On New Year's Day we always go up to my mom and dad's and play in the snow and get all the snowmachines and fourwheelers and threewheelers out and hook the sleds up and give the kids rides in the snow. This year I wasn't able to go out and play I had a kidney infection so I stayed inside with Maya and took pictures and video taped everyone playing in the snow. They had a great time and only one time did the kids fall off of the sled and it was Hunter and Isaac going down the hill on a sled and they hit a weed and flew off of the sled. Isaac fell face first in the snow and Hunter just fell off. We can't wait until next year.

FUN in the SNOW!!

Building a snowman with dad!!

Isaac trying to see through all his clothes.

Here are a few more of my fav pics of Laney!!

Well I decided to go to Jcpenny for Laney's pics again cause it was kind of last minute and I wanted to get them done. Ever since Laney was nine months old she has hated getting her pictures done she just gets very nervous and just starts crying. Well this year once again she started to cry but the lady did a awesome job calming her down and as you can see Laney ended up doing a great job. My sweet girl look so big and beautiful I lover her black eyes and dimples what a babe.

Laney's WAY cute Pics

She is so beautiful I think she is looking really old.

Strawberry Shortcake birthday

Laney had a great birthday. As you can see she was very spoiled !!! This year Laney decided to have a strawberry shortcake birthday so I was able to find some way cute decorations for it and then I just made the cake and tried to draw strawberries on it if you can't tell that is what those red things are in the corners. We took Laney to Red Robin for dinner cause that is where she wanted to go we told them it was her birthday so they brought her out a ice cream sundae and they started to sing, Laney got really embrassed and started to cry and cover her face we felt really bad but told her they were being nice so she stopped and enjoyed the rest of the evening. She had both grandparents and lots of aunts, uncles, and cousins to celebrate her special day.

Laney is 5 today!!!

Well as you can see I went a little crazy on the pictures of Laney today but it has been five years and a lot happens. I am a little upset that I don't have any baby pics of Laney cause she was a dang cute baby. Anyway alot of you know about the year that Laney was born but some of you don't so I thought I would tell the story of this sweet girl. Brant and I had just bought our first house when we found out we were pregnant, we had been married for only 4 months. We were really excited until I started vomiting about 14 times a day. I was diagnosised with hyperemisis which just means you vomit alot. I was told that it would probably go away after the first trimester. well it didn't I had a picline put into my arm and had to have iv treatments for the whole 9months up until I had her. While this was going my dad was going into kidney failure and Brant and I were living with them because I couldn't stay in our house because it had a smell that made my nausea worse. So we were living with them and my parents were going down to SLC in october for the transplant my mom would be donating her kidney to my dad. Well my dad had his kidney's taken out cause they were so large do to the cists on them. He was put on Dialysis until the transplant. Everyday my dad and I would lay on the couches and complain to one another how bad the other one felt that day. My parents are amazing people and to watch them go through what they did was amazing. I had the opportunity to go down and stay with them while they had the transplant along with my sister. I was blessed while I was down there that I had no problems. On December 28 2004 at 3:52 p.m. Laney Nikelle Sautter was born. I though for sure things would be a great after that. Well Laney decided to take a breath when she came out and had to be put in the NICU for 3 days. All the nurses kept telling me she was a premie baby but she was 5 days late and weighed 6 lbs 10oz so they kept her in one day longer. I was so emotional due to the fact I had just had a baby and that she was the first one. When we brought her home FINALLY she was the most precious baby. She never cried and she slept through the night at 4 months old. Laney is a wonderful big sister always wanting to help and do things for me. She is so dany smart probably too smart for her own good. I love you Laney!!

Christmas Eve

Well I am way excited for Christmas eve, Brant's brother Tevin thought it would be cool if some of the boys sang Silent Night for the Christmas Eve party at Grandma Sautter's in all the different languages that they know. Blair in Japanese. Tevin in German, Brant in Tagalog, and Aaron in Spanish. They will each take a turn by themselves and then the last verse they will sing together in all the languages. So last night we went over to Brant's mom and dad's for them to practice and they sounded awesome. It was really neat to listen to all the different languages singing that song. So I took my camera and took some pics while they were practicing. Tevin goes first then blair then brant and then aaron. Anyway we are very excitied for Christmas and my kids are so off the wall crazy about Santa coming in three days. It will be really fun this year all of our kids are at that age that it will be really fun to watch them open presents.

LOVE THE HOLIDAYS

Well last night for family home evening we decided to make gingerbread houses. The kids were way excited to make them and eat the candy. Brant and I decided to make the houses for the kids and then let them decorate them how they wanted too. Brant let the boys just share one so Isaac had the marshmellow side of the house and Hunter chose the chocolate chip side for his. I helped Laney get started and then let her do whatever she wanted. To say the least there was frosting everywhere but we had a great time. My mom and sisters April and Katelyn came along with my niece Lily, Grandpa had to study for a final so he couldn't make it. Brant and I made ours later and Brant stayed up until 11:00 making his and he said he still isn't done with it. That makes me laugh. Anyway we are having fun enjoying the holidays. We also decided this year to get a present for someone in need. Our ward has an angel tree so we decided to take an ornament and get a gift for a teenage girl. That has made this Christmas season much more enjoyable and really feel the true meaning of Christmas. I read the book "The Message", and I just feel like that had made me really be grateful for all that we have and instead of feeling sorry for myself I am trying to do better at serving and thinking of others this season.