Happy Birthday Tanny!

We got to visit Tanielle, Chris, and the girls on the 22nd to celebrate Tanielle's birthday! We had yummy food, delicious desert, played games, watched the Help, and visited late into the night! It was a blast! Then all the boys went shooting in the morning. They had a blast as well! They are always looking for an excuse to go shoot some guns and be manly :) haha they are the best. We sure do love them and love when they get a chance to spend some quality time doing the thing they love!

Thanks for a fabulous weekend Tanielle! We love you and your family so much and hope that you had an amazing birthday!! You are so wonderful and I am blessed to have you as a sister!

Babys First Christmas!

Christmas was great this year! It is so fun having Pres here and getting to experience all of her "firsts" with her. We had a great Christmas Eve and got to spend it with my familia! We did our annual family traditions and this year Joel got to be Joseph, I was Mary, and Presley was baby Jesus. We sang Christmas songs around the piano, my mom and I stayed up late and prepped Christmas dinner (with Joel as a sidekick/helper), then us three stayed up late watching the Nativity and getting things ready for Christmas morning!

Christmas morning was great as always! Presley loved all her presents but her favorite was the wrapping paper OF COURES! :) It was so fun! She got lots of new clothes, shoes, toys, care bear, and a walker! It was fun watching her play with her new toys, she was a riot! :)

And one of my FAVORITE Christmas presents was getting to talk to my sister on a mission! We got to Skype with her!! It was so good to see her face! Ahhhhh! Oh how I miss her! Love technology and am so grateful I could see her and talk to her when she is all the way in Belgium!
We also go to talk to Kel! Joel's brother that is in Japan on mission! It was so fun and he is doing great! We miss and love our two missionaries and are so proud of them for serving the Lord and building His kingdom. They are amazing!

Christmas day we also got to go and visit my grandma and grandpa Benson. Presley got to go in and see grandpa Benson (the grandpa she is named after-his middle name is Clair and her middle name is Claire). He is not doing very well and we don't know how much longer he has left. I'm so glad that we got to go see him on Christmas day! I got the sweetest picture of him and Grandma Benson with Presley that I will always cherish and I know she will one day as well! It was a very sweet moment. We also got to visit with my aunt Monta Faye and her kids! It was so great to see them.

To top off a wonderful Christmas, we had a delicious dinner at the Robbins! We played, opened more presents, and sat around and visited. I love being with family! They are all so amazing and so important to me.
All in all it has been a fabulous holiday and so much fun! I love being a parent! It opens up a whole new world of joy and happiness! I love every second and this little one is teaching me new things every day. :)

Tis the Season

Off to a Christmas party! Hope everyone is having a fabulous holiday!

Pretzels

Don't mess with her. She means business.

Cafe Terrace

Saturday, one of Joel's mission companions had the grand opening of his new restaurant 'Cafe Terrace'. It's a great little cafe with crepes, sandwiches, soup, salads, gelato, and Italian sodas! So Presley, Joel, and I headed down to American Fork to support him and also have a little date night and try the cuisine :) it was delicious and is such a cute fun atmosphere. They even had a professional accordion player playing the songs of Italy! Loved it and Presley loved the music too. She even dance and giggled on dads lap. What a fun night!

Thanksgiving in Vegas

Thanksgiving= lots of yummy delicious food! Lots of shopping! Black Friday madness! Sister hairdooo experimenting time! Park with the kiddos! Bellagio fountains! Grand babies and cousins! Warm weather! Lots of laughing! Games! Lights! Happiness!

This trip was a blast! Thanks Welch crew for yet another fabulous thanksgiving! We loved it! But we sure did miss those who couldn't make it! Can't wait to celebrate with you when you get home Britters! Sending our love!!!

Bath Time Beauty-4 1/2 month Update

Presley at 4 1/2 months. So in love with this little munchkin!
She is quite the little babbler, she has the cutest giggle I think I've ever heard, and she is a little inch worm during tummy time! We may have a mover on our hands!
She already thinks she is a big kid and wants you to help her stand all the time! She is very curious and loves to see and observe all of her surroundings.
Her nicknames are Pretzels (given to her by her uncles),Presley Kins/Kinners (from her daddy), Pres, Princess Presh (from G-ma Robbins),Lee Lee and Peanut. I know, a lot of nicknames haha but those are what she is commonly called. She may grow up very confused! :)
She also makes a lot of noises when she sleeps which are so funny! I think she will be a sleep talker (she gets that from her mother).
She also has several different cries to help you know exactly what she wants or how she is feeling! Ex: tired cry, hungry, mad/upset, fake cry, puppy dog attention whine, scared, etc. Thankfully I am an expert in Presley's cry language, it makes things get resolved a lot faster haha.
She keeps us busy and we love every second!
Last night we put up the Christmas tree (so it would be all ready for when we got home from Vegas from Thanksgiving) and listened to Christmas music and had hot cocoa for FHE and she loved it! She loves when we sing and dance with her :) she thinks it's a riot :)
Presley girl we love you and all the happiness that you bring to our lives!! You are such a good baby and so happy and smiley! You are our everything!

Fabulous People aka the Stangers

Tosh and Tyler have been fabulous and so much fun! Tonight we went to Town Square Mall and played and had dinner together. It has been so great to spend some time with them. I sure do wish they lived in Utah still, but it has been so fun to play with them here in Vegas too. Oh how I love them! Thanks guys! You truly are the best! This trip wouldn't have been near as fun without you!

Vegas

Joel has a business conference in Vegas this week so Presley and I decided to tag along! So far it has been a blast! It has been so fun seeing Tosha and Tyler and the boys! Tosh and I went shopping with the kiddo's yesterday and the first day we got here they came to our hotel with takeout and we had a little party and just chilled out. Last night Joel, Presley, and I hit up the strip and went to see all the shops and fountains! It was lots of fun and Presley loved all the lights. We got carried away and didn't pay attention to the time and soon realized we were starving and it was 11:25pm! We hurried our way over to Cesar's Palace and ran over to the Cheesecake Factory and they said they were closing in 1 minute!! It was our lucky day!! So instead of being rude and having them seat us at a table we just ordered our food to go. We found a comfy couch and a little table and had ourselves a little picnic! It was great! After dinner it was very late and we were exhausted. Baby girl was passed out and all snuggled up in her car seat and stroller and we caught a taxi back to the hotel. We ended up getting back around 1:30 am ish haha. It truly is the city that never sleeps because I think we are the ones that turned in early compared to the crowds of people that were still out! But our poor child is used to a bedtime of 9:30. She is totally going to be off her schedule when we get home! Dang it all. But it has been a fun little adventure and get away! Thanks honey for letting us come along! It's been a blast! :)