January update

"riding" daddy's motorcycle

She loves to play the piano

"Talking on the (cord) phone"

she lifted up her shirt and sat down on the potty. After I took this picture she leaned over to the side and grabbed her book.

Darci and her best friend Addie eating breakfast

Darci and her little "boyfriend", Landon.

Not really sure what she is doing here

watching Daddy fix his truck. She was concerned that he was leaving.

We curled her hair the other day, it was so cute. It didn't last after her nap.

Darci and Addie bouncing on the stairs. Apparently they do this everyday. They think its just the funniest thing.

She loves walking around with the blanket on her head, she thinks its so funny when she runs into things.

Christmas Time!

So, I'm finally getting around to posting pictures from Christmas. We went down to Oregon to have Christmas with my family. Capri's (my sister in law) Mom, sister and brothers were also there. It was a lot of fun. Lots of Christmas presents to open and a very BIG turkey to eat...

Darci was not a fan of Santa, and Wyatt wasn't too sure at first, but he had to make sure that he told Santa that he wanted a computer for Christmas.

Wyatt and Darci eating at her high chair, we lowered it so that Wyatt could share the tray with her.

My mom had bought these magnets for the little kids to play with. But they were so much fun, I went out and got some more and all of us "big kids" took them over.

My colorful magnet Christmas tree!

we made bowling pins out of the magnets, at first we made a ball out of magnets but that didn't work very well, so we grab this ball and told Wyatt to roll it and knock over the magnets.

Our 35lb Turkey. Raised by Capri's brothers, and Smoked for 24 hours by my mom. Look, its bigger than Wyatt! ;)

Capri was rocking Easton to sleep and Wyatt climb up on the chair to rock the doll to sleep.

Darci opening presents. She would not smile. She didn't seem to understand what was going on.

She was more interested in playing with the stuff that Wyatt and Easton got.

Opening her stocking.

She got a potty! She knew just what to do. Now we just have to get her to do it without her diaper on.



She got a bike from Grandma and Grandpa. She actually smiled when she got this present. ;)

She got a table from Santa. We were putting in together and she was getting the table legs out of the box.

Her table also has a thing to build legos on. She loves it.

Just some pictures

This month has been crazy! These are seriously the only pictures I have taken this month. We moved on the 11th, so that's about all we've been doing. My parents came to help us move and to bring me my washer and dryer that I have been missing for the past year, So glad to get it back! And, when my parents left, they took my little Darci with them (to give me a break to be able to get stuff done, and of course to have some fun with Grandma and Grandpa) She has been gone a week now (we will see her in 2 days when we go there for Christmas). We miss her tons. And, poor little girl got sick her first day there. She got an ear infection in both ears and a sore throat, so she wasn't feeling very good for a few days. Luckily she is feeling better now, and having fun playing with Grandma and Grandpa and Dodger (the cat). Can't wait till Wednesday! Here are some pictures.

She put her headband on herself.

Back when she got this hat on her birthday from her Aunt Kelly, she wasn't that interested in wearing it, or any hat. But now she found it and loves to put it on and take it off multiple times.

Laying down in her little house. She loves this thing.

While my parents were here we went to Black Angus. Here is Darci getting a bite of a berry. Love how she opens her mouth way before the food gets there.

Merrill and I started to eat our dessert, and Darci was standing next to us on the bench. Every time we'd take a bite, she would open her mouth in hopes to get that bite.

Grandma gave her a bite of lemon. She was not a fan.



Here is a video of her "playing" Peek-a-boo, without taking the bowl down. She just keeps saying "peek-a-boo", which for her she says "Dee-da-doo"

Merrill's new business

All,
I (merrill) have started a new business! I work for a company called LifeVantage as an independent distributor of an amazing new natural health product called Protandim. Protandim is a revolutionary product that will completely change the way everyone thinks about antioxidants in our bodies. Using antioxidants to combat oxidants, or "free radicals" in our bodies has been a big issue in the health industry for the last several years, but the latest research is showing that merely eating a diet high in antioxidants has almost no effect on the levels of free radicals in our bodies or the damage they do. The damage caused to our bodies by free radicals plays a major role in aging and in many diseases. Protandim equips our bodies to defend themselves from free radicals and has been scientifically proven to be millions of times more powerful than any antioxidant rich diet. It has also been proven to work for everyone, regardless of age or any other factor. In a nutshell, anyone interested in the use of antioxidant products or in the long term health of them and their loved ones needs to know about Protandim.

I am really excited about this product and this new business opportunity, and I would love to share both with all those I care about. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions and don't be too quick to judge this as "just another health product" because it's definitely not.

