Meet Samson

Meet the newest edition of our family. This is Samson. I know I said my heart couldn't take it any more, but David asked me for one more try. And when you are face to face with the cutest little Tea Cup Yorkie, how can you refuse. We got Samson from a great lady in Copper Basin. He was her last one left, and her favorite. She was trying to get her husband to let her keep him, but he wouldn't. We lucked out and caught her early enough. She said she had a bunch of other calls on him too (we were all leaving messages), but we were her first (thank you Ashley!). We jumped at this chance. David has been wanting a Yorkie. We had a different dog picked out from the Casa Grande animal control center (neither dog sheds), but David instantly fell in love with this pup. If anyone is interested in Holly (the other dog), let me know. I loved her! She was an awesome dog and in need of a home. She looked like Toto from the Wizard of Oz. But, we were out to get David a dog, not me (although I must say, this dog has won me over big time). I am just so excited. I am a definitely dog person (as long as they don't shed - and they can't knock me over). He is so cute. He has been here for about 3 hours and already he struts, and prances around like he owns the place. That is why we thought he needed a big name even though he is such a tiny pup. If any of you have seen my video camera, it is the kind that fit in the palm of your hand. He is teeeeny! We love him.

Cottage Fair Night

On Monday night we had cottage fair night at our kids school. It's where we go and see all the things they've been learning about this quarter. It was really cute. Ben's class sang some songs for us, one of which was Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. I didn't think much about it when Ben's teacher came up to us before everything started to tell us how cute Ben is when he sings Rudolph. She told us that he loves it, and he always sings his heart out, and when they were done practicing he would stand up and sing it by himself in front of the class. We just kind of laughed about it, but when they started singing, you could totally hear Ben. He sings really well though so it didn't sound bad, it was just funny because you could totally tell it was him. He had a great night.
This was during Rudolph. You can tell he was quite happy.

Emma's class did a poetry reading. They each had a different poem about dinosaurs. They weren't required to memorize them, but most of the kids did anyway. Emma did a great job! I had to tape her afterward though because I was so wrapped up in it I forgot to start video tapping right away. It was pretty lame. But she was happy and did so well.

Katie's Toes

Katie loves anything pretty. She is really into clothes and shoes, so David thought he would try painting her nails and see if she liked it. She LOVED it. Katie doesn't sit still for anything, but she sat really well for this. You could tell she thought she was pretty.

Christmas is Coming....

We went to see the Temple lights last Sunday. It was pretty great. We just decided last minute to go which made it even more fun. This is one of our favorite traditions as a family. We didn't get to go last year so the kids were even more excited than usual. I am glad we went before the weather turned colder. It was perfect. I know Jacob looks pretty wraped up, but it really wasn't that cold :). It was great.We brought the stroler for Katie, but she wouldn't sit in it. She just wanted to push it all night. We ended up hiding it for most of the night behind the stage. Crazy baby.

David doing what he does best! Lookin' good - and filming :-).

The girls wanted us to kiss for a picture. It was so much fun. Joelle did a great job with the camera, don't ya think :-).

Katie was so funny. She led us all around most of the night. I don't think I've seen her that happy before.

The Nativity scenes were some of the kids favorite things to see. I know it sounds cliche, but it really was a magical night.

We went back to the car where David had hot chocolate ready in an igloo cooler. We had crackers and candy canes too. The kids were all great the whole night long. I love Chirstmas!

Katie LOVES hot chocolate. She had 2 cups of hot chocolate that night (they all did).

I loved this face (even though it kind of looked like the Joker to me :-). Does it get any better?