Little Miss is 15 Months!

Lia...

Where do I begin.

She is truly a delight.

I love her...

I love being her mother...

I am so blessed!

 Lia at 15 months

-Starting to run

-eats everything

-LOVES bananas

-LOVES her blanket (as seen in both pictures)

-says "mama"

-says "Uh-Oh"

-says "WOW!"

(as soon as the Christmas Tree lights come on she says WOW)

-says "Ouch!"

-LOVES shoes

-LOVES her bottle

and since she's the baby--she can!

-Takes 1 afternoon nap for about 3 hours

-Loves to drink water

-says "What's that"

-says "Cheese" when taking her picture

-Loves to fake laugh

-She thinks she's funny

and we all laugh at her.

-she's kissed about a million times a day

-She loves to Dance and she'll spin in circles

We LOVE you!!!

15 month stats:

height: 32 inches 91%

weight: 22.07 pounds 38%
so I guess you could say she's tall and thin!  

Letters to Santa* Santa's Knee* Hot Chocolate & Doughnuts

Saturday Night was a fun night!

The kids got to mail their letters to Santa!

This is a tradition and they look forward 

to this BIG RED mailbox!!!

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 Even Lia was excited to drop her envelope in!!

Next we went to see Santa!

To let him know what we 

would like for Christmas!

 Cody...

 Jack...

 Kyle...

 Luke...

 Steven...

 and Lia...She was a bit nervous!

 All the cute kids together!!!

don't you just LOVE Christmas!!!

When we got home we ended the night with

Hot Chocolate, doughnuts and the movie "Elf"

It was a PERFECT way to start December!!!

Cody's 2nd Piano Recital

I am so impressed with this boy!

He really does amaze me!

He started taking piano lessons about 9 months ago.

On November 28th he had his 2nd recital!

He was amazing!!

He obviously gets his talent from me!

 His 1st piece was called "A Minor Prelude"

by Gina Senter

He is so good to practice, even when he'd rather be 

playing with friends and his practice paid off!

He was great!

 He even played a duet!

He played with Aaron Steed.
They played "When the Saints Go Marching In".

They did such a good job!

here's the solo he played!

Pretty impressive if you ask me!

Way to go Cody!

You were AWESOME!!

I love you!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving in Idaho Falls revolves around one thing:

PIES!!!!

A LOT of them!!

We start out on Wednesday with PIE NIGHT!

It's a delicious tradition!

 me and Lia!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

My biggest blessings!

My sweet family!

I have been truly blessed beyond measure!

Day 5 - Disneyland

It is the best vacation when you can share it!

Thank you so much McAbery family!!

It was the best vacation!!!

 Devin, Scott, Amy, Stephanie, Dan

Brandon, Megan, Steven, Cody, Luke, Jack and Kyle

Cars Land was so cool!!

The back drop alone took 5 years to build and paint!

 Brandon and Kyle on the Jumping Jelly Fish

 Jack and Megan

 These 2 became best friends!!

 Luke and Steven on Toy Story Mania!

It was a fabulous week!

What a great Family Vacation we had!!!

The next day we met up with my mom and picked up Lia!

The boys were so excited to have sis back!

They missed her dearly!

I must say it was great to have all my kids back with me again!

Day 4 - Sea World

 Day 4 - Sea World

Like Universal Studios--I have also never been to Sea World.

I loved Sea World!

We went on a cloudy day which means 

we were like the only family there!

It was great!

 Us with Shamu.

 The great thing about Sea World

is it's the best of BOTH worlds.

Rides and Sea Animals!

 It was so neat to see the dolphins up close and personal.

Each one of the boys got to pet one!

It was the highlight of the trip!

 Kyle and Jack with the star fish!

 It got pretty cold.  Thank goodness we had

blankets in the car!

Cold or not we sure had fun!

And pictures are not complete without 

the FUNNY FACE!

 We ended the day with the Shamu Show!

Incredible!

Sea World Rocked!!

Day 3 - Disneyland

We started off Wednesday with Mickey Mouse!

Having a character breakfast is wonderful for the 

kids to be up close and personal with them!

 All the kids together!

(Brandon, Steven, Luke, Kyle, Cody, Megan, and Jack)

 Our cute family (minus 1)

 The boys and Pluto!

 The boys and Minnie Mouse!

 Me and Minnie Mouse!

 The birthday kids!!

Cody and Megan celebrated their birthdays at Disneyland!!

 There is something so special about being a mother

and so tender to hold your child's hand!

It melts me!

 Tea Cups!!!

 Goofy!!!!

I happened to snap a picture of Jack's face riding 

Thunder Mountain Railroad!!

PRICELESS!!

The funny thing was, right after the ride was over he asked

"Can we ride that again!"

Grandma sent me this picture today.

I think Lia is in the BEST hands..don't you?

Day 3 a success!!

Day 2 - Universal Studios

Day 2 was spent at Universal Studios

Growing up in California, I had never been here.

So it was so much fun for all of us!

Me and my boys!

 Dad and his boys!

 My cute Kyle!

 Taking pictures with the STARS of Transformers!!

Optimus and Bumblebee!!

This ride was by FAR one of the best!!!

Steven was chosen out of the crowd to participate in an

animal show!!  He was so excited and did a great job!

Such a fun day 2!