be 5'11'' when he is all grown up. He even got his blood drawn and he didn't cry. He is such a big boy!

We were going to go to the zoo, but it was cold and none of the animals were out. We decided to take our money that we were going to spend at the zoo and get him another present. We found a great deal on a kitchen. He loves it! He makes oatmeal and hot cocoa. Now this will help keep him entertained while I cook dinner.

We gave him chicken nuggets for dinner with ranch. He loves ranch. Then we had cake. I was going to practice making cute creative cake, but I didn't do it. It still tasted fine. He has his spoon covered in frosting but still decided to eat the left over ranch with it. YUM!

Overall it was a great day! We had a wonderful time. We had friends drop off a great little table and a book for him. His Grandparents gave him some fun toys and a bed in a bag. He was very blessed yesterday. I can't believe my baby is 2. We are very proud of Joshua and love him so much.

Thanksgiving Time

We spent Thanksgiving with the wonderful Luker family. We had a fabulous meal and played Mario Kart. Breanna is the Nintendo 64 Mario Kart Queen.


Here are the boys all playing or watching the Mario Kart. We all had a great Thanksgiving. We are grateful for good friends!

Dallin got to test out Peyton's Jumparoo. He loved it!

We wanted to take pictures since it was beautiful day, but Joshua wasn't into it.

Joshua had a great time throwing leaves with his buddies Ashton and Gilbert on Wednesday.

Proof

I know I already said Dallin is rolling over but this is proof. :) I finally captured it on camera.

I know Dallin looks upset in this photo because he is not feeling well, but I still made him preform tricks for the camera. Dallin is 27 in long and weighs just over 15 lbs. He slept really great today.

What a Week!

We could all use a little more sleep this week. Joshua ended up with a cold and could not sleep at all on Sunday night. He was up every 30-45 minutes from 1 am on. Michael actually stayed home from work because we all couldn't sleep through his crying. Michael ended up with a three hour nap on Monday Joshua took a four hour nap, and I got to go back to bed at 7:30 and sleep until 9am. He is doing much better now. I think he just knows how to express himself now and knows how to get out of his room so he comes in to see us often. He is doing great now, wants to play. He is being very rebellious and testing his boundaries, and my patience is wearing thin because of no sleep.



Joshua passed his cold on down to Dallin who has been waking up a night frequently now. My poor baby. He seems to be doing better. He has an ear infection that we are going to take care of today. (Doctor's appointment) I hope we all feel better after this weekend!

When Joshua was sick all he wanted to do was watch someone play video games. I guess it must be hardwired into boys to like video games. ;)

Rolling Over and Green Hat

Dallin has started to roll over in both directions (from the belly to the back only when is arm is down by his side). He is such a good baby! Joshua and his friend Afton play together often. They are so cute!

Joshua insisted on wearing this hat all day today. We got a lot of looks while going on a walk.

Halloween

Joshua and his friend Hayden at the Trunk or Treat.

Joshua had a hard time trying to keep on his hat, and wanting to smile for the camera. :)

We decided to go as Mario , Luigi, Peach, and Michael was the geek that plays the game. He has a controller in the picture.

We found a monkey to pose with. It is one of Joshua's buddies. We went to our Ward's Trunk or Treat. It was fun. We did not get one single trick or treater at our house.

Pumpkin Carving Contest

Here are the wonderful pumpkins everyone made and shared with us. If you have anymore you carved later I can add them on when you send them. Anyone can vote on the right which one you like best, but you cannot vote for your own if you entered in a pumpkin. Feel free to comment about how great of a job everyone did. I am very impressed with the talent of our family!

Dad's "Haunting jackolatern"

Michael West's family "Hungry Pumpkin"

The Rasmussen's "Creepy Crawler"

Joshua West's "Little Boy Pumpkin"

Jessica's "Pumpkin King" Benjamin West's Family "The Man"

The Largey Family "Cheater Pumpkins"

The Webster Pumpkins 1,2,3,4,5
Joseph's Pumpkin

Mark's Pumpkin

Noah's Pumpkin

Willow bat and Willow

Meghan's Pumpkin

Andrew/Levi Pumpkin