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Changes

Well the time has come in my life to make some changes. The first of these changes for me is to get a new job! My last day at my current job is this Saturday. I will be now working at a bank full time and I think this change is going to be fantastic!! My new job will allow for me to be around people more and my days will be much busier now. This job however will put me without internet for awhile so probably no new posts from me for a bit.
Other changes for me include: a calling in the nursery, getting cable TV, getting healthier, and a few other little things. Life changes are in the works for me this year. I use to run from change but this year I am welcoming it. Needless to say life is good and life is very busy!!

Christmas and a New Year

Well another year has come and gone again! We had such a great holiday season this year. On Christmas Eve we went bowling and had some good food then went and saw some lights around town. That was a lot of fun for me (even if I lost in bowling). Then Christmas morning was so much fun!! Talon really loved opening his presents and playing with all of his new toys. Then we had some carmel french toast that I made. Yum!! The rest of our Christmas day we spent relaxing and playing with our new toys. So nice to have such a relaxing day for a change.
New Years was spent in Salt Lake with family and friends. This was not my best trip there. It was cold and snowy and most of us that went ended up sick for half the time we were there so we weren't able to enjoy our festivities as we wanted to. I rang in the New Years by going to bed with Talon at 10:30! But I still managed to sneak in a little shopping and good times while we were there. Now onto 2011 and making it a better year than last year!

So Good Looking!!

I just wanted to post a few pictures of my handsome boy in his Christmas church clothes.

Shoes

Talon loves to try on shoes! Anytime we are at the store and see shoes he insists on trying them on. So it goes without saying that at home he is always trying to put my shoes on or dads or his or really whatever shoes he can lay his little hands on. But anytime I bust out the camera to photograph it it seems he is always half naked. So I apologize for that! I really do dress my child. You will also have to pardon the messes. These pictures were too good to pass up on. Pretty sure someday he will hate me for all the blackmail pictures I have of him. :)

Talon

I am going to start off by saying that the motto that I have chosen for Talon in life is: He definitely always knows what he wants! That applies for everything. Lately he has decided that he doesn't like to sleep in his bed at night and only mine will do and he would probably scream and throw a fit the whole night unless he gets what he wants. Same goes for just about everything else in his life. From the movie we pick to watch to what he eats. Last night however I did find something he very much likes to eat! Fettucine.

Needless to say it was definitely off to the bath after this. But it was worth it. He loved it.

Even though the cougars lost he still proudly sport his cougar gear.

Visisting Santa is not one of those things that Talon wanted to do. So he was that boy that cried for Santa while his mom was trying to snap pictures and making her boy suffer for that photo. Santa looks so baffled and confused in this picture.


Something else Talon does that I find absolutely adorable is he will line up his toy cars in a long row and say choo choo. The cars have to be all facing the same way and in a straight row. A little OCD. This started a few months ago and has turned into not just his cars but several other things. Like canned goods from my pantry and bath soaps and just about anything that there are multiples of.

Oh I love this boy and all of his many different personality traits. Can't wait to see what else he has up his sleeves.

A Wedding and Halloween

At the end of October we took a trip to Salt Lake for a wedding and some fun Halloween celebrations. We had our customary family Halloween party that turned out to be so much fun. Talon this year went as a baseball player and I think he was darling. We also took him trick-or-treating with his cousin Zack and the two of them had such a great time. The rain didn't slow them down one bit. They got a lot of candy and Talon still likes to trick-or-treat around the house. We also went to a wedding for my cousin and the Talon and his cousin Zack were having so much fun just running around and dancing. Zack has picked up this darling "break dancing" that he kept busting out and Talon thought that looked pretty cool so he was doing his own version of this. Needless to say they were entertainment for a crowd there. We had so much fun on our trip and loved the much needed getaway. Now I am ready for another one this time maybe farther away and a little tropical with just the girls. Who is joining me???