My business is called Greater Life For All and I have a new email and website for it. My email is greaterlife.merrill@gmail.com. Please visit my website, greaterlifeforall.com to see some great videos that explain the product and the business. The first video that will play is one produced by ABC Primetime that is a great brief introduction to the whole concept of Protandim. Feel free to call or email me any time if you'd like to know more. For those who don't have my number it's 303-513-9355. I look forward to posting more in the future as I keep you all updated on my efforts to build this new business.
All the best!

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving we went to My Grandma and Grandpa's house in Moses Lake, WA. All of the family from my mom's side was there for most of the weekend.
Before we left we had a lot of snow (for Seattle). And since Seattle is not prepared for such an event, most of the city pretty much shuts down. Merrill did not work at all that week. We expected that he would work wed, but that didn't happen so we got ready to leave for Moses Lake early. We just had to pack and take my car to get a belt replaced. But, when we went to start the car, it would not start. Tried to jump start it, and that didn't work either. So, Merrill had to go get a new battery and put it in, then we finally got the car over to get the belt fixed. And after driving through snoqualmie pass, and only getting backed up once from an accident, we finally made it there. And then after the car not starting again before we left, we made it back home.
Also, while we were there, we all celebrated my Grandparents 50th wedding Anniversary with a great party. We all had so much fun, and Grandma and Grandpa loved it!
Here are some pics and videos.

Darci loved looking out the window at the snow. This was in the morning, before we left while Merrill was trying to get the car running.

This was just before we left, Darci pulled all the TP off the roll pulling it through the apartment.

Kevin as "Where's Waldo"

Darci wearing his glasses. She also wasn't feeling well.

Darci and Wyatt watching a movie. Darci lasted there for about 2 minutes.

Gavin, Wyatt and Darci. This was after our family pictures. They were climbing the stairs, and I got my camera out and they all posed for me, then kept climbing around saying "cheese, cheese...."

This is from the Anniversary party. Grandma and Grandpa with all their Great Grandkids.

At the party the Grandkids put on a little Show. This is Derek, Brandon, Ryan, and Kristy (Brandon's Wife) singing Broken Road by Rascal Flats. I got a video from it, but my cameras memory card filled halfway through the song, so I got the first part and the last part of the song, here is the last part...

This is my brother's singing the song from wedding singer.


Kevin singing and playing "Better Together" by Jack Johnson. He did such a good job. My camera cut off at 3 minutes (apparently it won't take videos longer than that), so I didn't get the whole thing in 1 take.

This is my uncle Darin as elvis and his daughter's as his back up dancers.

Grandma and Grandpa feeding each other a bite of their cake. My mom made the cake top.

After all the performances from the grandkids, they decided they weren't done. They all started playing music and Dancing and singing on stage. so fun! And we put Darci, and Wyatt and Gavin on stage as well. They were all so cute up there Dancing.

This one was Awesome! Kevin walked up with his guitar and said "hey, lets sing Chicken Fried" (by Zac Brown Band). So they did. Watch little Gavin (white and blue striped shirt) just passed the middle of the song, he goes down to the ground trying to do "the worm" like some of the guys did earlier. Too cute!

Halloween

We went to Denver to visit Merrill's family for the Halloween weekend. The weather was awesome, it was sunny and about 70 degrees. Merrill's sister Kelly and her Husband came from Provo as well. It was a lot of fun. His grandparents were there on Sunday from Texas, they came to Denver for a conference.
We went to the pumpkin patch. Darci was pretty tired, and the sun was bright so she was always looking down for pictures.

Grandpa Larsen taught Darci to jump off things.

Grandma and Grandpa Larsen
(Merrill met us there later so we didn't get a picture like this)

She stuck with Grandpa the whole time we were at the pumpkin patch.

She is so strong.

Scare crow (Aunt Kelly) and Pumpkin (Darci). So cute!

She loved the tire swing. She did a really good job holding on!

Crazy orange wig. Not really sure why she isn't wearing any clothes.

Saturday night we went to the trunk or treat at the church. Darci wasn't too sure what was going on with getting candy at peoples cars. She liked giving it out better. After she passed out the Candy to the trick or treaters on Halloween, she found the candy bowl and started handing out the candy to everyone at home.

Rockin out with uncle Eric.

This video is really dark since it was outside, but you can kind of see it.

Helping pass out the candy! She Loved that part!

My cute little Rock Star!

First time I've used hair spray on her. If she hadn't messed it up in the car seat it would have worked very well. Luckily I brought the hair spray and comb with us to the trunk or treat.

This is the ghost they made to scare the trick or treaters!
It worked! ;)