Happy 2009!

We had a pretty uneventful week after the chaos of Christmas.  We have been passing around a cold to everyone in the house.  It has gone from Levi to Adam to Hyrum to Angela and now I am starting get it as well.  Hopefully, Ben and Michael will be able to withstand it.

Angela turned 4 months old on Monday with her check-up on Wednesday.  She is now 11.6 pounds and 23 1/2 inches long.  The doctor's words exactly were, "She is perfect."  But we already knew that.  Angela did not enjoy her 2 immunizations that followed, and she was pretty fussy for the remainder of the day.

Ben stayed up to ring in the new year with Mommy and Daddy.  I think he was more awake at midnight than we were.  I know I was ready to go to bed at about 10:30.  We celebrated with some sparkling grape juice and a toast from Daddy.  When Michael announced that we were going to have a toast, the quick witted Ben responded " I love toast!"  We had a good laugh about that one.  Then it was off to bed.

We spent New Year's day at home with the family.  We always love it when Daddy has a day off of work.  Michael made breakfast for the family on my new electric griddle.  It was awesome and he loves to make breakfast for us.  We are looking forward to having church at 1PM this year so we can have breakfast meals together on Sunday mornings without the rush to get everyone out the door and early Sunday meetings.

I made a traditional Irish New Year's meal of corned beef and cabbage and for that southern good luck, black-eyed peas, for our family dinner.  The corned beef and black-eyed peas were a hit, but the boys were not to fond of the cabbage.

2008 was full of trials for our family, but full of many blessings as well.  Especially our newest family member, Angela Rose.  We are hoping for 2009 to be an even better year for our family.  We have a lot to look forward to this year with Ben turning 8 and being able to be baptized.

Happy New Year to everyone!

Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas this year.  Even though times are very tight financially.  We really enjoyed having Daddy off of work early on Christmas Eve through Christmas day.  Daddy read his annual "Twas the Night Before Christmas" before bed Christmas Eve.  The boys listened quietly and then were off to bed.  

The boys actually let us sleep until 6:30 on Christmas morning.  Everyone enjoyed opening gifts together while listening to Christmas music.  Ben got his much wanted Tamagotchi and a new bicycle.  Hyrum got a load of Batman toys and a new bicycle.  Adam got a toy laptop and Mr. Potato Head.  Levi got Elmo Live! and an Elmo phone that says his name.  Angela got a baby gym and some new outfits.  Then we enjoyed a yummy breakfast of stuffed french toast and spent the day together playing with all our new toys. 

The missionaries joined us for dinner Christmas evening.  We fed the boys earlier because there was no way that we could fit 4 kids and 4 adults around our small kitchen table.  The Elders enjoyed Chicken Cordon Bleu followed by Cranberry Swirl Cheesecake.  Lets just say that they did not leave here hungry.

All in all, our Christmas was very blessed!

School's Out for Christmas!

The boys are enjoying having no school for 2 weeks.  Even though Adam cried on the last day of school before the break.  It has been a chore trying to keep everyone occupied.  We spent Monday at the McGee's house playing with Melanie's kids and celebrating her son, Billy's 7th birthday.  Ben, Hyrum and Adam have been enjoying being able to watch TV.  They don't get to watch it much on school days.  Levi, Angela and I have enjoyed not having to get up as early since we don't have to be at the school at 8AM.  We just wish that Daddy got to stay home with us too.