Good Idea.....or was it?

After finishing most of our Christmas shopping we realized that we had not involved Naomi in giving gifts to family members. I (Libby) bought some wood frames from the craft store and let Naomi go to town with the finger paints. Man did she go to town! Notice the hand print on the right side (your left) of her head and the tray of her highchair.

The frames turned out really cute. We included five pictures of Naomi and had her decorate the package with stickers once it was wrapped.

Zoo Lights

The Hogle Zoo puts on an amazing light display during the Christmas season. The whole zoo is lit up with different light displays. Naomi's favorite was the crocodile whose mouth moved and Santa in his sleigh. They also had live Reindeer, Dasher and Vixen to be precise. To make the light displays even more amazing you can purchase glasses (J is wearing them in the picture) that make all the lights look like snowflakes. It was really cold, but nothing could deter us from riding the carousel and seeing the lights. We were able to see a few of the animals and try out the fried s'mores. They sound way better than they taste so we ended up getting the kids fries instead. What a great night out with two great kids.

Merry Christmas!

Happy Halloween

Our Halloween Went a Little Something Like This:

costume

 

 Naomi painted our pumpkins

175 trick-or-treaters to our door in 1 hour and 45 minutes!

visiting Noni, Papa, and Auntie M

party

after party

 

and trick-or-treating with Megan

Park...we will miss you

We live across the street from a park and take full advantage of it. During the summer we were at the park at least twice a day. Naomi calls the park "slide" and loves the freedom of being able to walk around the big open space it has to offer. It is starting to get really chilly, so we went to the park to snap some pictures of Naomi. We will miss the park once the snow starts to fall but await warmer weather in a few months.

Guys vacation to Glacier National

Dustin, T and E went on a road trip to Glacier National Park and had a blast. Here are a few pictures from their adventure.

 D, E, and T

beautiful

too funny!

These are a few of Naomi's favorite things

Papa + the Zoo

Swimming Lessons

I signed Naomi up for swimming lessons and she LOVES it! When I called the company that provides swimming lessons at the Daybreak pool they asked about her current swimming skills. I told them them that she can blow bubbles and will go under the water for a few seconds. That qualified her to be in the Super Shrimp class. That's right, our little fish skipped the Pee Wee Plankton class and went straight to the Super Shrimps. (who comes up with these names?) She is in a class with three, four, and five year olds, and loves the attention she gets. She has learned how to kick on her stomach and back and do "freestyle" arms. Hooray for summer and most of all for swimming pools!

waiting to get in the pool

The Lot

We didn't make it to The Lot until July this year. July!!!! Regardless, we were excited to make our first trip to the cabin to enjoy some quiet time as a family. I gave Dustin a hammock for Father's day and he was excited to relax under the canopy of aspens with a good book. Naomi and I played outside and took a nice long nap.

so excited to see the horses!

Dustin reading in his hammock

playing in the grass

Thank you to Grandma and Grandpa H for a such a beautiful place to visit

4th of July

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

Naomi waving the flag at the Lehi Rodeo