Let it Snow

All the girls wanted to do was build a snow man. Thanks to Aunt Courtney who helped them, here is their snow man. They were able to make him the night before we left Idaho. Thanks to Uncle Matt and Aunt Courtney for the snow man kit which helped them make a great looking snowman. Now the song "Once there was a snow man" has a lot more meaning for the girls. They are now waiting for a picture of their snow man shrinking to go along with the song "in the sun he melted, small, small, small." Morgan wanted a photo of her and their snowman so she took this one by herself of the two of them. I thought it was quite cute and a great photo.

Morgan, Alex, Sam and cousin Jessica with their snowman.

Stefan's mom and dad's new house surrounded by snow.

This was one of my favorite photos of the snow that Chris took. This was from my mom and dad's back porch. Wouldn't it be great to have this view out your back window. It sure it pretty all covered in snow.

Chris and Sam on the 4 wheeler. Once of the girls favorite thing to do is either ride the 4 wheeler or have grandpa or grandma pull them behind in the sleigh. Grandpa has sure got soft in his old days. Now he actually puts a pad the sleigh so it is softer and warmer. It's amazing what they will do for the grandkids that they didn't do for their own kids.

All the kids in the nice padded sleigh, from front to back, Sam, Alex, Cousin Colton, Cousin Jessica, and Morgan. Notice the nice thick padding under. Grandma was nice and took them slow. Grandpa went a little faster which was probably funner until they got dumped. Oh well. They enjoyed every minute in the snow.

Michael Luke's photo shoot

After taking so many photos of babies, it was fun taking photos of our precious baby boy. This was a long awaited photo shoot for both Chris and I. The girls also enjoyed taking photos with their new little brother, who the thoroughly enjoy.

Our 4 great kids. We love them so much and their precious spirits. They are all so different and so fun. It is really fun to watch your own kids get a long and enjoy spending time together. They all love Michael Luke and are very excited to have a little brother. I don't know any other little boy that has better sisters.

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning waiting for dad to get ready. They could hardly stand it and kept yelling at Chris to hurry. Alex, Morgan(her new American girl doll, Mia, that she just got the was suppose to be for her birthday,) and Sam.
This is a very rare sight at the Boyer house. They both had just opened their gifts from each other and were giving each other hugs thank you. Definitely a rare moment to capture.

Michael Luke by his stocking. Merry Christmas little one. We could have put him in the stocking.

Another picture of the girls waiting with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Courtney and Katy. Very Patient girls.

Christmas Morning in Idaho. There is a blizzard going on behind them. Something they don't see very often. They are loving the snow and lucky for us their snow suits/boots from last year still fit. They have already talked grandpa in to taking them on the 4 wheeler and sleigh riding. They are waiting for grandma to get dressed to go with them. She told them when it stopped snowing she would go with them.

Christmas road Trip

The girls were suppose to go to Idaho this summer for the month of July to spend with Grandma and Grandpa Moser which I was looking forward to. Due to me quiting my job, my mom injuring her knee and several other things, the kids were not able to go on their trip. The baby was due just before Christmas so I was going to be on maternity, Chris would have 3 weeks paternity leave and Morgan was going to have a few week off of school so we decided to take a road trip at Christmas to visit family, so here we are. We took off Saturday morning, December 20. After 2 days traveling (stopping in Oklahoma for one night) we arrived in SLC at Chris's Aunt Anne's house at midnight. We were fortunate to spend 2 nights and the day with Anne and the girls, Sarah, Dianne, and Grandma Gert. We were able to go to dinner with the rest of the family including Callie and Andrew. My girls loved meeting and getting to know their dad's cousins better. Sam is planning on "the girls" to come to her birthday party. She doesn't get reality that they live far away and will not be able to attend, but she adores them and wants to invite them. After dinner we were able to take the girls to Temple Square to see the lights. They have added so many lights and nativities this year is was incredible. It was quite cold, especially for us Texans, so we were not able to spend a lot of time viewing all the sites, but the girls thought it was awesome. Here are some family pictures with Michael all bundled up, and the girls with Dianne, their new best friend.

Grandma Gert meeting Michael Luke for the first time.
Alex, Sam and Morgan in their beautiful coats from Grandma Boyer and Alex in her cute hat from the Tempest. They were playing in Anne's back yard. They couldn't wait to get out and play in the snow. We had packed all their warms shoes on top of the car and only had their crocks in the car which are not exactly great snow shoes. We had to go to payless and get some shoes that allowed them to play a little in the snow. They loved the snow and would have stayed out all day if we let them.

Our family on temple square with the lights. It was beautiful. Great memories here.

Morgan, Sam, Dianne and Alex. Dianne was such a great sport with these girls. Thanks Di. We love you.

Sam's Christmas Concert

Sam is going to pre-school 2 days a week and has been working on 3 christmas songs for a month now and has been singing them everyday, all day. She sang Up on the roof top, Away in a Manger and We wish you a merry Christmas. It's too bad I don't know how to upload video yet so you could see how great she did. She was so proud and sang every word. We were very lucky to have Grandma Boyer visiting to attend both Sam's and Morgan's Christmas concert. Here a a few pictures of that day of Sam and Alex in the manger, and Sam and her teacher whom she adores.

Morgan's Choir Concert

Morgan had her 1st Choir concert at school. She was very excited and has enjoyed singing in the school Choir, "The Stallion Singers". Last week they were able to perform at a retirement home and at Katy Mills Mall which she really enjoyed. You really can't see her in this photo. She is the shortest one on the front row with her head turned. I wonder where she does or doesn't get her height from. Poor kid. I told her that she would enjoy being petite one day, just not right now.

Christmas Decorations at our House

Those of you that know me, know that I love Christmas, especially the decoration and normally go overboard. This year is a little different. With a new baby, going out of town, and just being busy with school and preparations for Christmas and traveling, we have not even got out 1 Christmas box of decorations. Feeling guilty because the kids are dying for Christmas decorations, we got some candy canes and Grandma Boyer helped them make reindeer to decorate our lonely tree. The girls had a fabulous time doing crafts with grandma and loved decorating the tree. The comment every time they pass the tree about how beautiful their reindeer are. Sorry kids for being a lame mom this year as far as decorations go. That's just that much less I have to worry about taking down when we return from our Christmas vacation, which I am okay with that part.
The girls and their 3 boxes of beautiful reindeer. They were very proud of their creations.

Precious Michael Luke. Chris is telling us we can't call him Michael Luke, that we have to decide on Michael or Mike. The girls are having a hard time with this as they have only known him as Michael Luke. We'll see how long it take us to narrow down his name.