Merry Christmas 2011

Christmas Eve 2011

We had a great Christmas Eve today and hope your family did as well. First we went to my Dad's to celebrate and then to Jared's parents. It was great spending time with family. Here are a few pictures!

 Hailey was begging for Jammies with dogs on them...little did she know thats what was under the tree....she was sooo excited!

Thanks for spoiling us with nice gifts today everyone. Merry Christmas!

GIngerbread Houses 2011

A few weeks ago we invited a couple of neighbors over for dinner and Gingerbread House making. The kids had a riot and were so fun to watch. I was shocked at how neat Hailey was in making her house this year. She followed a pattern and wanted it a certain specific way. Thanks to our neighbors for coming over and making it a fun night. I think we might have to start a new tradition of this and maybe we can have a bigger house to host it next year!!!

PS Don't forget the clue to making gingerbread houses is hot gluing them together first....Some of us had to learn that the hard way! Enjoy the pictures

 These two crack me up! Definitely BFF's as Hailey likes to say!

 Love the frosting on Jace's face!

 CUTE BFF's

PS Hailey loves Mia and I sware she is an answer to many prayers. SO glad she lives close to us!

Gardner Village Elves 2011

 Last week we made our annual trip to Gardner Village to see the Elves. I have to admit I was rather disappointed this year. It seems like they had way less lights and elves then in years past. Hailey still enjoyed it despite it being a little Lame per say this year. Here are a few pictures!

The Larsen Family A to Z 2011

This is what I included as our Christmas letter this year:

Accountant Jared still works for the LDS Church

Building memories of family fun

Competitions for Hailey's dance team

Disneyland vacation in August

Excited for our upcoming Christmas traditions

First grade for Haliey

Gas for all our family drives

Happy Holidays from our family to yours

Interesting lessons learned

Jared keeps up with all the sports team

Katie teaches herself to sew

Listening to Hailey learn to read

Mermaid Hailey for Halloween

Nine years of marriage celebrated in August

Oh the joys of homeownership....the new waterheater is nice!!!

Pool days all summer long

Quickly moving from place to place

Relaxing outside in our yard on summer nights

Synergy Dance Academy where Haliey dances and tumbles

Taxi cab - Katie's driving service

Utah utes still the girls choice except for Jared BYU

Visting Yogurtland for family treats

West Jordan Police Department - Katie's new volunteer job

Xtra love for all our family and friends

Yes we keep busy

Zzzzz's the sleep we rarely find!

My Cute Family!

Saturday was the annual Blockburger Family Christmas Party at my Mom's house. Since we all dressed up cute I wanted a family picture. However apparently we had so much fun partying I never took any more. I was happy with the one picture I did get! haha

Thanksgiving

I hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving. We celebrated with my Mom and Ben and Sister and her family this year. And then the fun of black Friday shopping began! I think I live for that day every year and its alwasy so much fun! Here are a few pictures from Thanksgiving.

After dinner Grandma and Papa had a present under their Christmas tree for each of the kids. Much to their surprise they all got darling new Christmas Jammies and slippers. The girls couldn't wait to get them on and were so cute in them! Thanks Grandma and Papa!

Opening their present

Hailey, Tessa, and Amelia

She even gave them a chocolate calendar count down.