JANUARY 2012
Happy New Year! I can't believe another year has come. I am truly excited for what 2012 will bring! January has been a great month. Ethan was blessed on New Year's Day! It was a very special day. Other than that, we have spent lots of time getting settled into our new house and I think we are finally done! We LOVE our house and are so grateful for it! I am so grateful to be home with my little boys these days. We have had some fun days just hanging around the house, playing games, riding bikes and watching shows! I also cannot forget to mention our "fun day" on Wednesdays. Every Wednesday we go to story time at the library, McDonalds for lunch and then off to pre-school for Travis and Halie. The best part is, is that we go with ALL of the cousins in St. George (Camden, Sydney, Avery, Carson, Halie, and Brock). It's lots of fun and I also look forward to visiting with Cara and Melissa on Wednesdays! I love my little boys and am so grateful to be a mother. It's the BEST! Here are some fun pictures from January!
January 1st--Sweet little Ethan! He started to smile on his blessing day!
January 1st--Ethan's blessing day! He wore the same blessing outfit that Scott, Travis and Tyler have all been blessed in! It was so sweet! He also wore his little baby ring from Grandma and Grandpa Clark.
Our family on Ethan's blessing day!

Scott gave such a nice blessing...It was very special and I wrote some memories of the blessing in Ethan's baby book!



Our family pictures on Ethan's blessing day! We missed Grandma and Grandpa Murdock in the pictures. We were so grateful they made it to the blessing despite being sick! We were also glad that Grandma and Grandpa Clark were there to celebrate Ethan's special day!
January 3rd--I can't believe Ethan is almost 2 months!
Ethan...he is such a sweet and calm baby. He loves to be held and sung to but he is also content just hanging out!

Our 3 little boys!
Travis and Tyler absolutely LOVE Ethan. I often find them singing to him, talking to him and kissing him. It's so cute!
January 9th--I love these boys!
Watching a little cartoon with the boys before bed time!
Mom and Ethan!
Travis and Dad bathing Ethan! He actually really likes his bath :) Scott is such a good dad and bathes him every night and then I do the PJ and feeding routine!
January 15th--I just had to get a little picture of the 3 boys before heading off to church! Aren't they so darling in their suits???
January 16th--There is a lot of construction going on across the street from us. New houses are going up quick! Tyler LOVES to watch all of the trucks and tractors from his bedroom window!
January 17th--Ethan!
Tyler often asks to hold "E-am!" He adores Ethan!
January 19th--I layed Ethan on the couch one day as I vacuumed and Travis ran right over and layed right down by him. It was so cute!
January 22nd--The beautiful view of Lone Pine Mountain from our house!
Tyler wearing dad's church shoes for fun!
Ethan after his bath!
January 23rd--Ethan loves his bouncer!
January 24th--The boys stretching out on the floor!
January 28th--Ethan sleeping....so peaceful!
Travis LOVES to play the Wii and has gotten so good at playing Mario Karts!
January 31st--Ethan...What a happy boy!

DECEMBER 2011.....
I have been waiting and waiting for December! I love Christmas time and the magic that is in the air. This truly is the best time of year! It is a great time to be with family, enjoy the Christmas Spirit and think of the birth of our Savior. Our kids have been growing so fast and it has been so fun to be home with them. I have enjoyed playing with them, reading stories with them, watching movies with them and taking our drives down to St. George with them for Travis' pre-school. We have been staying at my parents house temporarily in Cedar City while waiting for our house to be done in St. George! We will be leaving Cedar City this month and will be moving into our new house! We are so excited but sad to leave Cedar City. We can't wait for all the new adventures in our new house and for Christmas!

DECEMBER 2nd--Ethan is growing up so fast! I can't believe he is 3 weeks old! He is such a sweet baby and such a joy to have in our house!

DECEMBER 4th--MERRY CHRISTMAS! I just love this time of year....it's the best!
Travis!
Dad and Tyler!

DECEMBER 5th--Our house! It's nearly completed and we are so thrilled! We should be closing on our house on the 9th and moving in on the 10th!

