Dancing

When Mesha was a few months younger her style of dancing was sort of a bounce with the occasional stomp. She has now graduated to a new style that includes running, spinning, some clapping, and a lot of what I call "crazy go nuts". Here is a video so you can see what I mean.

Thank You Grandma and Grandpa!

Mesha LOVES her new manger toy. She tends to play with the animals and the baby the most. She also loves the angel and the music. Thank you so much!

High Heels

What a girly girl. And she even knows how to coordinate an outfit.

Ward Christmas Party

We had our ward Christmas party this last weekend. Mesha had fun running around like a maniac with the rest of the kids. I had fun not making dinner. We had a good time.

This is as close to singing with the primary kids as Mesha got. She stood there for about 4.2 seconds. Oh well.

A family picture. Isn't my husband cute? This was at the very end of the night, that's why Mesha looks like a zombie.
And of course Mesha met Santa again. Not a lot has changed from last year. What can you do?

29 Weeks

Kierstin = House. But I can't complain. My worst pregnancy symptom is a super active baby (and that's something I love to suffer through). I've been sleeping better lately so I have to give this pregnancy a big thumbs up.

Christmas!

We got a fancy artificial tree this year (to last many years to come!). It is beautiful! And it is huge. It barely fits in our little apartment but I love it. Thank you Costco. Mesha loves it and can't keep her hands off it. We had to put the more sturdy ornaments on the bottom 3 feet so little miss won't destroy my keepsakes.

Our ornaments for 2008 are these cute snowmen that I found at CUW (California Utah Women). So cute huh? They just clip onto a branch and sit on top of it. Sterling's is the one with the top hat, Mesha's the one with earmuffs, and mine the one with the ear-flap hat.

Temple Lights

While we were in Arizona we went to see the lights at the Mesa Temple. I've done the SLC temple lots of times so it was fun to see something different. I really liked the dressed up palm trees. It was a lot warmer than SLC too, you could walk around for more than 20 minutes and still feel your appendages. Here are some pictures of our outing.

Lots of little trees all different colors.

Our little family.

A blue palm tree (something you don't see in Salt Lake).

Mesha loved to touch the lights.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (I love self taken photos).

The Mesa Temple.

Thanksgiving!

For the Thanksgiving weekend we drove to Arizona to celebrate with Sterling's brother Spencer and his new wife Corissa. Corissa made us a fabulous dinner and we had a lot of fun being with family.

Eating dinner. Spencer, Jacob, Kierstin, Sterling, Mesha, and Nicole.

The Smith post dinner lounge. Mesha, Sterling, Kierstin, Jacob, Spencer, and Corissa.

To keep herself happy and occupied Mesha watched a million episodes of her Baby Einstein movies. Apparently sitting on the couch was too far away for Mesha to enjoy the full effect of Spencer's large TV. I think she is addicted, how about you?