A Tractor Says MOOOOO Duh!!!!

As many of you already know my child is obsessed with the movie "Cars" well lately I have been working with Max on his animal sounds, as in what animal makes what sound and for some reason he could not get it down that a cow says MOO!!! So the other morning we were playing a Cars matching game and instead of playing it the way it was meant to be played I lay them face up and I hold their matches and ask Max to find them. So along came the picture of the tractor, and as I asked Max to find the other tractor he looks at me and says "Mom Tractor.... MOOOOOO" ha ha not only does my child apparently watch cars way to often but it is just confusing the poor kid. I laughed so hard and he is so adorable and full of personality. Needless to say we worked for the next 2 days on what a cow was and what sound it makes and he has it down perfectly now, although he still thinks a tractor says MOOO too as long as he knows a cow does I am okay with that.

Christmas Collages

Sorry it took me so long to post about christmas but better lat then never so...

Here are some of our pre- Christmas activities. Paul, Max and myself fed the ducks, they would swim up and eat right ou of our hands. Max was in heaven he kept telling them to come here and he calls them quack quacks not ducks. We also went to our ward christmas party where we met santa. Max didn't freak out like i expected but he definitely wasn't excited either. (oh and there were way to many pictures to share to give each one it's own spaces so i did collages instead)

 These are pictures of everyone who came home to my mom's house for chrsitmas, this is the day before christmas eve and everyone just enjoying time together. Max absolutley adores his cousin Brooklyn so the one of them two dancing together is my favorite. And we don't get to see my brother Greg very often so it was nice to see him and Glenn and get some pictures of him to use for our photo presents we do every year for mom since he won't ever send us any. Oh and Ballon volleyball began shortly after everyone arrived. It is a Graham family christmas tradition to play balloon volleyball. Sorry one more thing.... Isn't my nephew Tyler such a ham? i love that kid he is hillarious.

 My Dad being his typical self when you try to get a picture of him and Kensey also doing her typical picture face, i swear she makes that face in every picture she takes. Then there is Allie Jane with her adorable self poor girl got sick and is still just as cute as can be. Aouna the family dog is still around and still tormented by all the grandkids and shawnacy and russ' new dog too. Jaimee Serving the Balloon and cheating i am sure :)!!! Aunt Shawnacy with her kiddos she misses them so much, and last but not least Kage with his Pedro dirty mexican mustache. Long story short be made the mistake of betting uncle Paul one of his christmas presents and in order to earn it back he had to wear the mustache for 2 days.Ha Ha He deserved it.

 Christmas eve... everyone doing there part and my dad reading the christmas story from the Bible. Tyler and Tanner playing in the warpping paper from everyone opening their christmas eve pajamas. Kennedy was Santa Clause for her skit not the virgin mary  and Russ read a hillarious story he wrote just before the festivities began that i hope will  become a christmas eve tradition.

 For my activity on Christmas eve we played minute to win it... here are some pictures of face the cookie game. It was pretty funny to watch. We played a few other games as well but i was to busy to take pics of them :(

 Christmas morning. Everyone was spoiled rotten and we had a blast i love Paul's face in the top left corner one because it is fake and he totally knew what he was opening and that he got exactly what he wanted but he was trying to act excited anyway so maybe i wouldn't know he knew. He is such a dork, but i love him so!! Sorry it took so long hope you enjoy the pics... So until next christmas ha ha Just kidding hopefull i will post before then. I still have New Years to post!!!

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Birthday Fun!!!

I Turned 27 on the 5th of this month and to celebrate Paul and Max and myself went to Jacob's Lake to go sledding. I had never been to Jacob's lake before and it is only an hour away Paul was appalled that i have lived that close to something my whole life and never taken the time to visit but it is what it is. However had i known that an actual mountain with trees and snow and the greenery i love but don't ever get in the desert were so close i would have visited there a lot more often. Anyway these pictures are not in order but enjoy!!!

 My Mom & Dad took us out to dinner That night After sledding to one of the few choices we have here in Page, AZ. My poor Dad didn't have that great of a meal but it was fun to have dinner with them, Thank you Mom and Dad for a wonderful birthday dinner and for my present!!!

 Paul was trying to grab a piece of food and shove it in my face for this picture, That is why his smile is so big and my hand is forcefully holding his down!! :)

 Max has hit the terrible twos for sure he does not like to be restrained and wherever i go i get comments on how active he is and how much energy he has!

This is the lodge at Jacob's Lake where we ate lunch before we went sledding!!

 Our sled train. This is right before we ran over a root of a tree and popped one of the tubes!!

 One of my all time favorite pics of my hot hubby!!!

 They totally caught some air of this jump it was so fun and Max loved it, i was scared it would be miserable for him and therefore make it miserable for us but he had so much fun. Granted we carried him up the hill everytime because the snow came up to his waist if he tried to walk in it but it was still fun. I forgot how tiring and how much work sledding can be though.

Christmas and new years will be coming shortly!!!

Coolest Thing ever!!!!

So these images are from the Daily Herald in utah, This is probably one of the coolest things i have seen in a really long time especially because it is true. These are pictures from the aftermath of the Provo Tabernacle Fire and this picture of Christ was found all burned but his image. It gives me goosebumps everytime i look at it. I hope it hits you as hard as it did me that Christ is our one true Savior and though everything around us may be bursting into flames if we center our life around christ then we will stand strong.... i know lame analogy but it works and due to the time of year it needed to be said. Merry Christmas everyone!!!

 this one is awesome i may frame it for my hubby!!!

Family Pictures Favorites

We had a friend of ours with a nice camera take some family pictures for us, here are a few of my favorites. The first one is my absolute favorite and then the rest are in no particular order. A huge thanks to my friend Melanie for taking them she has never done anything like this before and did such a great job.Enjoy!! a lot of you will be getting the first picture in our christmas card and if your not and would like one leave me your address :)!!!

LEAF the Fun to us!!!

We had a family day a few days ago and played in the leaves, goofed around with the camera and just had fun spending time together since it doesn't happen very often. I love days like this one and wish they weren't as few and far between as they are. Anyway here is way more pictures then necessary of our fun filled family day!!!