9:00 AM

Rhylan: Mom I wanna hot dog.
Me: You can't have a hot dog, hot dogs are for lunch, silly goose.
Rhylan: Mom I want lunch.
(My best friend from high school (and college) took this picture of Rhylan over Christmas break. Isn't she talented! She took a ton more and is sending me a CD, I can't wait to see them.)

Christmas Eve

Mauricio, Zak, Riley and my dad

Carly, Me, Tiffany, and my mom

Mom and Dad

Riley and I

The fancy table

Our little hens, YUM!

This year our Christmas Eve was a little different. My mom wanted to have a Victorian style party. So we each made a costume and had a fancy dinner. During dinner we played a murder mystery game. We had so much fun.

Finally...Dress up time!

I have been waiting a long time for Rhylan to be really interested in dress-up. I spent most of my childhood in dress-up clothes. The time has finally come. I got/made her a bunch of dress-up for Christmas. So here is the blog fashion show. Some of these I put together and some she came up with all her own.

Zelda

Yesterday we finally got our kitty. We have been planning on getting a cat since before Gracin was born. We wanted to wait until after the holiday vacation. So we went to PetSmart and adopted this kitty. We were looking for a young/not baby kitten that is playful, not scared. We named her Zelda. She is 4 months old, and we love her.

2009

Here are some of the highlights of 2009:
January: Rhylan and I went to Visit Arizona.

February: We went and saw the famous Peabody Ducks.

March: We went on a family vacation to Biloxi Mississippi.

April: We went to the River Walk on Mud Island.

May: Family vacation to Branson Missouri and Rhyaln turned 2 years old.

June: We were in our first tornado warning.

July: Gracin Gail Williamson was born.

August: Riley had surgery.

September: We bought a van and we moved into a house.

October: Celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving, and Rhylan discovered Trunk-or Treating.

November: Traveled to Dallas for Thanksgiving with Riley's family.

December: Traveled to Arizona for Christmas with my family.

When its cold outside...

We have to find fun things to do inside. So we played with a "water table" Rhylan had a great time playing. Gracin was not happy watching from the sidelines so he joined her. She is such a good sister. She always shares her toys with him and likes him to be near her. About half way through she started drinking the water. That was even more fun than playing. Hmm, I guess I know how to get her to drink water next time. She drank more that she does in several days put together!

so many new things!

here are his two little teeth. Man were they hard to get a picture of!
Here he goes, rolling over!

The new face!

Gracin started making this face during Sacrament meeting last Sunday and I finally got it on camera! We think it is so funny. He kind of scrunches up his nose and sometimes shows his two little teeth. Over the break he learned how to roll over and can sit all by himself. He also started eating peas, green beans, and carrots. He even put on a few extra pounds.

Hunting

We have been gone for over 2 weeks visiting my family. Riley hadn't been there in 1 1/2 years and it had been since January for Rhylan and I. So we needed to make up for lost time. But we are home now and trying to get back into our groove! (There will many more post from our vacation in the next couple day/weeks)

While in Arizona we went hunting... for a Christmas tree. It was a first for Rhylan and my brother-in-law Mauricio. We found a perfect tree, in the dark, in the snow, in about 20 min. We didn't even get stuck in the snow (that usually happens!) Gracin didn't get to come. Here we are on our exciting excursion.

Grammy Sue, Rhylan and Papa

Rhylan thought it was really hard to walk in the snow!

So...she was carried most of the time.

Me, Tiffany, and Carly

The tree... and Tiff

My dad was happy to finally have help caring the tree. He now has 2 son-in-laws to help instead of 3 little girls! (oh Zak helped too:)

First Movie!!

Yesterday I took Rhylan to her first movie at the cinema!! It was a girls day out. My mom and my two sisters went with us to go see "The Princess and the Frog." Rhylan loved it and was really good the whole time. It wasn't until about half way through the movie that I noticed the popcorn still in her hands. She was so interested in the movie she forgot to eat her popcorn. She had two little fists full since the beginning of the movie.