Christmas 2010

We had a blast this year for Christmas. Mylee is at such a fun stage and she was so excited for Santa to come. Being in Young Woman's one of our activities was going one night to a live nativity so I decided to take Mylee, she loved it while waiting in line to get in they had baby goats you could pet, donkies, and two really big Camels which she couldn't get enough of. It was really neat walking through the nativity they had it all set up has though you were first walking through Bethlehem and at the end because there was no room you walked through the manger where Joseph, Mary, and Jesus were. Mylee was fascinated with the real baby Jesus. I let her get up close to see him and just then he spit up everywhere so that ruined the moment a little and the rest of the night i heard about how baby Jesus spit up. Its was pretty funny.

Although its definitely the time of year where when kids are in trouble you can use Santa as an excuse for them to be good, I really didn't use that very often, but one day I did and said do you want to be on Santa's nice list or naughty list?? She told me she wanted to be on his naughty list so I quickly realized that threatening with Santa obviously didn't work with her.

While Christmas shopping I decided to let Mylee in on it so that it would get her excited about giving gifts to others. We got Jesse some slippers, movie, and candy from her. I had told her don't tell dad because this will be a surprise from you Christmas morning when he can open it. As soon as she talked to him that night she said dad I got to tell you something we got you a surprise...some slippers it was pretty funny he tried to act like he didn't hear but she told him a couple more times throughout the month.

Our ward had a Christmas breakfast they did the nativity and then Santa came mylee was actually really excited to see Santa this year unlike last year and happily sat on his lap and told him what she wanted for Christmas which was a new doll house.

Christmas eve we just hung out at my moms house we had dinner, played games, the kids got to go on a little hunt for a Christmas present that they got to open that night. We didn't do to much just enjoyed being together.

Christmas morning was so fun Mylee was so excited and acted totally shocked and surprised when she saw her new doll house. I think she got a little over whelmed trying to get everything open just has she enjoying something it was on to the next it seemed like. She was so cute while opening her presents saying things like oh thank you this is my favorite and oh thank you so much. Jesse surprised me with a new temple picture, some work out clothes and a movie. He got a massage, some clothes, and a movie has well. This year i definitely realized how much more i enjoy watching others receive than myself. I truly just enjoy the spirit of Christmas and enjoy being with family and watching the excitement and happiness from Mylee.

Pedersen Christmas Party

We had the Pedersen Christmas party this year in Vernal at my mom's house. We did a Christmas Murder Mystery dinner which was a lot of fun. We all had different characters that we had to come dressed up like and act part of the character. It was fun to see the way people took on there parts especially the ones that you wouldn't expect to(James). The next day my Mom and Dad had a little Christmas workshop for the kids, making different Christmas necklaces, ornaments, cookies, and watching Christmas movies. They had a lot of fun. Mylee and Macy loved decorating the cookies with icing, I think they ate more icing than putting it on the cookies. The kids draw names to do a present exchange, so they loved opening up there presents. Mylee loved going to Vernal and doing all the Christmas stuff and especially hanging out with all her cousins.

Disney on Ice

We went to Disney on ice again this year. Mylee was super excited and loved watching it. We got popcorn and treats and Mylee got to pick out a Minnie Mouse which she loved caring around everywhere. Both Jesse and I got a little anxious about half way through but we had fun taking Mylee.

Jesse's 27th birthday

This year for Jesse's birthday we just stayed home, Mylee and I made dinner and made him a cake. Mylee had so much fun and was so excited to help make Jesse's birthday cake and was so excited for him to come home and see it. She loved singing Happy Birthday, and helping him open his gifts. Jesse I love you and I can't believe how fast time has gone since we have been together. We have a lot of great memories and can't wait for the many more we will have. Happy 27th Birthday. I love you very much Hon!!

Girls Weekend

We had a girls weekend with all the girls in my family. We just stayed here in Salt Lake, we went to dinner the first night while we were there i had my mom looking at pictures on my camera which one of those pics was of the baby from my ultrasound. When my mom came that picture she said wow this picture is really old...she had thought it was from when I was pregnant with Mylee, I just started laughing one of my sister's said I don't think that is from Mylee. She finally had caught on that I was pregnant again. They were all excited. After dinner we played games and hung out. The next day we topped it off by going to the new Harry Potter movie. We all have read the books and enjoy the movies so we were pretty excited. We had a lot of fun and look forward to the next girls weekend.

Thanksgiving 2010

We spent thanksgiving this year in Vernal with Jesse's family. We had a good weekend, it was pretty low key but nice. As soon as we got to Jesse's house we decided that we would drop the news that I was pregnant especially since everyone had already speculated that I was. So at the first chance of them questioning me about it I told them to go and ask Mylee and she would tell them whether I was or not, and so of course she told them that I was. It was no big surprise because they all new that we had been trying but they were all still really excited. We had thanksgiving dinner at Grandma Rose's house and the food was delicious! We went to Lisa's and played games while the kids played and watched movies. Mylee and Lexi were being really silly that night, they decided to get into all the pies without anyone knowing, they had thought they were being pretty sneaky. After they got there sugar high they were upstairs jumping all over the beds hugging and laughing. It was really funny and we had a lot of fun.

We also did the Amazing Race again and Jesse and I were the winners again for the second time in a row. There was a little controversy about us winning but we one it FAIR and square. We had a great weekend.