Ava Grace Lambert

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12 Days of Christmas

The past couple of years Grandma and Grandpa Lambert have delivered the 12 Days of Christmas to our house. It is a highlight for our family and something our children look forward to during the Christmas season. Each night our family has a few minutes of quality time together when we reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. Here are a few highlights of this years 12 days...

On the first day, we received Christmas p.js. This was Carlie's and my favorite gift. We loved our pajamas. A lot of days we never bothered to get dressed because they were so comfy.

Each day was centered around an ornament. The kids loved putting them on the tree.

We spent one snowy, cold afternoon making this giant gingerbread boy. Many great Christmas memories were made this holdiay season.

Our Chocolate fondue night with our new fondue set.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa.!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was spent with the Emery's this year. Grandma made lots of yummy food as usual and the kids were spoiled with lots of cute presents from cousins and Grandma and Grandpa. The kids were super excited and could hardly sit still for a family Christmas picture. I'm not sure what is going on with my eyes. I always end up with super huge eyes in pictures. I guess I am trying not to blink. Please don't make fun.

Some of the grandkids opening presents. Clint and Rachel were able to be included in our Christmas festivities through the wonderful technology of Skype. We wish you were there in person.

Joseph and his cuddly moose!

The evening was complete with a visit from Santa himself!

Carlie's Christmas Concert

The last day of school before Christmas break the kindergarten classes had a little singing program. Carlie was looking forward to it all of December. She kept asking me if she could invite her grandparents to come watch. Knowing that they work and that we live a little ways away, I said "we can ask, but I don't think they can make it." Well, Carlie made her phone calls to invite her grandparents and she was excited to learn that Grandma and Grandpa Emery would be able to come and see her sing. Sadly Rick's parents both were unable to get out of work but did call her to see how it went. I felt silly having them come all the way to our house for a 30 minute performance, but she was ecstatic! She did a great job and after the performance she talked Grandma and Grandpa into riding the FrontRunner train with her and Davis downtown where they met Rick (he drove my parents car down to the SLC station). After having lunch with Gr. & Gr. Emery at the Gateway, Rick took them to the Clark Planetarium to watch a Christmas Movie in the IMAX theatre. It was a great day for such a sweet little girl.

Carlie with her cute friends!

Christmas 2009

I'm just a little behind on my blog as you can see. I didn't want you to think we didn't celebrate Christmas this year. So here is a little recap...
Here are a few pictures taken on Santa's lap at our ward Christmas party. No Joseph isn't scared of Santa, he had a little mishap seconds before this picture was taken and was squished behind a door. We didn't have time to console him before throwing him on Santa's lap. At least we got a picture, right?

Happy Autumn!

We had a wonderful Autumn and a spooky Halloween. We spent the last few months:

going on walks,

playing at the park,

visiting the zoo,

carving pumpkins,

going to the farm and pumpkin patch,

visiting the pumpkin walk in Logan

and spending as much time outside before the cold winter arrived.

Here are my three spooky ghouls on Halloween night! Carlie was suffering with a cold but still felt well enough to go trick-or-treating.

Carlie was a Princess Witch, Davis was Spiderman and Joseph was a Frog (in case you couldn't figure it out).

And one more just because he is so cute...

The Face of Joe

How could you not love a face like that? :)

Here is one picture to show that Joseph does have a cute smile every once in awhile.

End of Summer Fun

Like every year, summer ended much to soon. We had to get in as much fun as we could before the weather started getting cooler and school started. Here are a few things we were able to squeeze in:
A trip with the Emery Family up to Heber Valley Campground. We played, hiked, and even kayaked. It was a fun, relaxing end of summer get-away. Here Carlie is with her cousin. They love getting together.

All the kids playing with water balloons.

The "big" boys helping make a fire.

Of course, summer is not complete with out lots of trips to the swimming pool. We had season passes this summer to Cherry Hill. A few friends and family were able to make the trip up to spend a day with us at the water park. Here Carlie is with Brynlee.

Davis going down one of the Double Dragon slides. By the end of the summer, Davis and Carlie could go down the slides by themselves. They have no fear!
The annual Bear Lake trip is a favorite that the kids look forward to every year. Unfortunately this year was quite cool, so the time spent at the lake was limited. The kids just have fun getting together to play anyway.

Making S'mores

The kids modeling the t-shirts they made to remember their Bear Lake trip. Notice Joseph peeking through the back. I think this was the only picture I have of him from the trip.

Playing at the park.

We rented Jet Ski's one morning. It was quite cool and the kids only liked being on them for a few minutes.

Playing in the sand!

1st Day of School!

Here is the big kindergartner on her first day of school. This is a day Carlie has looked forward to for a long time and I have dreaded for a long time. It was hard letting my little girl get on the bus that first day and see her ride off to school. It's a good thing she LOVES school and has a great teacher to make it easier to see her go everyday. She is learning lots and her reading improves each day. She is now helping me read the Magic Treehouse books.



Davis has also started preschool one day each week and loves going to all of his new friends' houses. We have set up the same neighborhood preschool we did with Carlie. So now Davis has 4 little boys he can play with while Carlie is gone to school. He wouldn't let me take his picture on his first day of school so this one with Carlie will have to do.

Carlie with her cute friends she rides the bus with each morning.
Carlie getting on the bus for the first time. She was a little hesitant to get on the first time.

Here is Carlie in front of her classroom. Her teacher set up a treasure hunt for her class a few days before school started to get the children familiar with their new school and new classroom. The treasure hunt ended with each child making a school bus with graham crackers, Oreos and Chex cereal. It made Carlie excited for the first day of school.