Easter

The Monday before Easter had F.H.E. with Melanie & Ryan and dyed eggs with the kids. It was fun, though Lincoln & Trace needed quite a bit of encouragement and assistance! Trace refused to use a spoon to move his eggs in & out of the dye and you'll notice one of his hands ended up a nice bright pink.


We went to a community egg hunt at the city offices and had a great time... it was all about the kids having a good time and I didn't see a single cutthroat parent playing "My kids can get more eggs than yours can" like our unfortunate experience last year. Lincoln was still a little iffy on the procedure of an egg hunt - he wanted to sit down and play with each egg rather than getting more. He did a great job and got to meet the Easter Bunny to boot!


Saturday afternoon we had the Thayer clan over for an Easter lunch which was very yummy and then we spent time with the Douglas clan on Sunday - Lincoln opened his Easter basket there and we had another egg hunt with the cousins. He had really got the hang of it by that time!


Good food, good friends, good times!!!

Merry Christmas, Part Deux

I'm so glad we were able to spend time with so many of those we love this holiday season and sad that we missed a few of you. We had a very excellent Christmas holiday, made even better by the knowledge that our offer on the house in Enoch was accepted! I just got word today that the appraisal is done and we might be able to close as soon as January 8th.

We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with the Douglas' in Hurricane. It was wonderful to have Grandma Wood as well as Cec & Diane, Tommy & Hani, Jim & Jess, and Zack & Trevor. We watched Mr. Kruger's Christmas, read stories, sang songs, and just had a great time the night before Christmas.

Christmas morning Lincoln shocked us by being wide awake at 5:00 AM (which he never does), so we have to assume he realized it was Christmas. His big present was a Little Tikes pick-up truck just his size. We were are waiting with baited breath to see a big reaction, but in typical mellow Lincoln style he just stared at it for a minute and then casually sauntered over to take it for a spin. We know he liked it though, because he refused to get out of the truck, refused to open any other presents, and basically ignored the rest of us for the first couple of hours after he got it. It's definitely true love. He even goes so far as to include his truck when he makes the rounds with goodnight hugs & kisses. It's hysterical!

Nate & I had fun too... he got the new Call of Duty game he'd been drooling over and I got a beautiful cashmere sweater. More than anything though it was fun to enjoy Lincoln's reactions!!! After pigging out all day we heading to Parowan and did a family gift exchange there and then we headed to Cedar to go see Sherlock Holmes. It was great to be able to spend time with both our families.

We hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season as well!

Lincoln & Cousin Trevor watching Mr. Kruger's Christmas

Behold the Christmas bounty! This is all of Lincoln's stuff.

Back to the Future: An oldie, but a goodie!

What you lookin' at Willis??

Easter

Easter morning I caught Lincoln mid-super-excited-hyperventilating-laugh about all the candy & toys he found in his basket. The first few seconds are hilarious. The rest is just random recording, as I don't have the software to edit it.

Getting up in the rain and going to the park for egg hunt that lasted less than 30 seconds may not have been worth it. It was completely crazy - a total madhouse! Forget about letting the kids pick up anything, it was each parent for themselves... so Lincoln didn't make out too well. But we had a basket for him at home & then a great Easter egg hunt at Grandma & Grandpa Douglas' that afternoon.

Nate & Lincoln getting ready to hunt eggs in the freezing cold!

The crazy crowd at the local park!
Nate & Lincoln are hiding behind the Grandma in the tan coat...
She didn't actually help with the hunt though, she was just a plant
by some parents to get in the way of other egg hunters. It worked.


This egg... this mini egg, no less, was the only one Lincoln even got!

Good thing Grandma had an egg hunt too.
It was so much funner without a huge crowd!


Some cupcakes I made for Easter dinner... well dessert.
I thought they turned out pretty cute.

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

Arrrgh. It's been a really long time since I posted and it was just the luck of the draw that naked Santa was our last post. Link has been sickly this past month and between cleaning up vomit off of Link, cleaning up vomit off of me, and the constant laundering of vomit covered blankets, clothing, and towels (not to mention forcing fluids down his throat), we've been a little busy. We finally figured out what was going in that little system of his and I *think* he's better (after 4 weeks of throwing up, I can't really believe it's over).

Christmas was really fun. We spent Christmas Eve with the Douglas' and Christmas day with the Thayer's. Lincoln wasn't super into Christmas morning... he got bored after present #2 and just played with wrapping paper instead. :) Nate had several days off and we loved having him home (and with no schoolwork). We had a chance to visit with almost all of our family at one point or another over the winter break and even got to ride 4-wheelers. It was really fun, but we're all back to reality again. No more long breaks and Nate is back to school. We still feel a little crazy at times between church callings, work, school, and a little busy boy that's into everything, but all is well at the Douglas home.

Lincoln playing in the leaves.

Lincoln at Grandma Wood's Christmas party.

Sick baby!

Looking in his stocking Christmas morning.

MEGA BLOCKS!!!! (and Nate w/his beard)

Finder of the Christmas Pickle.
(Jon... still in his rasta phase)

Lincoln with Grandma Jensen on Christmas day.

Lincoln on Cousin Becky's 4-wheeler.
(He's not sure if he likes them yet, but we took him on a few rides)

Halloween

Halloween was so much fun! I took Lincoln to my old school for the annual costume parade (with Liz & the boys) and then we helped out in one of the 4th grade classes. LJ was quite the little celebrity! That night we went to a local trunk or treat with Nate's parents and had some fantastic homemade root beer and hot dogs.

We found a cute little bear costume for Lincoln and so we themed our costumes around him. We were going to be the 3 bears, but I couldn't find my glue gun that day and so I had to fashion our costumes with just a stapler and a utility knife (just call me McGruber!). I ended up being Goldilocks and Nate went as a bowl of porridge. Overall our costumes turned out pretty good. I think the total investment was $15.00 for Lincoln and $0.50 for Nate & I. Yep. Sounds about right.