Catching up on some pictures....

The camera was getting pretty full, so I decided it was probably time for a little catching up....more for me than for anyone else. So keep in mind, some of these are clear from Thanksgiving!




While I was making a jello pretzel salad for thanksgiving, Macie HAD to help, as always. And this time I let her lick the beaters for the first time. Of course she LOVED it, and now I can't make anything without her wanting to lick them....should have known:) Oh, I almost forgot!! When you make the salad(desert) you make the pretzel crust first, then add the cream cheese and whip cream layer, and you let that set up for a couple hours in the fridge. Well, Macie loves to sit in the fridge (with her feet hanging out) for some reason, and I was busy in the kitchen, so I let her sit in it for a couple minutes. I totally forgot that the salad was in there setting up until I hear her little voice saying, "mmmm, mmmm, mmmm." I opened the fridge and found her with the salad all over her face and hands and fridge, and huge scoops made by tiny fingers all over in the salad! I couldn't be mad even for a second because she just kept nodding her head and saying, "mmm, mmmm."


After Thanksgiving dinner we went and visited my Grandma and Grandpa Pike in Basalt. It was so nice to visit with them and here their stories of when they were young and raising kids. We love you Grandma & Grandpa!


I took this after our ward Christmas party. Macie was exausted, and fell asleep in the car. Her Daddy couldn't resist just holding her while she slept. I didn't realize how BIG she was getting until I looked at this picture....she's huge!




Yesterday I was about to stick Macie in the tub, but then I got distracted for like two minutes and Macie comes in the room with pen drawings all over her belly. I don't even know where she got the pen, but I thought it was funny because she was so FAST! I'm just glad she got her belly and not the walls or something....this time:)



The last few days we've been BAKING a lot while Reed is at work. Macie always has to help, so I got some pictures of her "helping". This is her measuring out raisens to dump into her own bowl to keep her busy while I was mixing. But she always loves to help me pour in the ingredients, so it takes a long time, and she gets flour everywhere. But I think it's so cute to watch her, and she thinks she is SO BIG!

Anytime anything is in the oven I have to turn on the light so Macie can see what's cooking....in this case the cookies. She stands there and says, "mmmmmmm."