More presents!

My parents sent us some money for Christmas all the way from Easter Island. They really shouldn't have, but we were sure happy to have it! We let the boys pick out a present. Davis combined money from their present and Aunt Betsy's present to buy his really awesome helicopter and we let Jack play with a bunch of toys in the isle and the drum was the one he laughed the most at! It was like Christmas all over again.

Christmas Morning

Merry Christmas! We had a great Christmas this year. It was so fun having the two boys open presents together.

Jack with some of his loot!

This was one of Davis's favorite presents!

Mark loves his new workboots. He is trying out a new kind for the year. Hopefully they last as long as his last pair!

I think Jack enjoyed his first Christmas!




It was Lego heaven at our house on Christmas morning.

Christmas Eve with the Petersen's!

Grandma and Grandpa Petersen had another successful Christmas Eve party! As always they did way to much for everyone, but it was so much fun. The kids love all the presents. We got a whole bunch of food storage and it was like Christmas all over again when I took everything out of the box and loaded our shelves!

Doesn't Jack look like he is having a great time and we didn't even have to take his clothes off!

Grandma made stuffed animals for all the kids and Davis looooved his turtle!

Mike and Mark bought this long piece of trim because for Christmas they were going to help Mom and Dad a wood floor in their entry way. I will take a picture next time I go over, it looks fabulous!

Katelyn is showing off her new bracelet!

Suzy entertaining Jack, giving Mom and Dad a break!

How cute are these cheesers! They weren't even showing off presents, they just wanted to show off the irresistible smiles!

Jonathan loves his new stuffed animal! Note Mikes awesome face in the background. I think he is a little jealous. Maybe Grandma should make him one too!

Leatham Family Christmas Party

This year my fabulous sister-in-law hosted the Leatham Christmas party. Here is Jack and Davis at the Christmas party. We had yummy soup and bread and plenty of desert! The kids did a gift exchange and the adults did a white elephant with their favorite candy!

We were trying to keep Jack happy at his bed time, so of course we took his clothes off. Next to him is his cute cousin Samantha. They played so good together.

Jack's new smile

Mark was able to catch Jack's new squishy face smile on video. You will just have to watch it sideways if you want to see it!

Santa!

We did finally make it to see Santa right before Christmas. The best part was, there was no line! I was trying to make sure the boys were festive and had Jack in red and sent Davis to put something red on and he came out with a baseball cap! Boys are so funny, but it was red so I couldn't complain.

This is the picture with Jack looking at the camera.

This is the picture with Davis looking at the camera!

One big baby!

This is Jack holding his handy work! My arm had been hurting for a while and finally after two months I went to the doctor. Holding my fat baby had given me Tendinitis. I had to get a steroid shot into the Tendon and then I had to wear that brace and partial cast for a week. I did everything the doctor told me and my arm is 100%. Plus I hold Jack a little differently now so hopefully it won't come back!

Sunday Morning

We had extra time on Sunday morning, which doesn't happen very often, so we decided to give Jack another hair cut.

Handsome little devil!

Davis was sick and fell asleep right in the middle of the living room floor. Poor guy....

This is Jack's new favorite toy!

Ward Christmas Party

This year our family actually got ready and out of the house early enough to attend the ward Christmas breakfast. We had a lot of fun and enjoyed the delicious crepes. Davis didn't know you could have chocolate pudding and whip cream for breakfast and boy was he excited! The primary did a song and below is a little clip. The picture is a little blurry and Jack is yelling in the background, but I am posting it because it was the only picture I got of Davis. He was to busy running around with his buddies! Just look for the red hat to find Davis.

Cowboy Jack

Mark bought some cowboy hats for a white elephant gift. I will leave out what went with the rest of the gift, but Jack loved the hat, not when it was on his head, he mostly liked it when it was in his mouth!

Happy Thankgiving

Thanksgiving has to be the best holiday of the year! You get to spend time with your family, eat tons of good food and you don't even have to buy presents! I am usually so much better at taking pictures on Holidays, but I was a pretty big slacker this year. I only had the pictures of the boys before we left the house for all of the festivities. We had a really great Thanksgiving. The only thing missing was my wonderful parents. We were lucky enough to have two Thanksgiving dinners one with Mark's family and one with my family. Both of the boys were so good and Davis even said the big Thanksgiving prayer at my families dinner! Mark and I have so much to be thankful for this year it is nice to have time to reflect on all God has given us!

We also cooked our own turkey at home so we could have leftovers. Mark was very proud and wanted me to take a picture of our delicious turkey!