Such Big Girls!

The girls are getting so big and so active, I love it! They are such a blast. I took these pictures just a couple of days ago! They are so much fun, busy, and getting into everything! When its quiet, I know they are getting into trouble!

The Lid Drawer!

This happened a few weeks ago, but I am now just getting around to posting it. The wonderful discovery of the lid drawer! One day, I was "trying" to get the house clean and found this! Hmph, I know it is only going to get worse, but here are the first signs of trouble. Since then, the girls are venturing off to the "Land of New Lands" in their minds. They are everywhere and almost into everything. Saige does pretty good at obeying when I say "NO", but Savannah could give a rats shananagan before she gets in trouble. Saige will look at you with those droopy eyes and will get a little bottom lip going, but Savannah seems like she doesn't need to listen.

Sick, Sick, and More Sick

Saige and Savannah both are very sick! It all started on Sunday with a little runny nose. Strange thing, Saige got sick first. Savannah is the one who usually will get sick first and then Saige following right behind. I ended up taking off work on Monday to stay with the girls. I didn't have it in my heart to send them to the babysitter. Tuesday, Bryce was with them all day and he said they were really good in the morning, but by the end of they day they got really hard! They were very needy, clingy, and whiny! This morning, I was supposed to conduct a Student Council meeting at work and then go to a counselor meeting right after that. I got ready, got the girls fed, clothed, and butts changed. Then it all began! They were just screaming, runny noses like crazy, and I could tell they were absolutely miserable! I thought I left my phone in the car (which Bryce took to SLC for work today) so I couldn't call anyone. I finally emailed Bryce, with kids crawling all over me, screaming, and waited for his response. He replied back that my phone was in the car, but he moved it over to the truck this morning. Wheew, relief, but not soon enough. By then, it was already 8:30 AM and my meeting with student council started at 8:00 AM. I called school immediately to let them know what had happened and I wouldn't be coming in again today. The other advisors for student council bailed me out and took over the meeting. It's amazing that when you have kids, let alone when they are sick, you think about nothing else but them. I was a little overwhelmed when both girls were crying and I couldn't do anything about it. I don't have enough room or the capability to hold both of them comfortably on my lap! That was frustrating. I have to look on the bright side of things, it could be worse! I could have triplets or more. They are finally taking a nap right now, but now that I am resting, I feel like a head cold coming on! Wahoo, fun around our house!

Happy 32nd, 31st, and 17th Birthday!

Yes, we celebrated 3 birthdays on Tuesday December 30th. Michele (Bryce's sister) turned 32 on December 10th, Bryce turned 31 on the 15th, and Scott (Bryce's brother) turned 17 on the 30th. We all went over to Bryce's parents house, ate a some bean soup, had cake and ice cream, and they opened their presents.








Saige and Savannah enjoyed themselves as well!





Jenny and Zach



Emily and Tim

Big Christmas Present!

We just got our big Christmas present yesterday. Thanks to contributions from my dad and Bryce's parents, we were able to purchase our new table. Before, I had my Gram's table that she had before she died, then I inherited it. It was great and I loved being able to be reminded of her, but it was time for a new table of our own. I put it up for sale on KSL and a guy from Brigham City bought Gram's table for his wife for Christmas. She was absolutely in love with it and it was a big surprise for her.

Anyway, here is what we had before:


And now....



I was a little late getting our table. We had some friends over for dinner visiting from California and we had to eat on the floor. They say they were okay with it, but it still would have been nice to have an actual place to enjoy our dinner. However, we had a great time. They have twin little boys, George and Jack and they are about 5 months old. It was fun to have all these babies in my house. It was interesting trying to keep track of mine who were crawling and getting into everything. But it will be even funner when George and Jack start crawling and my girls are running every where! Thanks Jeremy and Bonnie, it was great to visit with you guys!

Thanks again to Dad, Mike, and Debbie for your help getting us a new table! We love it and we definitely appreciate you and your help!

