Princess

Thanks Rachael for the cute bows and the bow hanger! They are so cute, you do a great job and are very talented.

A Few Random Pictures

Here are some random pictures of my little Olivia.

The other day she was holding and bouncing my old American Girl Doll saying "SHH SHH, it's Okay baby!" It was so funny and cute I guess she's been watching me with little baby Josh.

I'm sure most kids accomplish this way before the age of two, but since Olivia is the size of a twelve month old this door opening skill is very new to Jared and me. I love watching her accomplish new things, but I kind of liked being able to shut her out of certain rooms. she also has learned that if she pushes this little purple chair that she has into the kitchen she can reach the counter tops (cute, but dangerous).

What funny little curlers! I forgot to take a picture after I took them out next time I'll have to remember to take an after picture.
She's such a trooper, she's usually always so good at letting me do her hair.

Christmas Gingerbread Houses

The other night for family home evening our little family made home made gingerbread houses with my family. My dad made the dough the night before and I helped him cut out all the house pieces.

Here's most of the family working hard on their houses.My little brother Chris with his gingerbread house.

My little sister with Olivia showing off her house.

And my little brother Matt with his very sad looking gingerbread house. As you can see his talents are not in the gingerbread house building business. :)

Jared showing off his lovely catholic church (at least that's what he said) don't ask?

And last but not least Olivia and me! So as you can see Jared and I definitely should never go into the construction company :)

Today Olivia's granny Hiatt took her see Santa! I was told that she was really good and didn't mind sitting on Santa's lap at all, that totally surprised me, but I guess she really enjoyed it, what a CUTIE, she brings so much joy and happiness into our family and says the funniest things!

Never Mind

I know I'm a little late at posting this so I'm sure most of you know this already, but we just wanted to let everyone know that Jared is not going to Touro Nevada for medical school anymore. He was also accepted to Michigan State University and has decided it is where he wants to go to school instead.

TRICK-OR-TREAT!

I know I'm a little behind with my Halloween posting but better late then never, right?

This Halloween was much better then last year because Olivia got to go trick-or-treating for the very first time! Her daddy only took her to a few houses but it was still fun. And we got to hang out with my parents for a little while.

Olivia painting her little "punkin" with her uncle's help at my parents house.

This is Jared's pumpkin that he carved like the good sport that he is.

And this was my pumpkin it's Lucifer the cat from Cinderella. This is our family before our ward party.

And here is our fifty's Girl on her way to go trick-or-treating! she was so cute and had so much fun. We practiced saying trick-or-treat with her, but when she was put on the spot she refused to say it. :(

Fall Picture's

I think fall pictures are so fun, the fall colors are so pretty and you can never go wrong with your pictures. And Olivia was actually a pretty good sport about taking the pictures until I tried to make her lie down in the the leaves she didn't really care for that.

This last Friday our little family went to the Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point with Jared's parents. It was a fun place to take Olivia for Halloween, she loved seeing all the pumpkins and most of all hanging out with her grandparents!

What a silly looking family!

As Olivia would say "punkins"!

Someday she will look at the camera! What a little stink, but we love her.

Olivia and her daddy coming down the slide.

On the train with Granny and the Pop! ( WOW she's looking at the camera)

Famiy Night

Yesterday for family home evening our little family went up Provo Canyon to have a little picnic. I love going up the canyon when the leaves start changing colors. It was really relaxing and fun spending time together as a family.

What a cheesy little grin! I tried so hard to get a nice picture out of her but she refuses to look at the camera and cooperate with me whenever I have a camera, so this was the best that I could do.

Olivia likes to show people her belly and her little outie (I have no idea how you spell that) to everyone. I'm so sad this picture didn't turn out because we're standing in front of Bridal Veil Falls. It was already dark outside by the time we got to it. :(

New Little Brother!

Surprise! I bet no one knew that Olivia was getting a new little brother, just kidding he's actually MY new little brother! I know that's crazy but it's true, my mom decided that after 14 years that she wanted one more baby. His name is Joshua Gavin and he is sooo cute and Olivia LOVES having a new little uncle! She is so cute with Joshua and wants to give him hugs and kisses all the time (hopefully it stays that way).

YAY! We have some very good news, Jared has been accepted into medical school at Touro University-Nevada! We are very excited and have been very blessed. I am so proud of Jared, he has worked very hard for this, he is the best husband! So I guess that means that we will be in Las Vegas, Nevada next year unless something comes up and our plans change.

Now on a different note Olivia has been so funny lately she's decided that she likes to call her daddy Jare now because that's what mommy calls him and repeats everything that we say. She also has started saying "I love You!" every time she gives you a hug or kiss!

If you look very closely you can see a sticker on Olivia's arm this is very normal. I have never met a child that loves stickers so much, you can find stickers anywhere and everywhere at our home.