Christmas 2008

And we finally mastered it ~ It was great !

Happy kids all day, good food, and just the right amount of presents. In the past we've given too many (nothing expensive, just too much) and even had wrapped presents left weeks after Christmas 2 years ago. This year they were exited to open everything we gave and were ready to play with what they had by the time we were done...and didn't ask for more when we were done. Oh and I don't think we bought a single thing due to my extreme over buying last year. Perfect.





Our camera crew



Our Christmas Angels

And our day after Christmas surprise

(although I guess it shouldn't be a surprise in Utah, but this is A LOT of snow!)

I love how Talm is in mid-air right now

Love It

And look at this other cute pic I found of my sister and Mckayla

Howlett Kid Updates

M~c~k~a~y~l~a My sweet Mckayla. This was her 5 year old picture we took yesterday. She's such a doll! Lately Miss Mckayla has been into QVC, you know, home shopping network stuff? Yeah she turns the channel there herself, admires the beautiful jewelry, the amazing home gadgets, and then runs in to tell me "Mom, you need to call ###-#### to get this awesome......" and then procedes to describe it just as they did, advertising phrases and all. I accidently burned her with the curling iron yesterday and as she was crying she said "see Mom, I told you curling your hair can be a nightmare!" - something she'd heard on an infomercial. Oh the humor.

T-a-l-m-a-g-e

Mr Talmage. How cute is he? Currently as I type this he is being Captain Huggyface from Word Girl, a PBS show they watch. He is such a playmate to Mckayla. They pretend all day long. He loves to play with kids her age, actually any boy of any age older than him. He's kind of rough though, generally pile driving those he wants to play with. He's doing so great potty training too.

K a i t l y n

Little Kate. She's so cute sitting up now. She tries to pull herself on her knees from sitting. It's so funny to watch her creep forward toward something while sitting and using those little fingers to pick everything up (time to baby proof again). She just cut her first tooth this week. Sweet girl.