Alexis turns 3

On the 9th, Alexis turned three years old! It is so crazy how fast time has flown by and to think how much has happened in such a short time! Alexis has changed our lives so much and she is such a special and smart little girl. She is a great big sister eventhough sometimes she forgets that her sister is still just a baby. She loves to play pretend, sing and dance, color and draw, wear mommy's heels around and so many other fun things. She says she is a princess anytime she wears a dress and says that all girls are princesses. Lexi loves to watch Little Ensteins, Word World, Jake and the NeverLand Pirates and all Disney cartoons. She loves to go shopping with mom and likes her hair to be done with flowers in it eventhough she doesn't always cooperate to get it done. Lexi loves to talk and is constantly singing songs including ones she makes up on her own. She loves to go to nursery at church and recently has been wanting to say every prayer that is said in our house. She has grown up so much and is mommy's little helper. We are so blessed to have this little girl in our lives and she makes each day so much better each time she says, "I love you, so much!"

We had a little family party on the Saturday before her birthday because my grandparents were in town. My cousin Derek came up with my grandparents, and my cousin Nikki and her kids, and my sister and her family all came for the party. It was so nice to be in our house and have so much more room to actually have a party. Lexi wanted a princess Barbie cake so I did my best to produce something that she liked and I also made a Snickers ice cream cake for the adults. The cakes didn't turn out exactly how I envisioned them but at least they tasted good!

On Lexi's birthday we took her to a place in Orem called Pirate Island, which she was very excited about because of one of her new favorite shows called Jake and the NeverLand Pirates. It was actually pretty good food and reasonably priced. The atmosphere was so great though and it really felt like you were at Disneyland in the Pirates of the Carribbean. It has a fun little arcade that Lexi really enjoyed even though a lot of the games only kept her interest for about 2 seconds before she wanted to move onto another one. Overall I think the birthday festivities were a success!

Cousin Derek and Grandpa Scoble

Shaw family

Grandma Scoble

All the kids playing with balloons

The Birthday girl with her cakes

The inside of the cakes

Mommy and Lexi

Daddy and Lexi

Opening presents

At Pirate Island:

My girls

We took a few pictures before church last week and I just thought they were too cute not to post. The photo shoot only lasted a few minutes as you can tell by the last picture!

We Moved!

A couple of weeks ago we moved from Spanish Fork to Lehi. For those of you familiar with the area, it is just south of Thanksgiving Point. We had put in an offer on this house, which was a short sale, back in September and finally everything went through and we got the house. We absolutely love it! It is so much bigger than our little townhouse that we had and we have so much more room. We also have a garage, a basement, storage, a theater room and a master bathroom that Jaron and I can both fit in to get ready! Horray!

Christmas

I am such a blog slacker but I wanted to post some pictures from Christmas. We went to my parents in Henderson for Christmas and luckily all my family was there. My brothers come home from their missions on April 1st so we were able to Skype with them, so they were there too! The drive was horrible going down because of the terrible snowstorms in Utah and the flooding from Cedar City to Vegas. It took us about 5 hours just to get to Cedar, which normally takes 3. I was a nervous wreck driving in snow even though Jaron was driving. We ended up staying in New Harmony at my grandparent’s house over night because our car continued to hydroplane and we were in 4-wheel drive. Needless to say I was very relieved when we finally reached my parent’s house.

We had such a good time being all together and doing lots of fun traditions. One of the first nights we were there, my grandma Tobler made her famous chili and my mom’s side of the family all came over to eat and play games. My cousin Kara was even there from Oklahoma, which was so great to see her and her husband.

On Christmas Eve we had our traditional big family dinner and afterward we started a new tradition of decorating gingerbread houses. Then we all opened our matching pajamas. My little family also gets to open a new ornament that is personal to them and a book. Luckily all the kids went to bed early so we could finish some last minute things. Christmas morning we had a big breakfast and then opened presents while we Skyped with my brothers. It was so great to talk and see them face to face. We had such a great time being all together and we surely enjoyed the much warmer weather!

Lexi in her snow boots and coat before going to Vegas

Kysa wanting to play with Kaylee

The Rime gingerbread house

The Tillack gingerbread house

The Shaw gingerbread house

Mom reading the Night Before Christmas

Cute little Lexi in her new pjs

Christmas morning opening our stockings

The tree with all the presents stacked behind it

Jaden, Stacy and Kysa with cute bedhead

Jacob, Kenzie, Austin and Mindy

Kaylee being so cute in her Jumperoo

Lexi sporting her princess dress up from Grandma and Grandpa Rime (also you can see Tyler on the computer screen in the back ground)

Lexi finding her big present Santa left in her bedroom