Utah!

Ok so I am a little behind on my blogging! Two weeks ago I went to Utah to Visit my sister, mom and my grandma. Because of horrible weather we didn't get to go see my Grandma, but I did have a fun visit with my sister Melissa and my Mom. Samantha had a great time with her cousins! She loved all of the attention. Melissa's kids would come over and talk to her and smile at her! Plus every time Reagan saw me she would say "baby!" She knew that Samantha is mine! So cute!

I didn't pack warm enough jammies, so Melissa got out some of Aidan's old ones and Samantha wore them. So that is why she looks like a boy in this picture. She loved her cousin Aidan. He would talk to her and she would just smile and laugh!

Here is Samantha and Reagan. They are almost exactly one year apart. I hope that some day they will be best buddies!

Family Pictures!

Ok so here are some of our first family pictures! Our friend Eric got some fun studio equipment for Christmas and he let us come over and try it out! Plus we wanted some pics of Samantha in her blessing dress. We are blessing her next week on February 1st. She is getting cuter by the minute and I can't seem to take enough pictures!

Oh Jane Austen

So I don't know why, but I have been way into Jane Austen movies as of late. I have three different versions of Pride and Prejudice, which happens to be my favorite. I opted to watch the six hour Colin Firth version this time around. It is the most accurate version and Colin Firth makes an excellent Mr. Darcey. I am not really a fan of the girl that plays Jane, but that is ok. So I started my Jane Austen kick off by watching Pride and Prejudice. Then I watched Northanger Abby, Persuasion, and then Mansfield Park. I am planning on watching Emma and then Sense and Sensibility. That will conclude my marathon because if you are familiar with Jane Austen that is all of the books that she wrote! If you have not yet watched any of these movies or read any of her books then you are missing out. There is something wonderful about that time period. I love the clothes and the language. The women were elegant and the men were gentlemen. They attended parties and dances. The rode horses. All I have to say is if you are an Austen Virgin, you need to start with Pride and Prejudice and then watch Emma. Those two are my favorite! I love Jane Austen's work and I just wanted to share that love with all of you! Her books are perfectly wonderful!

Samantha smiles!

Ok so how cute is this! It is so fun! Samantha smiles at us now! Thanks to my friend Steph I was even able to catch it on camera!

All I have to say is that I have one cute little girl! I don't mean to brag, but jsut look at her!

Here is Samantha in one of her Holiday dresses! She was making faces at Von. He is really good at getting her to smile.

Happy New Year!

We went to a party this year at our friends Steph and Justin's house.

Oh, so that is how you wear those hats!

Here is our New Year's group. We had a good time playing Guitar Hero and lots of other games, not to mention all of the yummy food that we ate! We had a great time!

Samantha's first Christmas

Here is Samantha in her Christmas jammies! She looked so cute in her Christmas outfit.

Oh the holidays!

Well Samantha got to meet a lot of new people over the Christmas break. She went to Utah and got to meet one of her Great-grandma's! Here she is in Logan meeting her great Oma!

Then she got to go to Idaho Falls and meet her Grandpa! She loves her grandpa already!

Then she got to go to Ogden and meet another great-grandma! She had a great time there too!

Then of course I had to show her off at church! Here she is in her cute little Christmas dress.

If you are wondering, YES that is a palm tree, and YES it is covered in snow. Here I thought I moved to Vegas! I thought I was moving to a desert! Boy was I wrong! It snowed in Vegas!