I really need to proofread what I write before I post it...looking back I realize "day" was a little over used. :)

We are still alive!!

As you can tell from my lack of blog posts, our lives have come to a screeching halt since Christmas!! But here are a few things we have done:

*Carson got sick for a few days, but came out of it like a champ. Luckily Hayden didn't get it. She hasn't been sick the entire winter(knock on wood). We have been really lucky so far!

*Colin got a new job at a company in South Jordan called Merit Medical. He has a pretty good commute, but other than that the job is AMAZING!!!!! We are so blessed that he got it!! He will be working as an Oracle Analyst. What that is...I dont know?? :)

*The picture above is Colin and Hayden going out on a date. They went out to eat at BYU Creamery and than saw a play at BYU. She was so excited and had to get dressed up in her best outfit!!

*Last weekend Colin and I got to go on a date. We had planned to go up to Salt Lake on Friday and eat at the Cheesecake Factory and then see a play at Desert Star. I decided to surprise Colin and get my mom to babysit the kids Friday night and Saturday so we could stay overnight and spend the next day together. It was sooooooo nice to be able to sleep in and and not worry about the kids for a few hours!!! We ate breakfast at an amazing restaurant called the Blue Plate Diner. It is just a small kind of hole-in-the-wall place with such GOOD food!!! I got the
Eggs Benedict and was in heaven!!! The rest of the day didn't really go as planned. Colin sold his car the day before and basically HAD to get one that day, so we went car shopping ALL day!! He ended up buying a car at 9:00 that night. It definitely was a long day, but a fun day!!

*Upcoming:
Wednesday Colin gets to go to the Jazz game and sit in his company's box. I was going to go, but his going to go in my place. I get to stay home and hang out with the scouts!! :)

Thursday we are having a Valentines party with all of our neighbor friends. Should be a pretty crazy party!

Friday we are getting out of town and are going to hang out with the Lyman clan in Cedar City!

Carson Walking

Brand New Sunbeam!

Carson's 1st Birthday

We celebrated Carson's 1st birthday last Tuesday. We invited all of our family over for a Barnyard birthday party. We ate pigs-in-a-blanket, chicken wings, veggies and chocolate milk. I had been planning on making this barnyard cake since he was born, but I woke up not feeling very well. Needless to say I was a little bit frustrated. Luckily I would have moments where I would feel ok, so after many hours of going back and forth between the kitchen and the couch to rest AND with a lot of help from Colin, we completed the cake and I think it turned out pretty cute.
This is the present we gave Carson. It talks and drives by itself. He is terrified or it!!
Cute little birthday boy!
Grandma Leah and the kids helping him open his presents.Here he is with his cake. He really didn't like it that much, but he didn't want to hurt my feelings so he was acting excited in this picture. :)

Trying to get a pic in his new Thomas PJ's, but he was too tired and ornery after a long night of partying!!

Here are the classic "waiting to go downstairs to see what Santa brought" pictures. Just ignore Colin!!

My parents and brother came over to see the kids open their presents. (that's who is taking the picture.)
Hayden opening her cash register...one of her faves!Tough man Carson ripping the paper off his presents.
The aftermath.

The rest of the day was spent up at Colin's parents. We ate Crepes for breakfast, then took the kids to see Yogi Bear(pretty lame), then came home took naps and played with new toys the rest of the night.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve day we went sledding up by Aspen Grove. The snow was really hard and icy, so the sledding wasn't great, but it was still fun.


Audrey, Drew and Jozy.
We spent the rest of Christmas Eve at Colin's parents house. About an hour before dinner Colin took a nap and when he woke up he was not feeling very good. He only ate a tiny bit of dinner and then spent the rest of the night in the bathroom and wanting to die. I felt so bad for him!! When we got home he went straight to bed, so I had to get everything set up for Christmas morning. It was a lot of work, but so much fun. I think getting everything set up is one of my favorite parts of Christmas.
About a month before Christmas I saw this idea in a magazine. I thought it looked so cute and easy, so I decided to make it for Hayden for Christmas.
Made out of card board and LOVE!! :)