the big day....CHRISTMAS

We woke up to our surprise...no snow in Utah....and just for the record we still have had very little snow and warmer weather which could be frightening for this state next year water supply wise but depending on Josh's career...we have no idea where we will be so this may affect us and its scary....but on a happier note we had a great Christmas together as a family at our quiet little home....later that day we drove down to Josh's families house in Mapleton and enjoyed a quiet evening and yummy dinner.

look what santa brought me mommy....with a big grin on her face

ABC game, littlest pets shops...he sure knows her

baby doll clothes...she went and got her babies to change them!

Oskar got a raw hide and is in LOVE.....

the loot from Santa....

After the Santa gifts then we let Adey pass out the gifts under the tree...each person had a special wrapping paper so it was easier to sort the gifts out.  she had fun with this....

passing out presents...big helper!

barbies....

more barbies....

movies, tv shows, socks, kitchen gadgets....

socks, slippers, foot massager, ipod touch....

Christmas Eve

I know these are all late...but due to a recent learning that we will be extending our family by one in august i have been a little pre-occupied...but doing better and going to try to catch up!

In preparation for Christmas....a few days before Christmas eve, Adey and I tackled some cookie dough making which was quite fun and then on Christmas eve we made the cookies and let them cool while Josh was at work so they would be ready to ice that night for SANTA to eat with his glass of lactose free milk (we left carrots for his reindeers) ...she is such a little chef and we love it about her and how she always wants to help!

rolling out the dough

smashing the cookie cutters into the dough

We went and picked up Josh/daddy from work and when we got home we had snack type foods for dinner and then ICED our cookies which was quite adventurous....

this girl means business

2 from each of us for Santa....hope he likes them

Then we opened our Christmas Eve presents which is always fun...we have a tradition to always do new pajama's...plus a small something extra this year!

a new Christmas book

Doggy PJ's that say "doggy eyes work every time"

Then we sat together as a family while Josh read us the book and then we brushed our teeth, washed our face and hands, and snuggled in bed waiting for Santa to come!

cute book...Josh read these books as a kid and wanted to continue the tradition with our little family

sporting her PJ's....she is so adorable!

One of the best parts of all......santa came and spoiled us this year....

our stockings filled with goodies...guess we were good this year!

and he left Adey a dollhouse and a bag full of presents...she was really good in his eyes! (just kidding)

Pearly whites

This little girl is our world!

Fullmer family kids party

On Saturday December 17, we had the kids Christmas party on Josh's family side.  It was a lot of fun.  We had yummy snacks (of which i really liked the sausage, cream cheese, crescent rolls i made).  We watched some of polar express and opened presents and made ginger bread house.  it was a nice get together!

Adey loved this snowman because it sang frosty which she now loves thanks to Nonni

Grammy waiting on her cookies to finish (they tasted yummy)

Nonni's visit

My mom came to stay with us for 2 weeks btwn. Thanksgiving and Christmas.  We had a wonderful time with her and are grateful for her visit.  We celebrated St. Nicholas Day, went to a ballet, celebrated mom's birthday, had a magill family christmas, talked to grampy, shopped, josh and i went on a date, saw the lights on Temple square, made graham cracker houses, and made a purple waldwrof cake.  Here are a few pics from Nonni's vacation:

So...

we went to the zoo and i dropped my camera and it is busted....hope i am getting a new one for christmas.  we shall see.  But anyway let me at least catch up since Halloween...Adey had a great time trick or treating for Halloween and still never wore her Jesse costume but talks about it all the time and how Jesse is a girl.  At least she has it for dress up.  She continues to amaze us each day and is now learning the letters of the alphabet.  She loves to paint and do art projects any time we let her.  Her speech is getting so good and most people can understand her now.  She knows so many animals and likes to "read" the 4 brown bear book series and the baby david book series.  She loves LOVES to read books...i have to remember to continue to read books with her every night so she will continue this love!  We had snow a few days ago and we played in it as a family and it was so hard to get Adey to come back in side but oskar had no problem until josh dipped him in warm water to get the snow balls out of his fur.  Josh has an interview tomorrow and we may soon be a 2 income family again and are super excited about that and Josh is looking forward to working with a friend...they pay is good, hours are so so...but we are buying a 2nd car just before he starts...we have it narrowed down to 3 as of right now...honda CRV, nissian rogue, and mitsubishi outlander...all in our price and drove them and all 3 have pros and cons...so we shall see.  I am selling my bows again and trying to get Body by Vi 90 day challenge to take off in Utah.  It is a wonderful product and super healthy and numerous shake options...some days i don't do as well but i am trying.  I haven't really signed anyone up but i know it takes time!  Hm...i guess for now this is the update and will hopefully get a new camera soon so i can post some pics of my beautiful fam!  i love them and treasure all the memories we have as we grown and learn TOGETHER!