not enough time in the day

We have been have a great couple of months. Blogging is pretty low on my priorities right now, just thought I'd throw out some pictures.

Tommy eating his FHE creation.

Devil's Food cake by Jodi Kilpack. It was a good one.

Taiton turned one in December. He started walking shortly after and loves roaming around the house.

Roasting mellows with the fam.

Cousins camp! so much fun!

1st Beach La Push, it was freezing.

Being a Twilighter, we made the tirp to Forks, Wa on our way up to Seattle in July. It was fun to run around, The beaches were great!

It's time to play catch up. ah, six months flew by.
WE love summer in California, we went to the pool almost everyday.

we have blackberries in our back yard, so we made a pie!

Mothers day was a blast, Trent took over and I got to take a nap!

April Showers

Trent and Talmage petting the kitty.

Teagan turned 6! I can't believe it! That went by way too quickly.

We got a kitty for Teagan's birthday, she's been bugging us for months and I finally decided to do it. Her name is Sparkles and we all love her, even Trent.

Taiton keeps us smiling and is learning how to sit up and roll over, good baby.

Tommy's birthday and Easter

We've been busy just keeping up with every day life. We went to Seattle for spring break to visit with Tiffany's family.



Tommy checking out his stash of candy from the hunt.

Talmage loves his baby brother.

Teagan showing the portrait she drew of George Washington.

Tommy turned 2, but wouldn't choose a cake design so Teagan chose for him. Quack!

All about Taiton

I love my baby boy. His unsightly lump on his head finally went down, so he looks like a normal baby. Actually he looks like Trent. It's amazing how fast they grow.
Kind of concerned about the photographer. (Teagan)

Sweet as can be.

Likes to be wrapped up.

End of 2009

December was lots of fun! Besides adjusting to having another baby, we kept busy with lots of holiday activities and family fun. We went to Monterey one last time before our membership to the aquarium expired. Not such a great idea 2 weeks after having Taiton. It was a little too much for me to handle, though we had fun I decided I wanted to cut down on traveling for awhile, so three days later we packed up and left for Idaho on Christmas Day. It was a great trip and so fun to see cousins and Grandparents.


Trent taking the kids out for a ride on Grandpa's new toy.

Teagan at the Zoo on Christmas Eve. It was Free!

Teagan excited about the snow in Idaho.

Trent and Tommy at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Talmage at the Aquarium.

Taiton is here!

I can't believe it's been 2 weeks! It seems like Taiton has been with us forever, he fits right into our family.
His first Sunday to church.

Flowers from Grandma and Grandpa Stanger.

Our happy little family.

Taiton Morgan was born Tuesday, December 8th at 5:07 am. It was a quick labor and delivery (less than 5 hours). He was 11 lbs 9 oz and 23 1/2 inches long.

Thanksgiving weekend

Talmage fell into the pond even before we got to the zoo. I had to strip him down and buy a really long shirt at the zoo store, then he stayed wrapped in a blanket seated in the stroller the whole visit. It made my time at the zoo very easy.

The Sacramento zoo had a free day on Friday so he headed over first thing in the morning. We got their early to feed the ducks. The kids were really excited and energetic.

Feeding the ducks while waiting for the zoo to open.

Tommy likes to play football.

Thanksgiving lunch was a small affair this year. We went to watch Trent play football in the morning then ate our Thanksgiving meal. Teagan loved her "chicken drumbstick" Talmage wouldn't eat anything and Tommy slept through the whole meal. We had a lot of left overs.

Talmage's birthday and Halloween

Me at 35 weeks. I chopped my hair later that day so I wanted a picture of what it looked like that long.

Tom was a fireman. I made this costume because he has been wearing a fireman hat nonstop, he would not wear it with his costume, figures.

Teagan was Thumbalina, Talmage was a ninja.

We celebrated Talmage's birthday before we left for LA. Happy 4th Birthday!

Birthday treats for his preschool.

Disneyland!

Teagan had the last week in October off from school, so we were planning on going to Idaho to visit family. Unfortunately his mom called 2 days before we were planning to leave informing us that she was sick. Due to the illness we decided to postpone our trip for another time, so we headed to Los Angeles for the week. Tuesday was Talmage's birthday so we celebrated by going to Disneyland. I was really hesitant to go with my kiddos, but it turned out to be so fun!


Tommy enjoying Toontown.

By 4:00 Talmage was wiped out. He missed the parade and our tour of toon town but woke up for a few last rides.

Teagan had a personal tour of Mickey and Minnie's house, no one else was there visiting.

And I didn't loose a single child! Just in case I made these stickers: IF FOUND CALL: and then My cell number and trent's cell number. So many people laughed and commented on them. They didn't realize how neccessary these stickers were for me.

The park was decorated in Halloween stuff, it was pretty cool.

Yosemite!

We took a family vacation to Yosemite this weekend. Uncle B came up from LA to join us. It was fun to have him with us, though I think sometimes a little overwhelming for him with the kids climbing all over him. He's a good sport.

David in front of Lower Yosemite Falls.

Teagan and Talmage loved climbing on all the boulders.

family photo I was intent on takeing with Half Dome in the back ground, but no one looked and half dome was too bright. (figures)

Yosemite falls. We stayed in a tent cabin for two nights. On Friday we biked all around the valley and took the easy hikes to see a lake and water falls, then drove up to glacier point for a view of the valley below, then star gazing that night. Saturday we went to Hetch Hetchy and had a picnic. Then came home.

Tom and Talmage getting ready for bed!