Kaia:  "Mom, someone locked the front door."

Me:  "Oh, I did."

Kaia:  "Mom! You're ruining my life and breaking my heart every time you lock the door!"

          ...I know it won't be the last time I ruin her life and break her heart...

No. We didn't disappear...

I think it was this time last year I declared myself ill with "Ihatemyblogitis."  Maybe it's the daunting task of filling everyone in about the holiday season. Maybe all the food eaten over the past few months has caught up with me and I have become very slothful.  Maybe...I really hate my blog. 

At any rate, here follows a long awaited update. 

This year we spent the Christmas Holiday in AZ with the Hoyt's.  We dreamed of warm weather and swimming pools but were glad for the warm jackets and jeans we packed.  While the ground wasn't covered in snow and there was no frosty chill in the air Christmas morn, the occasion rang true to all it has ever been...and more. 

How lucky we were to be with the whole of the Hoyt family. 

 Including everyone's family dog.

Kaia was an Angel for the Nativity...until the cousin playing 

Mary got too tired and jumped out of her position.  Kaia waisted no time

 in picking up the baby doll and sitting herself right down next to 'Joseph.'   

Kaia was convinced her uncle was the real deal.  Jason was convinced he was the real deal too.  A real deal of a strange person with lot's of hair,  while wondering why all the kids were excited about him? 

Christmas morn.  Still trying to wake up.

Yeah us! Our little family.  I like it little...

Here we are at home the night we set up the Holiday Express.   

Always a highlight.

Yeah, we had a happy Christmas.  Yeah, it went by too fast and 

yeah, we can't wait for our tax return. 

Oh Jason!

HOW WE LOVE TO LOOK AT YOU AND LaUGH!

We let his hair just grow and grow.

  While this pic doesn't do justice, 

the hair is one of our most favorite things 

about this white lump of goodness.

He cried and whined a good 5-7 min. while I was doing Kaia's hair.

I kept saying "Come here Jason, what's wrong?"

But he never came...

turns out, STUCK. 

Look closely.  

 Dad says "Oh Jason, did you go pee?"

He only wears my shoes or Kaia's dress-up shoes.

"Don't worry."  I tell Jared. 

Ya.  He's a big boy.

This fit Kaia for 2.5 yrs. 

Ah!  "Where your heart is, there also is your treasure!"