Time for a Bed!

The other day I caught Maleina as she was trying to climb out of the crib. It scared me to death so today (Wed. Jan. 27) Mark and I went and bought her a new bed. It doesn't come for a few days so we are letting her sleep on her crib mattress until it comes. Knock on wood, she stayed in bed and went right to sleep. :) I will post pictures of her new bedroom when we get her bed.

Winter Time Fun

Maleina's first time on skates. She did pretty well and had a lot of fun which is the best part of all!


This is how Maleina cruised around for awhile before she wanted get out and try herself.
Apparently she wanted another bath! LOL! She even has her boots still on.

Chirstmas 2009

Maleina's Favorite Santa gift!
Tyler's favorite Santa gift!



Yes, Maleina is trying to go night night in her new baby crib! Silly girl. We had a wonderful Christmas and had the opportunity to spend the holiday with Maleina's birth mother. Tyler got his PS3 that he asked Santa for and was delighted. After Maleina warmed up she loved her kitchen and plays with it for hours on end. Mark got me a new vest and an ipod. Mark received 3 new PS3 games, cologne, and blue ray movies. Santa was very good to us this year and we had a great holiday with our family.

Maleina's First Haircut!

Fruit snacks were the saving grace!
First cut!
Again, juice a great incentive!
Thanks Aunt Shae!

December Fun

Tyler's first gingerbread house with help from mom, Aunt Mik and Uncle Joey!
First snowman of the winter season!

Maleina got a hold of a toothpick that I used to color the frosting red! Yummy!

Annual Christmas Letter

Dear Family and Friends,

Merry Christmas!
Another year has flown by and 2010 is nearly upon us. We had a couple of fun vacations this past summer. As a family we went up to Bear Lake with Mark's family. It was a lot of fun to spend time with each other and let the kids interact with their cousins.

Shauna and the kids went down to Marysvale (near Richfield) with her family. They went four wheeling everyday for a few hours. The kids loved going on the four wheelers.
Tyler is in 1st grade and loves it. His favorite subject is Math (Shauna's delighted). He also enjoys playing soccer and just started playing basketball this fall. He is a great older brother to Maleina and is a big help to Shauna.

Maleina is a very active 22 months old. She is determined to accomplish tasks alone. She loves playing with her dolls and getting "pretty" with mom's make-up. She is also quite dramatic. She loves playing tag with Tyler and giggles the whole time.

Mark keeps busy with "honey do" projects around the house. Shauna keeps busy teaching music lessons to 20 students and chasing after the children at home.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love,
Mark, Shauna, Tyler, and Maleina

Mmm...Delicious!

So on December 11 my sister and her fiance came over and we completed the last of the chocolates. With the leftover chocolate I scraped it into a bowl and the next thing I knew, Maleina had the spoon and was eating out of the bowl. She enjoyed it very much as you can see from the pictures.