Christmas Wishes Granted

We just wanted to blog about our holiday celebrations.

We traveled to and from Oregon this Christmas. We visited with family, went to the Portland Children's Museum, had a photoshoot, saw an incredible holiday light show and had a few (needed) date nights! (see photos)

Thank you to all of you who spoiled our daughter this year with love, hugs & kisses and pressies. She is enjoying all of her new wonderful toys, games and books.

We played one of her new games (Cat in the Hat: I Can Do That) for the first time last night. We all thought this game was hysterical! We all had a blast trying to complete our different challenges. Surprisingly, Taidyn was the winner in both games ... even though her daddy had to slide under the trick-a-ma-stick, on his belly, with a cake balanced on his head. Wow, what a challenge, but he did it!!! In the end he ended up with a score of 23 and Taidyn 24. Sorry daddy, you lose ... again! ;)

The most prized pressies this year ... The Alexa purple dress with long dark hair wig and purple necklace. (see photos) That's our silly little girly girl.

We hope that everyone enjoyed the holiday season as much as we did.

Happy New Year ... 2009 has begun!

Recap of 2008 continued...

Recap of 2008

Introducing....Liana

Well, we are suckers for Taidyn's interests ...

She has been watching Barbie and the Diamond Castle for weeks and prancing around here wearing a white, spring dress that is meant for the beach or a hot, sunny day.

Until now ...

Steve and Taidyn went to the store last week and found a replica of the dress Liana wears in the movie and she LOVES IT!!! She would wear it all day, every day if we would let her.

She also ended up getting an Alexa Barbie doll (Liana's best friend in the movie). She sings songs from the movie and Taidyn really loves dancing and singing with her. It is a beautiful combination!

Yes, she has her daddy wrapped tightly around her finger. If she only knew that I was the one who sent her daddy out for those two items. ;)

Here are some pictures of Taidyn, oops, I mean Liana in her beautiful dress.

FYI, to all our family and friends we will see over the holidays, Taidyn will correct you if you don't call her Liana.

You better start practicing now. Cheers! ;)

Giving thanks for these moments and many more...

Originally I was going to post a slide show of all our fondest memories, but when attempting this we see some other families memories instead! ;(

These are the moments that I re-live in my mind-

Logging on and finding the love of my life the fourth profile down on a dating site
Our whirlwind courtship
Shopping for my wedding attire with my Grandma Miller
Seeing each other in the airport for the first time
Our romantic get-away to Toronto, Canada (the proposal site)
The Whirlpool boat ride, wine tasting, lunch at the Anchorage and the breathtaking views that surrounded us
Lake Las Vegas
Our non-traditional wedding in Vegas- wedding dinner at Chin Chin's with our chocolate cov'd fortune cookies sharing several lucky numbers
Chocolate covered strawberries and wine on wedding night in hot tub overlooking New York, New York
Our first Christmas together just Steve and I
Confirming our pregnancy
Taidyn's birthing story- it was perfect (Mother's Day of 2005)
Baby World Tour (Oregon to New York)
My first time in the Pacific Ocean
Packing/Unloading/ re-packing for Utah (a long story and drive)
Taidyn's milestones/ first's esp first smile and saying Momma
Our spa experience and dinner at Brian Head on our third anniversary- ahhh pampering
Purchasing our first place together and making it our home
Our announcement/loss of our second child who is flying with the angels
Steve getting a job at the University of Wyoming
Going to massage school and missing my family from afar
All of our family vacations, holidays, and photos....priceless

We are very thankful this Thanksgiving Day!!
Happy Holidays to all our family and friends we love you and miss you!

Re-enacting Rapunzel

So I am sitting here laughing so hard I am having a hard time even blogging this.

Our funny and VERY imaginative daughter is in love with the Barbie Rapunzel story line.

Currently, she is re-enacting several scenes from the evil lady (the part she respectively gave to me), to the meeting of Rapunzel and Stefan (the role that her daddy is playing). And of course she is playing the part of Rapunzel (dressing like her, speaking like her, even wearing her hair like her etc..)

She has danced with Stefan, fell asleep on the floor next to Stefan (a scene she has added herself), and walked around with Stefan. She won't even let Stefan have some privacy to use the bathroom. Yes, she is obsessed with her Stefan!!

Poor Stefan, Rapunzel is on fast forward mode, changing scenes so many times (it is morning, it is night, it is morning) all in a matter of minutes. Now I think Stefan has really fell asleep out on the kitchen floor because I am not hearing.....oh wait, there he is. ;)

And they are on the move again.....

Kiggins Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

We've always been told that Taidyn is a good combination of the both of us. But Cass and I have always wondered, "Does Taidyn look more like one of us than the other?"

That mystery was solved today, when Cass found the above test on the Internet and downloaded pictures of all three of us. The results ... Taidyn looks equally like her mommy and daddy! Perfect, huh?

But, let me say, Taidyn has her daddy's disposition. I think that's good ... maybe. ;)