Christmas Day!

We have now celebrated our third Christmas in Utah. It is hard to believe we have lived here this long! The boys had a great time. Dylan was in stimulus overload for the most part and never stopped all day! He loved opening presents and insisted that he had to help all of us open our presents as well. I think we could have just wrapped boxes and he would have had just as much fun! He really did love all his new toys though and his new Smart Cycle video game was his favorite, along with all Austin's new toys! Sharing certainly will take a long time to master. Enjoy the pictures!


Dylan sets out cookies and milk for Santa on Christmas Eve.


Jinx inspects the presents after Santa departs.


Austin loves his new ride/walk truck. Dylan also likes it and usually starts to ride it as soon as Austin is playing with it.








Dylan takes charge of another one of Austin's new toys.


Big surprise! Dylan loves Austin's new farm.


Wow! They are actually involved in separate activities! A brief reprieve for the mediator.















Dylan loves riding his Smart Cycle. Hopefully this will help burn some of his energy during these cold winter months.






Mike carves our roasted goose. It was a tradition for many years in my family to have a Christmas goose and it sure was fun to bring it to our family. We cooked it perfectly and it went great with my homemade cran-raspberry dressing.




Dylan has been dying to eat our gingerbread house since we made it last week. I kept telling him it was a Christmas decoration and we can't eat it until after Christmas.


I finally remembered to put the hat on Austin's adorable "My First Christmas" outfit. Unfortunately, he was not too enthused. Oh well...




Almost bedtime! They were both exhausted and so were we!


These pictures were taken the morning after Christmas. We got at least 10 inches of snow overnight. It was our first official white Christmas with new snow.

Dylan's 3rd Birthday Party!

This year we celebrated Dylan's birthday at our local McDonald's. We invited Dylan's playmates from our neighborhood and they had a great time. Afterwards, Dylan opened family presents at home. Enjoy the pictures and short videos!
























How the times have changed! Check out Dylan from his first birthday to his third!






"Happy Birthday to Dylan!"

Dylan opening presents at home with the family.

Dylan's favorite presents on his first and second birthdays.




Dylan Opens Presents!

Christmas Party

We attended our neighborhood/church Christmas party last night. There was a dinner and short program followed by a visit from Santa. Enjoy the pictures and short video.










Watch and see Dylan's reaction to Santa this year. It is also fun to watch him playing with the other kids. You will see that he loves to wrestle and tends to imitate others. He is such the character!

Snow Storm

We had our first major snow storm of the season today. Dylan enjoyed a little play time on the deck. Unfortunately, we weren't able to get out more since Mike was working. Enjoy the pictures and short video! Sorry no pictures of Austin. He was napping while we were on the deck.


This picture was taken at about 9am, shortly before it started snowing.





These shots were taken during the height of the snow.



This was the last picture taken close to 5pm. It had stopped snowing around 1pm.



This is the video of Dylan playing on the deck.