Hollie Sue

Today is my sister's in law birthday and I would like to take this time to wish her a happy birthday! Hollie is very strong willed and well strong in general! :) She has a goofy husband and 4 little ones that are oh so very cute. They are so intelligent and Hollie works so hard to teach them everything they need to know plus more.  They live in England so we dont see them very often and we miss you all oh so very much! We hope you have a fabulous day! We love you!!!

Happy Birthday-

pictures are giving blogger grief... Pic of hollie still to come-

One Year

Our little boy is one so we went to get some pictures taken at Kiddie so we could get the blocks that say "1" well our experience was not so great and I am just going to invest in some number and letter blocks so we wont have to go back and blow $50 ... BUT Auklin is still so dang cute- we got a couple good smiles but all his faces are so cute I just love them!!!  They are small but you can get the just...

The famous look!

I LOVE this face!

That is my foot in the bottom right corner :) he would not sit there unless I held him-

If you cant tell- he is crying in this one!

Happy Anniversary to us!!

So we  totaled our car and we have been looking for a new one and yesterday we finally got one- :D We had the best anniversary! This is our new car... 

2 YEARS

Today is our anniversary and it has been 2 amazing years!!! Being married to Kasey is the best thing that ever happened to me- I was looking back on our wedding day and I came across our video so I would like to share it with everyone! I love it!!! I love Kasey so much- 

Happy Anniversary Babe!

Tis the Season!!!

Well we got our tree up and decorated last week and I am a little slow- but, it was so fun- we cut it down ourselves and I must say it is a pretty cute tree! It has a nice shape :) it is so fun to be in our home for Christmas and to decorate it all up- Kasey put our lights up on the house and they are perfect. he is pro-fesh-in-lllll!!! You will just have to drive by and see for yourself! :) Auklin loved helping Kasey set up the tree, we could not get him out of the way not even to put the tree n the stand. He had to be right there in the action! He actually does really well with leaving the tree alone- he hasnt even tried to unwrap the presents yet... Well I hope you enjoy our cute tree! Happy Holidays!

Picking out a spot for his special Ornament! 

The bottom looks tons brighter because it is! The tree was so pokey I gave up on the lights! I started out pretty good and then I could not take it anymore- the rest of them got pretty much thrown on!!! :) 

Our little Boy is ONE!!!

Auklin's birthday is today and it was so much fun! He is so big and it is crazy to think he is 1 ahhh- so fun! For his birthday we got him a car seat and clothes, he got lots of toys and he loves them all so much! He got a little basketball hoop and we stuck it to the fridge and he is already putting the ball through the hoop all by himself- : ) He is so BIG! He loved his cake- at first he was a little scared because lately we have been making a big deal about candles and fire and how its dangerous, he put his hands in the "Freeze" position and leaned back, his cute little face was scared but after the candle was gone he loved it!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUKLIN...

(Left Handed! )

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Gracie Jen Christiansen

This weekend we had the most amazing experience... We were able to go with my brother and Sister in law to the courthouse and see my sweet little niece become legally adopted to them- then the best part of all, we had the opportunity to go to the temple and had Gracie sealed to Blake and Amanda and to all of us for time and all eternity! It was so awesome! Then Blake was finally able to bless her and it was so sweet! I am so thankful for Blake and Amanda and their patience to have Gracie come be a part of our family, she is the sweetest little thing and I know she has always been a part of our family.  She has such a happy personality and we love her so much!!! Thanks to Blake and Amanda for sharing this wonderful experience! 

11 Months

So I am SUPER late on posting these- My computer ran out of memory so I have to adjust it every time i take pictures- we are hopefully getting more memory for it! But I was able to get these on here and share them! Auklin will actually be 1 in like a week and a half! Its CRAZY! time has flown- he is still working on walking, he showed a lot of interest in it a couple months ago and he has taken about 5 or 6 wabbly steps but kinda lost interest the past little while- but we still work with him and when he walks with us he loves it! He will get there- when he is ready. Other than that Auklin loves to talk and whisper to himself. I often catch him playing with toys and whispering gibberish- it is so dang cute! I can tell he is getting smarter and getting the hang of things- I love to watch him figure things out on his own like how to save his binky from under his crib- there was 3 as a matter of fact under there and I was sitting there with him and he crawled under his crib grabbed one and brought it back to me then he looked back under there and said "ooo!" with his lips on this tight O shape and points at the crib and crawls back to get another binky. Then he did it again for the 3rd. it was so funny! He is getting so so big- we just have so much fun. Auklin loves playing outside so I thought I would shoot his 11 month playing in the leaves! 

