My little Hazelnut.

Hazel is a doll! She is just so sweet and we are thrilled she is in our family. She is 3 months here and rolling over already. Cute as a button!

Can you say cords? Daniel was mounting our tv to the wall the day I took this. How many cords does one man need...sheesh!

Perfectly Spring

One good thing about California living is spring comes in February. I got to decorate a relief society activity and I used a lot of burlap. This is what the centerpieces looked like. I think I'll keep one out. It makes me happy.

The month of January and then some

Boring. Uneventful. Vanilla, no toppings.
But beautiful, even joyful.
Content.

Over the holidays

It's taken me this long to post Christmas pictures...

We had a lovely Christmas. Christmas Eve we had Daniel's family come over for a big ham and potatoes meal. We played games and read Luke 2. Dan's parents and brother Erik stayed the night so we could have Christmas morning together. It was a lot of fun. I loved watching Marston come down the stairs to see that Santa came. I can't wait for more years to come.

I got to have 2 of my brothers visit. Isaac and Jenn and Adam and Julie came a couple days after Christmas. It was so fun to laugh with them. I miss being around them. It's always an adventure-never a dull moment. We hung out, went into the city, went up to Placerville and just visited. I feel really lucky to have brothers that would take the time and spend the money to visit their sister. 

January 2nd we blessed Hazel. She was a doll. Slept through the whole thing. Daniel gave her a beautiful blessing. I feel blessed to have a worthy priesthood holder as a husband to bless the lives of our children. We had family and friends over after for a little lunch. I loved it! Lots of people and lots of yummy food.

Christmas is over. Decorations are down. Another year has started. My house feels a little cold and empty but it's nice to have a new beginning. 

Christmas morning.

Marston would open one gift, want to play with that one and forget about the rest. It was really cute to watch. 

Sweet baby girl at 7 weeks. 

This is the only proof that I have that my brothers Adam and Isaac and their wives, Julie and Jenn came to visit. We spent the day in San Francisco. Here we are riding the cable cars. 

Marston loved riding the "choo-choo".

Hazel and mama on the day of her blessing. 

The Gnome

I threw a party in 2006. We played silly games and won prizes. Daniel bought the prizes at the dollar store. My dad won a gnome riding a frog. He left it at our house. We took it and hid it in their house. They found it and hid it in our house. We found it, took it back and hid it. This has been a sneaky battle for the past 4 years. The game continues. 

What a wonderful life...

I am grateful for my beautiful family. I have the great fortune of being a part of a wonderful family, with great brothers and sisters (yes-that includes my in-laws too) and lovely parents (and in-laws) who show love and friendship constantly. I also am extremely lucky to have landed such a man as my Daniel and together create a family of our own. I am in love with our little red headed babies. They are so fun to watch grow and discover their world. It really is difficult to find words that properly describe my feelings about being a mother. I love it-and it makes me kinda crazy-but I love it. Marston is so sweet with Hazel. Every morning he wakes up and the first thing he says is "baby?" and we have to find Hazel and make sure she is alright. He is growing like a weed. Loves to jump, wrestle, throw balls, and play with trains, planes and automobiles. Hazel is cooing already. She is getting into a nice routine and smiles a lot. Really really sweet. She looks at you with a look that she is knows so much and just can't say it. It's amazing. I have much to be grateful for. I have a warm home, I have a refrigerator with food in it, I have a car, I have a husband that has a job that provides enough for me to be a stay at home mommy, I have a healthy family, I have the gospel. What a wonderful life! 

Brooke took Hazel's newborn pictures. She is 4 days old here. 

Marston loves to play in my flower boxes but always needs a good wash down after. 

Daniel turned 28 this year. 

I sent Daniel and Erik to Lowe's for our Christmas tree this year while I took a nap. Teeheehee!

Started running again. Feels wonderful! 

Marston ready for church.

Cute Hazel!

We met Ben and Telia in San Francisco.  Our boys love each other. 

Hazel and Eliza. 

Harold and Darlene in front of a giant castle made from sugar. 

Trying to get Christmas pictures was a bit of a mess. This is one of the best...

Marston looking dapper.

Say Hello to Hazel Abigail

We are happy to announce that our baby girl is finally here! I went into labor, 6 days late, last Saturday night. We went to the hospital and 8 hours later, we have a new member of our family. She was 10.1 pounds and 21 inches long! A big baby! I am still in shock. I only pushed for about 15 minutes and everything seemed very calm and relaxed. It was very pleasant- as far as birthing goes. She is a beautiful little girl with lots and lots of red hair. In fact, it is exactly the same color as Marston's hair when he was born. Who knew that we would get 2 kids with beautiful red hair. She is very sweet and we are thrilled to have her here. 

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This is William, Hazel's cousin, born only a day after her. 

This is Marston when he was about a week old. Same color hair as Hazel.