Sunbeam!!

Liv has been counting down the days until she was out of nursery and into the big Sunbeam class at church! She was beyond excited and loved every second of it! I mean seriously, this little gal is growing up way too fast!!

Cheese!

And this is what happens when you have 1pm church ....

Christmas

We had such a wonderful Christmas this year! Liv was SO into everything which made it so much more fun!

Our little family on Christmas Eve

I just love this picture of Anna and Jack

Jack with the giggles!

Liv being a stinker and sneaking food before dinner

Liv is beyond obsessed with Santa this year and so my brother-in-law dressed up for her .... she about died with excitement!! And Jack is just so into the beard every time .....

All the girls in our new pajamas and you got to love Liv's slippers!

The boy's in their new get-up and they new nerf guns ..... oh boy

Liv is in heaven

All Jack wanted was the boxes

Our home right after we finished everything!

The kids waiting to go down on Christmas morning

Liv in her new house from Santa!

I swear this kid had to of eaten a whole roll of wrapping paper .... he was in heaven

Loving his new boy toys!

I was WAY too spoiled and got an amazing new camera that I am LOVING!!!!

Liv got her Rapunzel dress from Santa!!

Jack playing with his new tool bench

My parents found the old Super Nintendo that my sisters and I loved ... it is safe to say that I completely ignored my kids and got a little to into the game :)

Liv at the end of the night .... out of control

Birthday Fun!!

We had such a fun day for Olivia's birthday .... even though it was right before Christmas! She wanted to go "jump", have Mac & Cheese, & get a Rapunzel cake .... pretty easy little girl!!

That morning I decorated her door and made a birthday sign with all the Disney Princesses .... we are a little obsessed with them right now!

She got McDonald's pancakes .... mmm! Don't you love the hat? We went to Zurchers a week earlier and she picked out all her decorations ... including this beauty :)

Oh LOVE!

Bouncing off the walls at Kangeroo Zoo ... this child has NO fear ...

Jack and I going down one of the slides

Liv got spoiled and was able to have some of her cousins come ... here she is with Max

At Noodles for dinner with Daddy

The only thing she wanted for birthday was this Rapunzel cake ....

Presents!!

My In-Laws gave Liv this cradle that Matt had made in 9th grade wood shop .... amazing huh? Paul painted it and Jackie made this awesome bedding for it ..... SO cute!!

So this is Jenson and Jack ... in our ward EVERYONE mistakes them for each other .... still trying to see how ....

The only family picture we got all day and yep I am the only non-retarded one :)

Jack giggling with Great-Grandma

Three Years Old!

Today my Olivia is 3! We just don't know what we would do without our sweet, sassy, silly, fun-loving, full of energy, little girl!! This past year she has changed so much and has turned into quite the little lady and has become the greatest big sister. She is such a good little girl and are so grateful she is ours! Happy Birthday Livie!!

Here is my sweet newborn .... scary how fast they grow

The big first birthday
2 years old
Our big 3 year old

Dance Recital & Christmas Sunday

Liv had her very first dance recital last week and I can't tell you enough how proud I was!! She did awesome and wasn't scared at all .... all she kept asking was when it was Livie's turn to dance on the stage! Cheese!

Right before going on the stage

Mommy and Liv

She is the one on the far left :) Yes she pranced around by herself for a little bit and snuck on stage a little early, but I loved it!

Granpma and Grandpa Nordhoff

Scariest picture ever ... but this is the only one we got with Grandma Thain ... that is a gross candy cane she is chomping on ....

Our little family

On Sunday I had to dress the kids in their Christmas outfits ... it's possibly mty favorite thing ever! And this is how Liv felt about it .....

This is maybe a little better .....

The kiddies!