The New Year

2008 has come and gone and we are very excited for 2009! Mostly because Shay is graduated and i get to stop working full time and be a mom. Unfortunately we do not get to start our new adventure until June but in the meantime we get to have a lot of time together as a family. Reagan has developed some new habits this year that Shay is extremely fond of.... first, shopping! Especially for bracelets and necklaces


and the pink tutu must be worn around the apartment these days! Oh how Shay loves it! (sigh!) He now feels for his brother Jared whose daughter, Ella, is always a princess!

Christmas 2008

We enjoyed a fun filled Christmas with Shaler's family up at a cabin in Heber City this year. There was a lot of snow that fell Christmas Day that Reagan and Shaler extreamly enjoyed. The fmaily on Christmas Day

Reagan enjoying her gift from and Aunt Jaime and Uncle Mark

Reagan with her cousin Jake who she loved to be around

Reagan enjoying the snow and sledding with Shay

Shaler's Commissoning

On Dec 22nd Shaler officially became a 2nd lieutenant for the United States Air Force. His uncle Chad was able to give him the oath of office which was really fun. His uncle Chad also gave him his butter bars (the rank he used) that he received 37 years ago when he commissioned as a new lieutenant. It was an exciting day for family. Unfortunately we have to wait until the end of May to start anything. Here are some pictures from that day

SNOW!!!!

Shay took Reagan out this morning for her first experience with snow this year. Shay has been waiting all year for it to snow so he could take Reagan out to play. He has been the one to get all her snow gear this year. It is so funny! So when he woke up this morning and saw the snow he couldn't wait to get Reagan all dressed up. So here she is at 8am! She wasn't too sure of it at first but now she just looks out the window wondering when she can go out again.




When we got back inside she did not want to take her pants and boots off!

Christmas Tree!

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we went and got out Christmas tree. I did not think Reagan would be as excited as she was! She could not get enough of the tree! She wanted to help with all the ornaments and decorations. She has been surprisingly good when it comes to not touching the tree! Here are a few pictures of that night and one the day after

Happy Holidays!

We can not believe the end of the year is almost here! This is our favorite time of the season because we get to be with family. We joined my family for Thanksgiving this year. Aunt Ilene joined us but was already to full and lying on the coach for the family photo but I did snag one of her earlier! It was nice to relax and just have fun.

November

Not much has happened for us this month. A couple of days ago we celebrated Shaler and aunt Ilene's Birthday. Reagan wanted to help me make daddy's cake but she ended up like this instead



I also wanted to share this hysterical picture with everyone. Reagan's hair gets more out of control these days! This is how she was the other day when she woke up. Shay and I can't help but laugh


We have also developed a climber. Reagan wanted to look out the window the other day a decided that since we were not going to help her she would do it herself. And well....she did!