Birthady Weekend

Lion cake I made Gavin for his birthday
Finally we can stop watching Toy Story 3 over and over again Nana and Papa gave him Toy Story 1 and 2.


I had a hard time keeping his fingers out of the cake to take a picture


My parents came up to celebrate Gavin's birthday. We love having visitors. I went really low-key with his birthday this year. Made me sad, but I know that after this year he will really know what is going on, so we just had some special touches. We had a lot of fun. Kyle and Hollie came down from Tulsa too. Gavin LOVES Nana and Papa so he was in Heaven.

Feb. 8th-A Day in the life of the Birthday Boy

Singing happy birthday with breakfast
Getting ready to go to Chuck e Cheese


Watching his favorite movie before bed
B-day present from us

He had to sleep with his airplane and helicopter

Gavin's actual Birthday fell on a Tuesday this year. Tuesdays and Thursdays are Shawn's long days (8:30am-9 pm) so we decided to really celebrate his birthday when my parents came up on the weekend. I also keep a little boy on those days so it was perfect for Gavin.

Snow Week/super bowl

Last week was a snow week. The storm came in on Monday night and Shawn was out of school and work all week. Woo-hoo!!! We had 12 inches of snow and with the crazy wind snow drifts 3-5 ft high. It was crazy. It reminded me of days in Rexburg, Idaho. We loved having Shawn home. We ate, played games, went to the movies, and even played in the snow. Then on Sunday we had our own little Super Bowl party. Church was canceled so we were lazy most of the day, and then made some yummy snacks and watched the game. It was a perfect week, except for all the weight gain. :)

Month of Love

For Valentines this year I did "14 days of love" for Shawn. He gets to open one envelope each morning up until Valentines Day. Inside I have a different coupon for each day and then tell him something I love about him. Most of them are small things or acts of service. Guess you have to get creative when you're in school. Things like movie of his choice, playing xbox with him for an hour, sleeping in, weekend together. Just some things to let him know how important he is to me. It was really cheap, and took about two hours to get it all together.
Ps. Best part is I'm done thinking of something to do to make V-day special. :)

New Years

The happy family
Such a Big helper
Yes, I was there too!!!!
"Baby Jade" as Gavin always calls her
Playing cars with Uncle Corby

Sibling xmas party

Lori threw Katie a FABULOUS baby shower


All the girls at the shower
All the Hodgkiss Cousins

For New Years we headed to Utah. He planned to just hang out with my family for the week. Two hours after we got there, Katie's water broke, and we knew baby Jade would be here soon. She was a month early and we were all very surprised but I was sooooo excited that I happen to be there. It worked out perfectly for me.( heheh) We spent the week cuddling a tiny little girl. I loved having a baby in my arms again. Just not the same with a squirmy toddler. :) We enjoyed staying with Brent and Lori, and hanging out with Haily and Linsey too. We hardly slept! Darrin, Annie and the girls came down for our sibling Christmas and a surprise shower for Katie. We almost had all the siblings together for the weekend. (We missed you Kyle). I love love love being with my family. I was so sad to leave, and really wished we lived by them. We had a great time and can't wait to see them at Spring Break.

Christmas 2010

Gavin loved Dawson (steph and Lewis' new little boy)
Almost all the Miller grand kids (just missing Finley)

All the Millers at Dawsons blessing

Tanya, Dea, and Michelle making Xmas dinner





He hated the hat. I loved the hat



Ice skating



We had a great Christmas at Shawn's house in Montana this year. All 7 siblings were together plus kids, made for a crazy house. (31 people)!!! We loved all the sledding, ice skating, eating, late night talks, snuggling on all our nieces and nephew, eating, playing games, and tons of laughter. Gavin was super excited to play with all his cousins, and that Santa was coming. We were very blessed this year.