The Eve

We had a great Christmas Eve this year, Brent was staying with us

and we went to my parents house for for our traditional dinner and the Nativity

We had a interesting Nativity, Demps was supposed to be Mary and Milo Joseph, however after a few costume changes they changed their minds. Mary still wanted baby Jesus and then Joseph wanted him also, so a couple fights and 3 Jesus babydolls later, we started.

At the end, Demps decided she wanted to be the baby Jesus,

 and she laid down in the manger. Not quite the original story, but it worked 

After the Production
Dempsey was so excited to open her Christmas Eve PJ's

And she looked so darn cute in them

This was the only picture I got of her in them standing,

and it's from the back, oops

My PJ's

Brents sortof PJ's

Chris' PJ's

We Are Here!!

We are still here.......... I know it's been awhile,

 but now we're back and going to play catch up

So here we go! 

First Things First:  Chris Graduated from UVU!!

Yeah, Hooray, Yippee,

Dempsey and I couldn't be more excited, proud, happy, delighted, ecstatic,

enthused, etc. that we get to see Chris alittle more!

Although, now comes the fun part of GRAD school

but in the meantime we will enjoy every spare second we get with him!

This was the night he took his last final!!

 So we went to celebrate at Red Robin,

and yes, Dempsey LOVES corndogs!

Shopping

I Love Shopping

Chris Loves Shopping

So

It only makes sense that

Dempsey Loves Shopping too

And she does

This morning Demps and I ventured up to our Favorite mall {fashion place}

These are some of my favorite things

 about shopping with Dempsey

1. Stopping at every store window to admire its contents, esp. the ones with lights

2. Stopping in front of everystore with loud music playing to dance

3. Climbing in and out and in and out of your chair at the food court

4. Showing me every item she likes and, saying,"Look Mom, Cute"

5. Spotting and yelling, "Shoes" everytime we pass any shoes {mens, womens, kids, grandmas, etc.}

6. Eating Lunch - which for Dempsey consisted of French Fries,

Graham Crackers, and Lemonaide

{Everytime she'd take a drink she would make a sour face,

 but she kept drinking it. Funny}

7. Stopping to share your graham crackers with a random little girl in a stroller.

{I guess Dempsey thought she looked hungry}

Anytime you go anywhere with Dempsey, it's always an adventure

 However,

 I LOVE LOVE LOVE going shopping with that girl,

and I LOVE LOVE LOVE that she LOVES it!

Dempsey found these perfect little chairs,

in between every store window

They were the the perfect little space for her

Such a Free Spirit...

It's always fun when Grandma comes

Last Week we got Grandma Nukaya all to ourselves for 4 days

What a treat!!

And we had a ball!!

What a Pair!We went to an Orem Owls Game

In order to keep dempsey from getting bored... we just give her lots of foodAnd in order to keep me from getting bored... They feed me lots of food!!

Like mother, Like daughter:)

We did lots of shopping, everytime she comes she spoils us big time!

We went to the Women's Expo

Went to the Zoo

Where we saw the baby elephants debue- cutest thing ever!

And we saw grandma's favorite- the baby giraffe

{right after we took this pic, I dropped my phone into the giraffe cage

luckily my brave strapping husband hopped over the fence and dodged a angry rampaging giraffe mother, risking his life to save my phone. Thank goodness for husbands}Rode the carouselAnd then we rode the train-
watch out for the one in the dark blue shirt- She spits:)

All in all, we had a GREAT weekend, and are so thankful to Jeanette for giving us a much needed visit, and for making sure all of our needs are taken care of! We are so grateful for all you do for us! We love you!

First Day Of School

This is a few weeks late, but still post worthy; SO
A few weeks ago, Chris attended his last First Day of School
(well unless he decides grad school in a few years)
Do you know what this means?
Yes, it's true
It's really gonna happen!!
Chris was accepted for graduation this December 2009!!!!
Hooray!!!
In Celebration we ate this:
And of course we took a 1st day of school picture. He looks as excited as he was back in elementary school. Cute.

Stewart Falls

A few weeks ago, before school started
we decided to enjoy summer while we still could
and go on a little hike to Stewart Falls

Dempsey did pretty good, till halfway there when she decided she was tired of sitting in the backpack.....

Thank the Heavens for Fruit Snacks!

Once we got there and she could run around,

she was a happy little hiker.
This was about as close as I could get with Dempsey because

she was clawing on for dear life

Chris debated and debated over whether or not to get in the

Ice Cold Freezing Waterfall

so he would be cool on the hike back You can see what side won

Soaking Wet

But he was glad and cool on the hike back

and

I was sad and hot

Material Girl Part duex

It seems that along with bracelets,
we may also have developed a shoe fetish

These all seem alittle too big for you Dempsey

It warms my heart to see my her love shoes..... I loves shoes too!

PS These pics were taken by her aunt savanna and ken, so fun to have aunts to play shoe dress up:)

PSS Yes, in the last picture; Dempsey does look like a spitting image of Mochea(SP?) in Johnny Lingo