Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Christmas Letter

December 2008
Dear Family and Friends,


Another year has come and gone, and we are excited to share some of the year’s joys with you this holiday season:

Hannah celebrated her first birthday this March. It was a great time to be one, because Mommy fully expected Hannah to eat the cake all by herself. Hannah has since demonstrated a profound love o f all that is sweet, topping it all off by being a Daddy’s girl. Hannah is now almost 2, and is a walking, talking, singing, dancing fool. Her favorites? Well, let’s look at them together…

· Food? Pizza, String Cheese, Bananas
· Drink? Water
· TV show? Basketball games with Daddy.
· Song? Twinkle
· Christmas Song? Silent Night
· Primary Song? I am a Child of God
· Activity? Read books, love the Kitty, go on walks. Did we mention read books?
· Favorite Quirk? Hannah has become adept at taking off her clothes during bedtime and will sleep naked in her crib, until she pees on herself.

Hannah is enjoying her very long hair; it goes mid way down her back. She is also a never-ending energy machine. She loves books, music, strollers, trains, and teddy bears. Nanna, as we like to call her, amazes us all the time with her growing knowledge. She can count to ten, sing songs, and carry on very cute conversations. We sure love her lots!

Cary is doing very well. She does a great job making sure everything runs well. Between her calling as Laurel advisor, being a mom and social butterfly, she finds herself very busy. She was called to be on the Brighton Girls Camp Executive Committee this year, and enjoyed planning firesides for Brighton, as well as chairing the music committee at the girls camp. Her first year was a lot of fun for the family, and we did quite a few hikes up in the mountains. Cary learned that Hannah can sit still for more than 15 seconds if she is strapped to Cary’s back for a hike in the mountains. The biggest thing in Cary’s life right now is her growing belly. Although her husband cannot see it, Cary feels our next son growing big and strong in her tummy. We’re all very excited to welcome him to our home, due the end of May 2009.

Keven has been busy too. In June, he was offered a job with a different company in order to help them get an insulation division off the ground. Four months later, he moved back to Superior Insulation in order to help them get a drywall division off the ground. He loves the challenge and even in this down economy sees growth coming to the company through his efforts. We are excited to see where this new adventure will lead us. He is also going to school, and serving as 2nd Counselor in the Elders Quorum Presidency. Besides work, Keven finds odd things for himself to do. He is known throughout the family as the ultimate wheeler and dealer, always finding a way to do some little project he wants. His latest have been building his own dream computer, and now he is trying to fix an HDTV that he got for free.

In conclusion, life continues to move onward. We are grateful for all we have, and recognize that many of you have been instrumental in making these blessings possible in our lives. We pray that during this special time of year we can all grow stronger together and stronger in our convictions of truth.

May we end this letter by saying GO UTAH! BCS BUSTERS x2 !!! Merry Christmas!










Monday, December 15, 2008

A Quick Story

My cute husband will probably kill me for sharing this story but it is too funny to not share!
Keven has a habit of talking in his sleep. He doesn't do it often, just everyone now and then. Well the other night he woke me up in the middle of the night and proceeded to tell me that he needed to find a special place to put the remote control to the T.V. I thought this was such a funny thing that I just laughed at him and turned over to go back to sleep, wishing him well in his pursuit for a special place for the remote control. That was 3 days ago........and since then we cannot find the remote control anywhere! We have looked and looked but to no avail. So apparently he found a VERY special place for the remote! So special, we can't find it!
I hope you enjoy this as much as I do, I think it is hilarious! And I love to tease Keven! So, if anyone knows any "special" places for remote controls let us know!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

It's A......

B O Y !!!!!!!!
We are still in slight awe at the fact that this Wall family is getting a boy! You see, all the grandchildren on Keven's side of the family are girls so having a boy is a new thing for us. Keven and I both suspected it was a boy but we were too afraid to voice much of our thoughts because in the Wall Family you usually get girls. Girls are great -- we love Hannah to pieces! -- but we are very excited to have a boy!
To answer a few questions -
1. Hannah is still grasping the idea of a new baby but she says she is happy for a brother. When asked what we could name him she said "Boobi".
2. We have no idea what we are going to name him. In fact, we are totally up for suggestions if you feel the need to share!!!
And thanks again to our cousin Heather who is a super great ultrasound tech! Thanks for the sneak peek!!

Thursday, December 4, 2008

November Update....without the Pictures

Wow! Is everyone shocked?? I am blogging two days in a row! Shocker, I know.
I decided that since I cannot get my pictures to upload I am going to try to share our latest highlights with words. So as Hannah says --- "Ready, Set, Go!"
*We have decided that Hannah does not know how to say YES. Don't you worry, she can say no, but we do not think she knows the word YES. We are working on that one!
*A few weeks ago I attended a shower for Katy Merrell Blommer. My sister-in-laws and I made an awesome diaper cake! It looked so cute! I will have to post that picture when I am able to!
*Hannah has started undressing herself after we put her to bed. We never know what state we will find her in in the morning. This makes for an exciting start of the day! My personal favorite is when she is stark naked with no diaper on.
*We had a shower for an old neighborhood friend a few weeks ago. It was like an old 10th ward reunion! Loved seeing friends and past Young Women leaders!
*UTAH smashed BYU!!!! Oh my, that was truly lovely! We got Hannah decked out in red and enjoyed watching Aunt Jamie eat humble pie!! Go Utes!!!
*Thanksgiving was great! I am always up for a turkey dinner! Keven made an awesome chocolate strawberry cheesecake. It was super good, and this coming from a person who does not typically enjoy cheesecake.
*We went and saw the lights at Thanksgiving Point. Hannah was mesmerized!
*We find out what we are having in just a few days! Get excited my friends, we certainly are!!!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Stupid Computers!!

Okay, I have been trying to upload some pictures for the last hour and it isn't working. Stupid computers! And stupid Windows Vista! Oh well, just know that SOMETIME in the near future I will hopefully get our cute November pictures up!