Six Years Today!!!

Happy Anniversary!!!

Six years ago today my husband and I got married in the Bountiful, Utah Temple. It snowed 7 inches during our wedding and the roads were horrible! My family had to leave Christmas day to make sure we beat road closures, and I was worried his family wouldn't make it. It continued snowing the entire week and we had some interesting drives to our hometown receptions.

My how the years have flown by. We've had 2.2 children since then and have almost finished schooling that we have been involved with through our entire marriage. We're looking forward to many more years together and the joys and challenges that life will bring!

(Our Announcement Picture: 2003)

Merry Christmas Liz and Jeff!

My older sister, Liz, is always doing wonderful things for our family and we wanted to repay her. I asked Lee to use his artistic talent and this is what he did in the two days leading up to Christmas:

Merry Christmas!

Christmas 2009

We spent the Christmas holiday with my family. The girls love visiting their Grandma Ferris, but my sister Torrey, has a puppy named Winston that they are afraid of. In a unique display of sisterly affection, Taylor is protecting Kadie from him while they watch Dora a few days before Christmas.

I love the family tradition that we have in which we get to open one present on Christmas Eve. The girls opened pj's from the Ferris family this year and here they are modeling...

"Santa" pooled money with Grandma and Grandpa Ferris and brought the girls a dollhouse for Christmas. The appeal is that it has two sides so they could play together without fighting, but after watching them fight over sides today, I guess that was a lofty dream. However, they love moving the furniture around and seem pretty happy with it. I love miniatures growing up and I think that this is every little girl's dream. I think they will enjoy this gift for years to come.

And last, but not least, the traditional picture of the other Christmas gifts. The girls got lots of adorable gifts including books, puzzles, coloring sheets, clothes, a doll, a baby, and more. They loved the gifts!

(Kadie refused to pose with her presents. She spent the morning digging into the marshmallow Santas from our socks and any other candy she could get her hands on and by this point I think she was overstimulated or just plain over-sugared.)

Hope Everyone Had a Wonderful Christmas and Wishing You All A Happy New Year!

I saw Santa!

Taylor has been waiting months to see Santa at a Christmas church party. She was one of the first ones in line and was super excited. She told Santa that she wanted a (toy) baby from the store. "Santa" has other awesome toys, but unfortunately they don't include a baby. Hopefully she will be impressed with the other toys and not be too upset. "Santa" did get her an Ariel doll, so maybe that will pass off as a baby. Too funny. I don't have a picture of Kadie with Santa because she refused to even walk up to him. She was willing to accept a candy cane though.