More Christmas!

Abbey

Anastyn

Avery and Abbey

Alyssa and Abbey

Avery and Anastyn

The other day I was deleting pictures on my iPhone (about 100 of them were of Avery's forehead, literally!) and I found a few more pictures from our Christmas celebration with David's dad and step-mom. I forgot to take my camera that day, but I had taken some with my phone that I totally forgot about. The girls were totally spoiled, as always! The older girls got new Monster High dolls, Avery got a new Rapunzel doll and Anastyn got a new "cell" phone. They also got a giant foam puzzle that has all the numbers and letters on it. I thought this gift would be more fun for the little girls, but the older ones have loved finding new things to build with all the pieces.

Every year for Christmas Becky buys all my girls new dresses. I hope this one continues because she always finds such cute dresses and we go through A LOT of dresses around here! The above pictures show just how cute they are! Thanks for an awesome Christmas!

8 is Great!

On March 3rd our sweet Abbey was baptized. She looked so pretty in her new white dress. She was so nervous that day, hence the look on her face. As soon as we arrived at the church she started crying. When I took her into the bathroom to change into the jumpsuit she kept telling me she didn't want to put it on. This is a girl who doesn't do well with the unexpected. After she finally changed, a member of the primary presidency walked her through the whole process which seemed to help a little bit. She had her picture taken and then we went into the chapel for a short program where my mom and sister talked about baptism and the Holy Ghost. Then after a short wait it was our turn to go into the room where she would be baptized. She was so nervous, but she did a great job! After the baptism, she was confirmed by her dad. We then came home and had a luncheon for everyone who came. Of course, I didn't get any pictures of the lunch but it turned out to be an awesome day! A special thanks to all who came and supported our little girl!

We are so proud of you, Abbey!

Wedding!!

We have been so stinking busy around here lately! In the last couple months we have had three birthdays, a wedding, a weekend getaway (for me) and a few niece and nephew birthdays as well! Talk about CRAZY!

Anyway, I wanted to talk about a beautiful wedding. On Feb. 16th, David's brother Bryson was married in the Jordan River Temple. I love weddings! And this one was just perfect for these two. We are so happy to get a new sister-in-law to balance out the men/women ratio in David's family! Kim is so sweet and fits right in with the rest of us!

The day started off with beautiful weather considering it was the middle of February. It was sunny and about 50-ish degrees. The temple ceremony was so beautiful. After group pictures, we headed to Olive Garden for the luncheon. Yummy! Following the lunch we had to rush home to get the girls ready for the reception. They had their reception at Aspen Landing in West Jordan. We took more pictures before the reception and the above family picture is the best we could get. The little ones were anxious to run around and play. Avery wanted to touch the wedding cake and Anastyn was just wanting to touch everything she wasn't supposed to. Thankfully, my brother Nathan came and took them home after the pictures so that we could enjoy the rest of the night. The reception was beautiful as well. They had so many people come and support them!

Congrats to Bryson and Kim!

I Party With Eggers

My nephew William

My brother David and his baby Asher

Me, Dave, Anya, and Chad

Me and Dave

Nate, Brooke, and baby Genesee

Mom and Dad need to get a room

Chad and Anya

Trent and Hillary

David and Ashley

We love having friends and family come over to celebrate new years. We also were able to have the Turners come all the way from Indianapolis to keep our tradition alive!

10 Years

My oldest daughter Alyssa turned 10 years old in December!! I know every mom says this, but I can't believe she is that old already! For her birthday she wanted a Justin Bieber/dance party. The girls played Just Dance 3, made some hair bows and listed to Justin Bieber's latest album.

Christmas Eve

Grandma Chrissie and the girls having a tea party

Abbey's new Barbie

Alyssa's new Barbie

Anastyn and her new doll and stroller

Rockstar Avery with her new guitar and microphone- watch out world!

Grandma Jeri and Grandpa Alan at the Maples party

Waiting for their gifts. Each of the kids got a new piggy bank and a roll of new quarters.

Avery and Chase in the princess crowns

The Nativity

Me and my smokin' hot man! Seriously love being this guy's wife!!

On Christmas Eve morning we gather for brunch with David's mom and brothers to celebrate with them. We had such good food! I ate way too much. After hanging out with them for a few hours, we headed to my parent's church building to hang out with my family. We had a busy day but it was so fun to spend time with our families. We also had a party with David's dad and the rest of the family on the Sunday before Christmas but I forgot to take my camera with me!

I'm a little slow...

I realize that February is almost over and that I am just barely posting about Christmas, but in the last two months we have had 4 birthdays, Christmas, New Year's, Valentines Day, and a wedding (all of which needs to be blogged about) so needless to say we have been a bit busy. So here are our pictures from Christmas Day. This year we made Christmas pretty low-key. We have most of our birthdays around the holidays, so we don't want to go overboard. Plus I didn't want to go into debt to buy the gifts, so I watched for good sales and started shopping weeks before the holidays. The older girls have been asking for hand-held Nintendos for a couple years and we decided that this year they were ready for them. Avery has been obsessed with Toy Story lately so we got her a Mr. Potato Head set that dress up as Buzz, Woody, and Jessie. Anastyn loves our laptop, so we got her one of her own. David and I mostly got necessities, clothes, socks, things like that. I love the magic of Christmas. It is my favorite holiday and I just love seeing the girls so happy! I makes all the prep work totally worth it!