Disney On Ice

A few weeks ago we we're able to go to Disney on Ice for free! Okay maybe not for free, we had to sit in the freezing cold for about 5 hours in the heart of Salt Lake City 3 months ago, but the tickets were free! Tim went earlier that day to pick-up the tickets at the box office and got awesome seats right behind the VIP section.

Izzie had so much fun seeing all the characters skating around, I think it gave her a Disneyland fix that will last till we can get back there in May... I hope.

She was all smiles the whole time.

Here are some shots of the show, Izzies getting a kick out of looking at them again right now as I type. She's yelling "Gotta go's" she still won't call them cars.

We will be sitting in the cold again next year to get our tickets, it was so worth it!

Hello Again!

Here are some snapshots from our last trip to California, I can't wait to go back for Mothers Day, we're flying this time whoo hoo!!

Grandma LaVigne had Izzies face painted at the meet the princess area, she loved it!

Kevin with all his brothers and sisters, at his 60th surprise birthday party.

All of us on the train ride at Disneyland, it was kind of faster than we thought, Tim fell on me at one point in the ride:) Good thing we rode in the cage!

Izzie with Uncle James and Uncle Brian, she LOVED that they came and met us at Disneyland!!

We have been back here in Utah or "tu-ta" as Izzie calls it, for weeks now, but still have yet to get back into a routine (ugh I hate that part of traveling). The only part of traveling that I really like is getting to visit family and friends, and most of all how much Izzie learns while we're out of our "Utah bubble". Izzie's vocabulary is growing so much now, and she makes Tim and I laugh on a daily basis. My mom says that I need to right this stuff down, because you quickly forget the little things. So I'm going to listen to my Mama and write them down here, because this is the closest thing I have to a journal right now :)

When we ask Izzie to say Utah she says "no MY ta" it makes us crack up EVERYTIME!!

"ah-ah" =Diaper

She loves to call her dad Tim. I love it when she says " Tim look, look!"

"Preeee" This is what she calls the Disney Princesses.

And lately she has taken to calling me mama, I have no idea why. But I'll take it.

I'll write more as I can remember them, and as she comes up with new ones. You can skip over that part of my posts, it won't hurt my feelings. It is purely for me :)

Look who's cookin'

Iz had lots of fun "cooking" with me this morning :)
She even stole the apron right off me, I guess I know what my next sewing project is going to be.

Family Farm Night

I'm going to say it again.....I LOVE where we live. While at family farm night at Thanksgiving Point, in the middle of taking a thousand pictures of Iz, I just had to stop and take a shot of our beautiful sunset. It literally stopped me in my tracks. Utah sunsets, there's nothing like them. I don't miss southern California at all....ok maybe a little bit. I could use a nice sunny warm day every once in awhile during the cold days of winter. Maybe that's why we visit so much....hum?
Iz enjoyed her visit with the cows, she was much braver this trip. I'm amazed how quickly she changes from month to month.
And yes those are devil horns on her head. I pick my battles...this was not one of them.

Our little cowgirl rode the pony all on her own this time. Mom was panicking a little bit, and Dad was standing by just in case. You'd hear this little nervous laugh escape her every once in a while, it almost had me in tears it was so funny.

Next it was on to the crafts, the theme of the night was Three Blind Mice. Iz, I mean Tim and I, made a little mouse out of felt while Izzie colored a picture of the little guys.

On our way out Izzie couldn't resist one last ride on the saddle.

Latest Project

On Black Friday this year. My mom and I got a couple of new "toys". My mom purchased a new laptop, and I picked up a new DVD player for the car. We both got super deals, had to get up early to do it, but it was worth it. Neither one of us had a bag to put them in. So while my Mom was visiting us this past Christmas, we whipped a couple of them up using this pattern.

I had to add a little "bling" after my mom left. It was just calling for it. I love anything that sparkles :)

I think it turned out pretty good. Thank you for the great idea Make it and Love it!

Here's a shot of the inside, it has two pockets.

The pattern is very easy to follow, so if you have something screaming at you for a bag, get to it!

Mom's Birthday Party

We were so lucky to have my Mom come up the day after Christmas, it was only for a few days, but we'll take what we can get! I wanted to celebrate her birthday while she was here. Her birthday is on January 6th, so we weren't to early. Uncle Steven even came!

Izzie still gets excited when people sing happy birthday, I love that about her :)

Mom opening her gift, a new digital camera, she needed one. Her old Kodak was falling apart.

Does Iz know how to party? She put the box from the camera on her head and kept saying

ta-da!

She got grandma in the mood too ;)

Happy Birthday Mom. We hope you have a great day.

We love you

White Christmas

I know we've lived here for over three years now, but sometimes new snow in the morning takes my breath away. I'm so glad that Izzie is at an age where she can really enjoy it now. She had to try her new snow boots out on Christmas Eve, the snow was calling to her.

Later that morning we got her dressed up to go see "Santa" (the fake one) at the Mall.

Here are some shots of Christmas morning.

She loved her my little pony from Uncle Mike and Aunt Heidi.

Here she is lovin' her new Buzz doll, she's really in to "Budz" right now.

She absolutely loves her new cars, from the movie "Cars". I know she's a girl, she's just really into Buzz and Cars right now. And trains, oh boy!

She wrapped up Christmas morning with a free concert using her new microphone.

We hope your Christmas was as Merry and Bright as ours!