We Survived!!!

Christmas this year was Fun. Myra enjoyed her Kitchen for sure and Kandie loved chewing on the wrapping paper. It can't get any better than that! We also survived our trip to California. It was a pleasant and warm time. We surprised Mason's sister Kim & Chris in Auburn, CA(We celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve) and had a good visit with them. Kandie had a blast playing with her 2nd cousin Lili.





We went to the Beach and the Monterey Aquarium with Karey & Lindsay and the twins. Myra had so much fun playing with Neisha & Dylan. Later we met up with Monte & Charlene and her kids for New years. We played outside on the swings, in the play houses, and got some pool in. Myra was good at it!!! You could tell she really missed Monte, and Monte missed her. :) It was fun to meet Charlene and her family

Getting Settled

So we have moved and are getting settled in. I am getting excited for Christmas and don't want to unpack until I get the Christmas tree up and all the Christmas stuff out. Funny!!! I know I have to get all the boxes out of the way first, but can't get motivated. So I cleaned out a spot and we are getting the tree today hopefully. It is hard to find a place that can drill a hole in the middle of the tree trunk for our tree stand. There is one place we haven't tried yet so hopefully this place can do it.
Kandie has decided to sleep in longer and not wake up as many times in this new place. I love it. I think at the other place the heater wasn't that good in her room because it was always freezing cold in her room so I had to pile blankets on her. Kandie is also starting to crawl...backwards. This morning I was making breakfast and she made her way into the kitchen, under the table and got stuck up against the refrigerator. She was pretty mad that she couldn't move. My favorite is when she gets herself stuck under the couch. She reminds me of dear Grandma Louis. "Bob, BOB..." Instead she just kinda screams..."Aaah...Aaahh, AAAHHH..." Its cracks me up!

Myra has been sleeping anywhere. she fell asleep on Tigger in the baby tub...

Myra also found a package of gum and decided that she needed the whole package of gum. She was having a hard time chewing...

So we went to the Ward Christmas Party to see Santa...

Myra wasn't a fan of him...

It's Official

So we have been debating on moving again because this place is kinda scary that we are living at right now. We found a place just down the street that is about the same amount, which is nice.
Reason's for Leaving:
First someone stole a hubcap from one of our car tires. Then they stole a lug nut as well from our car after I had replaced them. I think maybe they had tried to steal them before because I had to get all of the lug nuts replaced because they were all stripped but that could have been anyone...next Kandie was fussing one morning. It was pretty bad I must admit, she was crying for 30 minutes and some neighbor came pounding on our door to tell me to make my baby stop crying. Ya that made me feel good inside... Let's just face I don't care about the neighbor it makes me want to let Kandie cry some more because they party all the time all night long, but I don't want to replace anything else on our car. We've already spent $120 to replace all the lug nuts and and extra $30 for the hubcap. This other place has a garage so I won't have to check on the car every time I wake up to feed Kandie and it has a washer and dryer in the apartment that I won't have to share or get quarters to pay for it. Yipee!!! Lets face it I am excited!!!

Hopefully we will be able to move in before December. Our move out date is officially December 5th but I think we'll be able to move out the last week of this month. Hooray!!!

Here's some updated pics on the girls:

Grandma Shaffer got us some new dresses


KD let me use her chair for her if I take good care of it



We had fun painting our faces. Myra even painted mine. Good Halloween clearance sales!!!

Halloween

We had a fun Halloween this year. I made Myra's costume and we had Kandie dress up in Myra's old costume. I was a pig and Mason a Rooster. When Myra saw us in our animal outfits she changed her mind and wanted to be a pig with us so we changed her outfit and she was a pig with me. Good thing her outfit fit her from last year. We went to a couple of houses and decided to go home early because every time we got candy from a house Myra would cry because she couldn't have any right then. So...I'm sure you can just imagine the frustration.
We went home and watched Switched at Birth...Kathy and Darin got us hooked. There are only 10 episodes so it won't take us long to finish. As a matter of fact I think we only have 3 episodes left and we started Saturday night. FUNSTUFF!!!

I'm makin' cheese

What a Weekend

This weekend, my dear grandma Lois passed: She lived to be 90 years old, lived a fulfilling life. She was a school teacher, mother, grandmother, missionary, and was known for her service. Such a great example to me and others in her life.



Daniel Busick, still young in life, yet having a significant influence on those who knew him, just graduated from high school, was in a freak accident on his way to Utah this weekend. He remains in a coma with his family by his side. The Busick family is in our prayers and thoughts. We love them and hope the best for them.



I feel a little overwhelmed right now, if I can just remember the Lord is the Gardener here, he knows what is best for all of us however difficult it may seem.

On a much happier note, our good friends the Elgueda's welcomed another healthy girl into their lives, Elsie Jane. We are thrilled for them and can't wait to see them all again soon!

A hard day at work

Myra has been potty training that is why she has no pants on. But she has been pretty cute lately. I can't stop myself from laughing when she get's frustrated. She tells me not to touch the TV or tells me she'll be right back. In the process of her saying this she is waving her hand in front of her like off from Dora the Explorer when they tell Swiper not to swipe. Is it bad that I laugh at her?
The other day she helped me vacuum, I think she has been wanting to do that for a while but was scarred of the noise. She finally built herself up and can now vacuum our floor. Need to train them while they're young right? She also has loved getting into my jewelry box and wearing my necklaces. I need to put that up higher even though I thought that my dresser was higher. That is okay though.

Yesterday I noticed she was quiet so I went looking for her and found her on the bathroom sink putting eyeliner in between her eyes, blush on her cheeks and whatever else she could get her hands onto. I am just glad I don't wear lipstick... She also had her rubber bands on her thumb cutting off the circulation, so her thumb was dark purple by the time I got them all off.
She is learning so fast and is always trying to do things that I do (including putting eyeliner in between my eyes...jk) I better whip into shape and start doing the right things because I know I have a little girl always watching me.