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Ethan loves to get in the fridge...especially when he's so tired at night before bed. We found him like this a few weeks ago!! What a trouble maker!!

You can't be mad at that sweet smile!!Ethan always plays peek-a-boo with Ali with their easter buckets and she's figured it out so she's thinks it's hilarious to do it herself. She will put it on and then all of a sudden pull it off really fast and laugh!! It's so cute!!
Right after she pulled it off!

Please excuse the messy floor!! I clean it every day but yet it always ends up spread everywhere again. Once they have their own room...(NEXT WEEK!! YAHOO!!) I'm hoping these toys won't be all over our family room!

THANK YOU HEATHER!!

Roger checked the mail today on his way to work and called me and told me we got a package from Cam and Heather!! I was so excited because I knew it was our Christmas present but I also knew that I could open it earlier than Christmas!!! I was so excited when I opened it and found this: Heather is an awesome person and I just love how creative she is!! I saw these on her blog and I thought they were so fun! Each day until Christmas has something to do together as a family on it or a scripture to read!! I tried to do close-ups so you can see just how crafty and cute this thing really is.
I know she put a lot of work into it, but I really love it and can't wait to hang it up!! Thanks Cam, Heather, & Aleksa for such a fun and thoughtful Christmas present!! We miss you guys!

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Christmas Cards

I am starting my own business. Right now I am doing a drawing for Christmas cards...in the future I will have baby announcements, senior announcements, and even valentines..check out the cards I have so far..and enter the drawing if you'd like..I will be posting more templates within the next couple hours so keep checking back!! I know it's cutting it close to Christmas, but I thought some people probably haven't thought about it since this year has gone by so fast...I can get them back within two days of when I order them... Enjoy!! Also the cards that have pictures and names on them does not mean they have been used. I thought it would be nice to have some pictures on the cards to show examples of what they could look like. mareditsanddesigns.blogspot.com

Ethan's Birthday Party

I know it's been a long time since I posted anything, but Ethan's birthday was November 7. Since we were having family come into town for Rob's wedding we decided to do his birthday party the day after his wedding. We had a good turn out. We want to thank all of the friends and family that came and celebrated with us! Ethan had a lot of fun and was so pooped at the end of the day. My mom did an amazing job on her new pizza recipe! She flips it up in the air and everything. We don't ever like to order pizza anymore because this is just as good or better than most places. Roger wants my mom to start a pizza place! Man she is so talented at so many different things! I guess I'm lucky she's my mom!! I couldn't believe she was okay with making ten pizzas for the party the day after the wedding. Her good friend Lori Jones helped her out a lot and we are also grateful for that. I tried to keep the kids busy with the dancing cam my mom got for Ethan. You can hook it up to the TV and see the kids on the screen dancing. We had lots of balloons and I even got treat bags...lots of crazy fun!! Ethan got Play-Doh from the Webb Waites family.
He also got Mater and Lightning McQueen from the Jones family.

Roger did a good job helping open again this year!

He got these cute cars from the Michael Sanchez family.

You can see his Lighting McQueen and Mater are tightly gripped in his hand.

I originally wanted to make him his own cake, but there just wasn't time. I wish I could've been more creative...there is always next year when we don't have tons of wedding stuff to do! (Atleast I hope Kait isn't planning on getting married then!)

I was definitely trying to show him how to blow the candle out, but he didn't need my help!

He did it all on his own!

My grandpa Bennett and his wife Annie. They made the drive up from California..it was good to see them again.

Roger helping cut the pizza for the kids!

Annette and Ed came up from New Mexico for the wedding and it was nice to have them around the family again! We love them and miss them!

I got cupcakes for the kids and thought that that would be enough for them. After they ate the cupcakes they asked for cake!! The little piggies..LOL Good thing I had homemade cheesecake for the adults!

I love that blue face!

I know it wasn't Ali's birthday but she did get a few presents as well!! She got Minnie Mouse from my Grandpa Bennett and Annie, and a book from Annette and Ed.

She was so happy!

I love her crazy hair!!

She likes to read!

Ethan all pooped out at the end of the day. He wanted to play with his cars, but was too tired to stand up or sit down so he had to lay there! We love him so much and we can't believe he's 2!!!