Ian's 1st Haircut

Here's the before picture.

For those who remember, there's the bald spot that babies get from lying on their back. It was driving Shaun nuts seeing the long hair underneath Ian's bald spot. So, after Shaun gave himself a high-in-tight haircut he wanted to give Ian one too.

And here's my beautiful baby boy after his 1st haircut, looking just like his Daddy!

By the way I vidoe tapped the haircut but the Blog won't read the videos we make from our digital camera. Any suggestions on how to put camera videos on our blog?

Isabel is 3 Years Old!!

Happy Birthday to my little girl! She had a whole bunch of cupcakes with rings in the icing. We also got her her first video game! She couldn't wait to play it. She is also wearing her birthday outfit that Grandma Michelle and Grandpa Bill got her.

this is Ian's 1st bubble bath in the big tub with his big sister!

Being A Big Sister

Scenario: Mom gets up off the couch to go make breakfast with Ian in her arms.

Isabel: Can I hold Ian?

Mom: You want to hold Ian?! (with an incredulous voice)

Isabel: Yeah! (nodding her head enthusiastically)

Mom: Okay.

Isabel: I love Ian.

Mom: You're such a good sister!

So of course I had to take a picture to show the kids when they start to fight and yell at each other "I hate you!" that once, the two of them where in perfect harmony.

It's Snowing in El Paso!!

You can't see it in the picture but there where lots of snowflakes coming down for at least a good hour. It was totally awesome and unexpected!

Happy Thanksgiving

So, I got up early Wednesday morning to start the apple and pumpkin pie. I also started the bread for the stuffing, and put the 20 pounds turkey in its brine for the night. By the time I was finished I had to get dinner ready for the Missionaries. Then early Thursday morning I started the rolls, and popped those into the oven. I started the cranberry sauce on the stove, and started prepping the turkey for the oven. Of course I had to burn at least one item, and that was the rolls. Oh well. I put the turkey in the oven, and poured the hot scalding cranberry sauce in the blender to puree, and proceed to scald myself with some nasty burns up my arm. I'm okay but it hurt really bad!! Plus cranberry sauce ended up all on the floor, walls, refrigerator door, everywhere! My poor sweet husband took an hour to clean it all up while I went to the store to buy rolls to replace the burnt ones. After I got back I started the yams, then the mashed potatoes, and finished the stuffing. I prepared the salad, got the turkey out and resting. Cooked the sweet potatoe casserole with pecans and marshmallows (YUM!), put in the stuffing, and started the turkey gravy. I finally got everything put on our island in the kitchen by 6:00 pm. Unfortunately I kept forgetting to take a picture of the feast. That's why I did such a detailed version of what I did for our El Paso Thanksgiving Feast. All in all it was delicious, with plenty left overs for those yummy cold turkey sandwiches.

Hello Sweetie!

Could't decide which one to do, they are all so adorable, but here's my sweet little boy at 3 months and 2 weeks.