One Sad Day... One 'Appy' Day!!!

For those of you who don't know, our family are big time Dallas Cowboys Fans!!!! We were sad to hear that they lost a divisional game to the Vikings!!!! It turned out to be a sad day for our family. Even though Sunday turned out to be sad, Monday was a much better day for the family!!!! One reason and one reason only... it was Steve's birthday so Sharifa and Ethan went crazy with the great gifts!!!! Here are some pictures of our eventful day!!!!Sharifa got Steve a cool shirt with Jason Witten on it!Sharifa also got Steve a Miles Austin Jersey!Steve wanted cheese cake for his birthday cake; this is a picture of the boys licking the bowl after Sharifa was done making the cake!Ethan got Steve the license plate for his birthday! What a great son!!!Ethan got Steve this car sticker!Sharifa saw this and thought it would good in Steve study/room!!Ethan really loves to open presents and thought that the presents were for him to open! He was such a great helper for his dad!Steve's Birthday Cake!!!

Ethan helped Steve blow out the candles. That's one things that Ethan loves to do, blowing out candles!

Lights and Camera!!!

So we know it's a little late, but one of the traditions we decided to start doing was going down to Temple Square and looking at the beautiful lights. Here are just a few pictures of us enjoying our time there with each other and some friends of ours!!! We hope you all enjoyed your holiday season and have so much more happiness in this new year!!!

Daddy and Ethan posing in front of some beautiful lights!!! Aren't they just the cutest boys ever!!!

Daddy, Ethan, Dan, and Will all having fun play fighting out in the cold!

Stopping just to take a nice picture for Sharifa!

Our family picture in front of the Salt Lake City Temple Reflection Pond!

"Appy Yay!!"

So every year, since we've been married, we have always had a little/big New Years party with all of our friends and family that live close around us and always seem to have lots of fun. This year Steve had to get up WAY too early on New Years (because he had to work) that we couldn't have a party and that made Sharifa a little bit sad. So instead of having lots of people over playing games and watching the ball drop in Time Square it ended up just being Sharifa and Ethan who stayed up 'till midnight. Surprisingly, Ethan stayed up the entire time and didn't fall asleep once. When it was midnight Sharifa told Ethan "Happy New Year!" His response was, "Appy Yay!" Which in English means... Happy Yay! or Happy Day! We can't figure out which one! It's just so much fun to hear him say new words. Here are some pictures of our fun night with just the two of us (Sharifa and Ethan)!!!!

Picture taken at the beginning of the night!Getting into later part of the night! New Years Kiss! Just before bedtime!!! It's time to go to sleep!

This video is of Ethan hiding his toys in his PJs. It's really funny that we wanted to share it with all of you! Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!