Happy New Year!

Monday, January 4, 2010

2010 is here whether we like it or not...So far a huge mile stone has been made in our house. Noah is officially out of a crib. Yes, he is 2 1/2 and I know it's time but I was not ready! It's like a little bit of freedom has been taken from me. Every mother knows what I mean! Oh well. We had to act fast, so the mattresses are just on the floor until I find a bed that I like that is in my price range...good luck to me! He looks so little on that queen mattress! The girls are jealous that he has such a big bed :)Shea turned 6 on December 30th. She invited two friends, Brooke and Reagan, along with Paige and cousin Logan for a girls day. We started by getting our fingernails and toenails painted, (thanks Chris!), then went and watched Princess and the Frog, and ended at Streets of New York for some pizza and cupcakes. What more could a girl want? Well, a cousin sleepover! So we partied with family that night, played some Bingo, and the girls enjoyed playing with their American Girl Dolls. Needless to say she had a blast and was worn out, as I was! Shea is such a shining light in our family. She is so sweet and cares so much for her brother and sister. Words can't express our love for you Shea, we are so happy you are ours!

POLAR EXPRESS

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

We got to go on the Polar Express this past weekend. Can you say MAGICAL? Oh my! My girls were on cloud 9 as we sat on a train that was slowly making its way to the North Pole, drinking hot chocolate, and listening to the story of The Polar Express being read to us. The excitement of seeing the North Pole was almost more than they could stand! Then Santa came and got on the train! Their eyes were sparkling as he handed them their beautiful bell. Then the train headed toward the hotel as we sang Christmas songs the whole way back. It was a night to remember! They got to be their with all of their Winterton cousins(minus Dakota, next year!) and their Nana & Papa. Nana had made the girls matching p.j.'s and bought the boys their matching p.j.'s. They were feeling pretty special! It was so much fun to watch their excitement!The next day we found a sled park and played all day in the snow. Surprisingly, no one was seriously hurt! We had a few close calls though.

Noah would not put gloves on! I do know one thing, I would HATE to live where it snows! It was fun to VISIT. I don't know if I could endure the cold. It's amazing how we can drive three hours away and have drastically different weather!

Goodman Family Reunion

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Saturday we headed up to Thatcher for a family reunion. One of my aunts have a huge ranch where it was held. The weather was a little hotter than expected but the fun was still as fun as we expected. Our girls went up the night before with Annie and Riley and spent their FIRST night ever in a tent. Yes, we have deprived children. Thanks Annie & Riley!

Saturday was filled with games, clay pigeon shooting contests(which Matt came in 3rd, if you know my family there are some hunters, so very impressive), quad rides, and lots of good food!

Noah fell asleep by the end of this ride.

Paige & Shea even shot the gun with Matt's help. Paige now wants a gun for Christmas, what have we started?! Noah spent most of his day playing in the dirt, true boy!

Thanks Aunt Dianne for all of your work and bringing our family together. It's days like those that make me so grateful for family and for my heritage. We are so blessed to have so much family on BOTH sides that we get to build relationships with. Isn't that one reason why we are here?!

Happy Halloween...

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Well... except for Noah. He hated being in his costume which was so sad for me, he was such a cute pirate! He didn't care about trick-or-treating either. Maybe next year! Paige was a cute Southern Bell, Shea was not just a bunny, but a Super Bunny! ???I'm not sure what sparked that? We went to our ward's Halloween festival that evening and then the girls hit the pavement with Matt for some trick-or-treating.

Matt and I went to a Halloween party the night before. He went as Captain Hook (a cute one, I must add) and I went as Tinkerbell. Matt won the best costume. I think it was the eyeliner, which he did look good in, haha. It was a fun time. We survived the weekend!

We Survived Fall Break...

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Thank goodness for Mexico! The second week of Fall Break we went to Rocky Point with the Post family... and didn't want to come home. We spent time napping, playing games (Paige was addicted to Uno!), reading, getting kissed by the sun, and eating lots of tortillas! It is one of our favorite places to vacation. It can't get much better! (Deaton family needs to try Mexico again!) (Winterton family needs to not be so scared!)Haha

Beautiful Day!

BONO!!!

U2 Stage, it was enormous!

Cheesy title, I know. Starting the blog up again with pictures from the U2 concert. Amazing! That's the best word I can come up with. Matt sang along with EVERY song. U2 is his favorite band. Ienjoyed watching him as much as watching them play.... well, not quite as much. Black Eyed Pees opened for them. Traffic was a mess so we missed most of them but were so good of what we got to see. What a fun night! AAHHH!

Happy Memorial Day!

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Matt and I got to spend 5 days in Washington D.C. sight seeing, touring, attending his brother Christian and his wife Sara's graduation, and going to their sealing. The sealing and graduation is what brought us there and I am forever grateful for the opportunity that we had to go. It was an amazing sealing and the temple is gorgeous!

As we approach Memorial Day my heart is full of gratitude and love for those who have gone before us and sacrificed so much for our country and for our freedoms we enjoy. I have a deeper appreciation to the people that have given and still do give EVERYTHING for me. I learned and relearned so much on our trip. All of the Memorial's have a special spirit there that you feel. It was amazing! The amount of people that have died in war is unbelieveable and so sad. I am grateful that we have a day to celebrate them. I love my country despite all the evil around us. It is truly an amazing country.

Arlington Cemetary

Washington Monument In front of the Capitol Building

We finally got around to celebrating Noah's 2 year birthday. He turned 2 on May 21st, we celebrated on the 23rd(good thing he doesn't know). I guess I need to stop treating him like a baby. It has gone by so fast and I'm not ready to have a toddler! He may just keep getting babied a little longer, if Matt lets me. We had a fun celebration. We swam, barbequed, and had cake, typical birthday for the summer. The Price's, Nana & Papa Deaton, and the Haviland's came for the party. We had fun and Noah loved the new sports balls he got along with a baseball tee. We love you Noah!