Forever Young

Happy 2010!

We spent our New Years in Sparks, Nevada with my sister Leslie and her family at their new house. We arrived on the 31st at 11:00am and left for home after church on Sunday around 3:15pm. Morgan helped a lot with the renovations. Their place is looking so nice. We had a good time.

I took a couple close ups of our little cutie.

Morgan started helping right when he got there.

Maddy helping her dad.

The Men at Work.

I started taking pictures of the kids and they started posing for me. The lighting in their "Toy Room" was perfect for picture taking.

And Noel was peacefully sleeping in the meantime.

More pictures. They dressed up this time.

New Year's Eve Night they brought out the Wii.

Morgan and our friend Matt played a little basketball.

Adam played bashful.

Leslie and Noel.

Just after the clock struck midnight.

Adam playing with some confetti from the poppers.

New Years Day.

New Year's Day we went to a place called Scheels. It's like Cabela's. It was so cool. Very expensive but cool. There was a ferris wheel in that place. Here's a picture of Mya with her aunt and uncle.

And Brianna with her grandparents.

Saturday night... Morgan demolishing the remainder of the nasty board covering the dry wall.

Jason working on their new faucet in the kitchen.

The Day after Christmas

The day after Christmas we went over to my parents in the afternoon to hang out and so I could finish a gift I was making. As we pulled up, Mark and Audrey, some family friends of ours were there with their sweet ride. Mark took Morgan for a spin. He loved it.

Mark took Chris for a ride as well.

Then Chris took his girlfriend Kareena for a ride. Here are some cute picture of them in the car.

That night we had fondue. Yummy.... (Sorry mom, I know your eyes are closed but I had to put it up because of Morgan's face and Chris's face)

Noel and I hung out that night at my parents while my parents went out and my husband, Chris and Kareena went to a wedding reception. She gets so smiley, I love it!

Me with Noel.

SHE'S FAMOUS!

That's all.

Christmastime

THE SUNDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Here's some pictures from the Sunday before Christmas. Noel was all smiles that night in her cute little snowflake dress.

Chris and Kareena striking a pose.

CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE REYNOLDS

For Christmas Eve we went to the Reynolds along with Morgan's parents, my parents, my sister Leslie and her family and my brother Chris and Kareena. We had a wonderful dinner, had a Christmas program with the story of the Christ Child from the Bible, sang songs, and then opened up gifts. We had a great time!

My mom ended up with a couple of grandkids in her lap, Adam and Noel. Noel blends into my mom's red blouse:)

The Leather Thugs.

The Leather Thugs and Thugette. Ha, Morgan's face is classic.

CHRISTMAS DAY

Morgan and I had our own little Christmas celebration with Noel, first thing Christmas morning. It is neat to have a baby around this time of year and to think of Mary and Joseph and how they must have felt, to not only have a child but to have a child that would give His life for their sake as well as ours. We love Noel so very much and we are so grateful to have her in our lives. It has become more apparent to me that her name will always reflect the feeling of Christmas and the joy that is felt when we celebrate Christ's birth.

One of the gifts I got for Morgan was a display case that he asked for, for his Dominican money.

One of the things Morgan got for me was some really good smelling candles.

We then went over to my parents for a couple of hours. We exchanged gifts and had breakfast.

Chris and his sharp looking coat Kareena got for him.

Morgan got a new phone!!! His old one was an antique!

My parents holding their gifts they got from us kids. We got my dad the "Joseph Smith Ring" and my mom a couple of songbooks she had asked for.

Around noon we went to celebrate Christmas with Morgans parents, grandparents, uncle and brother. We visited, exchanged gifts, ate a wonderful ham dinner and played games.