Dane's Preschool Christmas Program!!

This is Dane at his Pre-School Christmas program on December 18, 2008. He was cute but mostly silly. Dane was so excited that Grandma and Grandpa Hill were in town for Christmas. He couldn't believe that they were going to come and watch him.

When it was Dane's turn he climbed up on the chair so everyone could see him. But then Dane suddenly began to giggle and was not going to say his part. He just kept giggling instead. The audience laughed with him. His mom and dad kept hoping he would do it in the end ...but NO!! The funny thing about him not doing his part is that he practiced it with mom for two weeks before the program. He would say it perfectly cute each time at home. Boy... were we fooled after watching our Dane. All I can say is you never know what children are going to do.

Merry Christmas From The Baker's

We thought since we are far away from our extended family on Christmas we would send you a video message to you. Happy Holidays. Love-Kent, Lori , Drew, Dane & Luke

Merry Christmas Family & Friends!

Today is Christmas morning and we want to say hello and send our holiday greetings to each of you. We hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas and that Santa got you everything you wanted and deserved. One thing for sure, we are all having a white Christmas with the snow falling outside. Drew and Dane got snow inner tubes. I am sure they will want to try them out later.

Drew, Dane & Luke were so excited when they saw what Santa brought for them. They could hardly contain themselves in taking turns opening presents from Santa, as well as gifts from Mom and Dad.

Church Christmas Party with Santa Claus-2008

Drew, Dane and Luke were so excited to visit Santa Clause. Drew has always been a little hesitant about sitting on Santa's lap in years past but this year she said she was going to do it. She did it...Yeah Drew. We were was so proud of her for going right up and telling Santa her wish list for Christmas this year!

As for Dane, well he is never shy and can hardly wait to tell Santa his wish list. Luke wasn't sure about Santa, at one point he almost started to cry and then he saw his mommy smiling at him and decided he was okay. Drew came home from the Church Christmas party that morning and said this was her best day ever...she is so excited about Christmas.

Our Reflections Winner!!

Drew is in first grade and this year she entered the Reflections Contest at her elementary school. She submitted a short story in the area of Literature titled:

"HOW PUMPKINS GROW"

Pumpkins are orange.

Thay have seeds and thay have stems.

Thay grow on the ground with water and dirt.

Thay start out green and in the fall thay turn orange.

Thay are fun to carve.

My favrit treat is pumpkin spics cake.

The end

Drew was chosen as a winner on November 24, 2008. She was so excited to hear that she was a winner. Drew kept saying "I can't believe I won...Mom"! She was honored with a Medal in Literature and a composition notebook with pencils to continue her, "Composition Writing". Drew will now compete at the next level on January 8th, 2009. We are so proud of her and wish her luck in the next round"

Luke Is Our Walking Energizer Bunny!!

On November 16th Luke was finally Walking Full Speed Ahead and Not Looking Back. Luke is almost 15 months. Ever since he has figured out the walking thing...now we have to keep up with him. He is a busy bee and loves to carry all kinds of toys while he walks around. He is tons of fune and so darn cute. He's growing way to fast.
(FYI- I sound like a dork on this video so just ignore myself:Lori..hee, hee!)

Happy Thanksgiving From The Baker Family 2008

We are heading up to Mendon to spend the Holiday weekend with Kent's family. Drew, Dane, and Luke are so excited to go to Grandma and Grandpa's for "The Big Turkey Dinner". We want to wish all of you a great Thanksgiving. We are thankful for this time year when we can reflect on the many blessings we receive each day. We are grateful to be a part of your lives. Happy Harvest and Gobble Til You Wobble!!

We Love you all, The Baker Family

Our Little Toe Head!

This Summer Luke's hair turned blonde to our Suprise. Considering how RED Luke's hair was when he was born. Although when his hair grows out after a haircut it still has a hint of red. Now we will have to wait and see what color of hair he will have as he gets older. We never expected to have a Toe Head and a Blue Eyed Boy. (Thanks to Kent's blue eyes)

Mama's New Pimped Out Ride!!

We are no longer the owners of a mini van. As you can see... we now drive a "ChevyTahoe".

What can we say we love our new ride. Now that gas is coming down in price we are loving our Tahoe even more...since we are aware that SUV's do guzzle more gas. We purschased it a couple of weeks ago and traded our van. Our Tahoe is a 2005 with 40,000 miles it is an LT model "meaning" it is fully loaded. I feel very spoiled having a car this nice. Our Tahoe holds 7 passengers as did our van. It has two bucket seats and a third row with a DVD player included.

Happy Fall!

Today is Novemeber 1st and we are starting to get somewhere with our blog. It has been a pain in the you know what...in setting it up...only because I am not very blog savy...maybe one day I will know how to do it all.

We hope you all had a great Halloween!! We started the Halloween fun on Wednesday with a party at the church. Drew dressed as Princes Fiona, Dane as Spiderman and Luke as our little Bumble Bee. The kids had a great time. They played all kinds of games, had their faces painted and loved having a "cup cake" from the cup cake walk.

We had a great Halloween. Not to mention the kids had a great time trick or treating with the weather being so mild and warm. Melanie and Jon's family came up from Provo to spend the evening with us. Drew and Dane were thrilled because they got to go trick or treating with Ashley and Courtney. Drew and Dane got odles and odles of candy. They didn't want to stop...since they were having such a great time. Kent stayed on the home front and answered the door while playing with Luke.