HAPPY HOLIDAYS REPORT

Here is Kate and BFF Ashley playing with Kate's new kitchen she got from Mom, Dad... and Santa? Her aunties gave her a wooden smoothie maker, and pots and pans. This present came in 2009 after we had recovered from the trip. She loves playing with it. She even went and washed her hands with out any encouragement from me. She is such a smart girl.


We had family pictures at Troys house. It was a zoo and so fun. Crying kids, cussing dads and toys flying across the grass. I was laughing inside the entire time. When you ask Kate to show you happy this is what you get. We are working on emotions. I swear she does this just to perturb me. But it is so funny and cute. Except when you are taking family pictures.



Kate loves her Daddy. Lately it is who she yells for when she wakes up. But she still wants her mommy to put her to sleep at night. She is very jealous of other kids and even throws tantrums if I pick up another kid, or feed her cousin cheerios in church. The terrible twos are already here. I am scared.
There are 14 total. 2 have yet to be put on the wall.


Kate wanted to play inside the sack. Who knows why. She also loves to get into the big box the diapers come in from costco.


Bathtime fun with the cousins. I asked them to stick out their tongues and they did.

This is how Kate rides. She travels really well. And makes sure she is comfy the whole way.
Christmas morning Kate is opening G-ma's gift.

This is the Christmas program at Grandma and Grandpaws house. (not a mistake that is how he signs it on paper, grandpaw.)


We have a group of mini pianist in the making. Kate loves the piano. We really need to get her one sometime.
Kate has watched her dad pump up the bike tires and now tries to do it herself when she can get her hands on the pump. This is before church in her christmas dress.

We survived! Driving about 23 hours total for the trip. 16 cousins, 10 aunts and uncles, 2 grandmas, 2 grandpas, and 1 girls night at the movie Twilight. Whew. It was a lot of fun. Except for driving in 40 mph head-wind all the way to AZ.

Kate was in heaven the whole time, loving the attention and playing with the cousins. It was good to escape reality for a while.

See back in the end of November. Troy was told to relocate to Santa Clara or lose the job. After 12 years at National Semiconductor we are sad. We love our home and neighbors and friends here in Utah and have chosen to stay. So on the hunt we go. Anyone need a good analog audio electrical engineer? We will survive, because we have prepared just in case this happened. I guess 8 years of no kids and working too much actually paid off for us. heh.

I know there are a lot of people out there in the same situation. Our prayers go out to you. There are going to be difficult times ahead. If we are prepared we will not need to be afraid or worried.

This is my Happy Holiday Report.