New Missionary

My little brother Chris went into the M.T.C. yesterday afternoon, where in two months he will be leaving from to Chihuahua Mexico! Our family is soO excited for him and know that it will be a great experience for him.

We tried to explain to Olivia that Uncle Chris was leaving for two years to go on a mission to teach people about Jesus, but I don't think she had any idea what was going on. All though she was very concerned about all the families that she saw crying and kept say "Crying aww sad :( what happened?"

Taking a few last pictures of Chris before he goes into the M.T.C.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Here's a little update on the busy but very fun month we just had.

This is the snow man that Olivia and I made together. Olivia loves to play in the snow! Every time she looks out the window and see's that it's snowing she lets me know and want to go outside and play in it.

Olivia's Grandma Hiatt bought her this way cute snow outfit!

What a silly girl!



One of my favorite things to do around the holiday season is going to Temple Square to see the lights.
It was fun showing Olivia the temple and all the little nativity sets they had every where.This was Olivia's little Christmas dress, she was soO cute with her little curls.

For Christmas we spent Christmas Eve day and night at Jared's parents home. We had tons of fun hanging out with the fam. On Christmas day we hung out with my family and went visiting. We had a great Christmas and hope that everyone had a safe and Merry Christmas!
A few days after Christmas we celebrated Jared' birthday. We hung out as a family and then went out and had dinner with Jared's friends. Happy Birthday Jare!And then last but not least Jared and I had our 4th anniversary!
Time goes by so fast. I can't believe that Jared and I have been married for four years already. These past four years have been some of the best years of my life. We have had so much fun and have grown and learned so much together. I know that the next four years will be just as great if not better!

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. :(