The girl with impeccable taste!

This is too funny not to post.

This is my sister in law, Shauna. I love her so much. Many of you know her, she is probably the strongest woman I have ever known. She is battling her 2nd bout of breast cancer and is doing phenomenal. She is a walking miracle! I could go on and on on this girls faith and optimism! I am so glad she is doing so well, and that I get to see more of her.

Sunday we had a family birthday party. I walked in and Shauna was in the kitchen. We looked at each other and just about died laughing. We were wearing the exact same outfit! We had to get pictures. The funniest part was when we were leaving and putting on our shoes. We both pulled on those UGG style tan boots. Too funny. (Either that, or we are both super lame.)

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Picture Update

I have been having some computer issues, so.. this post has been a week long ordeal. None of my pictures are in order, but oh well.

I haven't felt like I've been documenting enough of my kid's personalities and interests enough, and I don't want to forget what a fun stage they are each in right now.

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Landon has been in tumbling the last few months. He loves it at first, but this last month he decided tumbling makes him tired, and he wanted to be done. (lazy!) I told him I paid for him up to his performance, and he was going to stick it out until at least then. These pictures are not good at all, it was dark, and our camera isn't good with movement.. but you can tell he had a great time and was so proud of himself when he was done! I thought for sure he would want to stay in tumbling... but no. He's retiring. He assured me though, when he's 5, he'll do tumbling again.


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Landon is also really into creating things. His most recent thing he likes to do are these beads. The one's you iron when you are done. Just recently he has been into making awesome designs on them. I'm impressed with how symmetrical they are! This heart he made me he turned into an ornament. You can tell he is really proud of himself. I knew it when he said this: "Mom, I'm so glad I made that for you. Now it's your most favorite thing in this whole house."


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Landon yelled for me the other day and said "MOM!! hurry, grab the camera, or you'll miss this cute picture of your boys!" I'm glad he called me, I think he's right, what a cute picture!



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We had our ward Christmas party. Dawson is OBSESSED with Santa. He asks daily if he can go see him, and has already sat on his lap about 5 times. When he sits on his lap he repeatedly says "FOOTBALL! BASKETBALL!" It's cute. Landon could care less.. he knows all these Santas he keeps seeing are fakes, and the real Santa knows what he wants.

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Have I mentioned Dawson's intense love of football? Wow, I seriously don't think there could be a more obsessed kid. If him and Dave are watching TV, it HAS to be football.. he has to be wearing football, has to have some sort of football in his hand.. and even has us sing football songs to him repeatedly. Can you guess what Santa is getting Dawson?!

Every year we let the kids pick out an ornament. Landon declared what he wanted to get an animal that had been "hunted" I told him that wasn't likely, but Landon insisted he WOULD find one! Well, he was right. He found this hideous deer buck head ornament that says Merry Christmas. He was pleased. Dawson of course picked a football player ornament and has since carried it everywhere with him, and sleeps with it at night. Its already broken in 4 spots. Oh well.



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This is a coveted toy in our house. I sneak it out of Landon's room when he is at school and let Dawson play with it, just because this is something Landon has a hard time sharing with Dawson. So to see them playing NICELY together with it was definitely a picture worthy moment.


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This was a fun activity. If you don't mind Dawson eating all of Landon's carefully placed candies, resulting in awful shrieks from Landon. Do you ever picture a really fun activity for your kids, and get excited for it all day.. and then it turns out to be more of a nightmare? Yeah, that's what this was. Next year they will each get their OWN!

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We were sitting home last Sunday and had a special visitor come to our house with goody bags for Dawson and Landon. Landon was the one who answered the door and was shocked! Dawson was star struck. Landon is pretty sure this Santa was the REAL one because he knew his name!



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Just another cute one before church. (Dawson is holding his beloved football book)

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Landon and Dave went Pheasant hunting. Last year they went, and didn't see anything. So this year, when Dave got two of them Landon was in HEAVEN! We had pheasant for dinner. Well, two of us did, and one of us pretended to. Landon loved his meal and said it was better than chicken.

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Another future blackmail picture.


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Landon loves school and is doing so well. He can write every letter, tell you what sound they make and is starting to read and write words. He got his homework packet for preschool that is supposed to last all month. He sat down and worked on it for over an hour and got it done in one shot. This is shocking to me because last year it was a fight to get him to complete one page a day! He was sad the next day that he didn't have anymore homework, so we went to the store and got him this workbook that has been keeping him pretty busy.


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Dawson is such a funny guy. He is starting to talk a lot more.. but mainly only Dave and I can understand him. He is such a sweet little boy, he loves this baby and still likes to sleep with it each night.
He still is freakishly a daddy's boy! This is really REALLY starting to bug me and make me feel bad. I know it can be normal, but I can't help feeling like I should be the one he runs to when he get's hurt, or I should be the parent he wants to see most when we've been gone. It does have it's perks.. like at church and stuff :) Hopefully this phase of life will end SOON, and I can have my sweet little boy back that wants his mommy.

Landon still loves to cut papers and hoard them wherever he can. I cleaned his room out today and got two garbage bags full of just JUNK! Whatever floats his boat, I guess. He is pretty obsessed with any sort of hunting or fishing. Dave and I were talking about how we need to be careful and make sure he has more diversity in his life. I think obsessive hunter/fishermen are annoying and I don't want my son to become one.. :) He also is still loving building things with legos, blocks, magnetics, ect. And is always up for any sort of art project.

That's about it for updates! Can't wait for Christmas this year!!