Happy Birthday Sammy!

Sam has always liked little things. Bugs, Turtles, if it is little she loves it. It comes as no surprise that she is into and wants "littlest pet shop". That is what she asked for for her birthday this year! This is a special year for her... she is 8 now and will be baptized on Saturday (look for upcoming posts!)

Here she is age 3 with a lady bug!


Sammy now!

Horses!

During Christmas break the kids and I were invited to visit some horses with our friend Brenda. The kids brushed them, watched them get tacked up, and then rode them. It was lots of fun and everyone enjoyed it. Before we left the kids helped give the horses the their hay.

Happy Happy Birthday!! To ALL of us!

Many people relax after Christmas enjoying the peace and quiet after all the hustle and bustle of the Holidays. In our house there is no relaxing until after Valentines Day. Nelson, Carrie and I have birthdays in January (not to mention sister-in-law's, nephews, nieces, and a brother-in-law) then Deric and Samantha in the begining of February. This year we also have a niece getting baptized and Sammy's baptism as well.... Let me just say that things are still VERY hectic for us!!! Here is some birthday "news" to keep you updated....

Nelson's Birthday Jan 1
(yes I know I posted on his birthday but this is a picture and a video for his Meme!)

My Birthday Jan 22

Sorry no cute picture of me... photo shop wasn't working. But this is the yummy low fat low carb carrot cake that Deric made for me (I am really trying to eat healthy, and I honestly mean it when I say yummy!)


Jessica also asked her teacher to teach her "Happy Birtday to You" on the baritone... she had only learned it 3 days earlier... it was a very nice gift!!




Carrie's Birthday
Carrie Joyce turned 4 on January 31st. She is an amazing little girl with lots of spunk and a mind of her own. I can hardly believe that she is four already... it seems like just yesterday that we brought her home from the hospital all dressed in pink. As the youngest girl you would think that she would get lost in the crowd, but not Carrie, she is always sure to be heard! I am grateful for this wonderful child that we have the opportunity to raise. She continues to teach me many things... we love you Carrie!


This first picture is Carrie 2 months old. The second is Carrie on her birthday and Wally 3 months old... can you see the family resembalance? Carrie LOVES Wally!
We had a "rainbow" party the day after her birthday. The younger cousins and her friend Abby all came over for a fun time filled with rainbow fruit and cupcakes.

Coming up.... Deric's Birthday was today and Samantha's Birthday is on Monday. I promise the posts will come soon!!

Wally's Blessing

We blessed Wally on January 2nd 2010!

Here is a picture of the "purebred" Everitts!

The "purebreds" being crazy (not too hard for them!)Here are the sophisticated "outcasts"... I guess the sad truth is that we are the ones that CHOSE to join the family!! This picture is of Wally and the men that stood in the circle for the blessing.
Wally and His Daddy!Wall-E! Ben and Rachel gave this to Wallace for his blessing... it is his first "Wall-E" toy!

TP

This is a California white Christmas. This is a picture of my in-laws home just the other day. "Someone" thought it would be funny to TP their house. I have to admit that it looked really cool as I came up over the hill to their home. It was even fun as you walked through it to get to the door. It was not all that fun to clean up thought!

Welcome Home Uncle Roo!

Deric's "little" brother Andrew went to boot camp this past fall. He came home for the holidays in mid-December. We went to the airport to welcome him home with balloons and signs.
These are some of the signs that we took. These are pictures of Andrew at Halloween nine years ago. I had so much fun helping him dress up and paint his face. This first one is of him holding Jessica.
Here he is posing for us.
The man he is today!!
Now he is back on base for his specialty training!

"Thanksmas"

Happy New Year Photo of the DM Everitt Family!The Everitt Family celebrates "Thanksmas" (a combo of Thanksgiving and Christmas) every year. Here are a few highlights from this years celebration (celebrated New Years Day, maybe we should change it to New Yearsmas!)

Here is the Entire Family Photo
Grammie with the Grandkids!
Who is the "extra" grandchild in this photo?! (and I don't mean the dog)
Photo of everyone's stockings just before we got to "open" them. Grammie works really hard to make sure that everyone has special treats and fun toys. She also made all of the stockings.
The major gift this year was themed. We all draw names by family and this year all of the kids received lazer tag guns... Uncle Clark too... here they are playing with them in the back yard.
And at the end of the day they had a cousin sleepover... here they are all ready for bed (apparently they didn't go to sleep until after 12am!)