Just for fun!

Operation 365- Week 1

A friend of mine told me about Operation365 (I think that is what it is called). You are supposed to take a picture everyday of the year and by the end of the year your picture taking skills should have improved. I take a lot pictures, but I don't know if my skills have gotten any better over the years. But I thought it was a worth a try. I also thought it would be a good way to document some of the day to day stuff. I am going to try and post my pictures weekly, so here is my first week:

01/01/11

Our snow day.

01/02/11

Aubrey is learining how to take her binky out and put it back in her mouth. The kids think this is pretty funny.

01/03/11

Just washing dinner off in the bath.

01/04/10 Just playing with Mom while all the kids were at school.

01/05/11

I find my kids just randomly sitting on the kitchen counter doing stuff all the time.

01/06/11

Alex and Cooper playing Transformers under the dining room table. I love how well these two play together in the afternoons while Nick and Chloe are at school.

01/07/10

Alex tells the girls to stand next to him and then puts his hands up and oh-so-smoothly around the girls. I think I am going to be in trouble when he gets older!!

New Years Baby

Chris' little brother, Tristen and his wife Tahtiana had their baby New Years day.

Landon Devon Lichty

7 lbs. 4 oz.

18 inches long

Poor little guy is still in the NICU. We can't wait for him to get better so that he can come home.

Snow Day

New Years Day tradition for our family has turned into going to the snow. I love that we have these traditions for the kids. Jenny, Katie, and Ashton joined us up at Lee Canyon for some snow fun. We made snow angels, attempted a snow man, sledded down the hill, had a snowball fight, and enjoyed some hot cocoa.

Chris says that if we want to keep this tradition we are going to have to go way earlier so it isn't so crazy busy. We still managed to have some good family fun though.

NYE 2011

We spent New Year's Eve partying at my mom's. We had some friends over anad played some games and had lots of yummy food. Nick and Alex were troopers and made it to 12:00 so they could do some poppers and shoot confetti all over Grandma's house.

December Randomness

Just love this girl and I love to take her picture!!
Our playhouse (A.K.A. the barn) made it over to our new house. Nick was on a date with Grandma Karen, but Chloe, Alex, and Cooper got a kick out of watching it "fly" into the backyard.

Aubrey doesn't sleep that well when we are out, she prefers to be in her bed, but if she has a magical Santa hat on then she sleeps "like a baby"! Alex had a holiday performance. They sang the Chipmunk song and a couple of others. He is not a fan of singing so we pretty much just watched him trade spots with the other kids as he moved along the back.

The kids got to go see their new cousin Taylor. Aubrey looks like a monster compared to that tiny baby! I just want her to be tiny again!!

Of course Chloe was in heaven!

I went and helped Alex's class decorate gingerbread houses.

The first graders also had a holiday performance. Chloe's class did Jingle Bell Rock.

I came earlier that morning and helped a couple of the other moms paint their faces so they could be little rock stars!

Christmas Day

Christmas morning the kids were good to Chris and I, they didn't wake up too early. At least not that I know of. I do know that Chloe already knew stocking gifts, so she must have been sneakin' earlier. We came downstairs and the kids saw what Santa put in their stockings and then we headed outside to see what else Santa left for the kids.

They were super excited when they looked out the window and saw a trampoline! I guess it is kind of a good thing that it was freezing outside or they might have stayed out there all morning.

We came back in and opened up all the presents. Chloe loved her baby and baby clothes. Alex and Cooper loved their Transformers. Nick was excited for his Deal or No Deal DS game. And little Aubee loved the dollar that came in her purse from Santa.

Chris made us yummy breakfast while the kids played with all their new stuff and we got ready for the day. We then went to see Tristen, Tahtiana, Melissa, Robert, Grandpa Victor, Hayden, Taylor, Grandma Karen, Granny and Grandpa to visit and hand out presents. After those stops we headed over to my mom's to open gifts there. She holds all our gifts hostage so we have to some see her on Christmas! The kids played with their new stuff there with their cousins.

They don't even really need Santa, they have Grandma!!

We hung out for a while and then went to dinner at Gardunos with Mom, Dad, Jenny, Katie, Jeremy, Juli, Ben, Hailey, Will, and Lucy and we even ran into Grandpa Mike and Grandma Kaye while we were there.

Christmas came way too fast for me this year, so I am glad to say it is over! I am thankful that we did have such a nice Christmas with our family and I am especially thankful for the birth of our Savior!