Christmas Eve 2009. Sienna only liked Santa when all 3 of us were on his lap, and he gave her a candy cane! But she wasn't about to sit on his knee alone.

AJ's family has a tradition every Christmas Eve- they act out the nativity scene. Sienna mostly created havoc by steeling everyone's masks and taking off with both of the ponies. We tried to make it a spiritual moment but I couldn't help but laugh!

Cute pic of AJ with Sienna.

She was really getting the hang of opening presents.

The finished product- after AJ spent an hour putting it together.

We woke Sienna up on Christmas morning and one of her eyes was swollen shut! We still don't know what happened - a spider bite maybe? Luckily the swelling went away pretty fast and she was fine.

Sienna loved the pony Santa brought her! She kept laughing and clapping her hands.

When Sienna finished opening her presents, she helped Dad open his too!

This is a quilt I made for Tara to thank her for all of her help watching Sienna
when I work.

Christmas Day 2009. I love my family!

Okay so I need to do some catching up from Thanksgiving and Halloween. For Thanksgiving, we spent the weekend in Delta at my parent's house. Dinner was great and Sienna had us all laughing. AJ kept busy helping my dad do finish work in their basement, and the girls went to the Festival of Trees. Later we all went to the light parade and Sienna loved the lights!


Sienna loves Grandpa Bill!

Sienna made the cutest little cow! She loved her costume and all of the candy.

The week of Halloween we went with all of AJ's family to the pumpkin patch so all the grandkids could pick out pumpkins. Then we went to his parent's house to carve them and have chili and doughnuts- such a fun tradition! It was a huge mess but the pumpkins turned out great.

Happy Birthday Sienna!!!

Sienna turned 1 on October 24th. I can't believe how fast the year has gone by. She has gotten so big! AJ and I love her so much, and we can't imagine what we would do without her. She has been the greatest blessing in our lives. Happy Birthday Sienna! We love you!

We had a big birthday party with both of our families. Of course it had to be a Barney party, since he is Sienna's absolute favorite.

We attempted to blow out candles but Sienna just wanted to eat the cake!

For Sienna's birthday we all went to the zoo. It was so much fun- Sienna loves animals. We got to see baby monkies, elephants, giraffes, and tigers. That was my favorite part. The zoo was packed and it started to rain right before we left, but we had a great time.

All of the cousins! We got to see the new baby elephant. It was so cute- Sienna loved it.

I love this picture of Grandma Carrie and Sienna- she knows how to make CC laugh!

These guys were pretty good sports the whole day, until BYU lost that night's game.

We love Aunt Tara!

Sienna got stung by a bee- her face says it all! She was so mad! She cried for 2 hours, and that's when I noticed she had also cut her first tooth. Not a fun night.

Matti's birthday party at Chucky Cheese- Sienna and Kyson loved the rides!

Sienna was a little scared when the ride started so she is holding on to Kyson pretty tight.

Swimming in Mesquite

Sienna flying her own airplane!