Family Time

Aysa making a wish for everyone in the family...she said "I wish that Rowan will love me forever."

I vote this as the design for the next temple

Rowan attacking the sheep of the Nativity

Our foster puppy got adopted on Saturday so we took her to the humane society. Since we were already up there we went to the Gateway and the Church History Museum. It was a fun day out as a family, cold, but fun.

January

Aysa looking all grown up

Cruising...she loves this thing!

Ro making her kissy face

Rowan making her really high pitched squeal

Craig and Aysa playing Karate Kid

Aysa making snow angels

Poor RoRo fell down the whole flight of stairs (see the rug burn on her eye) :( she was too darn fast...so we put up the gate!

Happy New Year!

The boys team

The girls team

We went to a really fun New Year's Eve party at the Butikofer's house. We played lots of games and laughed more than I have in a long time...I can't believe 2009 is over already! Looking back on the year, there have definitely been some up's and down's but the year ended on a high note for us. We get to stay in our house, we dont have to move, Craig got a REAL job with a salary and we have been blessed by wonderful friends, family and strangers. We are looking forward to starting a new year on the right foot!

Merry Christmas!!!

Aysa's "Im freezing" face

We didnt have any plans for Christmas night so we decided last minute to go eat at Dennys in Salt Lake and go see the lights at Temple Square. It was beautiful but way to cold to enjoy it! We lasted ten minutes then literally ran back to the car!

Aysa got a cupcake decorating kit and so we made pink cupcakes with pink and purple frosting

Aysa and PopPop

Abbie and Nico playing Guess Who

The Christmas bomb hit pretty hard...

Mom and me being weirdos

Rowan and her friend Alexis

I pulled out my wedding dress just to look at it since I havent seen it in almost 6 years. It still fits too! Anyway, Aysa wanted to try it on...its hard to believe that she will get married one day. It will probably happen faster than I realize.

On to December....

Girls night out was so nice, we ate at Red Robin (love the $5 burger :) and talked, then walked around The Quilted Bear for an hour haha, we're so exciting :)

I love how Aysa can be a girlie girl and then a tom boy...today she was both, dressed as a princess and running around with sword made out of sticking markers together, saying "Im a warrior princess".

How stinkin' SWEET are they!

The Rest Of November..its over already?

Rowan eating her sucker after getting her ears pierced...she was such a good girl!

Rowan and I at the mall, about to get her ears pierced!

Ro loved the stuffing!

Aysa and Hailey

Craig and I on Thanksgiving

The crazy little baby has been pulling herself up on the chair, the crib, the table, the stairs...let the falling begin! This pic was from the first day she pulled herself up...I lowered the mattress immediately!

November so Far....

Apparently she didnt want oatmeal with bananas for breakfast...

Rub a dub dub, 3 babes in the tub

Aysa wanted new blocks so I told her she could get them if she used her own money...she was so excited to hand her zip lock baggie of change to the cashier!

We call Rowan the "attack baby" because she gets right up in your face and tries to bite/kiss you! Its precious.

"Ya know what my minds thinkin'?"

This was the only way I could clean the kitchen, I stuck her in the sink...she needed a bath anyway!

This was one of the first attempts at the stairs, today she made it completely up onto the first one...im not looking forward to this!

I only look sweet and innocent :)

It has been too long...Our camera broke a few months ago so I've been relying on other people to take pics and email them to me and that can take forever! Here is a family pic from September. There is more to come from Halloween and whatnot...so whenever peeps get them to me, I'll post them!

Rowan's First Haircut

Rowan had this little mullet thing on the back of her head and it had to go...here she is at our friend Amber's house getting it taken care of...I'd like to say she was a good sport, but as soon as the cutting began, so did the screaming! Oh well, she survived her first hair cut...the first of many I'm sure..I mean, look at that mop on her head!

Cali-Forn-I-A

Craig's mom flew the girls and me back to Cali at the end of July to visit again. It was such a fun trip...it was my first, and hopefully last, time flying alone with the 2 girls. We stayed for a week and boy did we stay busy! GiGi spoiled the crap out of us, as usual :) Cant wait to go back!

Rowanski in Santa Cruz

Aysa and her cousins

Hailey, Mason, Cole, Me, Aysa, Rowan

Ice cream = a meal, day 1...GiGi and her favorite girlies

Aysa and me on a ride in Santa Cruz

Little Rowyourboat at the pool

Ice cream = a meal, day 2

"Look Ma! I'm a rawlus!"

Rowan chill-axin' outside in her johnny jumper

4 Years Old...When did that happen?

We had Aysa's 4th birthday party at Jump On It, a trampoline place. It was really cute and Aysa had a great time with all her little friends. Craig and I can't believe we have a 4 year old...crazy..After the party we took her to Build A Bear to make a stuffed animal. We have been trying to get rid of her binky for a long time now, so we thought that if she put the binky inside a stuffed animal, it would be easier to let it go...it worked! I think I was more sad than she was. She only comment she made afterwards was : "I miss my binky"...and that was it, hasnt talked about it since... success! What a fun day :)

Whats all the buzz about.....

We went to a Salt Lake Bees baseball game...It was fun, for like 2 innings...and then the kids decided it wasnt entertaining enough...

There's Nothing Better Than Summer....

Rowan sleeps allllll night! Its amazing. She goes to bed around 9:30, wakes up to eat at 7 am and goes right back to sleep til 10...i cant even believe it. What a little angel.

The ice cream truck came through the neighborhood...that was one of my favorite things about summer when i was a kid, so of course i ran down the driveway waving my hands in the air telling the guy to stop so we could get ice cream. One thing i didnt know when i was young, was how expensive the ice cream truck is! haha, 2 bucks for a little cone thing, geez! oh well, we thoroughly enjoyed eating it ;)