9 years & Counting

Happy Anniversary Dusty! I love you so much! You are amazing and I can't wait to dance with you in the kitchen for the rest of our lives!! I am proud to be your wife!!

Designer Blogs by Erin

I have to admit I am a blog stalker. I start at a friends blog, then click on one of their friends links, and then before you know it I have clicked and clicked and have ended up reading a ton of blogs. However, there are three blogs that I have been deeply touched by during my reading sessions.
http://www.babymckallister.blogspot.com/
http://joshandcali.blogspot.com/
http://mikerinandbryson.blogspot.com/

How I stumbled on them I don't know, but I know that I am better person because of them. The first blog I came across was a blog set up as a memorial to Baby McKallister. I was so moved and touched by this blog. It is because of this blog, I am a better mother, wife and friend. I never knew this family but I think of them often and pray for them. I keep track of their own blog and I think they are an amazing family. So, that leaves me to my third blog and to my title of this blog. When I started reading about McKallister, I realized this blog was set up by Erin, sister to McKallister's Dad. Just from reading McKallister's blog you can tell she is an amazing person with such a sweet spirit. Her name is Erin and she does designer blogs. This month she is giving away 3 free blog makeovers. Her site is amazing and of course her blog looks GREAT! I would love to have a blog makeover to show off my family. So, everyone cross your fingers for me and my blog! Oh, and I am sorry about my blog stalking!

Christmas Eve 2008

I know this post is a little late, but we have been busy cleaning our house since Santa came. So, here are some photos & tidbits of our Christmas Eve....
Dusty had to work the day before Christmas Eve & ended up getting held over the next morning so he missed out on the traditional Christmas Eve breakfast. The breakfast includes: biscuits, pancakes (this year I mixed chocolate chips in with the batter), egg scramble (lots of cheese) and of course those cute Christmas plates that Dusty and I received as a wedding gift.

And of course the traditional pictures of the kids

Christmas Eve at my mom's house

This year my mom had the kids play a game of Trouble (actually just the board game-no pieces involved). The goal of the game was to get the number 6 to win the prize. Jake won the first round and got the perfect gift. Well, in Jake's world the perfect gift... a Chocolate Milk Mixer!!! Caroline had a huge fit and wanted the entire game to herself. She actually won the second round. She won a teddy bear, but was more concerned with keeping the game to herself.

Before going to bed the boys got to open their gifts that they bought for each other. Don't you just love Jake's gift?? Can you tell from the picture what it is?? And of course, the boys left cookies, oranges, an apple & a glass of milk for Santa.

Things to remember about the kiddos from Christmas 2008

*Jake loves chocolate chip pancakes* *Cameron does not like chocolate chip pancakes*
*Caroline does not like the Christmas tree* *Caroline does not like the lights on the Christmas tree* *Caroline likes the outside Christmas lights* *Jake loves hot cocoa with marshmallows & whip cream* *Cameron does not like marshmallows with his hot cocoa. Just whip cream*

The Boys

This post is in regard to a previous post which shows the boys in front of the Christmas tree. Here is the 2008 picture of the boys... for the family that was wanting an updated version.

As for Caroline in the picture... this is as good as we could get. Caroline does not like the Christmas tree. Will not even go near it?!?!?! Funny, because at Halloween time she loved every scary decoration possible! So,here she is! Trying to get out of Cameron's arms....

We had to move to the front of the house to even try to get a picture of the 3. Then Caroline was so into the candy cane that she would not even look at the camera.

I really think it is impossible to get a good picture of 3 kids below the age of 6!!!

Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas!

Flashback to Christmas 2006

I am Dreaming of This....

Where I want to be right now........... in Utah, playing in the snow, sledding down a hill and visiting Temple Square. Here are some of my favorite pictures from December 2006 in Utah while visiting MiMi. Now that CC has joined our family I can't wait to take her to play in the snow. Oh, how I wish my hubby would give in and let us go in February!?!!? (maybe next year MiMi)

MiMi & the boys

Family of 4 back in 2006 at temple square

Good Times!

Happy Holidays!

Tooth, or is it Teeth?

My Cameron has lost his 3RD tooth and I finally got a picture of it!

P.S. The tooth fairy is off on Sunday's & Monday's. Oh, and the nights that Dad works!

Stockings

Last night as a family we decorated our stockings. This is a Youngblood Family tradition. Since Dusty and I married, we have spent every Christmas buying a plain stocking and then decorating it with glitter/paint pens. Then the boys came along and we have continued our Christmas tradition and the boys look forward to it every year. We start off having hot cocoa, decorate the stockings and then finish by eating some yummy cookies. It is nice to look back at our past stockings and see how we have decorated them, especially the boys stockings. I can see how they have matured in their drawings and handwriting skills. I hope this is a tradition they can pass on to their own family one day.

We usually sit outside and drink hot cocoa, but since it was so cold we opted to sit in the garage. Such fun memories!

With no fire place mantle, we were creative and hung our stockings with ribbon.

The boys favorite, chocolate chip cookies

Happy Holidays Everyone!