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Quality Cousin Time

Post author By McAdmin
Post date January 18, 2011

We went over to Jake & Leann’s (Leann=my cousin) for a little pizza and Wii action the other night. We enjoyed spending time with them.

Charlotte & 2nd Cousin Jessica had an especially good time together! Jessica is about to turn eight. Her dad, who was recently baptized, will perform her baptism and they will also go to the temple to be sealed together as an eternal family. How amazing is that!

Jake & Leann are a little TOO good at the Wii games; we assume they must practice all day, every day. P.S. I am absolutely awful at Mario Kart, but I killed them all in the Frisbee toss game. Go figure.

Pace volunteered to teach us the proper form for golf. Check out that rear end!!!

I love Charlotte’s huge blue eyes in the above photo. We look nothing alike!

Charlotte

A Friend for Charlotte

Post author By McAdmin
Post date January 18, 2011

Charlotte has a new friend, who’s only a month older than her. We watch her twice a week for a few hours. This little friend introduced us to tutus and to her Barbie princess movie which includes a fun dance video called “Shine.”

It’s good for Charlotte to have a girlfriend her age because there are absolutely no girls in our ward or neighborhood anywhere near Charlotte’s age. Nursery right now consists of 5 boys, and Charlotte. Shocking for a Utah ward, eh?!?

Family Fun

R&N and D&N Came to Town!

Post author By McAdmin
Post date January 17, 2011

I’m a little late in posting this… but Rachel & Nathan came for Rachel’s friend’s wedding a couple weeks ago. It was great to have an excuse to see them! We had a great time hanging out. And they babysat for us, too! THEY should live closer. Smile

They also got Charlotte a late birthday present: A Pillow Pet. Those things are quite large, btw. They swapped the ladybug one out for a unicorn one since Charlotte liked the latter better. They also got Chase a dolphin one. Thanks, I guess (haha)!

Darin & Nada also stopped by, with their little ones Luke and Natalie. They are SO brave; they’ve driven across the entire country with their kids twice (or 3 times??). I don’t know HOW they do it!

It was fun to have Brad & Tiffany & co. over as well as GG & Grandaddy, so we could all hang out, eat, and play some good ol’ “Euchre”!

Deals

Gamers Delight

Post author By McAdmin
Post date January 14, 2011

Hey gamers, (sorry Joy for two boring posts in a row) OnLive, that game site I told you to go checkout, is letting you play every game for free for as long as you want. No more 15 min trial limit, just play. Offer is good for the next two weeks. I just wanted to spread the word, it’s definitely worth trying.

For the next two weeks, you’ll have unlimited access to all of our PlayPack games. Play whatever you want, for as long as you want*. But do it now while the Free Beta lasts!

Play free now! Just sign in and select “OnLive PlayPack Beta” under My Games.

T.V.

Redemption Island

Post author By McAdmin
Post date January 13, 2011

Every season of Survivor, I’m concerned that Jeff will announce they will not be doing another season. Luckily, it wasn’t last season and the next installment is set to start on Feb. 16th. You won’t want to miss a single episode as they will be bringing back Boston Rob and Evil Russel!! I know huh! That should be serious entertainment and I predict Russell will go to redemption island and then try to beat everyone one on one.

Family Fun

Funny Randoms from McGrandparents’ House

Post author By McAdmin
Post date January 11, 2011

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Chase Adventures McVideos

Best Day Ever!

Post author By McAdmin
Post date January 4, 2011

It snowed a lot. We built a snow slide.

Then we added a jump

Then Chase declared to the world, “BEST DAY EVER!“

Personal Spiritual Thoughts

Grateful

Post author By McAdmin
Post date January 3, 2011

A couple days ago, an amazing friend gave us a tub of size 3T girls clothes for Charlotte. I cannot tell you how grateful I was! It’s a challenge to keep up with buying kids’ clothes as they grow so rapidly. So I felt like she was basically handing me a couple hundred dollars when she handed me that box of clothes. Of course she wouldn’t accept payment, but I will figure out some sort of repayment! I’m glad to know that I can “pay it forward” by doing the same for someone else someday.

Also, when Charlotte was still an infant, another friend (you know who you are) gave us a grocery bag of baby food that her toddler no longer needed. I wanted to reimburse her because she had paid good money for that baby food, but she declined it. She mentioned that people had given her baby food, clothes, etc. in the past, and we all just pass things on to others. “What goes around, comes around” was the gist of it. I was grateful for that message and example. I know that when we see our cup being filled to the brim with blessings, we can show our gratitude by giving to someone else (by way of a helping hand, or a kind word, or material things, whatever it may be). Because when we’re serving others, we’re serving God.

Chase

King of the Ice

Post author By McAdmin
Post date December 30, 2010

Chase finished his first ice skating lessons a couple weeks ago. For the record, his ultimate goal is not to be a graceful figure skater, but rather a rough & tough hockey player. He had a good time at his lessons, most importantly, but also he was good at it! He could skate quickly, even if he fell on his butt a lot… His teacher remarked that he has great speed, just needs to bend his knees more and not flail his arms (makes him lose his balance). He passed both Level 1&2, so he gets to be in Level 3 next time! We’re so proud of Chase.

I was going to post a really cute video of him in action, but of course I accidentally deleted it. Sorry!

P.S. Today is our 6th Anniversary! Yay!

Charlotte

Happy Birthday, Charlotte!

Post author By McAdmin
Post date December 27, 2010

Charlotte Noel turned two today! We love, love, love this girl.

Flashback to the day she was born… Charlotte & I were alone in our hospital room that first night after I had had her, so we were able to have some blissful bonding time. I took her blankets off and held her close, skin-to-skin, while I touched her soft hair and inhaled her sweet newborn baby scent. I was so happy to have her! I should have been sleeping, but I just loved how close I felt with Charlotte right from the start. And we adore her more and more every day. So sappy, but so true!

Back to present day: We were able to celebrate Charlotte’s birthday with some family that’s in town. You can tell that she’s a second child (or that we were just burnt out from the holidays) because everything was just kinda thrown together. We were up at the McGrandparents’ house for the weekend, so GG provided a dinosaur tablecloth and I decorated the cake with some frosting squeezed from a plastic bag. But the thing was, Charlotte didn’t care one bit about the décor, and she got tons of presents which is what matters most (hahah!).

This is her classic “smile for the camera!” smile. It makes us laugh! We really love Charlotte and her sweet, laid-back, happy personality.