Time with The McClaskey Clan- What FUN!!!!

This past weekend Sharifa found out that her brother that lives in California was going to be up for the weekend do some music things in Idaho Falls. Her siblings were all going to get together to have some fun that weekend. So Sharifa and the kids went up to Idaho Falls to have some fun with cousins, aunt, and uncles. Steve had to stay home and work because he didn't have any time that he was able to take off. We really missed him, but really enjoyed the McClaskey clan and all the laughter that filled the house. Ethan really got a long with his cousins and didn't want to see them leave, but we'll be going to see them in the next few weeks. Here are some of the pictures that were taken of that weekend. We had so much fun spending time together as a family!

The McClaskey Family picture. We're just going to crop Steve in next to Sharifa.Doctor Ethan working on Uncle Aaron. All the kids loved fixing Aaron up.The kids loved playing with each other in the craziest places!Cousins just laying around!Cousins being friends!
Let's play the piano together.
(Funny thing is that Sharifa's mom has the same picture with Oakley, Harley, and Ethan.)

The only granddaughters on the McClaskey side, for now.

Daisy was really popular with her cousins. They would argue about who got to be next to her.

Grand kids with the Grandparents

Daisy enjoying spending some time on uncle Clayton's bed.

Saying "Good-bye" to Uncle Aaron. Ethan wasn't too happy about him leaving, he really enjoyed playing/torturing him!

Daisy getting her very first piano lesson from a great instructor!!!Visiting the museum while they had the dinosaurs.Feeling the rough dinosaur bones.Playing in the playroom was more fun for the kids than the dinosaur skeletons.

Grandma showing Ethan how to use the fun computer.

Daisy climbing the rocks in the playroom. She is such a crazy monkey!!

Our little pioneer girl!

Our crazy cowboy!

Sue the T-Rex! She was here before when Sharifa was in high school.

Steve's First

For those of you who don't know, Steve applied for a writing job online just for fun and got it!! We were so very happy for him because even though it doesn't pay anything he is getting published and it could help him get a job in the near future!! The experience will help him out when he gets into the working world! Plus what he gets to write about isn't that bad either- anything Dallas Cowboys related! Yeah!!! If you want to see his first piece here's the link so that you can see just how great Steve is!

http://thelandryhat.com/2012/01/27/tony-romo-vs-cam-newton-prom-bowl-snub-not-exactly-a-bad-thing/

The BIG 29!!!

Steve just recently celebrated his birthday a few days ago. We didn't do very much on that day cause he wasn't too excited about getting older, but who is? This year he told us that he wanted to get some new suits for his birthday and that is what he got. We were able to find a great deal on two new suits and he really likes them. Now we just need him to change shifts at work so that he can put them to good use. That morning we were able to go see the baby and find out the official gender. We got a lot of 3D pictures, but they really didn't turn out very well. To find out what we're having take a look in the pictures. We didn't get a lot of pictures of Steve and his cake, but here are a few of his nice new suits.

Steve really wanted a brown suit and it looks really good on him, plus we got a great deal on it!!!

This suit came with two pairs of pants, what a great deal. If you look really close you'll be able to see the pin stripes.

....It's a GIRL!!!!
We're thinking of naming her Layla Sharie.

Merry Christmas!!!

So Christmas has come and gone a while ago, we know. Here is our post for the wonderful holiday that we were able to share together as a family. A couple days before Christmas we were able to go to Temple Square and see the lights with some of our friends and really enjoyed the beauty. We were sure bless with a wonderful holiday season, we first started the day out by going to church and feeling the spirit. It was a wonderful meeting and then we came home and enjoyed out time together, just the four of us. Here are some photos that we took. We hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas and were able to feel the spirit of the season.

(Photo overload!!)

Here we are at Temple Square.

The first thing the kids saw was Daisy's kitchen we got for her.

Ethan opening a gift from Santa, that he left in Ethan's stocking.

Daddy helping Daisy open her gift from her stocking from Santa.

Ethan opening his pirate ship.

Ethan playing with his new ship.

Ethan helping Daisy open one of her presents while she plays with her doodle pad and watches him.

Ethan loves Mater and was so excited to get this toy from the Gallup family.

Daisy enjoying a little box and her doodle pad. Little ones are just so funny!

Ethan asked Santa for a new Buzz Lightyear and was so excited to get one!

Ethan and Daddy Showing off their matching Basketball jerseys.

Daisy enjoying her new chair. We had to really get her out of the little box and persuade her that the chair would be more comfortable.

Spending some time at Grandma Colleen's and Grandpa Mike's house.

Daisy getting some help from dad.

Ethan really loves his new fishing game.

The best part of the evening was jumping on Grandpa's Monkeys. Both kids enjoyed inflicting pain on the poor sock monkeys.

Our traditional tree cake for Jesus' Birthday.

Daisy taking her turn in blowing out the candle.

A few weeks before Christmas we went up to spend some time with the McClaskey side of the family and enjoyed an early Christmas. We were really spoiled and enjoyed out time with the parents/grandparents. Here are some pictures of the fun event.

Ethan loves Mario, so Grandma T and Grandpa Steve got him a little Mario. They also got him an Iron Man toy too. He loves both toys and had to get his picture taken with both of them.

Daisy teaching piano to Mario. She really loves to play the piano.

Daisy watching Ethan open his presents.

Both kids love the table that Daisy got from the McClaskeys.

Daisy helping Grandma do the dishes.

Ethan's Christmas Program

so last week we were able to go see Ethan in his very first pre-school program. He had been working really hard practicing all of his songs while we were in the car. He did such a great job and it really brightened our holiday season to have him do it. We think he did really well for singing in front of so many people he didn't know. Sharifa took some videos, but we can't get them to load up. We hope these pictures will suit you all. We also hope that you have a wonderful holiday season and hope you have a very Happy New Year!!!