Shhhh....

....let the pictures speak for themselves!

Candid Camera

I'm having fun getting used to my new camera. I get willing subjects...for the most part. These guys let me click away without any trouble. Well...when they found out I had a blink detection feature on the camera it gave them a new way to ham it up for the camera - intentional blinking!

Can you tell they've had enough? Poor Ryan looks totally fed up!!

That's OK. I soon got to use it for a little doll who didn't mind her picture taken at all! Kendal turned the big O-N-E on January 6th and we attended the festivities in her honor on the 8th. It was a party fit for a princess!!

Can I tell you how hilarious this was? This is Grayson, the son of Wendy's best friend, Capree. He may be an older man, by 4 years, but he is HER man. You can't tell in the picture (my bad!), but she wrapped her legs around him and would not let Wendy pull her off of him. She wanted him to hold her!

Check out the compromise - sitting on the couch by him. Notice the possessive hand on him. When he tried to get away, she grabbed him and hung on for dear life! It is so nice Grayson indulges her.

When Grayson finally did leave her, she went back to the other man in her life - her Grandpa Kellar. She LOVES him!






Didn't get many good pictures of her opening gifts - heads in the way and too much action. One of the funniest moments was after she opened her present of books, given by none other than Grayson, that's all she wanted. She backed up to Kailee, sat down and wanted her to read to her! Kendal did this many times - not just once. And she wouldn't let go of the book. Great-grandpa Ken tried to have her give him the book and she grabbed it back and gave him a very stern look!

We finally got to the cake! It was her first full-on sugar rush and she seemed to enjoy it very much!

She got a little thirsty from downing all that icing, but she went back at it!

Happy, happy birthday Kendal!! You are precious!

Adios 2010!

As we head into another year of adventure in Lambson Land, I want to leave you with a few favorite pictures of the past two months...

Christmas came early in Utah. We took all the Utah/Idaho gifts when we headed north in November. Anyone who knows Dave knows if he has a gift to give, he doesn't particularly need the calendar to coincide with his gift giving. If it's a birthday gift he's excited about giving, he won't want you to wait for your birthday to open it. If it's a Christmas gift, who cares if it's still November! So, Hunter got to open one of his gifts while Grammie and Papa were there to see him open it.

Hunter even shared with his brother. Actually, Hunter preferred pushing the car to riding the car. He just wasn't sure about the car moving while he was on it. In fact, if you've looked at the Utah Lambson's blog, you've seen the video of Hunter singing with his Mommy. At the end, he accidentally pushes the button to make the car go and jumps off the seat!

For the record, Papa would have liked to have the Idaho bunch open while we were there, but we had to ship a couple to Colorado -we had to make sure Santa came through before ours were opened! While we are on the subject of Idaho, we got to go see an assembly where Logan's class performed for the whole school. My camera (the old one!) didn't take good pictures from afar, so I did a video. While not the best quality, it's better than nothing. What I loved about this video, besides the fact that Logan just does his own thing, is that if you look carefully you'll see him shake his head "no" when they sing the line "I like school." I about cracked up!

If I'm doing a favorite's post, it has to include Dave making fudge. He made three different kinds, but the milk chocolate fudge was to die for!

Caitlin and I made Christmas Rice Krispy treats and decorated them....well, them and shooting icing straight into your mouth.

By the way, Caitlin does not like her picture taken randomly. She has to be ready and she has to pose if you want her picture. So, each time I tried to take a candid shot, she'd quickly turn. This was one of my favorite pictures of the back of her head.

Papa picked out Jack's Christmas present months ago. He was excited for Jack to open it and Jack did not disappoint! He clearly loved the garbage truck that actually lifts the dumpster up and dumps the garbage in the truck. Then there's a knob you turn that pushed the garbage into the back of the truck and another lever opens the back and you can dump the garbage out. It's fun when you know they love the gift as much as you loved giving it!

And, the winner of favorites in creative gift wrapping goes to Hunter! Isn't this adorable!!