Have Yourself a Very Merry Little Christmas!

I have been trying to get this posted for some time but blogger has been difficult and we went out of town for New Year's so, here is Christmas! We went to Janel's house in Queen Creek. It was a great christmas we really had fun and I loved going to church. Something about it just seemed right and kept us in the true meaning of Christmas a little longer.

 We are so excited!

 The girls in our elf pajamas!

 Jeter always loves getting new things, he had a lot of fun even if the day started early!

 I went up to Thatcher that week and we played with Killian's new toy...we are still learning to share !

 I have to find ways to entertain Jeter while driving by myself so I came up with the great idea of a chocolate hershey kiss...it kept him quiet but it was bath time when we got home!

 The best part of christmas was the Kitchen table from my parents! Love it so much! I woke up the next morning thinking "was that a dream?!" But it was still there! I just love it!

Kameron's Graduation

Blogger wasn't cooperating so my pictures are out of order. So I guess I'll start with Kam's graduation! We went up to Flagstaff for the occasion, he graduated with his bachelor's in construction management. Kameron has worked so hard and taken on work full time and school full time and got honors for good grades! He seriously is amazing. He is so glad to be done and looking forward to working and coming home. The guys in his major wore hard hats the are in the far section in the middle. It was a good ceremony and we are so proud of him!

 Here is Kameron walking back to his seat after accepting his diploma

 Jeter was such a trooper, graduation was at 9am! Here we are, Go Lumberjacks!

 Kam and his parents

 The Johnson group.  (Jeter had enough of the cold by then)

 We went to the mall to give Jeter some walk around time and he got ride some rides there and had the time of his life! We also stopped by the toy store where you can play with toys, probably the happiest place on earth next to Disney Land.

 I love love love this picture. Jeter's face is so priceless. Love this kid!!

This is our Christmas tree, Jeter hasn't really bothered it much and the fresh pine tree smell is a nice addition! We have this little Christmas count down and it has a Santa on it and Jeter said "Santa" a couple of times and he defiantly knows who Santa is. So funny.

It snowed a couple weekends ago. Maybe an inch and a half. It was a fun treat though. Snow seems to follow us wherever we go. Jeter wasn't too excited about playing in it though.

We went to the Globe light parade too. It was fun to get out and see all the towns people we live by.

Jeter playing at the mall

Thanksgiving Weekend 2011

Thanksgiving was different this year. Good but Different. Kameron worked on Thanksgiving so he could have an extra day hunting up in Flagstaff. So after much debate I ended up just going down to Mesa with my parents and Emily for lunch at Janel's. The food was so so good. One of the best and it was a successful Thanksgiving Day! My mom, Emily and I stayed at a hotel that night than went shopping (not early bird style) and it was my Mom's birthday! I than traveled with Cade to Prescott to spend the weekend there while Kameron hunted. Overall it was a fun weekend but it was good to be home. 

 The boys doing some turkey coloring

 Jeter is mobile now so he loves stairs. Fun fun.

 He acts like he can take a step all by himself....maybe in a couple of weeks...

 On Thanksgiving night we went and saw the Emerson bunch! We got to meet Dyllon (Adam's little boy-he's like 14 months I think)

 The balloons were very distracting and I couldn't get the boys to look! I am so glad we went everyone was there but Austin. We even got to meet Jean the newest Emerson baby and see Tommy Joe and her little girls So fun!

 Natalie and I hung out all day Saturday. Logan is really growing up! He is a scooter like Jeter but uses both legs, we had a lot of fun playing with him!

 Jeter loves walking! And running sometimes, he handles the falling pretty well haha. It's so fun to see him walking though, he's not a baby anymore though! I don't know how I feel about that. But he is loving it and it has opened a whole new world for him!

A lot of Little things

Just a bunch of small happenings have been going on. This isn't important but I made chicken egg rolls the other night and they were so good! I'm not usually big on deep fried dinners, but just once in a while doesn't hurt right?

 My dad made Jeter a tire swing and we gave it a test swing the other day and Jeter love it! I knew he would, he loves swings. It is a fun thing for us to do during the day without having to go all the way to the park. Fun in the backyard yeah!

 November 12 was Kameron 28th birthday! He said he had a great birthday and I know I had a fun weekend. We went down to Queen Creek, ran errands (including a new pair of birthday shoes for Kam) and took family pictures! (soon to come!) Janel took them and they turned out great! So excited for them, it's been a long time coming for those.

 We also graduated Jeter to a forward facing car seat! Driving in a car is such a more enjoyable experience!!! Love it! We also got a new car. Haven't taken pictures of that but it's a gray, 2011 Chevy Traverse. I love love love it!!! I actually enjoy driving now!!

 Jeter fell asleep and I thought this looked soooo uncomfortable! Babies are funny!

 Speaking of funny, this was more ugh! Jeter likes to empty out the cupboards these days and found the cereal boxes. Cherrios every where!!

How could a cute face like this do something like that? Oh, it can. Jeter is walking but prefers to scoot. I guess I don't blame him he is closer to the ground (no falling involved) and he's good at it! His personality is really coming through and we love getting to actually communicate and play with him. He likes to stack blocks now, which is so cute to watch. He thinks you have to press really hard to get them to stay, so funny!

Update: Kameron finally got offered a full time job with Freeport McMoran! The job was for here in Globe and the project doesn't end until 2013 so we will be here until then and who knows where after that. I don't really like that part of the job (moving around) so hopefully things can get figured out where we can have a more permanent location. Kam got called to be the young men's secretary and I am in the nursery. Kameron loves his calling and I don't mind mine either because Jeter just gets to play and I can eat snacks. Haha! We are looking forward to the holidays, can't believe they're in full swing! And Kam has his November hunt in Flagstaff the day after thanksgiving! Should be a fun filled two months!