Kid funnies

Whitney was eating an egg and did not like the way I prepared it - fried.  She told me, "I don't like yucky eggs.  I like pizza, but I don't like eggs.  I like french fries, but I don't like eggs. I like ice cream, but I don't like eggs."  I guess she doesn't like fried eggs.

Brookie was playing with Liam today and said, "Mom, Mom, Liam is blowing blueberries."  Yes, Liam is at the stage of blowing raspberries, although his are sometimes just a glob of spit that flows down his chin onto me somewhere, and screeching all the time - when he is happy and upset.  He is so much fun!  None of us can get enough of him.  Oh! And he is cutting his two bottom teeth.  I think they cut because he is much happier these days.  I'll have to post a picture when there is more than two clear lines!

Bottle feeding

I do miss breast feeding....A LOT, but who wouldn't want to stare at this five or six times a day for twenty minutes?

GOING

GOING

GONE!

Liam loves his blankie!  I think he would smother himself in it if he could.

Nice to meet you.

I want to eat you!

Blessing Day

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

We flew to Utah and saw Adam's family and then had Liam's blessing for which my parents drove all the way from Arizona.  They drove us back to AZ and then we flew back from there. 

Highlights: 

Seeing most of our siblings and our parents 

Saying good-bye to Adam's grandpa who passed away a week after we left and spending time with his grandmother, GG

Sarah's baby shower

Alison &  Jorgan's wedding and seeing many of Adam's cousins and aunts and uncles there

Presents including cousin/sibling exchange (Mikey gave me such a neat, thoughtful gift!)

Watching the cousins interact and have a blast together

Wii tennis tournament

Liam's beautiful blessing

The purple car my parents gave the kids

Andrew & Annie coming and doing gingerbread houses

Seeing lights and missionary performance at the Mesa temple

Going to Tombstone and taking an authentic carriage ride

Going to a ghost town and taking a train ride

Discovering Edamame - I am addicted!

70 degree weather and playing at the park every day

Target Christmas clearance with my Mom

Snowmen decorations in the rocks in Arizona, I think that is the funniest thing ever

More pics to come.  I am too tired to continue and this is very time-consuming tonight.

FINALLY, the answers

My biggest apologies for sending out a Christmas card, telling everyone to look here for the answers and not posting any answers.  My excuse is a very busy and fun-filled Christmas vacation.  I am sorry, but the answers are as follows:

1. We go 103 inches of snow last year in Madison.

2. The average snowfall is 38 inches.

3. Brooke and Whitney turned 5 and 3 this April and May.

4. Our house in Utah is currently under contract as a lease option.

5. The new car we bough this year is a Honda Odyssey.

6. Liam was born weighing 9 pounds 11 ounces.

7. Adam loves his job at Epic, it is better than his last job and he enjoys the traveling perks.

8. Shannon's occupation is Stay-at-home mom, cook and maid and taxi-driver.

9. My latest form of entertainment is couponing.

10. Pink still rules the house - 3 against 2!

11. Liam had a colonoscopy and was diagnosed with protein-induced colitis.

12. Adam is a nursery worker at church (that has changed since the letter was sent out - not sure if I can announce it yet.)

13. I just received the call of Enrichment committee.

14. My parents helped us move using Adam's pick-up.

15. Liam has a mohawk - he doesn't look like him without it!

16. Brooke's greatest interests are: reading, reading, reading, social butterfly, playing with Whitney and Liam, doing projects and going on dates with Dad.

17. Whitney's greatest interests are: Helping Mom, writing letters and drawing, playgroup, pbskids.org, having Dad tell her stories.

18. Liam's greatest interests are: Smiling constantly and wooing ladies at the store, food, cooing/talking/pat-a-cake, taking showers.

19. Range of stretches of sleep for Liam in the past month is 30 min. to 9.5 hours.

20.  The things for which we are most grateful: Our Savior and Redeemer, our family, family's health, friends like all of you, Heavenly Father (Brooke's answer), every person we know (Whitney's answer).