Syrup Udpdate!!!! Christmas mostly:)

It has been a long year and we have learned a lot. Like it is is nearly impossible for both parents, of three children ages 7, 2, and 1, to go to school full time with 30 credit hours between them while one is pregnant and the other takes two upper level sciences courses!!!! but live and learn eh? Good news-I got all A's this semester! I'm pretty sure Michael did well too, but our babies are sure glad we are home for a few days now.

I decided I didn't want to have to worry about my hair for the next few months, seeing as they will likely get even more crazy here in about 6 weeks. SO....Brown it went. I don't really love it, I have really grown accustom to my blond locks, but this is much more of a wash a run kind of color. It's much darker than I would like though so hopefully it fades a bit in the next few weeks or I'm going to have to put some highlights through it.
Christmas was Awesome!
This little princess got a Nintendo DS (with much help from Santa's mother-in-law) And was so excited she was actually speechless...I don't think this child has ever been speechless in her life!

This little monkey was so sick and miserable. Christmas was likely a blur to her:( She got the hand mouth and foot virus and couldn't eat or sleep for about 4 days.

Grandpa Maxwell got these flags for his car and was so excited when the Cage wanted to play with them, until she yelled "Go Utes!!"

This crazy kid just wanted the camera! Like that shiner? Courtesy of the Cage.

Grandma Maxwell's for Christmas Eve was great. The kids all got jammies with their names and their nick names on them:) plus some awesome Dr. Suess gear!

Seriously, she was really miserable.

This was about as excited as she got:(

These pictures are really out of order but I found these on the camera. Cage decided to be the photog while no one was looking.

Grandma made these Beautiful dresses for Christmas! The girls loved them! And I had to throw this picture in because my couch is finally finished!!!!! Thanks to mom, dad, Steph, and Michael.

Movie with the Griffee side. Uncle Adam and Auntie are holding the hands of the three amigo's. These three little crazies are only 8 months apart in age and they will all be in the same grade in school. Gotta love cousins.

Stolen picture-courtesy of Steph!

The first night it snowed in December we gave the kids winter jammies:)

The NAmes?

There was one more I forgot on our list...Luca.

So far I am leaning toward Raphael mostly because when I first heard it, it resonated with me. Also, because I do not like the nic-names for the other names we like. But I have heard several for Raphael and I don't mind any of them....Rafi, Rafa, Reaf, etc.

Gotta say, never ever thought I would even consider Raphael...EVER! but if we do name him that I already know what his first Halloween costume will be:)

Names?...

So our poor little Gabriel did not get his name until he was two days old so this time Michael and I decided we would like to name our child before he's born. So here is the short list...

Raphael
William
Kingston
Dominic
Michael
and Isaiah

So tell me your vote?...

The Cage!

My sweet little baby girl is not what the majority of the world would technically label as "sweet". To live with this tough little princess you would see just how tender and sweet her little spirit is. She is crazy and FULL of energy, she never takes naps (hasn't since before she turned 2), she is the most driven child I have ever met, there is nothing to change her course from what she sets out to do, she is everyone's best friend and everyone's protector-especially when it comes to her cousin Deeds and her brother, she is Fiercely loyal, and a complete Daddy's girl!

The other night this little monkey was climbing on her sister's bed while she was supposed to be listening to scriptures. I told her that if she did not climb down I was going to take her binky, so she pulled it from her mouth and threw it to the floor and said "here's my binky." I love this little monkey and the craziness that comes with her. She has always been very smiley and so happy to just to be. She is what most consider to be a handful but I wouldn't have her any other way. She is amazing just the way she is.