The last few weeks!

Where has the time gone? Our last post was Christmas, and that was a month ago! Time is seriously flying! We can't believe that January is just about over with! We haven't been up to too much lately, Greg has started back in school and Brooklyn and I just been hanging out and having fun! Here are some pictures from the last few weeks of our lives!

Brooklyn has discovered the comfort of lounging on the couch while watching Winnie the Pooh She seriously didn't move the entire movie!

I am LOVING being a Young Women's leader! It is so much fun and I love the girls that are in our ward! Last Tuesday for mutual we had a Spiritual Spa Night! We had a great lesson about Individual Worth and then did some pampering!

We had chocolate facials!and then sugar scrubs and manicures!

Our finished productsTo cap off the fun we had these scrumptious and way cute cupcakes! I love this dress! My aunt gave it to Brooklyn last year and it finally fit for Christmas this year!Brooklyn Loves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches! She makes a HUGE mess every time she eats one, but as you can tell she loves it!She likes to show off for the camera....Brooklyn and MomBrooklyn and Dad dressed up as Joseph Smith (for a primary activity he helped with.)A couple of weeks ago we went to walk on the beach!It was a tad chilly but Brooklyn was snug as a bug all bundled up!We found this cool jelly fish washed up on the beachWe love the ocean and can't wait for the weather to warm up so we can go and play!We watched Brooklyn's friend Jackson one morning for a couple of hours and she had so much fun reading and playing with him!They always give each other hugs, it is so cute!Brooklyn finally figured out how to climb onto her airplane all by herself! She is so proud of herself and excited when she does it!She still loves smiling for the camera. Her hair is finally getting longer and it is starting to get curly!We love it!

Well that pretty much sums up what has been going on in our life! We are loving the Florida "winter" now that the freezing temperatures have gone! It has been in the high 60's lately and it is great! We missed the snow for like a month, but we are totally over that now that the sun is shining and it feels like spring time! We love it here and love our life!

Christmas Day!

Santa Came!

Brooklyn was so excited she was finally able to open her presents!Twilight books!
She loves her baby doll from Grandma and Grandpa MerrittShe loves pushing her dolls around in her stroller from SantaGreg and his awesome new basketball shoesOpening blocks from SantaShe loves her horse from Grandma and Grandpa Magee

I have been wanting a cute apron for FOREVER!

Examining the goodsA book all about Lebron James, which he read in one and a half daysOpening a blanket from Great-Grandma WolfleyShe loves how comfy and soft this blanket is!

Opening a present from Grandma and Grandpa BaxterShe loves this little bus and it's music and flashing lights!

Time to check out the stockingsNeedless to say our house was in shambles after we opened and played with every single toy!Our little chocolate thief..this is the first of several times she stole this candybar and munched on it!v She would get so mad when we would take it from her!Another tradition: Take a picture on your bed with all of your Christmas Presents!

All of our Christmas cards!

We had such a great Christmas here in Florida! It was fun to have our own little family Christmas, although we did miss our families a lot! Thank you to all of our friends and family for the cards and gifts that you sent to us! The highlight of each day leading up to Christmas was checking the mail to see what Christmas cards had come! We hope that everyone else enjoyed this Christmas season and the birth of Jesus as much as we did!

Gingerbread Houses and Christmas Eve!

On the Eve of Christmas Eve, we had the missionaries over for dinner and a serious gingerbread house building competition. All of our buidling materials
We split into 3 teams and the competition began. They were all very serious about their creationsAbout and hour later we had the finished projects. Elder See and Elder black constructed an Indian Reservation. Complete with a Teepee, bonfire, slot machine, a buffalo, a bed of coals, and of course a giant Indian man. They won the creativity award for sure!Elder Schroeder and Elder Baker were the most focused on their house. They used up most of their time creating the structure, which is why they won the stability award. It looked like a mini house! They managed to get "Ho ho ho" on the roof and a snow covered hot tub and garage.Of course we won the overall competion! Brooklyn was a totally un-biased judge and not influenced in any way by the amount of candy on our house... Greg was in charge of the house construction and I of course was in charge of landscaping. Our house is complete with a sunroof, water fall, palm trees, swimming pool, and melting snowman. We all had so much fun and were pretty proud of our creations!

On Christmas Eve we had our friend Jennifer and her two boys Tristan and Logan over for dinner and games! We gave the boys play-doh and the game Ants in the Pants and they gave us huge box of chocolates! After dinner we had yummy cinnamon rolls and homemade hot chocolate while we played Don't Break the Ice and Ants in the Pants.

Greg and the boys playing with the play-doh we got for Tristan
Jennifer and her boys
Logan and Brooklyn had so much fun playing and laughing together!Tristan and Logan were so excited for Santa to come! They kept going outside on the balcony and looking at the sky trying to spot Santa! It was so much fun to see their excitement! We loved having them over!

We also have started the tradition of opening new pajamas on Christmas Eve!

Here is Greg showing off his new "pajamas"

Me and my pjs
And Brooklyn looking thrilled about her pajamas!Just before Brooklyn went to bed she put out milk and cookies for Santa, and crackers and carots for his reindeer!

This Christmas has been so much fun for us, and we have started so many fun traditions that we are so excited to do year after year!