Merry Christmas 2010

We truly hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend spending some quality time with your loved ones. May we all take a moment to stop and remember the true meaning of Christmas. My new favorite quote is from Elder Neal A. Maxwell: He says "We are all Innkeepers who have to decide if we have room for Jesus in our lives." So true.

Greyson's Tricks

He has been sitting for about a month now

as long as he has a toy in front of him.

& "fake" crawling just as long.

I say fake crawling because he gets up like this

and then puts one or two knees forward and

then he Shamu's it. But he still gets everywhere he wants to go!

Now as talented at I KNOW you all think he is at

7 months old- don't be too jealous yet.

He is a HORRIBLE eater! He hates any and all

baby food and spits it ALL out. All he will keep in is

little pieces of bread or rolls. My Mom says

he is definately his Daddy's boy:)

I guess it is possible to live on milk and bread alone.

Velecia- make Kenzie leave the room now:)

My new un-healthy obsession.

I have been making these babies

every night for the past week or two

for a niece for Christmas

(plus about 6 others for my girls.)

Seriously- somebody needs to stop me!

But at least I am being productive while I watch

T.V. with my hubby at night right?

Chubs at 6 months

I haven't taken Greyson in for his 6 month check up yet since he has a constant cold so they'll just send me home without his shots. I did weigh him and he is about 18 lbs. I thought for sure he would be up to 20 lbs by now:) He is SO HEAVY!

We are so grateful that he is a part of our family. Greg just beams every time he looks at him or holds him and the girls absolutely adore him. Em is constantly hovering over him giving him hugs and kisses. Anya and Haven are so proud that they can "stand up" and hold him or carry him around the house. They also want to feed him when I do, but he is still a horrible baby food eater- pushing most of it out with his tongue (and then he grins:). This kid HATES baby food, but give him some real food and he gobbles it right up! I just love to hold him and grin at him so that he grins his huge smile back at me. He is such a GREAT baby now that he is past the whole colicky phase. So content unless he is hungry or very tired. He is already rocking on his hands and knees so I think crawling is soon to come- I am praying he will wait till after Christmas though because of the trees and all the decorations:) He has also been sitting up the past week or two- my baby is growing too fast!Greyson with Grandma Cook- I love this picture! What cuties they both are:)

Hocus Pocus!

The girls all decided they wanted to be witches this year- along with their cousin, Laine, and friends Gabby, Michelle and Aubrey. Chubs was a red hot chili pepper- his outfit says "Hot Stuff" on it:) We love Trick-Or-Treating in our little town- it is just the right size to fill up their buckets!Greg and I were laughing our heads off trying to get a picture of Grey's new funny face. He gets all excited and opens his mouth really wide and his eyes go huge. It is SO funny, but he does it so fast that this is the best picture we could get of it (not even close to the real thing:) Think higher eyebrows, bigger eyes, and a wider, stiffer smile. We got it on video though- with us all busting a gut in the background. We're thinking of sending it to AFV:)

More Catch Up- Cook Fall Reunion

Dad decided to do a Fall Cook Reunion up the canyon. It was very fun and I hope it becomes an annual event:) He set up a HUGE waterslide on the hill and the kids (& some adults) went down it for hours.

Nana playing with Chubs- yes his outfit is a little tight:)

Velecia at literally NINE months pregnant- she went home the night this picture was taken and had baby Tyan. We teased her because she was pretty big from the front, but we couldn't even tell she was pregnant from behind. I know she will just LOVE these pictures on here:)

The Newlyweds:)

Some of the Cousins.

Thanks Mom and Dad for all the time and effort it went into planning this- we really appreciate it! Hopefully ALL the family can be here next year:) Neilly and Russ were here also- I think they were just always off fishing with Jacer when I had the camara out:)

Playing Catch Up- Lofley Summer Reunion

More pictures for Jamie's family and other cousins who couldn't make it:) This was at our Lofley Reunion this August- the kids had a ton of fun. The playground in the water is the best invention ever- I wish we had one here:( It kept my kids busy for a couple of hours.

I hope you all don't feel too heartbroken about not seeing me in my swimsuit- a photographer has a job to do you know:)