Luke's Basketball Team

Luke started playing on a community basketball team this winter. It has been quite the experience to watch him learn this sport.

Shooting a hoop...

Dribbling down the court...
Luke is great at defense. He never leaves his man and keeps his arms up to block.

4 month Jane playing

Eve and Jane sometimes have the greatest of fun. Here are a few happy shots of the two littlest Fifes.

Jane and Eve playing in the crib together.

Uh oh...Jane is pulling on Eve's Barbie.
It's OK. We are happy again. Mom saved the day!

Today Eve stole Jane's pacifier and started running away while sucking on it. When Morgan caught her, Eve said: "Baby stole the pacifier." Eve had her pacifier until just a few months before Jane was born. It probably does look like the baby stole the pacifier from her. Other than the pacifier stealing, Eve is loving her baby sister. She loves making her smile and bringing her toys. I hope one day they will be the best of friends.

Luke loses his first tooth

Luke lost his first tooth! The bottom tooth had been loose for several months and finally got loose enough to pull. Morgan slipped a piece of floss over the tooth and pulled it right out. The tooth fairy made a visit and Luke was very excited to see the $1 left behind. I can't believe he is old enough to lose teeth. Where did the time go?!

1st Real Snow of 2012

Finally real snow! Luke loves to throw snowballs.

Miriam enjoys playing in the snow and making snowmen.
Eve just loves to walk around in the snow. The drifts were so deep in some places that she would end up waist deep and need rescuing by Dad.

Our 3 snow kids. (Jane and I like being warm inside for now.)

More snow is expected this week so stay tuned for more snow pictures!

Eve's Doll House

Santa gave Eve this adorable doll house with several people and furniture to fill the home. Santa's elves were able to find this special gift for such a deal! Eve has enjoyed playing with the house and I have even heard Luke playing with her.

I think this will be a great way for Eve and I to play this winter while her siblings are at school. I can't wait!

Christmas

Merry Christmas! Santa was able to find us in Wisconsin without any trouble even though we don't have a chimney. (The children were very concerned about the lack of a chimney with our new house.) Santa covered each of the children's piles of gifts with a sheet before he left. Each child unveiled their pile one at a time so that we could all see what the other had gotten in an orderly manner. (And so that I could get their little sweet expressions when they first saw what Santa left for them.) Just look at how happy they are!

Miriam was so excited to see her gifts that she forgot to zip her pajamas back up. Sorry for the brief nudity.

The kids got to play with their Santa gifts for a little while before we had to get dressed and go to Church. After Church we opened the rest of the gifts that were under the tree.

Morgan was so excited to get this pen from his sister Kristen that has "Dr. Morgan Fife"on it.

We love the quilt that Kristen made for us. It is so warm and perfect for our chilly nights watching TV in the basement.

Morgan got one of my favorite trilogies in hardback for me. Can't wait for these movies!

Morgan enjoying his new slippers.

Everyone so happy to be opening gifts.

Luke got a Target gift card from the Fife grandparents. He was so excited to have his own gift card to buy anything he wanted.

Dad got the kids special little presents this year. For Luke he found a Batman Lego person.

Clothes aren't that much fun to open when you are a kid unless you are Luke.

This year I made each of the children (except Jane) a felt play mat. Luke's is Batman related.

Miriam has a new cell phone...and Eve has one very similar. A new necessity in our home full of girls.

Grandma Fife sent this beautiful ballerina dress for Miriam. She LOVES it.

Dad's special gifts to Miriam and Eve were their own mustangs. The girls' mustangs have princesses on them!

Mustangs are huge in our house. When driving down the road it is fun to hear the kids point out all the mustangs they see. Daddy would love to have one when we finish residency.

Miriam's felt princess mat.

Miriam gave Eve a little Ariel doll that she is holding. Miriam has an Ariel and now the constant battle over Ariel has been resolved.

Eve and her mittens from Aunt Kristen.

Eve's town play mat. It includes places that we like to shop/eat at as well as both grandparents homes, the temple and Church. Wouldn't it be a dream come true if we really lived that close to all those things?

Pretty dresses from Grandma Fife.

Jane got to open presents a while after everyone else did since she was taking a nap. Miriam is such a great big sister and helped her unwrap her gifts. Diapers from Maw Maw!

A fun musical toy from Grandma.

Another fun toy!

Jane and all her presents.

That smile says it all! We had an incredible Christmas. Thank you Grandma & Grandpa Fife, & Maw Maw & Paw Paw for all the great gifts. Thank you Great-Grandma Willardson for the breakfast money and Great Grandma & Grandpa Fife for the kids money. We feel so blessed!

We hope you all had wonderful Christmas' and may 2012 bring all the best blessings to you and your families!

Gingerbread Cookies

Each year we look forward to baking gingerbread cookies and decorating them as a family. I love the smell of the cookies baking. The kids always put a ton of candy on the cookies so it is fun getting to eat their designs later!