Hello! and Happy New Year

Oh it feels good to be back in the blogging mode again.

Here's the catchup post:

Christmas was fabulous. I loved the whole Christmas season.

My girls were busy making these cute scarves for their friends. Ashlie wasn't too sure she wanted to sew but after I told her to just try sewing one, which she did, she found out she really loves sewing.

We also did our annual gingerbread cookies. Alia and her friend Denise are modeling their Reindeer Centaur (yup, we got that creative) and below is Alia's pegasus. Christmas day
The girls helping Matthew open his presents. He got sheets for his crib for Christmas. What more do you need when you're only two months old?
Looks like he likes them...or maybe he's just happy to see his bouncy seat toys.
Ashlie wanted a horse for Christmas that was poseable...
She even felt it was important enough that she drew me a note during church and handed it to me after Sacrament Meeting.
Well, she got her horse (and a good discussion about appropriate Sacrament Meeting drawings. j/k =)
Alia and Madelyn got some roller blades which they were totally excited about. They have been roller blading every chance they get since then and are getting better and faster each time.
And we got our girls some nerf guns.
During the Christmas break Aaron was able to be home from the 23rd until the 4th of January. We really enjoyed having him home.

I got a lot of sewing time in during the Christmas break and finished Matthew's quilt. It took me another two weeks just to get the rest of the bedding done. Something about starting up school again and Aaron going back to work made my days a bit more busy. Here are the finished products though...

The quilt
I quilted it with stars on the top. I love how you can see the cute star pattern on the back of the quilt too...
Here is the rest of the bedding
Matthew approves of the new bedding.

Matthew's blessing

Matthew was blessed on December 5, 2010. The outfit he wore was the same outfit Aaron wore when he was blessed. We got to have Grandpa and Grandma T. with us and Kami and her girls also. It was a very special day.

We love our little Matthew

I love this next picture of Aaron with his Dad and Matthew.

Weighing in

So we weighed Matthew on Monday...I couldn't believe it when the scale said 13 pounds! Tomorrow he will be six weeks old. That means he has increased his body weight by about 62% since birth. Wow! Way to go Matthew. Looks like he wants to be big and strong like his daddy.

When Matthew's hair dries after a bath it stands on end. So we made it into a nice faux-hawk in this cute picture.

SNOW...glorious snow!

Last week's weather brought us some snow. It really gets me in the holiday mood to see some snow. The girls had so much fun playing in it while it lasted. We kept the crock pot going with plenty of warm cider or hot chocolate. I'm hoping we'll get some more "white stuff" for Christmas.

My parent's visit

My wonderful parents came to visit about a week ago. It was great to have them come and play with the girls and get to meet Matthew. We had so much fun.

I love this picture I got of them at the park. They are so cute together and so in love after all these years.

Playing scrabble.

Alia showing off her tree climbing skills (and abdominal strength as well).

The park by the beach.
Grandma H. playing around with the girls.

We had to get a picture with Matthew and me too. See his little head in there?

Things got a little crazy for a while

Enjoying time on the beach.

Thanks Mom and Dad for coming to visit us. We loved having you here!