MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

It has been a while since I have blogged I thought that I would share a few photos from over the last few weeks. Thanksgiving was spent in southern utah with our families. We stayed a few days in Alton and then went down to Kanab for a few days and had Thanksgiving dinner in Fredonia at my sister's house. It turned out great and I am so greatful that they opened up their new home for us to use.

This is James at his Grandpa and Grandma Jones' house. He played and played and played with his little cousins. I don't think he knew what to do with all those girls. He has 4 girl cousins from age 2 to age 4 months. He is the only boy.

Here he is at Grandpa and Grandma Roundy's house. He loved to climb up on this milk can and pound on it like a drum. He thought is was great when he could play in the tupperware cupboard. It kept him entertained for hours.

Here he is at Megan's house while we were getting dinner ready. He was so excited about playing with Uncle Jesse's cars. He even let him play with his very nice car. I think Uncle Jesse is ready for a little boy now that he has a wonderful daughter.

James is playing with Kylee, Bella, and Uncle Jesse

We finally put up our Christmas tree. I have been bugging Cloyd for weeks to help me get it up, but with finals and trying to get his 1st stage exam in it has been very busy.

This is James helping his daddy vaccuum the floor and the couches in preparation for the tree. He thought it was great to be able to be "big" like his dad. He got the little tool and followed his dad around doing what he did. He even jumped on the pillows like his dad did.

Here is our tree. We bought the tree half off a couple of years ago, but didn't have the decorations we wanted for it yet. So, last year we just went with lights mostly because I was 8 months pregnant and to tired to care.

This year was a different story. We looked all year for just the right ornaments when we finally found these little signs of "hope", "peace", and "joy". Cloyd had to paint them, but they were exactly what we wanted.

The next morning, after we had put the tree up, I brought James down for lunch and I had it plugged in. He just stared at it with his mouth wide open forever. He loves it expecially the Angel at the top of the tree.

I love to see the wonder in his eyes. Priceless.