Family Album

1.19.2009

Traveling, Traveling: Christmas In California and Our Las Vegas Trip Before Thanksgiving!!!


BEFORE WE LEFT FOR CALI  we had fun with family here in Utah doing lots of this and that with family!!!       Here are some hightlights!!!
                                             
                                                 This was so fun! We took a picture of Nixon in front
                          of this big Christmas tree and then we had a picture of his cute face
                            with the tree in the background made into an ornament in a clear ball
           for all his grandparents and Great Grandma Jeanne too! They turned out really cute!

                                               Here are all the girls that were in town and could make
                      it at Dad and Tami's around Christmas time for a little pre-Christmas dinner!
                                             Me, Leanne, Tami, Emily, Danielle, and cute Nixon tugging
                                                      at the ornaments in the background!!!
                                               
                                                        Leanne and Simon with Nix and I on
                                                 Dad and Tami's festive, Christmas porch!

                                                    
                                     Nixon so cute loving Grandpa David's head!!! :) So sweet.... he just
couldn't get enough of his Grandpa!  Holding his head and face and having so much fun with
                             all the family celebrating the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ!!!!

                                                       Also some fun pics of Nixon and Simon
                                                 doing "horsie" with Grandpa at Grandma Jeanne's!

                                                      What little cutie's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


                                                        Then it's off to Grandma Bonnie and
                                                      Grandpa Steve's house for a fun visit!

                                            Here are all the Smith cousins!!! Linden, Sterling,
                              Nixon and Marshall!!! Sure is fun hanging with these fun guys!
                             Nixon on the horse (named Buck:)that his Daddy used to ride and
                                            Marshall playing basketball in the background!
                                              The three of us having fun with the horsie!
 

                                                         
                                       And fun Grandpa Steve helping Nixon too! We sure had a blast
                                             playing in their basement of toys and fun stuff!!!         
                                                    
Peek a boo! Who's in the bookcase?
                                                     It's Nixon and..... a basketball!!!!!

And another day around Christmas time with Sterling, Marshall
and Nixon soooooo cute and fun with all the Smith cousins at Grandma and Grandpa's house!!!
 
 
 
NIXON AND MORGAN HAD SOME SERIOUS SHOVELING TO DO, HERE THEY ARE GETTING READY TO GO OUT!!!

NIXON HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH HIS DAD IN THE SNOW, HE LOVED IT!!!

HE ALSO GOT TO SLIDE DOWN ALL THE SNOW HILLS AND OF COURSE IT WAS TOUGH TO GET HIM TO GO BACK INSIDE WHEN THE SHOVELING WAS ALL DONE!!!

NIXON AND HIS SPECIAL VISIT WITH SANTA!!!!

HE WASN'T SCARED AT ALL AND JUST HUNG OUT WITH HIM, IT WAS SO CUTE!!!

HE WAS SERIOUSLY THE BEST SANTA I'VE EVER MET, SO NICE AND JOLLY AND REAL!!!! :):)

CALIFORNIA WAS A FUN BREAK FROM ALL THE COLD AND IT WAS SO FUN TO SEE MY MOM AND SISTER MOLLY!!!!

THIS PICTURE WAS SO FUNNY, NIXON WAS TICKLING ME!!!! HE LOVES TO TICKLE THESE DAYS AND SAYS, "TEEKLE, TEEKLE", WHEN HE DOES IT AND LAUGHS AND LAUGHS!!!!

EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SO SAD MOLLY AND DRE MOVED TO CALI WE ARE SO HAPPY FOR THEM AND LOVE THEIR NEW PLACE!!! THIS IS THEIR NEW BACKYARD, LITERALLY!!! THEY LIVE RIGHT ON THE BEACH ON CORONADO ISLAND, THEY'RE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LUCKY!!!!!

WE LOVED THE BEACH SO MUCH AND MORGAN GOT TO SURF ALMOST EVERYDAY AGAIN!!!!