DECEMBER 7th--Travis visiting Santa at our ward Christmas party! Tyler was too afraid to sit on Santa's lap this year :(
DECEMBER 13th--Ethan sleeping...so peaceful! I just love having a little baby again and want to capture every minute!

DECEMBER 19th--Making our own gingerbread house....the boys thought the best part was having a little taste of the frosting and eating the candy!
DECEMBER 21st--Travis wearing his little antlers and showing his little gingerbread boy that he made at preschool!
Tyler excited for Christmas!
Our sweet little Ethan! I just love him so much!
DECEMBER 24th--We made it to California for Christmas! We got to stop at Grandma Rosell's house in the morning for a quick visit. This was Ethan's first time visiting Great Grandma Rosell and it was so cute. We just love her so much! Christmas time has always been a magical time at her house! We have missed her so much!
Visiting Great Grandma Rosell on Christmas Eve! We just love her!
Next stop was to the park for a fun time with Grandma and Grandpa Murdock and the cousins of coarse! Travis loved driving Kylee around in the little jeep! It was so much fun!
This little car was perfect for Tyler! He thought it was so great to drive his own car!
Having fun at the park on Christmas Eve! They loved driving this little jeep!Tyler and Dad at the park!
Grandpa, Lacey and Grandma...having fun at the park on Christmas Eve!
The kids bathing and getting ready to wear their new Christmas pajamas!
Tyler and Grandpa Murdock!
Jeremy, Brieann and Lacey...having fun on Christmas Eve!
Grandpa Murdock told the story of the Nativity while the kids added each piece to the nativity...they mostly just wanted to play with it!
Travis and Grandma Murdock leading us in Christmas carols!
Travis...I love this boy!
My sweet little boys....so excited for Santa to come!
Sweet little Ethan on Christmas Eve! It's so fun having a new baby for Christmas!
Mom with Tyler and Ethan on Christmas Eve!
Cookies and milk left for Santa!
The boys in their sleeping bags....waiting for Santa to come!
DECEMBER 25th--Waking up Christmas morning with the cousins!
Christmas morning....ready to see if Santa made his visit!
Even little Ethan is awake and ready to see if Santa has come!
And of coarse Santa made it! What a wonderful sight!
Presents galore!

Travis and Tyler opening presents!
Tyler got a new train!
Tyler showing Grandpa his new Elmo!
Travis showing Grandma and Ethan his new little toy!
Travis got the talking Spiderman!
Grandma and little Ethan on Christmas morning!
Tyler got new cars!
Dad and Travis opening his new motorcycle from Grandma and Grandpa Murdock!
This was one of his favorite toys!
We all went to church Christmas morning and it was such a nice day!
Travis
Tyler
Ethan
Our little boys in their matching Christmas ties!
Our family on Christmas morning!
Travis in his new Christmas outfit and cowboy gun!
Travis got his new bike!
Tyler got a pillow pet, the singing Elmo and geotrax Cars!
Ethan got new rattles, books and toys!

DECEMBER 26th--Going on a train ride at Irvine Park. It was beautiful and the kids LOVED the train!

Having fun at the petting zoo in Irvine Park! We were glad Grandma Murdock was feeling well enough to come! And of coarse we love Aunt Lacey and Grandpa too!

What a fun day at Irvine Park!
DECEMBER 29th--Sweet little Ethan!
Grace loved to hold Ethan!
Ethan hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa Clark's house!
DECEMBER 31st--HAPPY NEW YEAR! Ethan's first New Year's Eve Gala!
And the table is set......lots of good food!
These little boys getting ready for the party!! Ethan and Henry are only 11 days apart!
Camden and Travis excited for the Gala!
Playing some New Year's games!
Tyler, Travis and Mom!
Hailey and Anna...Happy New Year!
Sweet little Tyler!
Our family on New Year's Eve!
Ethan...how sweet!
Scott and I on New Year's Eve!
Sweet little Travis!

We had the greatest New Year's party! Lots of food, music, dancing and silly string! Can you find dad? He is of coarse cleaning as the rest of us are partying down!

Our fun New Year's Eve...We enjoyed every minute! The kids had a blast dancing to our traditional "Enjoy Yourself" New Year's song. And what's a party without a little Martinelli's? We all had such a great time!