McCall's Blessing

The proud brothers

McCall's "bling" - thanks Jennie!

Ballerina slippers - thanks Amy!

We blessed McCall this past Sunday. It was a nice day and I am glad we did it because her dress, which is my blessing dress, was so tight around her chubby little neck that I almost couldn't do it up. I didn't think this would be a problem as I was 9 lbs 13 oz when I was born and she was 3 lbs lighter! But she has been packing on the weight, already past 10 lbs. She also broke out in a pretty bad case of baby acne, so we will be doing more pictures when she has cleared up a bit! But all in all it was a great day.

Not Impressed

McCall in her Christmas dress.

We are having so much fun dressing up this little girl! Unfortunately, she is not sharing in our enthusiasm. Aren't girls supposed to love trying on new clothes and accessories? Not sure I am going about this right. So here are a few pictures of our attempts of getting McCall into her outfits and getting pictures of it, not so good! She does not like to be put down at all, so as long as she is being held, she is happy. She is definately filling her role as princess of the household.

New Years

Jessica and Michelle, they don't like to have their pictures taken!

Connor and Dylan, they also do not like to have their pictures taken!

Tate, he loves to sled

Jessica and MaKenzie

Gage

We spent New Years Eve up in Liberty with Joe and Michelle. We had fun eating lots of great food and playing some great games. The kids were up until 11:00 when we finally got a few of them asleep, amazingly the next day was not horrible with them! New Years day was spent sledding and eating chilli. We love the winter!

Seventh Heaven

Connor turned 7 this week! He has been looking forward to this birthday for a year now, and he wants to turn 8 as soon as possible so he can be baptized! Not sure how to teach him to love the moment he is in. But...I remember doing the same. Connor is a great little boy who brings a lot of fun and laughter into our home. He is a great big brother and is often found trying to solve disagreements between his brothers. Connor is a bright little boy who LOVES school and even homework. He is really starting to enjoy reading and has recently taken a keen interest in sharks and dinosaurs. Highlights of this past year for Connor were:

• losing 3 teeth
• spending a month in Canada with his cousins
• breaking his arm (yes, he considers this a highlight!)
• getting staples in his head (the removal was NOT a highlight)
• "graduating" from kindergarten and starting 1st grade
• learning to read - now he reads everything, not always a good thing when we are seeing billboards on the freeway, or we are trying to spell things out so the kids don't understand
• becoming a monkey bar master - despite the broken arm falling off them
• getting a little sister

He has been a joy and is always trying to please everyone around him. I often get comments from primary teachers about how good he is in class and we are proud of him. He is a great kid all around, even if the 6/7 year old humor drives me crazy. Side note, why do all boys think potty talk is hilarious? He may drive me crazy but I love him!

McCall - Three Weeks

Christmas Day Festivities

Merry Christmas everyone! What a wonderful time of year, pair that with the beautiful snow falling and it is a indeed my favorite time of year. We were given a great Christmas gift this year, our boys slept until 8 am! Wow, what a great way to start the day. The boys thoroughly enjoyed opening presents and playing with their new toys. In fact, they have been trading back and forth and sharing and haven't even had any arguments yet! I know that won't continue but we count that as a great gift to us as parents as well. We enjoyed a leisurely morning together and then headed out to go to Grandma's house for brunch and more fun. Only to see how much snow we really got, WOW! The snow drifts at our house were a few feet deep and we quickly got stuck in a deep drift just off our driveway. With the help of great neighbors we were able to get back into the garage and be rescued by Ryan's great brothers, Brad and Curt. We had a wonderful day with all the McCoy family, it was nice to have everyone together. Amazingly the 12 grand kids played together without any problems all day. It was so very nice, there was fun to be had by all, not to mention all the great food. I love this time of year, my waist line might not, but what the heck, what else would I do for a New Years resolution if I didn't over eat at Christmas?

Christmas Eve PJ's

Our Christmas Eve tradition of new pajama's. The boys are always so excited to see what pj's they got, they quickly change into them for a quick photo before heading to bed for the much anticipated Christmas morning. Then they spend all day Christmas day in their new warm and fuzzy pj's. Connor woke up Christmas Eve morning asking when they could take naps to make the day go faster. They also wanted to go to bed early so they could get to Christmas morning early. But as the day progressed we ran out of time for naps and getting to bed early. Bedtime came around 9:30, two hours later than usual, pair that with no naps and we can't say it was the most pleasant day we have had, but it was memorable. The boys were so very excited this year and really enjoyed tracking Santa on the Internet. Fun, fun times!