nothing like home for the holidays...

our holiday festivities began on the 23rd when we headed to idaho for the annual woolstenhulme "whoovillation". we had an ugly sweater contest (which i won... thank you very much). cody's fam went all out and dressed up like whos...it was so much fun!! we spent christmas eve and morning at papa and nana beard's and christmas day at grams and gramps wooly's. jenri loved opening presents this year, it made it a lot of fun. we spent a lot of time out sledding too...which jentri really loved. it was so nice to spend some time with our families...

** i know...i know...you all want these bangs :)

temple square...

i had all our hats and gloves sitting out to take and this is what jentri did while i got ready :) she loves running around naked putting hats and gloves on... ha ha

we went to temple square to see the lights with katie & hadley. jentri loved them! it was so pretty...but OH so COLD!!

oh ChRiStMaS Tree...

We put our Christmas tree up last week. I got new decorations at Tai Pan, but I haven't found a tree topper yet...which explains the sign on top of the tree ha ha.

Jentri got sick of me trying to snap pics of her...we could not get her to hold still!

first snow...

we were so excited for the snow! i couldn't resist taking jentri out to experience it for the first time! she loves the snow! she would have played out there all day if we let her! as you can see, we need to invest in some snowpants!

open house...

tRiCk oR tReAt...

lil' ladybug

carving pumpkins...

lil' cupcake's 1st...

how time flies...

birthday girls...

jentri turned 1 on saturday. we had the party at my parents' house so all our families could come. it was also nana's birthday too...so they got to celebrate together...that made it very special! we had a cupcake party. it was so much fun!
opening an early birthday present from nana and papa that morning...




this is her birthday outfit...kind of blurry because she WOULD NOT hold still!

i loved doing the cake and cupcakes...so fun!

a few pics of her playing outside the other day...

snug as a bug...

today i was doing laundry and jentri was right at my side helping me. she loves when the warm clothes come out of the dryer. so, i put her in the hamper, along with the warm clothes to do all my carrying at once. she loved it. ha ha ha

words of inspiration...

i just heard this on channel 5. i found it to be really inspiring and i just thought i would share it!

**Pursue Your Passion**
October 7th, 2009 @ 7:30am
Kelly King Anderson, founder of StartupPrincess, has five tips to help you find time to pursue your passions.

1. Give Yourself Permission to Pursue Your Passions

2. Take Time to Do Action Creation • Carry small Idea Book with you • Giant Journal • Vision Board

3. Set Yourself Up for Success • Make Tangible, Realistic Goals • Keep "Dates" With Yourself • Plan Childcare or Set up Trades • Remember Moderation in All Things

4. Enroll a Friend or Mentor to Support and Cheer You On

5. Celebrate, Give Thanks and Inspire Others!

just struttin' along...

well miss jentri kay is now walking ALL over the place! the crawling days are over. last week she started walking, which is in the video. now she is practically running all over the house! she is growing up so much!

her new favorite thing is {helping} me with laundry. whenever i open the dryer and start folding she grabs clothes out faster than i can fold. after she gets them she drapes them over her head and runs. yesterday she got my tank and her beads on all by herself and was running all over the house. it is so fun to see her personality coming out.

last week we had my niece and nephew trey and staeleigh here with us. we made brownies and the kids loved the batter...as you can see!

happenings...

the last few weeks we have been in idaho because my dad was nice enough to let cody work with him on a job. my parents were nice enough to let us pretty much move in with them the last few weeks too. we really appreciated it. while we were there we did some fun stuff, cody spent most of his time working or hunting. i did a lot of canning. we went into a place called bear canyon on horses (cody and i took turns hiking with jentri). it is one of my favorite places in the world. it is so pretty! one day my sister, mom, and i canned tomatoes. we made salsa, spaghetti sauce, and just plain tomatoes. jentri loves tomatoes. she was getting fussy so i was holding her while trying to do tomatoes and she just kept reaching in the bowl and eating them...we couldn't stop her because it was just too funny. it was nice to spend time up in idaho...i love the valley this time of year. it was nice to spend some quality time with our families as well.