O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree!

 

 

 

 

Lydia

 

 

 

Festival of Trees

 

 

 

 

The day after Thanksgiving we took Gabe and Lydia down to the Festival of Trees. I thought that Gabe would really like it but after about 20 minutes he was done.

Happy New Year!

It is so hard for me to believe that it is 2010! It was one year ago today that I was pregnant with Lydia and my waterbroke. It is all so vivid in my mind still. What a crazy year 2009 was. Here are some of our highlights.

-Jan. 2 Erin's waterbroke
-Jan. 18 Our little Lydi Lou was born at 5:45pm at 33 weeks and 6 days gestation. weighing in at a healthy 5 lbs. 9 oz.
-Jan. 24 Gabe turned 2!
-Feb. 4 Lydia came home from the Hospital!!!
-Feb. 12 Erin turned 25.
-March 22 Lydia's blessing day.
-April, May, and June flew by.
-July 19 Jon turned 28
-July 29 Gabe and Lydia's First plane ride, on our first family trip to Denver.
We had such a good time visiting all the sights, and seeing friends and family!
-Sept. Jon changed jobs.
-Oct., Nov., and Dec., went by so fast with all the holidays!

We are so grateful to have made it through this last year. We have been so blessed as a family. Everyday I am amazed at all we have and continue to be blessed with. We are looking forward to a wonderful year. Lydia will turn 1 this month and Gabe will turn 3. It really is amazing how fast they grow! Our goals for the next few months are to get Lydia walking and Gabe potty trained. We are really excited to welcome Elder Skidmore home the beginning of February! This is going to be an exciting year!

Yummy Artichoke Something or Rathers

In November I went down to Provo and spent some time with family and my dear friend Kerry. We went to a Super Saturday and they had these wonderful, super yummy appetizers. I made some yesterday and had planned on taking a picture of them to post. They are so delicious though that before I remembered to take a pic. They were gone. Here is the recipe for those who enjoyed them with us and those who might need a really good recipe for appetizers.

p.s. you can use homemade french bread. I used the artichokes in water, not the marinated ones.


Artichoke Recipe

- 1 tube fridge french bread - Pillsbury, etc.
- 1 can water packed artichokes hearts (or marinated ones in jar)- rinsed, drained, chopped - [when in can (in water) don't have same flavor as the ones marinated in a jar]
- 1/2 c. seasoned bread crumbs
- 1/3 c. grated parmesan (or italian blend - if you use marinated hearts)
- 1/3 c. mayo
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 c. Italian blend cheese


Bake loaf and let cool, cut length wise and place on un-greased baking sheet, while cooling. Mix everything but 1 c. cheese in small bowl, and then pile on the loaf both sides, cover with cheese bake at 350 for another 15-20 min. or until cheese is melted. Slice and serve warm.

Enjoy!

it's official

It's official, lydia is part of the family. I finished making her stocking yesterday. I would post a picture but I still can't find our camera, and our back up camera has a full memory card and we can't get it to download pics. Hopefully we will get this all worked out before Christmas!

Our First Fatality

We had our first fatality this morning. The ornament was found at approximately 9:15am this morning December 8, 2009. It appeared to have had something thrown at it. description of the body: about 3.5 inches in diameter with silver, purple, and green stripes. At the time it was found it was in 5 pieces. the top half still attached to the tree hanging by its string. there were 3 small pieces on a branch below the top and another small piece on the tree skirt. It lasted 3 whole days on the tree before it was inhumanely destroyed at the hands of a 2 year old who will remain unnamed as he is still a minor.

I just hope it will be the last fatality of this Christmas season!

Merry Christmas!