Merry Christmas Taya, From Daddy.

It's that time of year! Mataya got her braids again. Kenyon gave me some cash the other day and told me that he wanted Mataya to have braids for Christmas. Mostly because she looks adorable with them and also because it gives me a little break from doing her hair. Tay was so good the whole time she was getting them in. The minute we left, this big sassy attitude came out of this small 2 year old body. It was like she knew how cute she looked and she was eating it up.. These pictures are hard to see the braids so I added some from the summer time, so you can get a better look.... Merry Christmas Taya we love you..and your sassy attitude :)

Family Pictures

We have been the biggest slackers about having our family pictures taken. For some reason I kept putting it off. I am so excited we finally got them done. They turned out so good, considering that it was super cold! My good friend Shawna was the photographer. She recently started a side buisness taking pictures. Being the perfectionist that she is, I knew they would be awesome. Her buisness name is Photos By Murry. Check out her blog. www.photosbymurry.blogspot.com She does A wonderful job. Thanks Murry......

Long weekend by Kenyon

It may not seem that long for some of you but for me it was a nice break, any time I can get 72 hours out of the cab of that Kenworth I am jumping all over that. Kara and I both had dentist appointments Friday morning in Cedar. then we went to lunch with my family. After lunch My brother Shon and I went out and shot up about 500 rounds with our pistols and did some much needed target practice. I had a real good time and always enjoy spending time with him, I wish we lived in the same town so that we could get together more often.

Saturday morning my neighbor Billy and I headed south of town to see if we could call in a coyote to shoot. We left town about 6:30 and was out in the spot we wanted to be before it was day light. We only had time for two quick stands the first was prefect, The sun was not up yet and the moon was full from the night before and still hung quite high in the west. We had a perfect view of a large valley with a big wash running through it with very little cover and lots of room for a dog to come in.We called in this location for almost an hour and no sign of anything. We jumped in the truck and headed about a mile or two down the road to the south, we were running out of time because Billy had to be back to town by 9:30 so we pulled off the road and just hiked a few feet from the road and gave it one more try. We split up about 15 feet and just after starting to call something was getting to me and I started to sneeze and sneeze and then my eyes started to water. I was thinking we are never going to see anything now with all this noise and moving around I was doing when Billy got my attention and he had his rifle up and looked like he was going to shoot but never did. We had a dog coming straight for the call and just as billy was getting ready for a shot it spotted our truck and took a hard turn and was gone. We had a lot of fun and I am looking forward to my Christmas break so I can go out again and try some more calling.

Saturday night Kara and I went to a Christmas party hosted by our friends the Clark's. All of our friends were there. We had a delicious dinner and a hilarious white elephant gift exchange.

Sorry I don't have any pictures to go with this blog!!!

The Princess and Her Princess Tree!

Ok, I know that alot of you might think this is cheesy, but I could'nt help myself. Mataya and I have been eyeing up this tree for a few weeks at the lovely Wal Mart Super Center. I finally gave in and bought it the other day. Kenyon was not impressed!! Anyways, when I pulled it out of the box Mataya did this funny little Gasp and said " Oh pretty Princess Tree" It was priceless.. We set it up and she could not keep her hands off of it. She was trying to hug it and attempted to kiss it, as you can see in the bottom picture.. What a little cheezer.

Urkle Is Back!!

Mataya loves to put any kind of glasses on. These pictures are so funny I had to post them... Hope you all enjoy

Baby Urkle

Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving this year was great. We had dinner at My Grandparents new home, which was a little weird just because all my life they have lived in the same place. But there new home is beautiful and is a good place for family to gather. Friday was fun because My Mom, Annie, Taya and I all went Black Friday Shopping in St. George. Annie was quite the shopper! She even had a list of things to get. I was a little shocked! Jk Annie. Then on Saturday Kenyon, Tay and I all went to Salt Lake to meet his family at the Jazz Game. Even though we are really not huge Jazz Fans, It was actually really fun. Kenyon's Brother Brandon Hooked us up with a really nice Suite and tons of yummy food!! I can't beleive how fast the holidays come and go. I really don't want Christmas to fly by either, but Im sure it will...

Mataya Sporting The Fro

Cute Siblings..

Black Friday Shopping