Christmas Cheer

I have been trying to get this post to post for about a week now. For some reason it didn't want to upload the pictures. I think blogger thought the post was lame. It kind of is, especially since it was intended to be posted last week. :) Oh well, here it is anyway.

We finally got all the Christmas stuff up last week. Emily really loves all the lights and thankfully understands not to touch. Although I guess she learned that lesson a little too late since we've already ended up with 6 broken ornaments!

Our tree...a little crooked but hey, it works.


Our broken ornaments. Rudolph's head and the ballerina's hand are still missing. And one green ball was broken so badly we just had to throw it away.


Village with our own mailman



This is my most prized Christmas possesion. Maybe my most prized possesion period. I have always wanted a nice, larger sized nativity. We had a little one that I got in college that had seen better days (Baby Jesus' head was even detatched from his body at one point). I had been on the look out for a great one like the one my grandma had growing up. I guess my grandpa found out about my love of their nativity and offered it to me last Christmas. He decided to give away all their Christmas stuff last year. I guess it became too much for him. But I love this thing. Not only because I think it's the perfect nativity but it reminds me of my grandma. She passed away a few days before Emily was born. I loved her so much and now I'm grateful to have this reminder of her during the holidays.

My fear this year was that it would get broken. Before I even took the pieces out of the box I sat Emily down and explained to her what it was. I told her that if it got broken mommy would be VERY sad so she shouldn't touch. Apparently my sterness worked because she hasn't touched it. Once she was walking past the table and grabbed the edge. She bumped the cow and it moved about half an inch. She looked at me with this look of terror like she feared I was going to beat her or something. Maybe I was a little too stern but whatever works right?!

Stop already!

And still snowing.....

The perils of low blood sugar

Yesterday afternoon Robert received a call from his part time mortuary job. He met the funeral director and they headed to a home. While talking with the family he felt like he should sit down. He took one or two steps before he hit the floor. He passed out in their living room and fell face first on their hardwood floor. He claims to remember hearing a THUD and thinking "what was that?" but didn't realize it was actually him! After he came to, he realized he was on the floor and had passed out. Unfortunately I was in church and didn't have my phone with me. He was able to get ahold of our home teacher, who called a bishopric member who happened to be in YW with me. He told me I needed to call my husband because he had fallen and hit his head. First I thought he was joking. Robert had gotten ahold of his parents in the mean time and they were on their way to pick him up. I met them at our house and took Robert to the ER while they stayed with the kids. At the ER they did numerous blood tests, urinalysis, EKG, etc to determine the reason for him fainting.

Unfortunately there was a stabbing they had to deal with and we ended up waiting 5 hours at the ER. Luckily we have great parents who shared shifts watching our kids. None of the tests showed anything to be concerned about and the doctor attributed it to stress, fatigue, and low blood sugar. I'm always hounding Robert to eat more because he's so skinny and works so hard so it was nice to have it confirmed by a doctor! All is well and he even got a day off work! He's pretty sore today with two slightly black eyes and a bruised and swollen nose (but luckily not broken). I tried to get a good picture of his injuries but the black eyes don't show up too well.

Fall Fun

Fall is my favorite time of year. Too bad it lasts for about 4 days in Utah. But I still love it. Emily has discovered that she loves it too. She has absolutely loved playing in the leaves every chance she gets. We have a massive maple tree in our front yard so we have had numerous raking/playing opportunities. She's not really a fan of the raking part and thinks it's funny to take arm fulls of leaves and make her own pile in the flower beds. Such a good helper!


Our last pile of leaves is still waiting to be bagged and then it will unfortunately be on to winter.

2 Months

My little Chaser boy is already two months old. It's so hard to believe! I can't even begin to discribe how much I love him. I love when he wakes up before everyone else and I just get to snuggle him. I could hold him all day if Emily would let me! He weighs 11 pounds 15 ounces and is 22.5 inches tall. He's getting so big! He has such a sweet temperment and is such an easy baby. He loves to smile and "talk" and thankfully sleeps through the night. I think he's pretty much perfect...except for maybe all the pooping.

5 Years....

Today is our five year wedding anniversary! I can't believe it. It seems like just yesterday. It's crazy to think how much has happened in the last five years...college, 2 houses, 2 kids, jobs, etc. There's no one I would have rather spent the last five years with then my best friend. I'm so grateful to have Robert to share eternity with. He makes me laugh all day long and he works so hard to provide for our family. I love him with all of my heart. Happy Anniversary!

I just had to post this....

This is my first attempt at posting a video so hopefully it works. I was going through our videos and this just cracks me up. Emily explains what happened to her Snow White Halloween costume....