Sad Dev, Happy Dev

I tried to take a picture of Dev tonight for my mom, but Dev had just woken up and wanted to be held and not photographed. The result...

Sad Dev

Once I set the camera down and picked her up to put on her jammies she was back to normal.

Happy Dev

Look at what I come home to!

So I'm still working for Ernst & Young. After maternity leave I went back to work part-time which in public accounting is still a lot of time. A couple days a week I have to be at the client, and yesterday was one of those days. I have the hardest time leaving Devri. She stays with Colb the days I work, but I still miss her so much! I left first thing in the morning yesterday and put in a lot of hours. I called Colb on the way home to check on he and Dev. He said Dev had just fallen asleep, and he thought she was out for the night. I was so sad! However, when I walked in the door guess who was awake to greet me...

I feel so blessed to have this in my life!

and this...

and this!
Also, today it snowed in Wisconsin. It has been a very calm winter so far so we haven't had much snow. I guess winter is really going to come now.

Yep, I'm a lucky (blessed) girl! These two are who I come home to!

Christmas Break 2011

I think the best part of being a student forever is that we still get a Christmas break. It did get a little trickier when I graduated and started working, but the accounting world usually slows down toward the end of December and we've been able to take about a two week break every year. As soon as Colb finished up finals and I got wrapped up at work we headed to Utah to spend the holidays with our families. We had such a wonderful break and so much fun with our families. We are so thankful for the holiday season and our knowledge of the gospel and our Savior. For all the partying and playing we did, we didn't take enough pictures but here are some of our fun break.

Above is a picture our favorite gift under the tree that we received in 2011. She has been such a blessing in our family and brough so much joy to Colb and me.

I think our families were most excited to see Devri. She spent a lot of time with all of her aunts and uncles.

Aunt Halli and Devri

Uncle Tim and Dev

Auntie Kate and Devri Kate

We spent the first few days with Slater before we dropped him off at the MTC. He is serving a mission in Russia.

All of Colb's siblings (and me and Dev). It had been a long time since we were all together.

(Tieker, Braxton, Slater, Katie Devri, Brynlie, Tim, and Colb)

I love this picture of Colb and his brothers. Colb is the oldest, but you can't really tell that by height. (Tim, Colb, Slater, Braxton, Tieker)

Devri and Great Grandma Shela

At our annual Swain Christmas party, I moved down another spot in height. I am the oldest and used to be at the top! We left a space for Mitch at the top for a bit longer.

Our sweet baby Dev on Christmas

Christmas morning at the Hales

It was extra early because we had 9 am church.

Hales Family Christmas Day

We really missed Mitch who is serving in a mission in Ukraine.It was so fun to talk to him that day though!

Christmas afternoon at the Duncans

Our attempt at a family picture

Our happy Dev