Layni J 2nd Birthday

For Layni's second birthday this year we had a Minnie Mouse party. Layni has been loving Minnie Mouse lately and so it was decided that would be the theme of her party. She could not stop talking about her "Minnie Mouse party" a couple weeks before and many weeks after her party. We did the red and white Minnie Mouse, which is really hard to find. Most places only have the pink and white. I had found on Amazon balloons, napkins, cups and confetti for the cupcakes that were red, white, and black and shaped like Mickey Mouse. I made the cupcakes and I think they turned out really good. Kristen made the adorable cake pops and Tami made her darling invitations and her shirt. We had 31 people in our tiny house, but it turned out great! I am so grateful to have so much love and support in both of our families. We are truly blessed.

Merry Christmas 2013

Christmas was really fun this year! Layni understood a little what was going on. She kept talking about Santa Claus, although she wouldn't sit on his lap. When asked what she was going to ask him for Christmas she would say a baby, minnie mouse and a hippo! We weren't sure where the hippo came from but Santa came through and brought her one.

I have a Nativity that she could play with and she would point out who every one was. She thought the 3 wise men were Santa Claus I think because of their beards. I would tell her they brought gifts to baby Jesus so they were a little like Santa. She would tell you that baby Jesus was born under a star and that Mary and Joseph were his mommy and daddy.

We had a lot of fun Christmas parties and breakfast with Santa was fun, as usual. We met in Salt Lake the night before and walked Temple Square, which is always so pretty! Then we stayed the night at the Radisson. I love this tradition and look forward to it every year.

Trial Lake

This was the first time camping with Layni in a tent and it was a bit stressful. We didn't take the pac-n-play, which was a mistake, so she didn't take naps really well. She slept really good at night though. She wanted to run around every where and there were big rocks in the campground, so we carried her around a lot in the back pack. Despite all that, it was a really fun trip! It is so much fun just hanging out and relaxing with family. The fishing was really good and we even ate some one night and it was delicious! The weather was great too! We had some thunder clouds roll in but we never got rained on. 

Bear Lake 2013

We had a wonderful time in Bear Lake this year! It was especially fun since Jeff, Neika and Tobi were with us. Tobi is so cute and such a sweet little boy. Layni keeps calling him "baby". We had pretty good weather, it only rained on us really hard 1 of the days, but it was still warm. We went in to town every night to get a shake, which are always delicious!