Christmas is finally here!

This year Christmas fell on Sunday. Which makes it extra special.

We had 9 o'clock church, but the kids were up super early anyway.

They are always so excited to see what Santa brought.

Some of the big prizes this year, were bikes for Tayah and Dallin and a new stroller for Quincey.

They got a ton of other things too, Santa really needs to slim it down next year!

After church, we went to Brian's parents house for brunch and presents.

Bailey gave Tayah an American Girl doll, which she loves!

Dallin got a Wii game from Korbin. And Quincey got some super cute clothes from Sammy.

It was a wonderful Christmas and I am so thankful for Christ's birth and life!

What a blessing it is to know that.

Christmas Eve

We headed over to my parents house on Christmas Eve.

The cousins draw names and give each other a gift.

Grandpa and Grandma give them a little gift too. This year, they got cozy blankets with their names on them and some money from Grandpa.

We end the night, with PJ's from Brian and I.

All ready for bed.

Quincey at 6 months

Our sweet little girl turned 6 months, on Christmas Eve.

I can't believe the time has gone so fast.

Quincey, you are an amazing baby and so smiley!

We can't get enough of you.

At six months, you can sit up and like to lean forward and rock.

Not quite crawling, but close.

You love to eat anything we give you, even your veggies.

You still have trouble sleeping, you wake up a few times a night to get your binky or to eat.

Other than at 2:00 AM, you are a happy sweet girl and we love you very much!

Your Stats:

Weight: 15 lbs 11 oz (40th percentile)

Length: 27 inches (87th percentile)

Head: 16 inches (6th percentile)

Santa Overload!

We had so many experiences with Santa this season. Even if he is suffering from Dementia, I am sure by after hearing it 4 times, he got it!

We went to see him at a store first.

We are super lucky that Santa stops by our house, usually right before bed. He brings a small treat and reminds them to be good.

Santa came to the Barker Family Party too.

He came to the Costley party, when my camera died, so no pictures of that visit.

If this isn't exhausting, I don't know what is!

Party, Party and More Parties!

Just like everyone else, our December is usually packed with parties! But we love being with our family and friends.

In early December we had our Costley Family party. We headed to a church for some yummy dinner, a talent show, and then Santa came.

My Camera batter died, which stinks, but I got one good picture of my mom and Quincey!

For the talents, Tayah sang a song we'll call "Bakery Shop" and Dallin sang "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" Which are both missing right now.

The next day we had our Olsen adult only party. We hosted this year and it went off wonderfully, except I always get cheated in the gift games! Ha ha.

In between these two parties, we had our annual Progressive Dinner with my family. We go to every house to see their fun decorations and have part of our meal, then head to my parents for dessert and some presents. This is when the kids get their big presents. This year, the money went into a pot and my parents got a variety to toys to stay at their house for all age groups including an air hockey table and Foosball.

Here are the girls at the Barker family party.

Another yummy meal, Santa, and jammies from Grandma Barker.

For the Judd family Party we went up to Weber State to bowl and have dinner. It was a lot of fun. We drew our groups so that we would mingle more, and then had some prizes in the mix too.

Some of the other fun parties we had,that of course I don't have pictures for...

Went to The Pizza Factory and lights with friends.

Had an adult friends party.

So blessed to be around so many fun people!

Gingerbread houses

Brian's mom has gotten the kids together the last few years at the first of December to decorate their own gingerbread houses.

She spends days baking the gingerbread, making the frosting, and hunting down the fun candies to decorate with.

My Kids love this so much!

Tayah hard at work.

After almost every frosting application, she would lick her frosting tip or eat a treat! But she did it almost all by her self and did an amazing job!

Sammy, Tayah, and Bailey

This year Dallin did his entirely by himself. As you can see on his shirt, he got very messy while doing it, but it turned out so fun!

I even got to decorate a house for Brian's Grandma Olsen. It was really fun. :)

Brian's mom and dad got the kids matching outfits for Christmas. Here they are all together, I know...this is the best one I got.

What another fun tradition!

Thanksgiving 2011

When it comes to Holidays we are pretty predictible.  We usually try to make it to both sides of the family and stick to our traditions. This Thanksgiving was no different. :)

We began the morning at my Mom and Dad's house. The boys went to shoot clay pigeons, and the girls just hung out. It was Dallin's first time going to the shoot. He LOVED it! He even brought home his empty shells.

In the afternoon we went to Dell and Ruth's for lunch. It was nice to have a small dinner together with Brian's parents, sisters and their families, Grandma Barker,and Tui and his family.

As you can see, someone loves her Grandpa's shoulder!

Sammy, Tayah, and Bailey

Korbin, Ty, and Dallin. I'm not sure where Bohdi had gone.

After lunch we headed to my Aunt Amelia's and Uncle Tim's house for dessert and football watching. I always forget to bust out the camera for the second half of the day.

We have so much to be thankful for and are so blessed.

This is what I am most thanful for!

I'm so glad that Heavenly Father brought me to Brian and sent us these three darlings!