Olivia's 1st Birthday!!!

This last Sunday we celebrated Olivia's 1st Birthday. I know, it is amazing that she is old enough to be having her 1st birthday. Above, Olivia is just relaxing waiting for her party to start (not that she really knows what is going on).



Olivia did end up opening a few presents by herself, with some encouragement from mom, dad, and Savannah. We were just lucky that Grandpa Larsen brought some skittles, so Savannah would let Olivia try and open some of her gifts.

Here is Olivia after eating a little bit of her cake. Not too messy. Grandma Petroff and mom are putting ribbons in her hair.

Here is Olivia's Birthday cake. This is before it started to melt.

Our New Dogs

Yes, we did get us a dog. Not just one dog, but two. We are a little crazy, however, I think that they are wonderful dogs. We have started training them and they are learning fast. The one on the left is Anubis, he is our playful male dog. He loves to play fetch and will make a good hunting dog. The one on the right is Isis, she is our sweet, lovable female, who follows Anubis everywhere. They are both purebred black labs. Usually we keep the dogs outside, however, I let them in to so I could take there picture and I didn't want to go out in the cold.

Tom's Birthday

It is Tom's birthday. He is twenty eight years old (man, he is getting old). Here we are decorating Twinkies. The Twinkies are Tom's birthday cake. Not the best birthday cake, but they were fun to decorate.This one is Tom's a car. Savannah had fun with hers. I am not sure what it is suppose to be, however Savannah calls it a bus.

This one is mine. It is a very beautiful church.

President Kimball's House

This is the house where President Spencer W. Kimball grew up. He grew up down here in Thatcher, Arizona.

Scorpions

Here are some pictures of some scorpions we found. Sorry the images are so blurry, however, you can still see about how big they are. The one below is one that I found in the house we are living in. Scary! At least we are going home soon, that way we won't have any more encounters. This scorpian is one that Tom found by his desk at work.

Grand Canyon & Thanksgiving

After going to Sedona, we went to the Grand Canyon. It was amazing. Someday we would like to go back and hike down into the Canyon. We didn't do alot of hiking this time because it was freezing cold. I was wishing I had brought a coat down to Arizona, instead of just a jacket. Below you can see the Grand Canyon crack through the landscape.

Here Savannah and Olivia are bundled up and, of course, Tom is in shorts. He doesn't feel cold at all. Just kidding. He is, amazingly, just a little cold.

Here Savannah is playing with Ginny at my Aunt Brenda's house on Thanksgiving. Savannah and Olivia had a blast. There were alot of little cousins to play with. Oh yeah, Savannah is wearing a doll dress. She is so silly.

Olivia and Savannah are playing under the stairs, in a play closet of kids.

Sedona Arizona

On our way up to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving, we stopped in Sedona, Arizona, to see the beautiful red rock canyons they have. Sedona is a very pretty town, however, it is a tourist trap like Jackson Hole, Wyoming. There is one thing that we didn't do while we where in Sedona, and that is ride the natural rock water slide they have there. It would have been to cold to get wet. Below is an example of the red rock stones they have all over Sedona.

Here is Savannah posing for her photo:

Here we are walking on one of the trails in Sedona:

Olivia is trying to do a puzzle. She didn't get very far. :)

This is a church in Sedona. They don't use it for services, it is just for visiters to come and see.

Straight Hair

Over Thanksgiving my Aunt Brenda straightened my hair and my cousin's wife, Janay, cut my hair.

Twilight

Of course we (well at least I will) will be going to see Twilight. Hopefully, I will be able to see it over Thanksgiving break in Vegas.