Happy Birthday Taylor

Taylor is 1 today!

Can you believe we made her wait a whole year for this!

Here is her birthday car ($10 on black Friday) and already worth every cent, she loved going back and forth to her brothers and sister on it. I think that Jake is doing some sort of break dancing in the background.

I saw this cake on the back of a box and thought it was so cute I had to make it for her 1st birthday it was quite easy too (which is a must for me) I don't even like to frost cakes.

I can't believe that she is 1 year old today. The time goes by so fast and my little infant is gone, it makes me sad but yet it is so fun to see her reach each new milestone.

Here is my sweet newborn, Taylor, Britnee had made her into a "princess"

Close to one of her first smiles



My 11 month old beauty

Christmases Past

Here is a picture of my Mom (Janis) in 1955 she is about 1 1/2 yr. old.

The card was actually included in a scrapbook that my Great Grandma Stott

gave to me as a gift on a Christmas Eve at her home in Choteau.

She always made wonderful handmade gifts for all of her

grandchildren and Great Grandchildren.

I love the handwriting of my Grandma Stott it is still

the same over 50 years later!

This picture was taken in 1976 I'm guessing on Christmas Eve.

It is Grandma Stott, me and Uncle Jim (don't we all look young!).

1977

I'm sure that my Mom made that cute little nightgown.

This is Nels and I (Emilee).

The next 2 pictures are from Christmas Morning 1980.

The lower one is of Chase and I. You can't really see it but the stocking

I am looking in has Chases name on it I guess he wasn't looking

at it quickly enough for me.

My Mom always made me a pretty Christmas dress.

Well here are some pictures of Christmases Past. I have such wonderful memories of my childhood Christmases. Now I get to enjoy the wonder of Christmas through my children! They bring so much joy to my life.

F.F.T.

We decided to have Family Fun Time once more outside

before the really cold weather sets in. On Sunday the high, yes high,

temperature is forecast to be -7. BRR!

Kelly and I originally implemented FFT when we would want to go on a walk and all we would hear from certain members of our family was "I don't want to go", "I'm not coming", "Do I have to come", "BORING", etc., etc., etc.

We would smile and say "You have to come its Family Fun Time."

Apparently Kelly can use that line on me now when I don't want to go down by the river and it is only 29 degrees. Well I went and we all had fun! We roasted hot dogs and ate cheetos. I stood by the fire to keep warm and it did feel good. Taylor had her first taste of a cheeto and thought it was pretty good. The kids love it when we do things like that and I know that memories of roasting hot dogs by the river will help to make our family stronger.


It looks a bit desolate but I love it anyway!

Family Fun Time

Give it a try!

THANKSgiving

Well this picture was intended to be the last picture for this blog but I guess it gets to be first, one of these days I will get it figured out. As the sun was setting this evening I had to take a picture. I thought that it looked beautiful. I am thankful for all of the beauty on this earth.

This picture was supposed to be my 2nd to last picture. This was Tate's excitement over Thanksgiving weekend besides my family visiting of course.

Here is a picture of us right before our wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. Sorry McKay I didn't mean to cut off half of your head.

Here is a picture of Britnee, Grandpa, and Colton.

Colton, Uncle McKay, and Britnee. McKay and Tate were such good sports about wearing turkey hats. You had to know that the pictures would make it onto my blog! I am so thankful for all of my family! Tate's picture of the turkey hat is also supposed to be here but I don't know how to insert a picture into the middle of a blog any advice? Is it possible? Maybe I will have a random picture blog soon to post all of the picture that I have missed over the last year.

Here are Kelly and I posing in our almost matching striped sweaters. Aren't we cute?

And one little passionate picture to end with!

I really do love Thanksgiving time. I love that we take a little bit of extra time to think of all that we are grateful for. I feel so blessed in so many different ways. Especially when I take a few minutes to think of all of my blessing and all that I am thankful for ~ I can't help but smile!