My life lately...

Two weekends ago the BYU Young Ambassadors had there 40th Anniversary reunion.  It was so fun to see old friends, and to take time to honor Ross's dad Randy.  He has been with the group for over 30 years now!  In fact Ross wrote a song that we got to sing to him at the end of the showcase it was really neat.  Randy is a wonderful person, who does wonderful things!  Congratulations on your success we love you!

During the reunion, Ethan finally got to meet Trey!  Trey is my very good friend Ashley's baby!  We also got to meet Mack, high school friend and neighbor DJ and college friend Libby's baby.  I think it is awesome those two got married because I knew them both seperately before they met.  SMALL WORLD!  Look at these cute guys...

After that fun-filled weekend, we took a week trip to Arizona!  It was SOOOO fun, and the weather was beautiful.  In fact, I took Ethan to play outside, and turned around to find him standing at the door looking at me like,  "What are we doing out here?"  Poor guy didn't know how to play outside because we have been stuck in the snow.  It didn't take him long though to figure it out.  My sister Sarah came down there too with Hudson, so all the cousins were together it was fun.  We were just missing Uncle Trever, Aunt Jen, and Uncle Covey.

I went to Miss Baylie's dance class and got some shots...

Ethan saw both sets of Great Grandparents while we were down there.  Of course we missed Grandfather Sharon, but I am sure He was near by. It was wonderful. I love you guys!

We went to lunch with our good friends while we were there and Ethan finally met Houston.  They are literally only days apart, so it was fun to see them interact.  Houston is such a stud!

All in all it was a wonderful trip!  I LOVE AZ, I LOVE FAMILY, OH AND I LOVE ETHAN! 

Forgot Something...

Forgot to say that I am SUPER proud of Ross and my dad for building this tire swing on Ethan's birthday.  It turned out awesome and I can't wait for the spring when we can go out and use it more.  

Now My dad climbed up the tree and we all got in a debate...  Help us out is it:

1. Shinning up a tree?

2. Shimming up a tree?

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Christmas, 1st Birthday, and the Red JELLO SCARE

Wow December was so wonderful!  Ethan brought so much magic back to Christmas for us.   First of all there was this...

Ethan took his first steps!!  He then decided that he was through with crawling and he now walks all over the place.  He is working on standing up without having to scoot on his knees over to something, and he really wants to run.

Ethan met Santa and this was his response....

He did NOT like Santa.  You know a big guy in a beard, and a bright red suit just might take some getting used too.  We will try again next year Santa.

Despite their rough start, Santa was still good to Ethan

Ethan was not into the presents at all, not even the paper or the boxes.  He did like the toys when we got to them , but the whole unwrapping thing did not interest him at all.

My family came up from AZ for Christmas and it was so fun having everybody here.  We went sledding at the point of the mountain and it was super fun.

Sarah and Trevor

Gavin Jay

Baylie Boo

Dad on the mini Luge-  vote was not the best in case you were thinking about it.

Rachel+Alan sledding= this...

It was super fun!  I only got to go down once because of my ankle, but next year I will be going down a lot more.

I took Sarah's Family pics while they were down and here are some...

Sarah took some pictures of her AMAZING product with my cam.  Seriously check out her stuff!  Just click on her button over on the side and be amazed!

So Ethan turned one years old on January 3rd.  I can't even believe it.  We had an awesome Birthday party with both sides of our family we felt super lucky to have everyone there.

Ethan had the best Pistachio Birthday cake!  Seriously it was amazing if anyone wants the recipe let me know.  However, he did not like the feeling of the cool whip frosting on his hands so sadly he did not dive into his cake.  Next year we will try no frosting!

Well the red jello scare has no pictures, but when you hear the story you will be grateful.  We went to the ER last week with Ethan.  He had had diarrhea for four days and the doc said to put him on a softer diet.  Well I open a diaper and it looked like he had gone a whole diaper of blood.  I was in a panic and called the doc and the lady on the phone told me to take him into the er.  I got there and they immediately took him back and the nurse opened the diaper I had brought and asked me what he had been eating.  I told her nothing really he has just had juice, pedialite, jello....  She then asked me what color the jello was.  Right as she asked the question it dawned on me that he has had RED JELLO!  I felt like such a loser first time mom.  It was awesome.  Anyway, I just love my little guy to pieces and would do anything for him- ANYTHING!!!