Melts my heart!

I just found these pictures of Olivia and her best bu,d Opa and my heart melted seeing them together!

She is a lucky girl to have such an amazing Grandpa and I am a lucky to have the best Dad!

We miss you!!!

I had to add these... She is just so cute!!!!! I love her so much!

Merry Christmas!

This was our year to go to Colorado for Christmas. We had such a great time being with almost all of Michael's family. We were all there but Daniel who is serving the Lord in Mexico. 

Olivia loved meeting her Aunite Leah but wasn't so sure about her Uncle JD. It may have been that she was on people overload when she met JD because when he held her she just cried. After that they had a mutual agreement that they would just enjoy each others company from an arms length away. (It probably doesn't help that Olivia is super attached to me at the moment)

Olivia went on her first plane ride! We thought take off may have scared her a bit because she pooped right as we got off the ground and on our way to Colorado it made the plane smell for the rest of the trip and on the way home from Colorado she had a massive blowout!!!! Other than that she did great and slept most of the way. 

We spent most of our time in Colorado relaxing and enjoying family.

We hope you had a wonderful Christmas with loved ones!

 This is Olivia's cousin Spencer. They were so cute together. They are a year apart and will be great friends. 

 Christmas morning

 We got matching aprons so now Olivia can help me cook

 We were really excited for Olivia to meet Pax and Daisy. We didn't know how she would respond to them but she really liked them which is good because we would love to get a dog someday. When Pax wasn't looking Olivia would grab his paws and when Daisy (a Shitzu) wasn't looking she would kick her and grab her tail. 

 Michael and his brother JD played games late into the night and Michael was in Heaven

 I love Olivia's face in this picture.... Enough with opening presents!!!

 I sure do love this happy girl!! She did great on vacation even though she had a rough time sleeping.

 I was so happy to get my first white Christmas! I spent 2 weeks talking about how bad I wanted a white Christmas and I got it!!

 The greatest part of Christmas was being able to Skype Elder Daniel Woolley! 

 Daniel is one special kid! I am so impressed with him. You can see how much he loves the Lord in his eyes and by the way he talks. He told us his testimony in Spanish and the spirit was so strong even though I had no idea what he was saying I still knew he was speaking truth. I am so blessed to be apart of such an amazing family who is always teaching me to be more like Christ. 

 This picture speaks for itself and it just makes me smile!!

It was hard to leave all the fun behind and come back to reality but we are grateful we were able to spend time with family for this special holiday. We look forward to the New Year and watching Olivia grow.

Love, 

The Woolleys

Olivia's best buddy!

My Dad came to visit for a whole week! Olivia and Opa have become best buds. Olivia was slightly confused when he arrived on Sunday night. She thought that Opa lived in the computer. When she woke up on Monday and Opa was still there she was excited. They quickly became inseparable. I have only seen Olivia reach for me, Michael, Rachael, and Megan but so it was fun to see her reach for Opa. Every morning she would wake up and look for Opa. Olivia LOVES her Opa! 

 She loved playing with Opa's hat

 Opa brought presents with him and Olivia had fun opening them

 We got all dressed up to go on walks

 Merry Christmas to the Woolleys! We had an early Christmas this year!

 Olivia loves to go to PetsMart to look at the fish, kittens, birds, and puppies. This time was even better because she was with Opa!

 We went shopping at Melaleuca

 Olivia's new hat

 She loves the lights

 Skyping Oma on "Christmas"

 Olivia now has her own remote to chew on

Opa carried Olivia everywhere

 We miss you so much Opa! We hope we can see you soon. Thanks for such a fun week. We love you!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, I'm going to be honest. I was a grouch this Thanksgiving. I was really upset that all my family was together in Mammoth and Michael's family was all together in Colorado. I am always grateful to be with Michael and Olivia any chance I get but there is something special about being with your extended family for the holidays. I am a lot like my mom, I like to be where the party is at. It made me sad knowing I was missing turkey bingo, Black Friday shopping, good conversations, lots of laughter, and lets be honest... I really wanted to show off Olivia!

So, in my cranky mood I decided I didn't want to participate in Thanksgiving. I wanted to rebel and not make a turkey and lots of sides and tons of desserts. I wanted to go out to Red Lobster and forget about how I would be missing the parties. 
Side note: Michael is amazing!! He puts up with me and still loves me! I am so thankful for him!
After sulking for a while Michael suggested we make a sea food Thanksgiving dinner and I agreed to it. 
Today when everyone was together with families I got grouchy again. I missed the whole point of this holiday. I forgot to be grateful to be with my beautiful family until Michael put his magic to work. He has a way to get me out of my worst bad mood. He got me laughing and smiling and Olivia doesn't have to do much to help because she is such a joy to be around. I had a blast cutting my crab legs with my scissors and pulling out the meat and laughing with Michael over dinner. I enjoyed every second I had making Olivia giggle today. I am so grateful for my family of 3! I would be a grouchy, cranky mess without them.
I am also very grateful for my savior Jesus Christ. In my bad mood I was able to turn to him in prayer and ask for the peace and happiness I had lost to come back. He has blessed me more than I can ever express. 
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and enjoyed being with their loved ones.

Hanging out watching the Macy's day parade and the dog show with The Strong Daddy!

 So serious about her puffs

 The main dish! Snow Crab!

 Yummy drinks!

We also had jumbo shrimp, biscuts, and garlic mashed potatoes!

3 days of Happy Halloween!!

We celebrated Halloween for 3 days this year!

On Monday we went to our friends the Stewarts and partied with our group of friends.

(Fun fact: All the men lived in Shelbourne and married girls who lived in Nauvoo house and we were all in the same ward at different times)

Our group consists of The Adair Family, The Huntsman Family, The Stewart Family, and The Woolley Family!

We all have children that are the same ages which is SO much fun!

Kara did an amazing job decorating her house! It was beautiful and so festive!

 The cute table and fun menue

 We had Ghost Poop, Ghosts, Cooked Rats in Blood, Skeleton Bread, and Mice.

 That is Grandma and Grandpa Adair

 Baby Ollie and The Daddy

 Cason got a little messy so the Stewarts let him use one of Lili's nigh gowns hahaha Krystina wasn't sure about this but it was better than him running around naked all night!

On Tuesday we went Trick-or-Treating at Michaels work, Melaleuca. They did a great job decorating the offices.

Tuesday night we went to our ward Trunk-or-Treating party. It was fun and we got lots of candy to pass out on Halloween!

 Auntie Rachael came down see Olivia all dressed up! Olivia LOVES her Auntie Rachael!

 Olivia also learned how to crawl!

 On Halloween night Olivia and I dressed up but stayed in side.

 We were a happy zebra family!

 My Grandma Hunt Provided me with this awesome costume to match Olivia! It was fun getting dressed up and I want to point out the awesome socks!

 Olivia has been wearing her First Halloween pjs all month long but tonight she stayed up a little too late. We had a Happy Halloween and hope you all did too!!