Of course he stops performing when I pull out the camera! He was laughing so hard, it was very cute. He gave me his first little giggle at about 8 weeks and has been doing it ever since. I hope you can see this it is kinda dark on my screen.

Snow Day

Well I am just a little slow at this post, but on Wednesday it snowed about 8 inches and school was cancelled. Nate spent most of the morning in the bedroom studying and promised Brynlee that after her nap they could go outside and play in the snow. Well Nate finished up and they went out and Brynlee was just thrilled. She took her sand bucket and shovels so they could build a castle. It wasn't very good snowman snow. I decided to bundle up Gracen and go out to take a quick picture.

It is kinda funny to look back at our first snow experience in Iowa, it had snowed maybe an inch or two and the following morning, across the bottom of the tv screen there were all these schools that delayed their start time. Nate and I thought what is wrong with these crazy Iowans. We used to get so much more snow at home in Utah and school was hardly ever cancelled or delayed, I remember waking up in the morning after a big storm hoping school would be cancelled, but it rarely happened. We've learned that winter here is a little different than in Utah, seems to be icier. Definately colder!


Just a few random pictures I thought were cute...

This is Gracen in his PJ's. On the bum it has one of those flaps with a picture of a skunk that says little stinker. I thought it was cute.

Who would have thought that she is still falling asleep at the dinner table. I was in the kitchen doing the dishes and looked over to see her completely zonked out.

Brynlee is always asking to hold Gracen, I finally decided to give her a chance and now she won't stop asking to hold him.

The verdict is in...

We are going to Sandusky, Ohio!! Our first choice. We were a little worried about it but we are just thrilled that we get to go there. I am excited because our good friends Mark, Heather and Kimberli Schwendiman live there. We'll be heading out during spring break in March to find a place to live. In June we will be packing up, once again, and heading farher east.

3 months old!

Gracen is growing way too fast! We just went and got his 3 month pictures taken and they turned out so cute. It was hard to narrow it down to just one pose. It was kinda funny while I was looking at the pictures on the screen (its a pretty big screen) Gracen was turned out facing them and he saw himself and started to laugh. It is so much fun to have such a smiley, happy little guy, he sure is a joy to have!

It's Cold!!

We have been freezing this past week, and unfortunately our heater can't keep up. We wake up with 66 degrees in the morning and warm up to a whoping 68 degrees by bedtime. As cold as it has been we have been staying in a lot. It is great that we have neighbors, otherwise I think I might lose my mind being cooped up like this. There was one day this week after it had snowed that I decided to brave the sub zero temperatures and take Brynlee out to play in the snow. She loved it and I froze but we lasted about 20 minutes and it was fun to see her playing in it. Lets hope we warm up soon!

Gracen likes to sit in his exersaucer, he is still a little wobbly so we just put his arms up over the edge and stick a blanket behind him. Usually this entertains him for at least 15 minutes.
Brynlee loves to read to Gracen.


Uchenna makes me laugh. I'm not so sure that chess will appreciate this picture too much. Brynlee kept trying to make him put on her princess clothes. I think he just liked the crown. Brynlee loves to play with him, I think it is because most of the time she gets her way. One day Uchenna will learn.

Gracen's Blessing Day

On Sunday, December 30th we had the opportunity to bless Gracen at Nate's parent's ward. It was such a blessing for us to be able to be with family and friends for this wonderful occasion. He was given a beautiful blessing and after Nate was done his dad walked over with a smile on his face and said "he was just smiling through the whole thing." It was such a great day for us all.

Christmas

These are the rest of the pictures from our trip. We spent Christmas and the following week with Nate's family. We had a great time seeing everyone. We were able to make a trip down to visit Nate's Grandparents, they are all so sweet and fun to visit. We miss being closer to them. We also played in the snow a few different times and Brynlee wasn't too sure of sledding down hills. She would say she didn't want to go and I would pick her up and stick her on it and make her go.(I am such a mean mom) She would laugh the whole way down and when I asked if she wanted to go again she would say NO! She sure did enjoy every minute of it. We have really been blessed to be able to make trips back to visit family and are so grateful to have them in our lives!! We sure do miss them when we come back and look forward to being able to see them again!