WE WENT TO A FUN LITTLE ICECREAM SHOP AND UNCLE DRE TOOK NIXON FOR A COW RIDE, HIS SAMPLE ICECREAM SPOON LOOKS LIKE A CIGARETTE, HUH!!! :)

AND OF COURSE WE HAD TO DO OUR TRADITIONAL BEACH CRUISING ON NEWPORT BEACH!!!

IT WAS SO NICE AND I'M GLAD NIXON LOVES IT BECAUSE WE SURE DO!!!!

MY MOM AND I TOOK NIXON SWINGING AT A PARK ON THE BEACH, THANK YOU MOM WE LOVE YOU AND HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS AND VACATION!!!!

Morgan and his Dad and some of their staff had a dental convetion in Vegas so Nixon and I came along for a fun vacation and some much needed sun! We just loved the Paris Hotel and I took Nixon to the pool and we'd eat and shop around at the cute little french cafe's, it made me really want to go back to France!!!

I had no idea the weather would be this nice and the Paris pool was nice and quaint!

ONCE WE GOT IN THE POOL NIXON WAS A FISH,I COULDN'T GET HIM OUT AND HE KEPT DIVING IN AND WANTING TO GO WAY OUT IN THE DEEP END,HE KEPT JUST JUMPING IN HEAD FIRST, HE HAS NO FEAR!!!!!

MORGAN'S DAD WATCHED NIXON ONE NIGHT SO WE COULD GO ON A DATE! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ITALY AND THE VENETIAN HOTEL MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE REALLY THERE, WITH THE GONDOLA RIDES,THE LIVE MUSIC,AND OF COURSE WE CERTAINLY COULDN'T RESIST THE GELATO, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST ROMANTIC DATES WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME!!!


OH AND NIXON SURE LOVED THE JACCUZI TUB IN OUR HOTEL ROOM!!!!

GETTING READY WITH NIXON FOR OUR NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN, HE WAS SO CUTE AND LOVED HIS BATHS ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE SWIMMING IN A POOL AND HE AND GRANDPA STEVE HAD A REALLY FUN NIGHT!

BEFORE SPENDING TIME AT THE VENETIAN WE GOT TO SEE A CIRCE DE SOLEIL SHOW!!!

HERE WE ARE INSIDE THE THEATRE, THIS SHOW WAS A NEW CIRCE SHOW CALLED LE REVE,WHICH MEANS THE DREAM IN FRENCH! IT WAS SO AMAZING WE ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT, THANKS GRANDPA STEVE FOR HANGING OUT WITH OUR LITTLE GUY THAT NIGHT!!!


12.21.2008

Thanksgiving Time with Nixon and then finally the pics of our Halloween Party!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanksgiving is such a wonderful holiday to think of the freedoms in our country, our families, and just how much we're truly blessed with and thankful for!!! We sure have had so much fun with Nixon this year(now eighteen months) he really makes holidays so much fun!!!!

Nixon got a pumpkin!


Ok, so I'm finally to our Halloween pics and some of Nixon with pumkins in Nov. since our camera got ruined. We also went to Vegas in November& have had Molly and Dre staying with us until they move to Cali so things have been busy, but better late then never! Here we are arriving at the Ivory Neighborhood Halloween Costume Party!!! Morgan and I were vampires and Nixon was a little lion!!!

Here I am with Nixon and my cute friend, Ashley and her adorable little daughter Lily dressed as the cutest little lamb! It was so fun to see all our neighbors dressed up and having such a good time!

We sure love our little lion and he loves to say roooooaaaaar!!!!!!!!

Nixon hugs his best bud, Taylor Bramhall who he affectionately calls Tay-er!!! Its so fun to watch them play together!!!

12.09.2008

Last Days Of Fall


Nixon loved his Aunt Molly pushing him in the swing by his great grandma Jeanne's house!!!!
We really enjoyed some of the last days of Fall before all the snow came!!! He loved playing in the leaves and his Aunt Molly took a picture of us by the tree, it was such a nice day!!!