Picture Update..

New Year Resolution #4 - keep the blog updated (since it is the only scrapbook I am currently keeping...) Humm....can you see how well I do with New Year Resolutions? Well, January has been crazy! Where did it go..seriously? I started student teaching this semester and it is great! I am super busy and lots of preperation goes into teaching. I am in second grade and with the a fabulous mentor teacher! I have 3 more weeks of second grade and then off to Kindergarten I go.. Brennen-staying busy as always.. Dav- super super busy. He is starting to talk like crazy and putting things together..love it! I have been trying to write down some funny things he is doing and saying but I'm having a hard time! He has quite the personality! I have so many things I want to write about but I need to do some lesson plans so I'll have to wait:) So I am doing a quick picture update..
Dav's first burn from our wood stove..he has been so careful to not get around it and he says 'hott owee' but his ball went under it and he tried to get it.

We finally converted Dav's bed to a toddler bed! He will actually crawl in it and go to sleep! MiRaClE! However, he can't be too miraculous so he doesn't stay there all night. About 3 hours then he comes in our room..one pillow over his shoulder and his blanket over the other.

Playing hide-n-seek. His dad helped him hide under the chair. I was yelling where's Davin and he replied, "I dunno". Quite funny!

Hide space #2- the horse box, left from Christmas. He likes it as much as some of the other toys..unfortunately it took up a little too much room and had to go.


Dav loves to get in the bath on one condition - leave the tap running! He seriously would freak out everytime I turned it off until....I invested in some bubble bath. Is that sad I just barely bought some, is he deprived??



It snowed here today, quite a bit if you can't tell. I decided to let Dav play in it so we bundled him up and gave him his shovel, that is supposed to be used for the beach, and away he went. He had a blast shoveling and eating the snow.

Christmas 2009

Christmas was great this year! We definately got spoiled...all of us! We started by having dinner at Mark and Robins. We have done it every year and we love it! Robin makes a great dinner and we just sit around and visit while the kids play. Christmas morning we went out to Brennen's parents. We left Santa a note and asked him to deliver Davin's presents out there so he could open them with his uncles:) So we went out there around 6:30a.m. At first, Dav was thinking 'This is way to early' but once he noticed his horse, he was ready to ride! Santa brought him a horse on springs that makes noise. I think if it wouldn't have been on springs, they would have went to Cedar and back that day! He was going crazy on it, he had it coming off the ground he was going so hard. Then he would push the ear and bounce to the beat of some of the songs it sings. It was great fun! He didn't really care to open his presents, which suprised me. He sat on his horse and had me hand them to him on his horse. He finally got off and dad helped him a little. He got a horse, a basketball hoop, clothes, books and puzzles from santa. Grandma and Grandpa Orton gave him a little tykes car and some clothes. (ThaNks) Brennen got a spotting scope this year! It's been on his list for 3 years but I kept telling him we just didn't have money for one, he would have to wait for a few years. I don't think he really expected it so it was fun. Brennen is just like a kid on Christmas, he loves it! His parents gave him a camera to take hunting and camo which was super nice. He is spoiled. I got a cricut expression and a maurices gift card from brennen. Then his parents gave me a nice indoor grill and photoshop! Not spoiled-well loved:) After we opened presents there, we went up to my parents. All of us kids went up there and had a FaBuLous breakfast! Thanks mom, it was great! Then all the grandkids opened their presents from my mom and dad. Dav got an outfit, a super cute pair of DC's, and a big horse to sit on and hang out! He thought it was pretty awesome! He got a stick horse and a see n' say from his cousin Lindsey and a tee ball set from my brother Cody and his kids. Then later Christmas day, Brennen's grandparents and aunt came over from Parowan so we went out to his parents and had dinner and visited with them.. We definately had a great Christmas. It was alot of fun with Dav and we're grateful we get to be around both families during the holidays!