Random Pics and Valentine's Day 2012

I am trying to get caught up. I am gonna do it! It's the pep talk I keep giving myself. We are getting into the season where lots of pictures are going to be taken, so I have to get caught up before then!

Here is Kassi with some of the dolls she got from Christmas.

Here is Kassi and me with my Grandma. She was here for Justin's wedding and Christmas. It was so fun having her here!

Our dog Cheeto sticking his tongue out. I don't usually post pics of him cause he is a stinker, but we can't help but laugh every time we see him like this.

My 2 favorite people in the whole world. Kassi and Brad before the Daddy Daughter Dance at school.

Kassi's Valentine's box.

Kassi losing another tooth! She looks so happy, right??? Haha! She hates getting her teeth pulled. Always a traumatic experience for her.

Now onto Easter! Yay me! :)

Christmas 2011? Wow. This is sad...

I seriously can not believe how I have let time get away from me. I am SO behind! I HAVE to get caught up. PRONTO! So here is Christmas last year. Part of these are before I got my new camera so they are a little fuzzy. Bummer, right?

First is our annual Christmas party with Brad's side of the family. It's a fun tradition we love every year.

Here are Ty, Eme, Kassi, Collin, and Cambree with Santa.

Next we have Grace and Hailey. I'm missing some of the cousins. Oops!

Here is cute Kate with my sister-in-law, Kristen.

Kassi loved seeing Santa, so of course she had to follow him out the door!

On Christmas Eve, Brad's parents surprised the kids and invited Santa and Mrs Clause to their house. The kids were thrilled! But first we acted out the nativity scene.

Look at their cute faces when they saw Santa!

And then we all got our pictures taken with them!

Wendy and Troy with their kids, Brayden, Trey, Hailey, and Cambree

Brian and Cally with their daughters Grace and Eme

Kristen and Jesse with their kids, Collin, Ty, and Kate

Brad's brothers, Adam and Troy

Kassi with Santa and Mrs Clause

All the grandkids with Grandma and Grandpa

And our lil family

And Kassi was lucky enough to open some presents on Christmas Eve!

And now on to Christmas Day where I got a new camera, so the pictures are clear! Yay! Christmas was on a Sunday last year, so here is Kassi Christmas morning. (We had church at 9.)

After church we came home and opened gifts!

And then we went over to Brad's parent's for brunch and opened more gifts!

Kassi with Grandma and Grandpa

Kassi with Great-Grandma June

Then we went to my parent's and more gifts were open, but for some reason not as many pics were taken...I think I was pictured out at this point. I just feel bad because I don't have any pics of my parents. So sad.

So that was Christmas. Sorry for all the pics! On to 2012!

Home Study

Last week was our home study. For those of you who don't know what a home study is, (I sure didn't), it's when your caseworker comes to your house looks through it, and sits down to ask you more questions. Well, I had heard lots of stories about people's different experiences with their home studies. Anywhere from the caseworker goes through every cupboard and drawer in your whole entire house to they just walk from room to room and glance in. Well, I was very nervous, so I went to the extreme and cleaned every nook and cranny I could. We also had to have a fire extinguisher, carbon monoxide detector, and locks on all the bottom cupboards and drawers. It took alot of work, but we got it all done! When our caseworker came, I would say it was in between the two extremes. She looked in every room, even closets. We had to show her all our fire alarms and carbon monoxide detectors, our fire extinguisher, and all the drawers and cupboards that had locks on them. We also had to show her where we kept our medicines/vitamins. Anyway, after all was said and done, it was pretty painless, and now we are DONE!!!! Our profile will be up soon, and we couldn't be more excited!