Christmas Pictures

This year I decided to pass on the traditional

(80's looking) Christmas Dress for Hayden,
and instead went with a Christmas Tutu,
and a personalized Christmas onsie.
(thanks etsy)

Here's our photo shoot
Commentary by Hayden Jayne Hunt



"I'm outa here!"



"Okay fine, just a few pictures."




"Hmmm, now what can I get into?"



"Ohh, presents!"



"Mmmmm! Presents!"



"Okay, Okay, I promise I'll be good."



"Is she looking?"



"Nope. Good. More presents for me!"



"Okay fine, I'm done, I promise no more presents."





"Don't forget my close up"



"Wait. Get my good side.



Also we had this shot done by Ashlee Bailey



Santa pictures coming soon.

The Last 36

Hours that is.
Have been such a blur.
Here's what happened:

8:00 Bathed the baby
8:30 Fed her, napped her
9:00 Showered and got ready
9:30 Went to the bank (45 min. round trip)
10:00 Picked up lunch
10:30 Cleaned up the house
11:30 Ryan got a massage, While I packed our bags
12;30 We loaded the car
12:45 Drove to St. George (I pumped and fed the baby on the way b/c of time constraints)
3:00 Went to the Mahoney's to meet baby Maya
5:00 Went to my Mom's house for Dinner and Dessert
6:00 Fed the baby
6:30 Repacked the car
6:45 Drove to Cedar
8:00 Checked Ryan into his hotel
8:30 Unpacked me and the baby at my sister's
Put the baby to bed (she woke up getting out of the carseat
and had a hard time going back to sleep)
10:00 Went to bed (FINALLY)
6:45 Woke up
7:00 Switched cars with Ryan
He went and took the LSAT
7:30 I Showered & got ready
8:30 Got the baby ready,
9:00 Fed her napped her
10:30 Went to a Christmas Festival
11:00 Changed a huge blowout diaper @ the Christmas Festival
11:30 Back to my Sister's place
Waited for Ryan to finish his test
12:00 Had a freak out b/c Ryan was TWO HOURS late getting out of his test
12:30 Drove to the testing center looking for him (He was not found)
12:50 Finally he finished
(I guess they started way late and had to move them to a different facility)
1:00 We packed up the car
1:15 Picked up some lunch
Gassed up
1:30 Drove home to Vegas
4:00 Unpacked the car
4:15 Changed Clothes
4:30 Gave the babysitters (Ryan's mom and Dad) instructions
5:00 Went to dinner at Del Torro at the Palazzo
7:00 Went to Jersey Boys
9:30 And FINALLY came home to stay.

I am so pooped! What a weekend.
And it's only Saturday Night!
Next weekend I am not leaving my house for anything . . . hopefully.

Turkey Time

We spent Thanksgiving weekend this year with the Hunts.
Which is wonderful because Ryan's parents live just over in Henderson.
Ryan's sisters Rochelle and Kristyouple of Ryan's sisters came with their families and his brother with his family.
The weather was so nice the kids spent most of the day playing outside.


(Hayden in her fur coat to go out and watch the bigger kids play)



It is so fun to see how much fun all the little cousins have together.
They all just love each other so much and are so excited for the time they get together.
I guess the adults are not much different.
I am so lucky to be married to someone who has such a wonderful family.


(Mauna Sue and Kristy)

I love all Ryan's siblings and their families very much.
We can get together after going 1/2 the year apart and it's like we never missed a beat.
We watched movies/football,


(Hayden trying to watch the game)



We played Rook and laughed at "Achmed the dead terrorist" over and over again.


(Tyson, Gavin, Rochelle, Kristy, Sara (in the background), Zach, Doug, Tyler)

and of course we cooked and ate.


(Roger carving the turkey)

We spent some time at the park on Friday getting some fresh air.


(Hayden napped)

On Friday night we went over to the Magic Forrest at Opportunity Village.


(Danielle, Sara, Logan, Gavin, Tyson, Lexi, Zach, Hayden)

We got right in and took all the kids on the train ride.



Then made our way through the forest.


(I thought she would love the lights but she was more entertained by her cousins)


(Hayden kept trying to eat her coat collar)


(It wasn't actually that cold, I was just being a paranoid mom)

It is probably my favorite thing that Las Vegas has to offer (any time of year)
I love Christmas, but I always want it to be a fantasy Christmas like in the movies,
and the Magic Forest is the closest I get.
(except for maybe Disneyland at Christmas - which is amazing!)
We took a break for family pictures before grabbing a funnel cake to share.



(they were HUGE this year)
We had so much fun, and all the food was delicious.
(Thanks Mauna Sue)
I can't wait until the next time we can all get together.
Until then this is for all of you.