Dallin's 2nd Birthday

This little man turned two.  

With some tips from my talented cake decorator sister, I was able to pull off a Pinterest success of a birthday cake!

This guy is all smiles and determination.  He doesn't say many words, but he doesn't need to to get what he wants.  He either screams and points for it, or finds a way to get it himself.  He loves to give hugs and sing songs.  His favorite toy is his stuffed panda.  He loves cars, "choo choos" and hummus.  Love this sweet sweet boy!

New Year's Eve

We hosted the annual New Year's Eve party again this year.  

A big hit of laughs was the white elephant gift exchange.  

Dad got his turn early on.  Rebecca steered him to choose a specific gift.  Now remember, this is a true white elephant gift exchange.  I'm not sure why you would actually pick the gift someone was steering you towards, especially if that someone was Rebecca.  She chose this gift specifically for him.

If you know my Dad, you know how much he dislikes (that's a nice word) Obama.

Miriam managed to get a box full of her cousin's old stuffed animals.  Thanks cousins.

Rebecca got Jared's special 40th birthday gift of depends.

 Our good friends, the Riches, braved the family fun with us.

 We played games and ate food and partied all the way to midnight, even Eliza and Gemma made it.

Here's to a Happy 2016!

Post-Christmas

As tradition follows, many of the local family went to my Dad's favorite restaurant, Lambert's Cafe, for his birthday.  

  

  

Lambert's is close to Branson, so we had also planned to make our last visit to Silver Dollar City and see the Christmas lights. 

Remember how I talked about the beautiful warm weather?  Unfortunately it left for a few days.  And got really cold.  It was so cold almost all the rides were all closed (even the small kiddie rides).  We didn't quite make it to dark to see the lights, but we managed to have a little fun in the freezing cold. 

A family photo, we're all there!

  

Later in the week we went to the Amazeum with Jody's family and my sister, Sara.  I think we may have overwhelmed Sara with the crowds of crazy kids.