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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Paper Angels

For Family Home Evening on Monday, the kids made paper angels and then wrote on the angels a gift that they could each give to Jesus (December Friend) to put on our tree. I don’t think they quite understood.  Jackson wanted to give him a gun and Ray wanted to give him a camera.  We tried a couple of times and they finally said:  “Be nice to my little sisters” and “Be happy and laugh”.  Then they proceeded to draw belly-buttons on their paper angels.  Whatever…some things work, some don’t. 

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Photo Shoot

Everyone who has kids or has tried to take pictures of kids know how difficult it is…Our photo shoot the other day of the kids was difficult, but out of a couple of hundred pictures we managed to find one. 

First, it took about an hour or so to bathe everyone and get them in their Sunday best.  Then, the light wasn’t so great, so Matt took time trying to find a good spot.  Next, the grass was wet (at 1pm!), so we had to put down plastic lids under the blanket.  And then, huge gusts of wind were blowing the kids every which way.  We finally got them seated—Jackson whining because we took him away from his computer, Reagan pouting for any number of reasons, and Madie was chewing on a toy gun—but at least she was smiling!

In the end, they are all adorable to Matt and I and some more fun Sage Family memories were made!

Here they are:

Toy gun in the way:

 Jackson Sage, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Family Portraits, Thanksgiving 2009

Too much wind:

Jackson Sage, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Family Portraits, Thanksgiving 2009

Too much wind, again:

Jackson Sage, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Family Portraits, Thanksgiving 2009

What was so funny?:

Jackson Sage, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Family Portraits, Thanksgiving 2009

We lost one:

Jackson Sage, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Family Portraits, Thanksgiving 2009

Love this one, except for my pant’s leg:

Jackson Sage, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Family Portraits, Thanksgiving 2009

Madie was smiling in every picture—she was the easiest to work with, this time:

Jackson Sage, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Family Portraits, Thanksgiving 2009

Ray was done with Madie touching her:

Jackson Sage, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Family Portraits, Thanksgiving 2009

This was the one we finally chose:

Jackson Sage, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Family Portraits, Thanksgiving 2009

Love these two pictures of Madie:

Madison Sage, Family Portraits, Thanksgiving 2009

 

Madison Sage, Family Portraits, Thanksgiving 2009

Staying Warm

Cooler weather is finally here! We love this time of year…it lasts for about 2 weeks here in Southern Cali (and by cooler I mean mid 60’s).

Jackson Sage, Amber Sage, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage

Today is the Day.

Today is the day that Madie finally started to crawl forward.  She has been scooting backward, rolling every which way, and reaching as far as she can—but, today, Thursday, Dec. 3rd at 11:30 am she finally figured out that crawling forward is by far the easiest way to get what she wants.  She will be nine months old next week.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

A cactus garden and chocolate factory?

A cactus garden, visit with Santa, and a chocolate factory (complete with samples) all rolled into one hour.  Vegas doesn’t do anything half-way.   Here are some pics (for some reason, we don’t have any of the chocolate factory):

Jackson Sage, Las Vegas 2009 Jackson Sage, Amber Sage, Matthew Sage, Austin Burnett, Ashley Burnett, Elise Burnett, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Las Vegas 2009 Jackson Sage, Amber Sage, Matthew Sage, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Las Vegas 2009 Jackson Sage, Austin Burnett, Ashley Burnett, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Las Vegas 2009 Reagan Sage, Las Vegas 2009 Jackson Sage, Las Vegas 2009

Stay tuned, our Christmas Card pictures are up next!

Cool Mall in Vegas (cont’d from post below)

Jackson Sage, Reagan Sage, Las Vegas 2009 

 Jackson Sage, Las Vegas 2009Jackson Sage, Las Vegas 2009  Ashley Burnett, Madison Sage, Las Vegas 2009 Reagan Sage, Las Vegas 2009 Austin Burnett, Ashley Burnett, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Las Vegas 2009  Jackson Sage, Austin Burnett, Ashley Burnett, Elise Burnett, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Las Vegas 2009 Reagan Sage, Las Vegas 2009 Madison Sage, Las Vegas 2009

Park in Vegas

November 19th (Thurs) thru Nov. 22nd we went to visit my brother and sister-in-law in Las Vegas.  We had such a fun time seeing them and did so many cool things—here are some pictures of us at a park in Vegas:

  Elise Burnett, Madison Sage, Las Vegas 2009

Madie and Elise

Matthew Sage, Ashley Burnett, Elise Burnett, Las Vegas 2009

Matt and weeze on some crazy contraption that I am sure has sent more than a few kids to the hospital…

  Elise Burnett, Madison Sage, Las Vegas 2009

Elise sliding with Madie

 Reagan Sage, Las Vegas 2009 

Darling picture of Ray.

Jackson Sage, Ashley Burnett, Elise Burnett, Reagan Sage, Madison Sage, Las Vegas 2009

Another crazy contraption just waiting for a lawsuit…

Amber Sage, Madison Sage, Las Vegas 2009

Here I am—doing what I do best—finding food for my children (someone is always hungry)..

Pony Ride

We went to Logan’s (their second cousin) 1 year old birthday party, and they had pony rides and a bounce house—the kids were in heaven.  Here are a few pics:

Jackson Sage, Reagan Sage 

Reagan Sage Jackson Sage Jackson Sage, Reagan Sage

Los Angeles Temple

The first weekend in November we went out on Friday to visit my brother, sister-in-law and their two little ones for a couple of days.  We spent Friday visiting and eating really good tacos.  We brought Taylor home to spend the night (Jackson and Ray’s cousin) and then we went back out on Saturday to take the kids to visit the temple.  It was cold, dark, and the temple was closed—but they loved running around the lawn and grounds for a bit.  Thanks Adam and Melissa—we had a blast!

Temple, Night Scenes  Jackson Sage, Taylor Burnett, Luke Burnett, Reagan Sage