Christmas

It has been a tough Christmas this year without Grandma Obershaw.  It is only the second time in my life that I spent the holiday away from my mom and not in St George.  I guess it is time to start our own little flower farm traditions.

We got together with Aunt Rahel and made sugar cookies.  We made Grandma Mary's recipe with my favorite buttercream frosting--such a good combination.  Lily decorated her first cookie for Santa-Sure hope Santa loves lots of sprinkles.  Actually I think Lily ate most of the sprinkles for her cookie.  When we told her it was time to go get a bath she said, "NOOO, I play cookie!!!!"

We got PJs and a movie for Christmas Eve, but we were invited to go over the Bible's house so we ditched the movie to go be with friends.  We had appetizers, sang Christmas carols while Nathan played for us and had a great time.

Christmas Eve..Goodnight everyone

Here are a few pictures from our Christmas morning festivities.  It took Lily a couple of hours to get through all her presents since she wanted to play with each toy.  I love this age and cherish that she actual likes each present and wants to play with it.  We are so lucky to have this little girl in our family.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Smile

Nate has been traveling a lot the past few weeks.  I have been taking photos of Lily to text him  Last night I asked her to smile--she responded with this smile and a "mama take a pict"  I am trying to figure out where these dimples came from--I need to look at some family photos to see if we can figure it out.

Hostess Cupcakes

With the devastating news that Hostess was going out of business we rushed to the store and bought some of the last boxes of their famous cupcakes.  Lily had her first and maybe last of the yummy devils food cake with the frosting that you can never duplicate at home.

When she sees these pictures on my phone she says, "Lily eat choc"  It must have made an impression!

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a great Thanksgiving this year, although small we were together.  This year has been full of firsts and this was our first Thanksgiving without Grandma Obershaw.  We stayed home for the first time in forever and I got to use my new kitchen.  The double ovens and warming drawer are awesome.

 



Yes those are toes on the table--we kept it pretty casual this year.

 

 

 



It was also Nate's Birthday over the weekend.  I sort of love that he always wants an icecream cake--that means I never have to make it!

Everytime Lil sees this photo she says Hap Birsda Daddy!

While we were singing to Nate you could tell that Lily thought the festivities were for her--good thing Dad was willing to share the fun of blowing out the candles...

 

 

Lily found a cozy spot to hang out and play with her sticker book.

Mud Pies

We have had these tomato plants in pots all summer long and although mid-august is pretty late for putting in a garden we decided to go ahead and plant them--hoping we could get a few more tomatoes this year.  Honestly I have only had a couple because Lily loves to go out in the evening and eat them right off the vine.

While Nate was trying to plant them our little Water Lily was having fun with the water and mud.  She kept getting stuck in the mud and would start crying a little when she couldn't get her foot to move.  She wanted me to pick her up--but come on she was muddy and wet so I just took pictures instead.  It was quite funny to watch her try to maneuver. After I got her cleaned up a little I picked her up and put her in a warm tub.

Family Photos October 2011

It has been nearly a year since we had these photos taken and with my posting track record that means it is time to post them to the blog.  We couldn't find the disk and I needed to send in a current family photo for my class reunion so I contacted the photographer to get a new disk of them.  As Nate and I were searching in the sea of boxes that is my basement right now we were both so mad that they were not on the blog or one of our computers--now they are!

Sweet Lily

Nate was traveling in Venezuela and I had to do the Church thing all on my own.  We would have made it on time, but Lily refused to get dressed and I ended up chasing her around her room trying to get her dress and diaper on.  By the time I got her dressed and the dogs taken outside and put away in their "homes" we were 20 minutes late.

I was a 1 woman show in Primary this week so Lily came and helped me get the chairs set up and my lesson ready to go for Sharing Time.

When we got home we played outside for a few minutes and I captured this great shot to send to Nate...

Pictures of Lily

Here are some of the things Lily enjoys doing these days:


Watch morning TV with all her BFFs...in Mom and Dad's bed--of course



Drink Mom's soda after a long day of playing at the park...

Show off her bedhead--and tell mom and dad the way things should be.




Look at the flowers...

Drive cars at the grocery store...







Ride her dinosaur around the house...





Get a pedicure...



Play at her play table in English or Spanish...

Run through the sprinklers...

Talk on the phone or at least use whatever is available to mimic it--this time it was the baby monitor...

And so much more...