A wedding...

Hi all...
I think Ethan meant to post these the other day. Just a few pictures from the weekend before Christmas. We travelled to Ogallala for my mom's wedding to Jarv. We had a blast with the family (minus a few people, but most everyone).
More Christmas pictures to come :).

Mom and Jarv at the Golden Spike museum in North Platte, NE.
Mom and her friends--Back: Cindy, Skan, mom, Deb (Hain), Gwen. Front: Deb (Dawson), Dana, Rita.

A rowdy crew: Eric, Callie, Todd, Aunt Becky, mom, Jarv, and Tanner

Garrett, Uncle Bern, Cade, Tyler, Aunt Sara, mom , Jarv. My aunt and uncle are Taya's God-parents!

Mom and Jarv wanted to cut and serve the cake.

With Emma, my cousin's daughter. She is one month younger than Taya (most of our blog followers probalby know that already).

The "head" table

A rare shot of my uncle Carson and Jarv.

My little princess in her fancy dress. The dress didn't make it through the whole evening...the overlay ripped. Luckily a good friend was able to repair the dress before Christmas Eve mass so Taya got to wear it again :)

Rev. Ben Eickoff with mom and Jarv signing their marriage license.

My aunt Jen and good friend Kris

Grandpa Bud!

My brother, Wade

Have a Happy New Year!!

Christmas was good to us

More pictures to post!!

We celebrated a week early at Grammy's so some of these shots are from there. We got hit with the Blizzard of '09 this week. It started raining on Wednesday and by Thursday evening the snow was coming down hard. This after are big snow a few weeks ago...there is A LOT of snow on the ground here. We feel like we're in the mountains!

Taya being silly with uncle Wade.

Niece Jayden got Nima a collar for Christmas. She usually doesn't wear a collar but this was a cute one and was elastic. Doesn't she look adorable??

Aunt Jillian, Uncle Wade, and Taya

Grammy with her pile of gifts. After many years of only a few things to open, she is finally getting some big piles to open.

Wade and Jayden

Taya discovered how to open her gifts but she lost interest pretty quickly.

Cousins..Jayden holding Taya and Beau

Family photo op

Santa arrived at Grammy's early. She put in a personal call to have him come early...

Me, Taya, Emma, and cousin Katie

Taya in her new chair, reading a Christmas book on Christmas morning.

Our tree with a nice pile of gifts underneath. I don't know what we'll do when we have more kids and MORE presents...

Taya decided to push, stand, and sit on some of the gifts.

Snow anyone?

Videos!!

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

A view to the north of the neighbor's icicles.

Two weeks ago we decorated for Christmas. The tree is in a new spot this year and we really like it in the dining room. There is just a lot more room. Taya has only bothered 2 ornaments, one being her "Baby's 1st Christmas" ornament with a picture of her and Santa from last year. The other is a "Hoops and Yoyo" Hallmark one that sings. Otherwise she has been a good girl. You will also seen tons of gifts (and I have more the wrap). Taya hasn't bothered them one bit. She did "help" me wrap yesterday and they were both her own gifts! She just wanted to write on the wrapping paper.

Taya perched on her stool upside-down this morning. This is her "boat" and she likes us to push her around on the stool like this. Her little nose is red and running. I think she is cutting another tooth. She does not like to see me coming with a tissue anymore.

Ethan trekked outside to scoop snow and go to work for a bit. Here are a few pictures he took from this morning. Below is the driveway looking out to the street.

The Trailblazer in the middle of the street.

We watched dad-0 from the window If you look really hard you an see Taya's little face.

View of the house from the street.

View from the driveway looking north.

Nima's potty area.

More November pictures

I have to say, as I am working on adding these pictures, I have a helper and it's not Taya. I'm watching Paula Deen on TV, Taya is jabbering in her crib because she is supposed to be taking a nap, and Nima is laying on my lap cuddling. It kind of inhibits my typing abilities, but she is a warm body :). Although it's kind of annoying not being able to work I am enjoying the days home and it looks like a winter wonderland outside. Below are a few pictures I am slow getting on the blog but they are from a few weeks ago.

Eli Banks came to play one morning while his mommy and daddy were at work.

The weekend before Thanksgiving we met up with my mom and her friends in Lincoln during their annual "Girls Shopping Weekend". They have been meeting in Lincoln the past few years and eat at Olive Garden so we go over for a free lunch. Taya's BFF, Erin Dawson, also joined us and she was SOOOOO happy.

One nice day in November we decided to head the zoo after Mass.

First time going to the petting zoo portion; Taya wasn't all that interested but it reminded me of being at the ranch (yes, I used to have a couple of goats).