Christmas!!!

We had a fantastic Christmas this year! We stayed here in Cedar for Christmas morning. It is so much fun with a little one! Especially now that she opens presents better! Every time she would open a present she would say "ope"...she wanted to play with EVERYTHING! When we were trying to get her to decide what Santa would bring her we walked down the Toys R Us doll isles to see if she would get excited about a baby doll...but nope...she saw some balls and that made her day....so she asked Santa for a basketball hoop...silly girl, but it didn't get delivered to our home Christmas morning b/c of snow earlier in the week so she opened all her other gifts and aunt Daph saved the day and brought it down to Grandmas where they boys and Emma loved playing it!!

Family pic..aren't we just beautiful!!;)

Her hair was CRAZY!! No time for bath Christmas Eve...we went to some friends and then read the Christmas story when we got home...I had to get ready for work..so she didn't get her bath and boy can you tell by the hair...got to love it!!

After opening gifts and eating off to Bicknell we went! Emma finally got her hoop and loved playing with it with the boys..

Mitch and Shel loved Emmas hoop it gave them entertainment for hours!

I even got in on the playing...still holding Emma..she was giggling and loving every minute!!

Mitch and Shel getting to do some hard work...not so sure at first but by the end they were laughing and having a great time!

All the big kids had their DS's to play with and they would let Emma "write" notes and send them to each other...she LOVED it and they were so good to let her play! She is starting young...yikes!!

She kept saying 'he he' (for horses) and so Uncle Lance saved the day and took her out to see them in the freezing cold!!! Mom wouldn't...I guess that's what good uncles are for;)

All of the kids drew names and gave a present to each other...Emma opening her gift..which she loves...and it's girly..even better;)

Haylie and Aja waiting to open gifts.

...More DS......

It was a fabulous weekend spending time with family..eating, laughing, and playing games!! It is always Crazy at the Durfey home when all the family starts playing game...loud, laughing, and some bantering...wouldn't change a thing! Thanks everyone for a great time we loved seeing all of you!

Early Christmas!

Over the weekend we were finally able to head up to Salt Lake! We hadn't been able to go since July so we were pretty excited to finally go! We enjoyed the weekend spending time with Andrew's parents and sister. We did a lot of Christmas shopping and hanging out. Because we aren't going to be up there for Christmas they had us open up our Christmas while we were there and it sure was fun watching Emma! She is still just getting the hang of it but so cute! Thank you soooo much guys for everything!! Emma got this little bike and today was so absolutely beautiful---45 degrees...sooo fun, almost feels like spring---so I decided to take Ems out to ride her bike instead of pushing her all around our house! She loooovvved it! We decided to pick up the mail while we were out...perfect little carrier!

Opening up presents with Aunt Kels!

First time Emma met Santa and she was TERRIFIED!! Maybe next year we will get a better pic! She wouldn't even sit on my lap by Santa for a picture..oh well..still good memories!

Random pictures...her first pony tail!!! Isn't it just so cute???

She loves to un-decorate the tree! She pushes anything and everything to the tree to pull the bulbs off...she thinks they are balls and likes to play with them! So she takes them off and she helps put them back on several times during the day! Good thing its a kid friendly tree!!

ThAnKsGiViNG!!

This year we had Thanksgiving here in Cedar at Andrew's sisters house with both of his sisters and his parents! It was a great day with fun company and yummy food! The kids had their own little table..Carson even wrote their names on the chair they were supposed to sit at..too cute! This didn't last long for Emma when dinner actually started...she likes to roam if she isn't tied down..but it was a great thought ;)

She got the WHOLE thing in her little mouth!! She loved licking the fresh whip cream!

Our little monkey!! She honestly climbs EVERYTHING! And Asher's pack-n-play is no different...she was trying to get up higher to see him...very funny and cute but oh boy do we have to watch her!!

I can't even say how much Emma loves to feed Harley! And he is so patient with her...she will take one little piece of dog food at a time to give him...so patient he is! I love this picture because she is opening her mouth while she is feeding him...Andrew and I used to find ourselves doing the same thing when we would feed Emma and now she does it to us when she wants to feed us or the dog!! Pay attention you mom's and you will realize you do it too!!!!

These two are little buddies and play so well together! They decided to try and push each other around in Emma's high chair..with no wheels but they seemed to manage pretty well!

Thanksgiving was a wonderful day and I am so grateful for so many blessings in my life I can't even begin to list them it would be WAY to long...especially right now in my life! But I do wake up every morning completely amazed at how much my Heavenly Father loves me and how much he blesses me for no specific reason I can think of. I truly feel blessed to live in this day with the gospel in my life, have such an AMAZING husband, and ANGELIC little girl! I want ALL of my family to know how grateful I am for them and their support and love they each give me...you are all amazing and I love you very much!!

WeLcOme BaBy AsHeR!!

We have to welcome new baby Asher to our family!! He is so much fun and such a little doll! Emma loves to look at him and give him kisses on the head..we just have to watch extra careful..she would probably drag him somewhere if we weren't watching!!
Congrats Jess and Aaron he is so cute and lots of fun already!

DaDdY's LiTTlE HeLpEr!!

We finally got a little more snow in the middle of November so off we sent Em's to help her daddy shovel the sidewalks! She loved every minute! Here she is with her snow ball that she carried around everywhere...this girl absolutely loves any type of ball..silly thing!!

I was getting ready and Emma wanted to stay outside so Andrew decided to put her in her stroller..when I came to find her...this is what I found..too cute!

She actually walked really well in all those clothes!