My birthday baby...

Now there is my pretty birthday girl! I can't even begin to tell you how much joy this little girl brings to our family. She is lively, dramatic, funny, loving, energetic, and smart...the list could go on and on. Our life just wouldn't be the same without our Tally girl! Happy birthday to my favorite lady! I love you Talia!

Here is Talia in her new birthday dress from Grandma and Grandpa Conrad. We were able to finally talk her out of wearing the socks to church. She wasn't following my line of reasoning...I mean..."my dress has pink and my socks have pink...they match right??" We took this picture before the tears started when I forced her to wear the tights that really "matched" the dress!

My baby girl turned four a couple of weeks ago. I don't know how that happened! She was so excited because Grandma and Grandpa with the puppy (Smith) and Aunt Tiffy came for her big day. Grandma and Grandpa Conrad joined us for presents and cake via webcam. It was so much fun to have everyone be a part of her birthday. Most birthdays it has just been our little family and it is just better with more people to share it with! Thank you everyone for coming and making her day so special!

Talia's birthday cake...

Every year I make the kids a birthday cake. Talia couldn't seem to decide on what she wanted until the day of her birthday. She finally decided on a white cake with pink flowers. She loved it and that is the only thing I cared about! She picked out princess candles and I think it all turned out great!

My little chef...

Tammy and Scott gave us a fun Green Eggs and Ham game. It is so much fun. The kids love to wear the little chef hat that comes with it...especially Asher. I think we put it on ten or fifteen times. Once he would get it on he would run down the hall to look in the mirror. Then he would take it off and bring it back so we could start all over! Luckily he looked darn cute every time or that game wouldn't have lasted very long!

The big day...

We were lucky enough to have Grandma and Grandpa Conrad and Aunt Tiffy here for Christmas. It was our first Christmas staying at home and I must say it was wonderful. It was so fun to put our kids to bed in their own rooms and see how excited they were for Santa to come. I think they had such a good Christmas. We were spoiled as usual. Probably the best gift was the Wii that all of the family went in on! You would have thought we got a million dollars with the way the kids reacted! It was great. Thanks to everyone for that gift. It was more than we could have ever asked for! We are so grateful! Our favorite part of Christmas was just having our family around...couldn't have asked for a better Christmas!

My favorite part of Christmas...

My FAVORITE part of Christmas this year was the nativity and reading the Christmas story. The kids are finally getting big enough to understand the story AND pay attention. Nate did such a good job bringing it down to a level that they could follow. Noah read the story from the Bible with a little help from Daddy. It was so fun to see them so interested in the real reason behind this holiday. These are the moments that make a Mom proud!

An early holiday...

We spent an early Christmas with my family. Grandpa and Grandma came and spent a couple of days with us. We decided to let the kids open their presents while they were there. They were so excited to get an early present! Thanks for coming and spending some time with us. It was so much fun to have so many family members during the holiday! The kids LOVED all of the things they got! I especially enjoy Asher's wooden train. I put it together at least three times a day!

Loves...

The best way to say thank you for an awesome Christmas? Lot and lots of loves! I think these are some sweet pictures! Thanks for all the goodies Grandma and Grandpa!

Noah's teacher gift...

Noah wanted to make his teachers a present for Christmas. We decided to make an ornament with leftover fabric that i had. He wrote the words and I embroidered it onto the fabric. He was really proud of them and I think his teachers liked them too. He got rave reviews!! My favorite thing is looking at his cute writing! He is growing up so fast!

No words...

She must take after her Daddy. I would never wear bloomers on my head!

Talia's Christmas dress...

Here is Talia in her Christmas dress! She picked it out all by herself and I have to say I think she has spectacular taste. It is 100% Talia! She looks so pretty!

Curious...

Asher loves to look out the window especially when it is snowing. You can't tell but it was snowing with those huge fluffy flakes. I got tired of holding him up to the window so I just got a stool and let him watch by himself. I love his little tippy toes! He is such a curious boy!