And So It Begins.....

Tax season has arrived....dun dun dun.... which means as the wife of an accountant I wish my dear husband farewell towards the end of January and reunite with him again in early April. Ha, ha, ok, that's a bit dramatic, but we do miss him a lot during busy season. Last week began the 6 day work weeks, so Saturdays are now just me and Tag. We kept ourselves busy with snowman making to numb the pain:)

Thanks for your hard work Sweetie! We love and miss you mucho!!!

I might also mention this is Tag's first snowman, and he did

a mighty fine job with him.
I got the best workout of my life lugging
Tag around on his new sled, from Grammy Jo.

Bake Party!

I had Jayde and Savana over for some cupcake makin'. It was so darn fun! I just love doing this girly stuff and so glad I have such sweet nieces to do it with. Here are the results:

All Together Again!

We were so thrilled that Ben, Brandy, and the girls were able to come visit from Oklahoma. It's been an awful long time since we've all been together. So long, in fact, that Tag, Amoree, and Kaleb met their Uncle, Aunt, and cousins for the first time! The kids warmed right up to their older cousins. Aren't big families great?

Brock came to do some family pictures for us.

Really, are there any words for these?

Pushing? No, that doesn't sound like my son.

Oh crap, you have proof.

Brock, any way to photoshop Tag's screaming face

out of the pic? Aw, maybe you should just edit

he and grandpa out.

We did the nativity story with the kids.

Here is the rebellious, but adorable, Joseph who refused to wear his headpiece,

give up his milk, or treat Mary kindly.

Kaitlyn as the Angel, Annika as the Shepherd, and Maliya as Mary.

We also went on a fun hay ride through Layton City Lights,

compliments of Katie and Eric.
It was loads of fun!

Cousin Sandwich!

Merry Christmas 2009

We loved spending the holidays with all of our loved ones. We feel thankful to have so many of our family members near to us, and cousins for Tag to grow up with. I hope your Christmas was splendid as well! Tag in his Christmas Eve Jams.

He was pretty stoked about wearing Elmo all over his body.

If he could, he'd probably cut off Elmo's skin and wear it to his birthday party:)

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree,

I love to trim you

at 75% off from last year's sales...Score!

Delish Chocolate Pomegranate Cake

I made for Christmas Eve.

My gifts to the girls. I was so excited to give these!
It made for a lovely Christmas season listening to Christmas music
while sewing these for the gals I love.

Abel grandkids
Doing what he does best!

This just makes me laugh. What cuties!

Tag's first Caterpillar from Grandpa Bush.

Grandma Bush with Kaleb & Maliya.

Christmas Card 2009

Dang it, Tag, Smile!

I'm afraid we have completely passed over that stage where Tag will smile at anyone on cue. We've also passed that stage where pictures are fun and easy. These sure weren't simple like the old days, but after just a few tantrums, running full speed away from us, and some serious coercion, I think we got some great family pictures;) Thanks, Amanda!

I love this one. That little boy has my heart

in the palm of his little hand.

Tag's First REAL Haircut

I know I was doing an awesome job of cutting his hair without any beautician training, but we decided to treat Tag with a professional cut before family pictures. Lucky guy. We even took him to Cookie Cutters where he got to play in a little car and watch Elmo. $17 dollars later he was looking just spiffy....back to mom haircuts:)

Weird thing is I didn't even get an final picture of his do!? You'll have to look at our Christmas card pics.

Thanksgiving 2009

We are so lucky to have two Thanksgiving celebrations. This year we went with the Abel Family the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving. My mom did a beautiful job as always, and the kids were stoked about their new table.

I didn't do so great with pictures. Sadly, I didn't get any from the Taggart celebration down south held by Karen. It was also beautifully decorated, with yummy food, and lots and lots of cousins to play with! We sure are grateful to have so much family near us!