The Holiday's

Happy New Year to all of our friends and family. We had a terrific Holiday Season this year. Soooo many Christmas's that Samantha asked me tonight if we were having another one. We started with an early Christmas with Stephan's family on Dec 16th were Samantha got her favorite Dora slippers and jammies. We then flew to Arizona on the 19th where we spent a fun filled week making cookies, a ginger bread house, went the zoo and the Botanical Gardens (My personal favorite). They had a Chihuly exhibit going on and I am just in love with his artwork. One familiar piece is the ceiling in the Belagio in Las Vegas. Here is his website http://www.chihuly.com . We all had an awesome time in Arizona with Aunt Victoria, Granny Gail and Aunt Rose and we ate and ate and ate and felt soooo spoiled. Sam's personal favorite was the unlimited supply of Chocolate Milk that Granny Gail kept in stock. Samantha was especially excited on Christmas day when she got her camera she had been asking for and a stocking full of goodies including nail polish. When she sat on Santa's lap she told him she wanted a surprise and then decided she wanted a camera so she was very worried that Santa would not know. But the big guy came through! Hunter was all smiles the whole vacation which was wonderful. He loved his his Aunt's and his Granny Gail so much.
We then rented a car and drove to California to visit my family and all of our old haunts. It was ton's of fun and we had another Christmas with my family. Samantha was spoiled rotten by her Grandma "Friend" (Sam's new name for Grandma Jenson) and her Aunt Lindsey. Much to there chagrin her favorite gift was a pair of scizzors her Grandma got at the dollar store to go in her craft kit. It was pretty funny. However she is now playing with all of her gifts in full force. She got a Barbie Laptop and everytime Stephan gets on his laptop she gets hers out and sits next to him. Hunter was a fan of all of the Gift Wrap and the millions of people willing and excited to hold him. He put on a great show! We got to see many friends while we were there and were bummed that we didn't have time to see all of them! But please know we did our best!
As for New Years we hung out with my family and my Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Mike and their kid's came over it was a blast however we went to bed at 10:00 SERIOUSLY. Sooo old! The next day we got on a plane and are now back in NC missing the West Coast however loving the feel of our own bed!

Look at this!! (by Stephan)

So it's been awhile since I have looked at our blog and I think I can officially say that Amanda has taken over the blog!  But...I am not complaining, I am glad she had found this new hobby.  I just want to say that unlike previously stated by my wife, I am not a "techno geek"!  I can't beleive she would say something like that, ha ha!  Ok for those who know me that I am a pretty big geek, it just cracks me up that I have chosen this path of "geekiness".

Peace and love to all our family and friends!

Happy Holiday!

Just thought I would post while I have a minute! We had a great Thanksgiving at Stephan's parents house and are super excited for Christmas! We are going to be in Arizona for Christmas visiting Stephan's Granny Gail and Aunt Victoria and Rose. We are really excited about this. The day after Christmas we are renting a car and heading to California! We have missed the west coast soooo much and can't wait to visit. Sam has a new obsession we started with Mickey Mouse, then Strawberry Shortcake, and then Dora, and now it is Caillou. Anyone heard of him? Kind of a funny show about a whiney bald preschooler :) It's not so bad. However in one episode they celebrate "The Holidays" and so she keeps asking me when we are gonna celebrate "The Holidays." It's pretty funny. Now I must go because I just found Sam lying on the floor outside her door (an hour after I put her to bed) she looked and me and said "Mom I'm just in a crazy mood tonight like Max (her Kitten).

Reason for Hunters Cast....

Hi everyone! I sure have had fun Blogging I had no idea what an assortment of blogs are out there. I neglected to specify why Hunter had a cast in my last post! My friend Erin told me to tell everyone it was a skiing accident which raised a few eyebrows however nothing that exciting. Hunter was born with a Club Foot here is a link that gives details on what a club foot is and shows a picture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_foot. (MAN I just published this and then tried the link and it doesn't work. You will have to copy and paste until my techno geek husband can fix it! Sorry!) So since he was born we have been battling with getting it straightened which mostly includes different casts that slowly pull his foot outwards. This last cast was on for a month because he had a tendonoscopy. Which means that they cut the tendon in the back of his foot and then seriousely twisted his foot like 90 degrees. It looked really crazy however I think it was more painful for me to look at then it was for Hunter. So know we are done with casts (Hopefully) and on to the shoes. They are a pair of White leather shoes with a metal bar in between them. They are quite annoying and drive both Hunter and I a little crazy. We are working on getting used to them as he has to wear them 20 out of the 24 hours in a day. So there you have it the story of Hunters Cast's :)

NO MORE CAST!!!

Hunter got his cast off today! He is much lighter and easier to carry. He now gets to wear a pair of shoes with a metal bar which he is not to fond of. He will wear these for an indefinite period of time.

I Won the Prize!

Soooo I love Halloween and I love to dress up! This year I scored big went to the thrift store and got a sweet Leather vest, some ugly brown bell bottoms, a sweet paisley shirt and platforms for $11.37. I was way stoked! In usual fashion Stephan refused to dress up which is always a source of contention for us :) I know sounds pretty trivial. But I just love dressing up. I won best adult costume at our Ward Halloween party pretty big event for me as my life consists of allot of barf poop and a sassy 3 year old. I'm always up for new Halloween costumes. I like to be a person. Like for a couple of years I was Mary Katherine Gallagher "Superstar" and one year I was Sher so if you have any ideas for next year let me know. This year I can't put an exact name to who I am but I'm thinking a cross between Dolly Parton and that bible lady on TV? Can't remember her name. Or I could be the Happy Painter Guy "Happy Trees" well maybe his wife? Anyways enough about me. Samantha and Hunter were a Caterpillar and a Butterfly. Of course I left Sam's wings at her Grandma's house. Cause I was so self involved but luckily they came later. Samantha loved Halloween and had a blast at the ward party and trick or treating the next night. Hunter was not so amused and was quite annoyed by his costume but he sure looked cute!

Pumpkin Carving!

Poor Max between Graeme and Samantha he has to practice alot of patience. Sam loves carving pumpkins (Well watching her dad). Stephan takes his pumpkin carving very seriously and I had to keep reminding him that it was Samanthas Pumpkin!