Christmas Play date

This year instead of exchanging presents with all my girlfriends we decided to have the kids exchange. Annie and Elle are in town for Christmas so we all got together at my house for a little play date! From the left it's Elle Egan, Bentley, Kacey borrowed her cousins little boy Asher to bring, and Ezra Park.


Just decorating some Christmas cookies. Except all the kids were more interested in licking all the frosting off the cookies and spoons!

Cute little Ez was the cleanest kid, he made no mess with his bagels and cookies!

Ripping all the presents open was more fun than I thought they would have.

Ezra's present was a hit to all the kids, they were all fighting over his bath time painting supplies. Some brushes got ruined in the process.


And of course the cheap Ikea tent was also the biggest hit for all the kids to play in. Who knew a tent could be so fun?

Just like her Daddy...

..she LOVES the snow! She was out sledding in our backyard with everyone for quite a while. Finally Jeff made her come inside because her cheeks and nose were bright red.



Poor baby girl loved it until the snow sprayed her face. As soon as we wiped it off she was ready to do it again.

Bentley and cousin Liv.

Still playing with cousins and loving it!

Me at 24 Weeks!

Jeff in Cambodia

Jeff served a mission in Cambodia from 1999 to 2001. He finally just went back to visit with some of his mission buddies. I was really sad to miss out but I didn't really think with my pregnancies it would be wise to go along.
Here is Pat and Mary Williams, Jeff, and Jim Hirst at the famous Angkor Wat.

Some old ancient ruins. This one is called Ankgor Thom.

I thought this was such a cool picture of this tree taking over this ruin. In the ruins of Ta phroum... the trees have become part of the ruins.

Angkor Wat and the reflection pond.

This picture was taken from Jeff's hotel window looking over Phnom Penh city.

The hotel pool where they stayed at Seim Reip.

They just pack these buses full of people, it is a wonder everyone gets anywhere in one piece.

These are the floating cities on the Tonle Sap river. People live on the water and fish.

Best pineapple in the world, cut right in front of you.

This is the new church in Phnom Penh. Jeff could not have imagined anything like this when he was there. They are in the process of building three more. When Jeff got to Phnom Penh there was 800 members, 6 years later there is close to 6000.

This was Jeff's first home he ever lived in as a missionary.

This is one of Jeff's favorite families that he baptised. BunTheoun just became the branch President and the church just flew his family to Hong Kong to get sealed. He was excited to see them.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Anika, Jaynann, and me at Cheesecake Factory. Jeff planned a fun little date night with some friends, it was so worth the 2 hour wait!

Silly Girls

I LOVE these pictures! This is the first time Bentley was trying to ham it up for the camera.

Alex and Bentley are best cousins.

Halloween Party

Jeff thought he looked so much like Chuck Liddell with his shaved head and facial hair that he decided he would be a fighter for Halloween. I wasn't really anything so he told me to be his gym buddy. Bentley was the cutest witch but she wouldn't wear her hat , so it wasn't totally clear what she was.

Here we are at the neighborhood party, it was a really good turn out! Me and Bentley with Ashley and Kennedy Maudsley.

Jaynann, Eric, Talon, and Tyler Gaoiran. Their costumes were awsome!

Dave, Casey, and little Lucy Ludlow

Ashley, Garrett, Kennedy, and baby Gavin Maudsley

Posh and Becks, I mean Anika and Nate Dart. So hot!

Our New House!

We just moved into our new place a week ago and we love it! We love the location, we love the neighborhood, and we love the added space from our last home. Our kitchen, living room area is great! We can finally have more than 3 people over without feeling crowded.

This is Bentley's room until the new baby comes.

This will be Bentley's new room. I love this bed, I don't see Bentley in it for a long time, it would over take her.

Pumpkin Patch

My whole family went to the good old pumpkin patch. Bentley was more interested in climbing up on the bales, and when we gave her a pumpkin to hold she would just throw it. Stinker!

love her so much!

She has never done this, but after a long morning of playing and snacking she zonked out in her chair. It was the most precious thing.



This is our little monkey girl. She is so into climbing on everything right now and can basically get up on anything. But what she really likes is playing with the steering wheel every chance she gets ( while not driving of course).