Here are some new pics. Lauren is nearly 5 months in the picture above. Amelia is playing around in her Grandpa Archibald's boots. And lastly Amelia is sledding in the back yard. I have so much fun watching her because if she's not careful she'll run into the trees and I know that it isn't really nice, but it looks hilarious when you see the sled smack the tree trunk. Of course she is not hurt at all since she's far enough back on the sled. Anyway is that some sort of sadistic ideology or what? What kind of mom am I that I think that's hilarious? I guess I don't feel bad enough that I still think it's funny.

Grandma Archibald and Lauren on New Years Day...she's three months old (on Dec. 25th).

Interesting tidbit...at Lauren's 2 month appt she weighed a pound more than Amelia did at her 2 month appt. Proof of what we had suspected that Lauren is indeed chunkier in still a good, non-Maury Povich show, way.

Amelia received a baking kit (which included a recipe, two aprons, and cookie cutters) for Christmas from her Uncle Kent and Aunt Christine. So we made cookies with the recipe and wore our matching aprons that came in the kit. Amelia had a lot of fun. Then we had a party and drank sparkling apple cider with our cookies.

Christmas Eve at The Willfords

Amelia and her cousins Wesley (sitting next to her) and Timmy to the right.

Grandma Willford's game of "Don't Eat Santa" where the kids picked a color while a person was absent and then allowed to come back in and they had to eat the m & m's until they found the color that we had picked. Of course the grandkids loved this game best of all.

Christmas Time Pics:

Is it Amelia or Santa? She loved that.

The next pic is of Grandma A holding Lauren at the church Christmas Party.

The last pic is of Amelia singing in the sing along at the same party. She found herself right at home next to Grandpa A (the emcee for the night) up at the mic.

Lauren's Blessing Day
Her dress and bonnet were made by my (Sarah) mother. She did an amazing job and if anyone would like to find out more about that pattern etc. just e-mail her at robcarar@cableone.net. All I can say is that it looks difficult and she says it is not that hard at all. Sure mother.

Trick or Treating in Old Town and then we had Trunk or Treat with the Stake. Amelia had had just about enough and was sitting in Grandpa Archibald's car to warm up while she ate her candy. Poor Grandpa was left out in the cold handing out candy. He also had no time to dress up so he felt a bit out of place. It's okay Grandpa they'll still take the candy :)

Lastly is the photo of Amelia with her cousin Wesley (or should we say the scarecrow) on the bean bag at their Aunt Amy's place. Those two had a lot of fun and of course a couple of disagreements. :)

Halloween

Amelia is standing next to her pumpkin that she picked out from Grandpa Willford's garden. What a pumpkin. We later did the dinner in a pumpkin and it was of course excellent. Here is a pic of Amelia's preschool. The teachers for the day were dressed as witches of course and made a cauldron of treats for the kids. The kids loved it.

My mother was holding Lauren at Rupp's and it was just so cute so we took a picture.

Here's Amelia with Great Grandma Evans at Rupp's Diner in Blackfoot, Idaho.

For Family Home Evening Amelia gave the lesson and it was on why families are important. So ask Amelia when you get a chance what she thinks about families. She drew a picture and everything. Needless to say it was a very short lesson, but sweet.

Amelia and her cousin Wesley at their Aunt Katie's soccer game, which she won!!!

So here is Amelia with her preschool group at the Swore Family Farm just north of Chubbuck. They did the corn maze and had a blast. The corn maze was an Idaho Agriculture Quiz. If you answered the question right at each intersection then you were led on to the rest of the maze otherwise you were led to a dead end and then had to return to the intersection where you made the wrong choice. Cute.

Here's some pics of just Lauren.

Here's a photo of my Grandpa Archibald and his new bride Sylvia.
Oh and Daisy the dog we picked out from...I think it was Commerce City, Colorado for my Grandparents before Grandma passed away. Daisy is a Pappy-Poo (Pappillon-tea cup poodle mix). The breeder does this on purpose. Apparently there is really quite a community out there of people who like little dogs. Daisy is a character.

Here's another. By the way this is up Buckskin Road in Pocatello.

And these are a few photos of us taking advantage of yesterday since it was such an amazingly beautiful day.

We went to the Idaho State Fair and this is the food competition section...we just thought it was a funny photo of Amelia. Jim and Julie entered a couple of their canned goods in the fair and did quite well. Jim got second place for his pickles. I like their pickles a lot so I think they should have gotten first, but Jim says that the person who got first had put a red chile in with theirs and I guess they did that last year as well and so he's been cheated out of first by a chile.
In China the pickles that we would buy didn't use dill, but they would put a red chile along with a baby carrot in with the pickles. Go figure.

This was taken at someone's house in Inkom, Idaho. Really I don't know whose house this was. The evening started out as an activity that Julie and Jim (Chris' twin brother) had invited us to. Jim is a counselor in the Bishopric of a University singles ward and so they and the Bishop are the only married people there with kids so they asked us to come. Well the activity got moved to another place (this person's house) and they had the coolest horse swing made out of a tire. And the lighting was just right so it was great. Christine (Kent's wife) was the photographer so the picture is much better than my usual fare. Enjoy.

Okay so it has been a bit since we have posted last. What can I say...been a bit busy. Anyway this first picture is of Amelia with her Uncle Kent's race tag that he had for the Hood to Coast relay, which took place near the end of August. His team did pretty good although I can't remmeber what he said their place was...sorry Kent. Well anyway, imaginative Amelia made the most of the tag and her cousin Ian's baby food wrappers.