Sunday, January 6, 2013

our year in pictures ... in video

Here is a video of our pictures from our Picture a day blog, with music
Enjoy our year compressed down to a short 6 minutes.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

December 31, 2012


Whitney gets to help the clown with his act.  We went to a big new years eve party in Pasco.  We had to get there really early to see the clown.

December 30, 2012


It's a stair jam - not as bad as a traffic jam.  Rachel was a little over-eager with the stairs and needed the blockade.

December 29, 2012


Rachel was confined to her stroller to eat her very sticky candy cane.  She loved it.

December 28, 2012


Whitney gets her hands into some cookie dough.  She loves any kind of baking.

December 27, 2012



Rachel gets to sit with aunt Erin for awhile.  It took Rachel awhile to get use to everyone, but that's pretty normal for her.

December 26, 2012


Rachel getting some yummy ice cream from grandma.  She finished off the carton and was upset when it was all gone.  That is just so different from Whitney.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

December 25, 2012


MERRY CHRISTMAS!  We had such a great day; I think Whitney loved it the most.  Here we sit in front of the Christmas tree right after all the presents were opened.  I put the girls in their Christmas clothes, but it is kind of hard to tell.

December 24, 2012


One thing I love about family get togethers is all the games we play.  We played a ton while we were down in Pasco.  Here we are playing a modern twist of the game of Life.  It was fun.

December 23, 2012


Rachel got to wear her Christmas dress to church.  I think it is really cute and she will probably never be able to wear it again. 

December 22, 2012


We had such fun decorating the Christmas tree.  Whitney kept looking through all the boxes to find more and more ornaments.  She was surprised when I pointed one out that I had made in elementary school with a really old picture of me on it.  Rachel also put a couple of ornaments on the tree (with a lot of supervision).  It was really pretty when it was all decorated.

December 21, 2012


We did a lot of packing today to be prepared to go back to Pasco for Christmas when Will got home from work.  Whitney liked to sit on the bed and zip and unzip over and over.  What a helper!

December 20, 2012


What a cool hat.  Don't I look cute?

December 19, 2012


We gave Rachel a couple of presents to open on her actual birthday.  I cannot believe my little girl is already one, she has become my little toddler.  Not to be confused with Whitney who is still my big toddler.  Rachel had a good birthday.  Whitney helped with the present opening since Rachel hasn't quite got the hang of it yet.

December 18, 2012


We seem to end up with a lot of pictures by the gazelle; the girls both really like playing there.  I don't know what happened to Rachel's pants.

December 17, 2012


We were at the church to make gingerbread houses with some other families in the ward.  The kids found the chalkboard and were pushing it around.  It appears like Whitney is trying to stop Jess from doing that though.