Family Time!

With the holidays over and time to reflect on the past year we sure do feel blessed to have spent so much valuable time with those we love. We love our family...we missed you Audrey!
We love you Uncle Andy and Aunt Julie! Thanks for coming home from sunny, warm Florida! We'll miss you!

Eliza already misses you Aunt Elayna! Thanks for being such a loving, fun Aunt!

Eliza misses you too Uncle Dallin! Good luck at school...we love you!

And to the blessing we love the most...you are a wonderful, beautiful daughter Eliza! Thank you for making your mommy and daddy so happy! We couldn't love you more!!!

Happy New Year!

We had some pretty interesting weather on New Year's Eve day. We had snow and later freezing rain but we got out and enjoyed the snow a little bit with Eliza. Snow kisses!
She loved this little sled we got for her. Especially when I took her for a ride to check the mail and we passed all the houses with their Christmas lights.

Daddy and the little sledder...she looks so big in this picture! How do they grow up so fast!?

I believe this is Eliza making her monkey sounds instead of posing for the picture.

Everyone came over to our house for the New Year's Eve celebration. We played games, ate lots of food...

tried to stay awake...

...and played lots of Wii!

Happy New Year!

And what did we do on New Year's Day? Eliza watched almost as much football as daddy, ate some more, played some more Wii, and worked on a puzzle.

Here's to the end of 2009...welcome 2010!

Let it snow!

Though the snow would have been better a few days ago on Christmas, it was kind of exciting to wake up to the white stuff this morning. Eliza and I went outside for a little while...I was pleasantly surprised when she let me bundle her all up. And she looked too cute to not take a picture!
Sometimes though, she's a little too independent. She decided she needed to go visit the neighbors who weren't home. But I'm glad to see she's mobile in all her snow gear!

Merry Christmas!

Our pictures unfortunately don't really show what a wonderful Christmas day we had! Eliza was so much fun to watch open presents and get excited about them...no matter what they were! She was pretty excited about her new slide and had a fun time "breaking it in!"
Christmas morning before the unwrapping frenzy took place. Eliza was already eating the cereal she found in her stocking!

In our Christmas pajamas...thanks Aunt Audrey! We love them...and Eliza was so cute all day!

Eliza loves her new chair from Grandpa and Grandma Hague.

Merry Christmas to all!

Christmas Eve!

We spent Christmas Eve with the Moody side of the family...eating dinner, acting out the nativity, and exchanging gifts. I should have taken a picture of Sarah's house because it was beautifully festive! Eliza always loves spending time with her cousins...and thankfully they love it too! Here are Alissa and Eliza getting some serious coloring done before dinner!
A happy girl on a happy night! Merry Christmas Eve!

Mary, baby Jesus and Joseph together for a picture.

The merry cousins after exchanging gifts...thanks Kaden! Eliza loves her new toys!

Santa showed up at our house right before Eliza went to bed. She was fine looking at him from a distance but wasn't too excited when Daddy wanted to get a picture up close!

Happy Birthday Elayna!

Elayna came home from BYU on her birthday so we got to celebrate together. We love you Aunt Elayna! Happy Birthday! Eliza always loves a reason to eat cake!

A little help...

Everyone needs a little help at some point...even Santa. Eliza is there for him if......he needs a hug,
...or a nap,

...or a ride in the car if his sleigh breaks down,

...or even a diaper change! (Notice she got out the wipes and a diaper just for Santa.) Santa will always be able to find what he needs at our house!

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Eliza may not be too excited about actually meeting or getting close to Santa... ...but she does know what he says, so we have to give her some credit!

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!

Oh, Christmas Tree...

We've adopted the Hague family tradition of a tree decorating party. Darran's quote of the night was, "This is my favorite dinner in the month of December!" The party consists of eating yummy foods like sandwiches, chips, veggies, fruit, egg nog, sparkling cider and, of course, the rice krispie Christmas tree.
And then we decorate the tree! Eliza liked handing Daddy the balls for him to put on the tree. And she's only taken off one ornament during our first full day of having the tree up...not bad!

Around the house...

Mommy and Eliza doing some serious Christmas browsing!
Daddy trying to see how static Eliza's hair could be...the picture doesn't do justice. It was pretty crazy!

Happy Birthday Darran!

Darran celebrated another birthday on Friday! We sang Happy Birthday and ate some mud pie.
Eliza helped Daddy open his presents.
And even though this didn't take place on the actual day of his birthday it's one of the things he loves to do most! Some relaxing time in the hot tub.

Happy Birthday Daddy! We love you so much! Thank you for being such an amazing dad and husband!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Our turkey day went something like this... A family game of football...
...including Eliza (Daddy giving her instructions in the huddle).

It was a competitive game but smiles and hugs all around afterwards...that's what makes a happy family right?

A scrumptious turkey dinner! That always seems to take mom hours to prepare but only a few minutes to eat! Ahhh, but it was delicious...with lots of leftovers!

Putting together a puzzle...with Eliza's help (whether they wanted it or not)!

Relaxing...

...and spending time with family. Eliza and Aunt Elayna are quite the buddies.

Eliza spent a lot of her time showing off her new talents...and even learning a few more!