Abu

So this post is for Brielle! : ) She was unable to see her little niece and nephews for halloween and she asked me to post some of Auklin in his costume... so here you go Brielle! xoxox

He had to have his "toy" my headband to sit still...

Halloween!

So I didnt finish my costume but i figured everyone would get the idea! Auklins first Halloween was so much fun- we had a blast.  Kasey was such a good sport and made such a cute Aladdin- 

Halloween!

Just wanted to share some of our trick or treaters!!! Halloween was so much fun- So i need your help voting for the best costume!!! Everyone please vote!

10 months continued

So I wanted to post these pictures of Auklin for his 10 months. He is getting so big and has such a personality. He loves to laugh and we can sit and have laughing contests all day. If I look at him and laugh, he will start to laugh and then it makes me laugh harder and then he will laugh harder! It is so much fun- He loves balls, the other day I asked him where his ball was and a few min later he crawled out of the living room an i heard him going down the hall way- I waited a few min and then I heard him coming back and he had a little red balloon that he thinks is his ball every time he sees it he says "ball" :) He went and got it! I could not believe it- he is so big!  Auklin has also been learning to walk he  has taken a few wobbly steps and can stand by himself for about 20 seconds before he gets to excited and falls down. So he will be walking soon! 

Here are my two handsome boys!!!

Auklin 10 Months

So Auklin has been able to clap his hands for a while now but I have never got it on camera until now~ Also we have been teaching him some other things as well and I caught one of his other tricks and I was so excited! Hehehe it kinda sounds funny to say tricks- he isnt a dog and we dont treat him like on I promise! :) Auklin can give kisses, high five, crawl up and down the stairs and I think he is learning what a nose is. He also bites :) hehe hard too! he has almost 6 teeth- two on the bottom that should count as 4 and four on top but two of them just broke through so you cant really see them very well yet! He is getting closer to walking, he balanced today for a few seconds and he got so excited he started flailing his arms and fell- Auklin has a great sense of humor and he is so much fun! I will post his 10 month pictures soon!!!

Matt and Derek.... SOOOLLID!

So as you can see from this picture I tend to try and forget about these two lug nuts! ;) but they are my two brothers in law whom I love dearly and given any day of the week I would oh so totally claim them!!!! These guys are so funny especially when we all get together- when we all get together all the guys seem to go crazy and they are all so fun and hilarious! BUT I wanted to spotlight my two in laws because they both had a birthday and I forgot to mention it on here... So I wanted to say Happy birthday to my two brothers and thank them for so many fun memories! They always make family get together's memorable, much like this picture this tends to be "normal" behavior for the two of them! They are both so fun loving and great to be around. Sorry boys for the delay but I have a life and I wont lie I totally forgot about you (as stated before i try to do this occasionally;) hehe JK)  :) SOOLLID?!?!?! Love you guys!!!

oh ps Derek is in the back and Matt is in the front and this picture was taken at my nephews (Dereks son) 1 year old birthday party! 

Happy Birthday Amanda

So I have not been on the ball and I am a little late to announce my sister in law's Birthday it was on the 1st. Amanda is the funniest little gal ever. She knows how to make any situation funny. She always has a funny comment to say- she is very quick witted! Amanda also knows how to be serious and is such a good listener. She is everyones friends and gets along with everyone. She is so cute with her little girl (4 month old Gracie) and you can tell they just tell each other stories all day long and they just laugh and laugh together.   Amanda enjoys life and knows how to have fun! We love having her in our family- when we go out as sisters we always want her there because she fits in with us so well! We love her so much and love having her around! Happy Birthday Amanda!

9 Months

Well these are a little late for 9 months but o well!!! I just wanted to get some good ones of all his teeth! :) Auklin is growing so fast, he can clap his hands, climb up the stairs and over the back of the couch. He wants to run around and be a big boy! He waves bi bi and points to what he wants. Kaseys favorite is playing pass with him with a ball and Auklin saying "bal" the whole time! I love this stage of him starting to communicate. Its fun to see how much they learn

I love this face!!! hehe

ohhhhh! he is getting so big!