Happy Birthday to Myles!! 3 Years Old!

Happy Birthday to my Baby Guy!!! I can't believe he's 3!!
His birthday was really special this year. We had lots of festivities planned.

Our first stop (at 6:30am) was McDonald's. We didn't go for the food. Myles wanted to go for the slide! :) So we made it a breakfast thing. It was a lot of fun though and he loved eating his cold cereal (that we brought), then sliding.

Our biggest activity planned was our ride on the Polar Express train. Ely (the town we live in) has regular train rides year round. We hadn't gone yet cause they are kinda spendy, but Myles has been waiting and waiting. So what better way to spend his birthday?


Santa came to visit us when we reached the "North Pole."

Wyn really gave it to Santa. But he deserved it! He plucked her out of my arms and said, "Every baby needs a screaming picture with Santa!" It was funny though that he actually pulled away from her scream. And I'm just back there grinning like a goose. Nice mom, huh?! :)

Above is Myles showing me his bell that he got on the train.

Myles and Grandpa Ludwig riding the train. The train ride was super cute. They had people come out and serve us hot chocolate (which ended up in my lap! :)) and cookies, and they had a cute little conductor man that would come around and punch our tickets just like in the movie. I'm so glad we went!

Above is Myles and his cute, new bathrobe from Grandma Baird. She got him a matching puppy puppet and book to go with it. Myles usually wants me to put on the bathrobe, but he looks so much cuter in it! :)

Myles had a small birthday part with our good friends the Walkers and Grandma and Grandpa Ludwig. He woke up like minutes before they all got there so he was pretty darn loopy and groggy while opening presents.

This was Myles' face while we were all singing to him. A little confused maybe? I'm not sure! And to the right of him is the Walker family. We just love them and are SO glad they live in Ely too! Myles adores them all and named many things after them (his toes!??? Weirdo!). And according to Myles every present at the party was from the Walkers, and I never correct him cause why not let him love them that much more?! :)

This was the train cake before it was clothed with frosting and candy.

And here is the finished train cake. This was my baby. And Kenny was so good about letting me just do it. I know that sounds dumb, but for some reason it's hard for us to share cake decorating. I found this cake design on bakedecoratecelebrate.com. We have come to love that site.

Anyway, it was a fun day for all! Happy Birthday to my sweet Myles Man!!

Salt Lake and Christmas Lights!!

We went to Salt Lake over the first weekend in December. I really wanted to go take the kids to the Temple Square lights and then of course to go shopping! :)
We went to a mall in SLC and they had this cute little train riding around the mall. Myles was in love, so we all took a ride!

We rode right behind the engine in the coal car. It was kinda funny riding around the mall, but it was fun. Here's a pic of us all crunched together in the coal car.

Lights on Temple Square!!! It was so fun to go see them!! It was so cold too!!

Myles and Daddy

Myles and Mommy.

We stayed the night and I got to go through a session at the Salt Lake temple. That was my first time at that temple. It was so incredible! The temple is so beautiful! I can't believe it's so old. It was a great trip!! I love my family and our fun memories we're making together!

Thanksgiving! We actually made a turkey!!

Happy Thanksgiving!! This year was lots of fun and stress! We actually made a real turkey!! No more chicken nuggets!! Thanks Kenny for letting me try!!!
The turkey came out great despite the top being a tiny bit burntbecause of Alton Brown's directions! Actually, I shouldn't blame Alton. It was probably our oven. Of course we completely forgot to take a picture of the turkey. Darn it!
That top picture is one that Myles took on Thanksgiving Day. He's way into taking pictures right now. It's part of our backyard.


Wyn and Myles, both, wanted to help make the rolls. Wyn didn't believe in using a measuring cup.

Then she just had to try the flour.

Myles used the measuring cup like a good little chef.

I was a little stressed by the end of the day. Partly because I was taking some of our dinner to a friend who just had a baby, and cooking for people is always nerve racking to me. Also, because I was just so tired of cooking! It was so fun, but definitely tiring! Anyway, I left to take my friend the food and I came back to the kitchen all cleaned up and the table set all cute. Kenny is so good to me!

And yes, Myles ate in his underwear and Wyn in her nakedness. We're super fancy like that! Kenny and I were fully clothed, we're just invisible in that picture though. :)

Wyn liking her dinner! She's an adventurous eater. I love it!!

Me and Wynni Boo. Not a great pic of me, but Wyn is so cute I had to add it in.

Thanksgiving was a success except that I felt sick all day long and then threw up at 10:30 pm that night. I think it was from something I had eaten the day before. After all that though I told Kenny I was so sick of Thanksgiving and I never wanted to cook another turkey. I shouldn't have said that cause that may have put me back to cooking chicken nuggets! :)

Kenny turns 29!!

Kenny turned 29 on November 15th. Yay for birthdays!! It was a fun day! He came to Young Women in Excellence with me, then stayed at the church to play some basketball with friends. His favorite cake is white with rainbow chip frosting, so that made things super easy!

I just love this pic of him and Myles. Myles has gotten really into birthdays this year.

Happy Birthday to my awesome husband!!! I love you!