We are still here...

I haven't been posting as much as I used to, so I added a couple new posts. Things have been kind of crazy. Matt rolled a go-cart at my parents house and got a compression fracture on one of his vertebrae. It should heal on its own, so we are hoping he won't have back trouble for a long time. He is pretty sore now. He is a stinker and wasn't wearing a seatbelt. We were pretty nervous and had to haul him to the hospital on a piece of ply-wood. Luckily it wasn't more serious.

Savannah

Crazy hair!!


Why settle for just one binkey when you can have two? We are slowly working on taking the binkey away...it is going to be quite the ordeal. By the way....how do you spell binkey? or is it binky?

Ruby!

We had our niece, Ruby, for a little bit while her parents took a trip to Hawaii! The girls get along really well as long as they are not after the same toy! Savannah loved having a friend here all of the time and was sad when she left.


Wrestlemania!


Hiding behind the bench. They kept hiding here all week. Notice Savannah peeking through the barn hole.


Just having a little sippy before bed!


Watching Sesame Street in Spanish


They were making a lot of noise, so I went to check on them, and they were just chillin in the closet.

New Years!!

We can't believe 2008 is already here! Here are some great things that happened for us in 2007:
--Trip to Phoenix and Montana for Matt's brother's wedding! We get a new Sister-in-law!
--Move to St. Louis for the summer. It was Platinum Protection's first year, and everything went great! Matt loves his job! We made lots of new friends there and took a few trips to Nauvoo! Savannah grew up a lot and started to walk!
--Trip to Palmyra for a friend's wedding! It was so fun to see the church history sites there.
--Move back to Utah! We were excited to get things back to normal!
--Year-end party at Park City followed by trip to Lake Powell with family!! Soo fun!!
--We get some horses! They are kind of stinkers, but fun!
--Trip to New Mexico! Visit family there! Also got to see some of Colorado and Arches National Park.
--Trip to Montana for deer hunt!--Lots of new nephews born!
--My parents move to a new house! Don't worry...still in the same great town!
--Find out we are having another baby! Yay!!
--Platinum takes us on a cruise to Mexico!...Thanks Platinum!
--buy our first house!!
--Get called to be Cub Scout leaders and hold our first pack meeting!...should be fun!
--Turned one year older and wiser!
We had a great year and have been so blessed!! After all that traveling, we are planning to stay put for a little while! This year I hope to read more, cook more (or maybe just better), take violin lessons, learn a new skill (maybe sewing or something), write in my journal, be a good scout leader, and be nice!! Wish me luck!

P.S.
Mike and Tiffany blessed Kaden at their house on New Years Day! He is awfully cute!! Savannah really likes him! We didn't do too much for New Years Eve. We drove over to see some elk that hang out in a field by our house and went to bed before midnight....Happy New Year!

Christmas

Well, it has been a while since we have posted. We have sure had a lot going on lately. Our Christmas was great and we were able to spend a lot of time with family! Here are some pics of it all:


The week before Christmas, my sister put on a live Nativity in her back yard. She asked me to be Mary since I was always a little bitter about never getting to be Mary in our Primary Nativities when I was little. Matt, of course, was Joseph. I have to say, it was a smashing success! Other than Joseph catching on fire at the manger scene, all went well!


Matt's parents and his sister with her family came to our house for Christmas! It was so much fun having them here! It was fun having more kids be around for Christmas morning!

opening presents with Daddy!


Checking out the other kids loot!


Santa brought her a new baby stroller, and as you can see, she was pretty excited about it!


We all went sledding which was so fun! I was really surprised that Savannah actually loved it too!!


Savannah and her cousin, Will riding on the sled.




The weekend after Christmas, we headed down to my parents to see my family. My entire family was there--7 kids with their spouses along with 18 grandkids all staying in the same house!-- It was a little chaotic, but so fun to see everyone! We played on the ice, rode go-carts, and got to visit with everyone!


My parents are BYU junkies, so all the grandkids dressed up for a picture with them. Go Cougars!!


My family had a little program, so I busted out a little "twinkle, twinkle" on the violin while Savannah was supposed to be dancing but really just screamed!

All together, I'd say we had a fabulous Christmas! Things are starting to slow down a little, so hopefully I will be able to update the blog a little more often!

Our little Pill

Savannah is quite the handful. Today, we ran to Matt's office for a minute to meet with someone. Matt was making a few copies and was showing me something when a door behind us suddenly slammed shut. I turned to see that Savannah had walked into someone's office and slammed the door behind her (she is really into shutting doors lately). Of course, just as we feared, the door was locked. We were a little panicked because Matt didn't have keys to the room and we were there alone. There wasn't even a window or anything to see her. Matt started calling people to try to find a key and I was trying to talk to Savannah to calm her down. She kept crying at the door saying "mommy, mommy". It was really sad. We shoved m&m's under the door and that seemed to keep her happy. Finally, Matt kicked at the handle long enough that it opened. She was just standing there with a mouth full of m&m's. You would think she would have learned her lesson, but she continues to slam doors whenever she gets a chance....such a stinker!

Get to know us a little!

I have seen this on a few blogs and think it is cute! Since Angie officially tagged me to do it, and I obviously need something to post, I thought I would fill it out:

What is his name? Matthew Levi
How long have you been married? 2 years and 8 months!
How long did you date? About 8 months. A long time around here.
How old is he? 25 in a few days.
Who eats more? Matt for sure, but Im no sissy eater myself.
Who said I love you first? Matt...he needed a little encouragement though. He was kinda chicken.
Who is taller? Matt
Who sings better? Well, we both sing all of the time, but probally shouldn't.
Who is smarter? Depends. Both of us are smart little cookies!
Whose temper is worse? Hard to say, I don't think either of us have bad tempers. It's probally me.
Who does the laundry? Me
Who does the dishes? Me
Who pays the bills? Me
Who mows the lawn? This is the first time we will have a lawn to mow, but Matt will do it. I might sometimes because I think it is fun. Sadly, I have only used a lawn mower a couple of times in my life.
Who cooks dinner? I do, but not as often as I should.
Who drives when you are together? Usually Matt. Sometimes I sneak into the drivers seat though.
Who is more stubborn? I would say he is and he would say I was. That's because we are both pretty stubborn.
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? I'm not sure either of us ever have admitted to being wrong. (see above question)
Whose parents do you see the most? My parents live closer to us.
Who proposed? Matt, of course.
Who has more friends? All of our friends are the same people, so I would say we are even. Matt actually has more friends than me and I just assume they are my friends too. I am the more talkative one, so sometimes I make new friends.
Who has more siblings? Matt has four sisters and four brothers. I have one sister and five brothers...He wins.
Who wears the pants in the family? Matt (or so he likes to think, but we all know the wife does)

I guess I tag whoever...Maybe Katie, or Mike and Tiffany