Where Has The Time Gone?!

Sydney Elizabeth turned 2 Feb 3rd! What an incredible ride the past 2 years have been. She is our little angel from God. Our ongoing prayer is that God leads us as we raise her to love Him. Sydney grows everyday, and boy what a blessing it is to be a part of it. She continues to keep us laughing til we want to cry (sometimes I do cry:)) and keeps us on our toes. Just today, I was getting her out of the tub and something happened (can't remember what...that was too long ago) that forced my to say, "oh shoot" .....which I then heard her say over and over..."oh shoot" "oh shoot." I quickly tried to change the subject and make a mental note never to say that again around big ears!

We had a Play Doh birthday party for her a couple weeks ago. We missed you Aunt KK and Uncle Matt and Gabby!

Fun in the SNOW

We dug ourselves out of the snow in Utah only to bring some home with us!! We went out there a couple weeks ago and had such a great time. Drew worked the first part of the week, and then the Connells and Purnells met us for some fun in the snow. Just during the week we were there, some parts of Utah got 3-5 FEET....I don't know exactly how much we got, but I do know that trying to walk in it wore us out! The only way to successfully get around in it was with skis or snowshoes on!

Seeing that amount of snow while surrounded by white mountains was a reminder to me of how big God is. What a mighty God we serve.

Here are a few pics to document these wonderful memories!!

Syd sure loved eating the snow while I became a big fan of eating Julie's delicious snow cream!!!!! YUMMY

Sydney and Drew rocking out

The gals before our morning at the spa. Talk about good!

The guys before their first day on the slopes

Sydney and Liam


The girls taking a break from the slopes by the bonfire at Sundance

Lots of Pictures!

We hope your Christmas and New Years were full of love, laughter, and good times with friends and family. We had a wonderful Christmas with our families, and got to continue celebrating the weekend after at Michael and Emily's wedding. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Clemmons!!!

Syd and Lyd in the car Grammie and Pappie gave them for Christmas


Hugs all around in their cute matching monkey pjs


Drew enjoying Syd's play doh Christmas present:)


Short but SO SWEET visit with Roochita and Abhishek


Nana and Sydney in her new tent


The boys at the rehearsal dinner

Wedding day fun (I didn't take a single picture of the beautiful bride and groom...there are some on facebook if you're on there!)

Playing with foam

Millie was a vicitm of the foam fun


Playing in her beans...

Attempting to sled with Aunt KK

Yummy to our Tummies...

Fun Christmas traditions!!
Annie and Martie came over to build some delicious gingerbread houses with Katie and I. It was a fun-filled evening with such wonderful friends! At the end of the night Drew was the judge.... results to follow.
Gingerbread house making and eating materials

Annie's house (Santa's Spa) - 1st place,

Martie's house (Santa's Party House) - 2nd place

Katie (Santa's Mountain Home) and I (Santa's All-Inclusive Resort) tied for 3rd place. Drew was being nice and didn't want anyone to get last!

Cookie Decorating! I was so excited to do this fun project with Syd, and had hoped she could help decorate cookies for some friends. However, I wasn't really surprised when her first dip into the icing went straight into her mouth instead of onto the cookie:)

Sydney's finished product

Matthew 1:21 "She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

Phil 2:9-11 "Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, in heaven and on earth, and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

The Holidays are Here!!

We sure are enjoying this holiday season. We hope you and your families are too!! We enjoyed several fun Thanksgiving celebrations over the past week. We are thankful for Christ, for family, friends, laughter, and love. The Lord continues to shower us with his amazing blessings. My prayer is that we recognize these are from Him as we strive to glorify Him each day.

If you are a Ktowner, tune into the good ole B97.5 for some fabulous Christmas tunes to get you in the Christmas spirit....some of my faves are
1. Tender Tennessee Christmas
2. Baby It's Cold Outside
3. All I Want for Christmas is You
4. Any and all Christmas songs from Home Alone
5. Melekalekmaka (...there's no way I spelled that right...)
6. Amy Grant Christmas


Syd playing BOO with the Santa hat


Lyd, Wade, and Syd with their Grammie and Pappy (santa)


The best aunt in the whole wide world and 3 silly faces

Sydney and Grammie after face painting at Fantasy of Trees

Trying to get a good pic of these three = very difficult

My favorite pic from the night we decorated our tree. A whole family affair

Flash's LARGE tongue

Sydney once again with her bodyguards

More Fall FUN!

We had a great time at the Peeks Eeks Halloween party this year! This was the best picture we could get of the kiddos sitting by themselves on the couch:) Syd was a ballerina.

Syd cheesing it up in Bishop's (handmade by his momma) clown wig

One of Sydney's fave things these days is to hold hands....here she is holding Carter's (yoda)...so sweet!!

We raked a big pile of leaves, which isn't hard to do at our house for Syd and Millie to enjoy!!