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Christmas, Parties, Friends Galore, and All Sorts Of More

Well, Christmas is finally over! With parties, families, friends, and endless places to go, we made it and the stress is over! Now, we only have 360 days to go to stress of the next Christmas! HA Ha HA! It was the girls' first Christmas and they had a blast. They did relatively well opening their presents, but were primarily concerned with examining the paper, putting it into their mouths, and ripping the scraps of paper into smaller pieces.

Christmas Eve, we went to Bryce's parents house and spent some time with his whole family. We indulged ourselves with lots of food and treats. Then all the grandkids and Grandma made a Gingerbread house and then opened presents. Savannah was more interested in getting the candies off the house and was getting really frustrated that no one would let her touch it!




Next, we opened presents. Saige got a little Leap Frog Drum toy and Savannah got a little Leap Frog Frog from their cousins Hailee and Connor. Bryce's parents gave us money to put towards a brand new kitchen table that I have had on hold for about 2 weeks. We will pick it up tomorrow and pictures will be posted!





Then, Papa was waiting for us at home and he spent the night with us. The girls opened their Christmas Eve PJ's and we took some pictures to show how cute they looked in them!





Then, Christmas morning, I of course woke up first. I am such an early bird, it really is crap! But, I waited and waited for everyone to wake up. Saige woke up next and Papa and Savannah came out together. Low and behold, Bryce rises from the dead and made his appearance! We were on our way to opening presents, but we had to feed the girls first. Saige and Savannah got some fun stuff. They each got a new beanie and gloves, clothes, toys, and mushroom chairs (from Papa) for camping. Dad got us a digital picture frame and also money to put towards our kitchen table!









Last, Bryce got me a brand new Kitchen Aid, the Professional 600. It was awesome and I was very excited. I have been eying one of those for a few years, but thought my other Kitchenaide needed to make it a little while longer. I ended up giving my old one to my dad to take to Moab. He gets all my hand-me-downs to stock up his Bachelor Pad!



We did have a wonderful Christmas and we visited all sorts of family members! We left our house about 2:00 PM to go to my sisters house. Here, Uncle Ty is teasing Savannah with a cracker! Saige and Savannah each got a laughing baby from Aunt Carrie and Uncle Ty.





After Aunt Carries house, we headed to Bryce's Grandpa's house which his Aunt Maxine lives there now. We got to see his Aunt Sheri, Uncle Rick, Uncle Lee, Aunt Susan, Aunt Maxine, tons of cousins, and Grandma and Grandpa were there too!

Then, we went to Bryce's Grandma Ona's house to visit her and Ralph. On the way, we called Aunt Pat in Park City to wish everyone there a Happy Christmas. When we got to Grandma's house, Savannah slept the whole time in her car seat, as she was exhausted by then. But Saige, was lucky enough to get some attention from her Great Grandma Ona. Savannah slept for about 1/2 hour and decided it was time to wake up. She got to sqeeze in some playing time....again!




After Grandma Ona, we went to visit Chase, Annagay, and Casey. To our surprise, Dianna was there with her family, so we were able to see her as well.





On our way home, it was snowing like crazy and we called GGPA and Verna in Oregon and talked to them for a while. We also called and talked to Uncle Jeff in California, along with Scott and Glen (Cousins).

Whewwww! What a day. All of us were so exhausted and tired, but we had a really good day! It was great to see everyone and visit! We hope your Christmas was just as great and we hope you have a Merry New Year!

Its All About Trouble NOW!

Saige and Savannah are now on their way to making BIG trouble! Saige has mastered the art of crawling in 4-high, using furniture to stand, and is very brave! Savannah has just begun to crawl and uses 4-low. She mainly turns in circles by leaning forward and repositioning herself on her bum again! She is making progress, slowly, but surely! I think she finally got the hint that Saige is ditching her and setting off to her next adventure! Here are some fun little videos!


Here are some other photos from the last couple of weeks.