Polar Express

We went on the Polar Express, it was so cute. This family up in Lindon set up a miniature Polar Express at their home. When you first get there you go into their very nice garage and they have chairs set up and on the big screen they have the movie Polar Express playing. You wait in there until they come and call your name. Then you go get on the train and they take you around their neighborhood looking at fun Christmas decorations while listening to Polar Express music. Then you stop at the North Pole. You get out to go meet Santa, it was so cute. Santa gives all the kids a bell (because in the Polar Express the first gift of Christmas was a bell). Then Santa tells the kids about Jesus and tells them he was really the first gift of Christmas. So then we went on got back on the train and the second half of the train ride was my favorite. They had Christmas music playing about the Savior and all along the tracks were pictures of Jesus and his life. It was a great experience and we had a fun time being together as a family. The people who put this on are great people. The whole thing is free but if you want to leave donations they give all the money to people in need. What Great people to give of their time and money!

Watching Polar Express on the BIG screen

Mariah all Bundled up

Sitting on Santa's lap at the North Pole

Sitting in Santa's workshop

Brandon and the girls on the train


Me and Kiana on the train

Kiana's Recital

Kiana has been taking ballet lessons for about 4 months now and she loves it. She had her first recital last week and she was adorable. Her ballet school did the Nativity and Kiana was a little lamb. She did so great and she had so much fun. I love her so much and enjoy watching her light up when she dances.

Kiana waiting backstage before the show


Kiana with her friend Kayla


Kiana showing off her moves after the show


Kiana posing with the backdrop

Oh Christmas Tree.......

I love putting up the Christmas Tree! It took us a little while to get the tree up this season but we finally have it up. Here are some pictures of us decorating the tree and the end result.

He is so cute!


Mariah with her stocking


Kiana showing off the bows for the tree


Mariah laughed so hard when she saw herself in the Bulb


Kiana posing with the finished tree


I love our tree this year!

Digital Scrapbooking

I have been seeing so many cute pages from all my friends, so I decided I wanted to give digital scrapbooking a try. I am not a crafty person by any means. Digital scrapbooking is fun, and easy, and not messy so I like it a lot.

Mariah

Mariah turned one a couple weeks ago. We took her to get her picture taken. She was so cute and did very well, as you can see. I just want to post a couple things about Mariah at the age of One. Mariah weighs 16.1 pounds. She is walking/running very well. She loves her big sister so much. She like to sing its sooo cute, her favorite song is Tiny Turtle. She has the cutest little squeal when she is mad. She has 9 teeth. She is growing more hair ( about as much as Kiana had at 2 months). She has two stuffed animals that she loves ( puppy and fiddo). She has the cutest little dimples, smile, and laugh. Right now she likes to shake her head yes and say yeah to everything, so of course we have a lot of fun with that asking her questions (like do you love me, am I your favorite, ect.) She is a bundle of Joy and we love having her in our family. I love my little baby so much I can hardly stand it.

Picture Tag..

I got tagged by my friend Randi a long time ago and then again by my friend Jenny so I figured I would do it. The idea is to go to your pictures and go in the fourth folder and pick the fourth picture and post it. Then, go to the six folder and get the sixth picture and post it. It is fun to go back into those folders and dig up those old pictures.

Both my pictures are kinda random. I have been working on a video for my parents so I have a lot of pictures from when we were growing up and from special occasions. It looks like these pictures should of come from Misty's folder haha.

Mom, Misty, Baby Ryder, and Dad (at Ryder's blessing)




Misty, Dad, and Jacob ( I love this picture)


I tag Megan, Mandy, Dez, Kenzee, Carol, and Devon

Mariah's 1st Birthday

Mariah turned ONE today! I can't believe how fast her first year of life went. I know it's hard to believe she is one because she looks so small. She is in the 1st percentile of her weight. Mariah had a pretty good turnout to her party, Joe, Jenny, Tanner, Jack and Jordyn Samek, Nate, Lindsey, and Adalie Hill, Kadie and Ryleigh Allred, Aunt Nina, And of course Me, Brandon and Kiana. We started the night out letting the kids play and eat, then we opened presents. Mariah got a lot of cute clothes and a cute book and computer. Then we all sang happy birthday and let her eat her first piece of cake. Oh man she loved that. The best part was the cleanup, we just had to throw away our garbage and leave it was so nice to have a big area were all the kids could play and eat and you didn't have to worry about your home being destroyed. Anyways the party turned out great. I am not sure Mariah knew it was all for her, but she did enjoy herself.


My cute little girls posing with Ronald

Mariah had alot of fun playing!


Mariah feeding Nina some of her cake

She loved the cake

Mariah opening her presents

All the Kids at the party

It was a challege to get them all to hold still

Kiana's Tutu....

Kiana started ballet lessons this year and she can't get enough. Everyday she asks if she gets to go to ballet class. My cousin Lindsey knew that Kiana had just started taking ballet so she made her a cute tutu. Kiana loves it! So thanks Lindsey for the thought and for taking the time to make it for her. Below are some fun pics of Kiana after ballet class.

Cleaning the Pumpkin

Kiana and Mariah did a great job cleaning our pumpkin this year. It was so cute to watch them go at it! Here is a clip of them cleaning the pumpkin. Sorry if you get dizzy I know I fliped the camera alot haha.

Happy Halloween!!

We had a fun halloween, I love seeing everybody all dressed up. We started our halloween day trick or treating at Brandon's school, Nate's work, and other various places along the way. Halloween night we went to my cousin Lindsey's house for a Hallween Party. It was fun, everybody dressed up, there were lots of cute Halloween goodies and cute Halloween games.