Happy New Year 2011

 Ashley, Laurie and Morgan

 Heather and Kira

 Kayla, Jerry, Chase, Tiffany, JT, Eric

 Heather, Kira, Jessica and Mom

 James, Mattie, Kooper, Sean, Lynden, Whitney

Wyatt, Kacy, Kira and Justice waling through

 Katie, James and Larin giving it a try

 Darrel and Hanna

 Zach and Kabree

 Mom, Laurie and Libby

 Kooper, Kabree, Dad and Makenna

 Shawn and Kabree

    Every year for New Years my Uncle Darrel and Aunt Laurie through a party with lots of yummy food and fun games.  This year the hit again was Just Dance for the Wii, you can see that Kira, Heather, Mom and Jessica got really into it : ).  We even got some of the guys to try it out.  We had a lot of fun as always.  Kabree loved watching everyone dance and Grandpa helped her play a song.  Then she cuddled up to Shawn and played with his phone the rest of the night.  We are very excited for the new year and all the things we have to look forward to:

-Kabree getting a new little cousin in January

-Kabree turning 2

-Eric going on a mission

-Whitney graduating

-Katie and Shay graduating from elementary

-Hanna and Morgan starting kindergarten

-Hoping for a new job

-Hoping for adoption #2

Christmas 2010

 I do not want to come out there!

 Wow, is that stuff for me?!

 A new doll!!!

 Candy, always a hit with Little Miss

 Grandpa and Grandma taking care of the baby

while Kabree checks out her other stuff

 Yay, a Backyardigans book

 Grandma reading Kabree her new book

 Yay, another hat!

 Grandpa borrowing Kabree's hat

That's not funny!

 Daddy got us both new hats

Mom showing off her Christmas

 We had a GREAT Christmas this year!  We got to spend lots of time with both families and Kabree was so much FUN!  Little Miss didn't wake up until 8:30 Christmas morning and that was after she heard Santa's bells in the living room.  It took her a few minutes of hiding and Grandpa Vance coaxing to get her to go into the leaving room to see what Santa brought.  Kabree was very happy with the baby doll Santa brought and that's all she wanted to do is show it to Grandma and Grandpa, forget about opening any more.  With more coaxing and help from Dad and Mom we got the other gifts unwrapped : )!  Kabree loved her necklace and of coarse her books she got, she got a Backyardigans book and that was for sure the "end" of unwrapping gifts she sat in the chair with her book and wanted to watch Backyardigans.

Kabree has a new fascination with hats and so as you can imagine she was very upset when Grandpa tried to borrow hers for a bit.

 Shay and Kabree

 Zach helping cook

 Kooper helping with the pancakes

 Larin, on bacon duty

 Shawn making his smoothies

 Wyatt taking it all in

 

 Kabree, Morgan, Mattie and Makenna

enjoying a yummy breakfast

 Dad over seeing the cooking

"WOW that's a lot of pancakes"

 Kabree trying to keep everyone out of her tent

 Eric and Morgan playing with Kab

She let Mommy in : )!

We stayed the night at my parents this year so we got to enjoy breakfast with my brothers Larin, Shawn and all their kids.  All the guys chipped in and made a super yummy breakfast this year and then we all just hung out the whole day.  The kids had fun playing with all their new toys, Kabree got a tent from both Grandmas and LOVES them!  She thought it was fun to hide in it and try to shut everyone else out, little pill : ).  We had a fun Christmas and were so glad to get to spend it with our families.

Christmas Eve

Zach and Jessi

 Ethan and Kooper

 Shay and Katie

 Mattie, Morgan and Makenna

 Vance and JoAnn

 Larin and Jessica

 

 Eric

 Shawn and Wyatt

  We had a great Christmas this year and got to spend lots of time with family.  We started out Christmas Eve with Zach's family having breakfast, opening presents hanging out and having lunch.  It was good to see everyone and Kabree loved her tend Grandpa and Grandma Tarbet gave her!  Unfortunately a misscommunication between Zach and I the camera got left at home and Gary and Sally's had a dead battery : (.

Then we headed out to Arbon to Larin and Jessica's for a Christmas Eve dinner by candle light.  Kabree got to sit at the kid table all by herself and she felt like hot stuff drinking her fancy drink and sitting visiting with her cousins.  We ended the night with watching the little 5 minute movie of the first Christmas and headed to bed early so Santa could come!!1

Cookie Party 2010

 Kabree, Zach and Jessi

Justice and Kabree dancing

Vance and Wyatt

Jessica dancing

All the cookies

Everyone playing Just Dance

  Every year Zach and I have our families over for soup, then we caravan around the neighborhoods looking at the lights and come back for cookies and milk.  This year we had just got Just Dance 2 for the wii and let's just say that was the hit of the party.  Even Heather, Jessica and Kayla got into it.  We had a lot of fun and are so glad our families live close enough that most of them get to come and have fun with us.  This year we were able to have Keri join us for the last little bit and as always it was great to see her and to have her meet more of our family.