More Random Utah Pics

Sorry it's been FOREVER since the last post...and these pictures are a little outdated...so oldies, but still goodies. ;o)
We did family pics at Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
Having fun with Grandma and Grandpa.
Just plain having fun.
Christmas morning fun.
Kangaroo Jump House fun.
And we've converted our kids early to the joys of In-N-Out.
Thanks again to all our family for showing us such a great time in Utah. We miss you!!

Christmas Eve

We had a great time with the Madsen side of the family on Christmas Eve. Dorothy and Don even stopped by for a little bit too, so I got a little bit of the Lau family too. :o)
We were so excited to spend time with so much of Jack's siblings and parents. It was awesome for the little kids to reunite with the cousins too.
We had so much good eats!!
Jaxon finally found a partner in crime. Him and Lucy were the silly ones at the little kids table. :o)
The older nieces and nephews performed a talent show and the younger kids watching all wanted to perform too...so Jaxon "played" the piano and the younger cousins sang the ABC's.
We were able to enjoy a nativity enacted by all the little kids. They were all so cute in their costumes. Mailee and Jaxon made for some very cute wisemen/shepherds.
And last but not least, the kids got to open their Christmas Eve presents from Grandma and Grandpa.
And then it was home to bed to wait for Christmas morning!

Family Time

I got to head to Utah for Christmas a little early and let Jack study for tests and get a chance to hang out with my siblings in Provo before all the Christmas crazy began. :o)
Here's Mailee with her Uncle Ezzie. We got to hang out at Ezzie's apt and see his final project before he turned it in...which was very cool. He is such a talented animator/artist.
And lucky us, the day we all hung out was sushi special day at Demae, so we got to enjoy some good eats together.
Cami and Aurelia were totally missed. :o( Hopefully we'll be able to get all together sometime soon!

Winter in Cleveland

We just got back from Utah and a fabulous Christmas, and I'll post all of that fun stuff soon. But just wanted to get some cute pictures of the kids up. :o) These were taken right before we left. This was Mailee's first time playing out in the snow...she didn't like it too much. She couldn't really walk in her boots and kept on face planting into the snow, poor girl. Jaxon of course loved it.

My Crazy Girl

A couple of days ago, I turned around to see Mailee doing this...

And scary thing...she figured out how to push the button to make the quad go...so, imagine this little crazy daredevil coming right at ya!
I have to say I had such a great laugh from it...after I got over my shock and heart attack that she was going to kill herself.
She absolutely loves this...unfortunately she has to fight Jaxon for it. :o) But this has been one of our BEST deals ever from a kids resale. Fully functional for $7!
Here's some more shots of my crazy girl. She really is crazy...everytime she gets going on it, she gets so excited and then wants to climb on the quad like this...fortunately she hasn't figured out how to push the button while she is up on the seat like this.

Don't let your kids try this at home! :o) Mailee did this under strict supervision. ;o)