Who says fat isn't cute?

Mackie was so cute last night, she had sweet potatoes all over, so I stripped her and when I was cleaning up, she just kept laughing- I had to take some picures. This is her new look- we try to get her to smile and she just sucks her lip in-

Christmas Memories!

Well christmas has come and gone and I can't believe in a few days it will be 2009- We had a wonderful christmas this year- we were able to spend time with Jays family on Christmas Eve and had a great time-Luckily we made it home before the storm hit!





Christmas morning was quite eventful- My parents ended up coming to our house to open gifts- I told them they would have no problem- they were close enough to home- a few minutes later- my mom entered my house looking like a snow bunny- they had got stuck in a huge drift outside my house and she had to literally kick her door open and crawl to flat ground because she kept sinking- when the time came to go home- they had to take Jay's snow machine down to their house to get the backhoe- luckily they don't live to far away.



It was a wonderful christmas and we are so blessed to have our family's so close- It's hard to believe not so long ago, I thought I would never have any kids- and know look at them- three!!





After my dad plowed us out we were able to go to my parents house the rest of the day- we had a huge breakfast and then the gifts- my parents got us copies of all the videos they had ever taken of us growing up- needless to say, we spent the rest of the day watching family home videos-We had so much fun looking back over the years- what a wonderful gift- We then had a huge dinner and all of us left for home with a belly ache-

This week has not been the best- Jay went Hunting last Monday and one of his really good dogs was killed- His other dog got hurt really bad and was in and out of the Vet. Jay had to check him 3 or 4 times a night- Luckily he still has 5 others- it was pretty tough on Jay losing his dog-If you know Jay, you know his dogs are almost as important as one of his kids. They were still able to get a mountain lion later that day.


On Tuesday, Mackie started getting a cough- I didn't think much of it, but it gradually started to get worse. By 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, she had a 104.2 temp. and could hardly breath. I gave her some meds, we bundled her up and took out to breath cool air, her temp went down and she started to breath a little better. By 7:00 a.m.- she once again couldn't hardly breath- we took her to the ER- They gave her a couple breathing treatments and steroids, and then informed us they were going to admit her because she still wasn't breathing quite right. Needless to say, it was a long night, she is however feeling much better and I am so happy to have her home. It makes you see how fast something can happen and how truly blessed we are.

Christmas Fun!!

We had our annual Armstrong Christmas Party on Saturday night- It was alot of fun- we all had a great time and the kids (most of them) loved SANTA!!







Mackie was so adorable at church on Sunday- Every little girl needs a new Christmas dress, right?? Olivia walked out of Sacrament and said, "Mackie looks so cute today, she looks like she should be in Hollywood." It was so cute coming from a little 3 year old-