But, I wanted a SISTER!

You can actually see her mind processing her feelings about having a brother rather than a sister...then testing out a new reaction, and getting a good laugh out of it.

Happy birthday, Dad!

Happy birthday, Dad! We have been so lucky to have multiple visits with you this year. We wanted to wish you a very happy day and to say we are grateful you and Mom make such a great effort to visit when you can and that we have a great time with you when we're together. Thanks for being a great Dad and Grandpa!

Here's a little gift we made so you can enjoy a year's worth of visits again...

Capturing "a moment"

So, we are trying out iMovie for the first time EVER. My greatest accomplishment has been figuring out how to download old video, VHS, mini-DV analog video to digital video. Now that we bought the video capture gadget made by Elgato, it's smooth sailing with all our dozens of technologically-outdated recordings.

Click here to see our favorite 3 minutes from Christmas 2011.

Seriously. He went nuts.

Snowy Christmas

A post for our siblings and cousins and grandparents. Lots was happening in the midwest this Christmas. Here are some of our pictures from Kathryn's camera to share with you! We had a gathering of Kara & Chris, Kathryn & Tom, and Krystle & Nathan: 

The nativity cast, with our awesome narrator, Grandpa.

It is only Christmas Eve if there is a nativity play with the cousins in costume! (Look at the pitiful little lamb with one antler...) The angel is missing from this pic, and Jared (Roman Soldier) and Corbin (Shepherd) changed roles to Wise Men...

Laura demanded a chance to play the "wittle" violin that hangs on the wall, so Mom helped her out with a 5-minute lesson. That was just perfect. I have a picture of Mom doing this with Jared at the same age, so it's a fun shot.

 The frozen lake was a big hit. Jared found an awesome ice weapon...boy heaven.

 Kayden had fun with the chunks of ice and snow and was so cute posing for me as we walked around.

Our favorite cousins from the midwest! Claire!

Darryn!

Sweet Elise (the hug factory!)

 and tiny Audrey - the ideal sleepy and cuddly baby. Tom enjoyed his time holding her. How did we miss getting a picture of Krystle and Nathan? They provided so many fun cousins for the kids to play with, it'd be a shame not to have any pictures!

Laura on the stairs giving lots of goofy faces for the camera. It's amazing how many times the kids ran up and down the stairs in a day - maybe 300+?

 Watching "Brave" all together in the post-Christmas glow.

  One of Jared's favorite parts of the trip was discovering real icicles!

Tom is really good at holding babies! A natural. Good thing he'll get lots of practice before the real deal happens again.

 Jared and Kayden with the rest of us in the background out at the lake. Throwing rocks and ice chunks onto the surface made awesome sound effects. The favorite was the "plook" as they broke through or "chia-ch-ch-ch-ch-chew" as they shattered on the surface.

 Another gratuitous baby shot. See, he loves holding babies!

Christmas morning: Peeking through the railing at all the Christmas loot below.

Laura pulling a "happy" face with Jared's malevolence in the background (he is very proud of it and has put it together all by himself today!)

 Kara and Chris (gotcha!)

 Grandpa and Grandma with Laura.

 Laura running amok off the back path.

 Corbin out at the frozen lake with large rocks posed on the frozen surface.

Finally, a peaceful moment for Grandpa!

Scouts

A little cub scout fun for the night. We did the annual Christmas Caroling (with silly hats) night with Jared's wolf den. Jared is on the far left, with antlers. 

Only a few more days until Christmas and family time! 

Christmas Gifting

Ok, how much do you think Dallin and Emily would LOVE this?

Space Module Tent



I don't have their family for Christmas this year, but I AM searching for ideas for fairly-newlyweds...so if you have something useful that comes to mind, let me know! ~Kathryn

Krystle had her baby girl this morning!

Krystle delivered a beautiful baby girl this morning 11-12-12 at 1:15 am. She was 6 lbs 13 oz, 19 in. More info to come! We are so happy for you, Krystle and Nathan!

Watermelons & Skeletons!

Today is Halloween (aka sugar-and-artificial-color-overload) and we thought it would be fun to share Laura's first picture of the day. Here she is (4th from left) in her watermelon costume. She loves it and has been wearing it all day. My goal this year was for the kids to be warm. Mission accomplished! She's like a little oven with that hat. 

Jared is having elections for class President in his school today, so we wished him luck with his election speech. We love his new school and especially his teacher, who has been teaching challenge courses for over twenty years and is very invested in helping him succeed. Great teachers are treasures!

Happy Halloween everyone! 

Babies Everywhere!

It's a bumpercrop of babies this year for the Price family! Kendra & Cyrus' baby Greg (so super cute we wish we were there to hold him every day!) is here and we are so grateful everyone is healthy and safe. Krystle & Nathan's baby is due very soon (November) and we're all excited about meeting him/her and seeing how their girls smother the baby with kisses and hugs. Then Lindsay's and Kathryn's babies are both due in May 2013. That will be an exciting way to start the summer. Imagine all these little cousins getting together in the future!

Kendra had her baby boy today!  :)