Someone was AFRAID of SANTA!

I think this picture explains Sadie's feelings about Santa, but don't we all need a crying Santa picture from our childhood!

Christmas Cookies and Zoo Lights

We have been having so much fun this Christmas season, I love this time of year! It has been so fun to have a child this Christmas and to see Sadie's reaction to everything, it has made it that much better. A few weeks ago we made sugar cookies, decorated them and took them to family and friends. Sadie really enjoyed eating them!

She loved the cookies!

We also were able to go to the lights at the Zoo with my family. It was a cold night, but we all wore a lot of layers and stayed suprisingly comfortable. I think Sadie thought we had lost it with all of the layers that we put on her, but she was warm! As you can tell from the picture her arms are straight out to the sides because of all of her layers. We all really liked the lights, Sadie "Ooed and Aahed" and pointed at all of the ones that she liked (i think the giraffee was her favorite). After we all went out to dinner, it was a really fun night and a fun tradition for our family!

Our Thanksgiving!

For thanksgiving this year we were with Devin's family. Sadie and I were able to go and stay at Devin's parents house after the wedding through Thanksgiving weekend. Devin went back home for a few days of work and then joined us on the Tuesday night before thanksgiving. We were able to have a lot of fun with Grandpa and Grandma and all of the Smith cousins. On Tuesday we got all of the kids together to make oreo turkeys for the place settings for Thanksgiving. It turned out being a little bit harder than we thought so the adults and Azelynn (our 4 year old niece) made the turkeys and the rest of the kids just ate candy. They did turn out pretty cute though!

On Wednesday I was able to go to Kneaders and help hand out all of the ordered pies and rolls which was fun to be able to spend time with my family. It was a little crazy at times, but with that many orders it is bound to get a little crazy - we were happy to say though that we didn't have a single lost or messed up order which is pretty amazing for that many orders - good job guys! The night before thanksgiving we had a pie party to celebrate of the birthdays in the Smith family in November (4 all within a few days of each other, including Devin's) which was really fun and I am always excited to eat pie when ever! Then on Thanksgiving day all of Devin's family was here and we had a wonderful time watching the parade, eating, playing and having fun. Sadie took a nap during Thanksgiving dinner, so Devin and I had a very relaxed dinner, we loved it! When Sadie woke up she ate her thanksgiving and loved every bite of it. We had a great week and here is a cute picture of my cute sweeties on Thanksgiving!

Slowly Catching Up!

I have been a bit behind on my blogging lately, but I am trying to catch up, so bear with me. I wanted to catch up on Thanksgiving and the fun activities we have done since then because I know there will be many Christmas pictures coming soon and I don't want to fall that far behind!

The weekend before thanksgiving Devin's youngest brother Sean got married and it was a wonderful day! We are so glad that Jean is part of our family now, we are glad that Sean found such a wonderful person to spend forever with. I was able to do the flowers and that is always fun. They got married in the Draper temple and it was a beautiful special ceremony. Then they had a luncheon and reception at the White Willow in Provo. It was fun to have the whole family together and watch Sadie run around and have fun with her cousins! It was a special day and we were grateful to be a part of it! Here are a few pictures from the day.