Christmas Cont......

Christmas Eve...

Tietjen Family Party

After the sledding. We gathered for some inside familiy fun. The kids made grahmcracker houses, we had Family Home Evening, and exhanged cousin gifts.

Jeff (of course) had to show off his Engineering Skills

and he helped Anna Belle make a 2 story one!!

---- Cousin Gifts----

Earlier in the year, the kids pick out names and the kids will give gifts to each other. That is our way of doing gifts for the families!!!

Tietjen got a hamster pet thing that moves and makes alot of noise!!!

Tietjen likes to have Aiden sit by him on the kitchen floor and play with it!

Anna Belle got a "Princess" cape with the Letter "A" on the back.

She loves it and wears it all the time!!

Aiden got an outfit and a sippy cup with his name on it!!

My baby looks so big now!!

******* CHRISTMAS MORNING 2010*******

Jeff got the Orignal Stars Wars on DVD

(an upgrade from his old ones on VHS)

Aiden got onsies - we have plenty of toys!!

Tietjen got....

He got a "Legos Creationary" board game, the Star Wars Book and Lego Batman for the Wii

I know you would have never guessed!

My Princess got a beautiful dress!! To help my girl sparkel. Also some dress up dresses (clearenced Halloween clothes are the best) and some princess doll toys.

Christmas was simple and perfect.

We do only 3 gifts, just like Jesus was given when he was born!

We are so gratefull to all, for all that we recieved.

Most of all we are gratefull to have been with family

and for our Savior

to celebrate this time of year!!

Christmas Season 2010

Durning our Christmas Vacation we always spend some time in Utah with family!!

Tietjen is showing (Great) Grandpa Thomas how to play Golf on the Wii.

We thought he would share, but Tietjen enjoyed showing his skills off

The Kidd Cousins at the Reception of Brittnay & Ladd

(okay minus a few)

Anna Belle thought Brittany look like a Princess!

Annie was so excited to get her pictures taken with Brittany.

Tietjen found a cousin to play with. Tanner was picking him up and throwing him up into the air! I was more worried about Tanner hurting his back. I am glad they had fun!

Christmas Eve

The "Tietjen" family get-together (my family)

We went sledding at the nearby park.

We like to do it "Bruce" style......

using the big tube for water sports and a rope to get back upthe hill !!

Then having my sisters hang on to the tube from each side of their suburban!!

That's true Idahon style.... and we are PROUD of it!!

Christmas Letter

Merry Christmas

from the

Jeffrey & Mickie Ann Kidd Family

Jeffrey -

Has completed another semester. Only 3 more to go !!! We are so excited for Spring of 2012 when he will graduate with a Bacholor's Degree in Civil Engineering. I am so proud of how HARD he works in school, work, and taking care of our family. He also received a year long Internship with the Idaho Department of Transportation working in Pocatello in their office doing Engineering stuff. He continues to make us smile and do all that he can for us.

Mickie Ann -

Is doing better. This year was a hard one for her. With a hard pregnancy that resulted in our wonderful little Aiden Justice this past June. Now dealing with Seizures, Memory Loss, and Post Pardom, she is trying hard to find the small things in life to bring her happiness. Her memory was of about 10% too about 45% now, she is very happy. Also, very very very happy, that her little Aiden was not the one to be born with the seizures. She is excited to start a new year with new goals!!

Tietjen -

Kindergarden has been the biggest blessing (for Mom also). He loves going to school and learning. He has received awards for counting to 100, spelling his full name, and knowing his addresses. This little left-handed boy enjoyed soccer this past Fall, and can kick the ball down the field using either foot. He loves life and has a memory like no other, a problem when Mom can't remember things, he does it for her. We love him and are so proud of him.

Anna Belle-

Started her first year of Preschool. She loves to go and play with her friends. She is one of only 2 girls in their class, and the other girl gets mad, because sometimes, Annie wants to play with the boys too. She has already picked out her husband, and told me she will marry him in the Temple someday. She is loved by many people in our neighborhood. She is all girl, loving to dress up and look like a Princess. We love her dearly, and Daddy is glad he only has one!!

Aiden-

Our little man, came to us this past June. He is now 6 months old. He can sit up, but won't roll over much. He is starting to do the kick crawl, like Anna Belle did... on his back, pushing his legs to get around. He loves walking around in the kitchen in his walker. He loves attention, and screams, when he isn't getting it. He is a talker/babbler and will talk just as much as the rest of the family someday!! We are so happy for him to be apart of our little family.

We send our Christmas love and blessings to all of our family and friends.

Love, the Kidd Family

Thanksgiving!!

Finally... our post about Thanksgiving...

It was simple and wonderful

Jeff cooked, I cleaned and it was just us 5!

We loved it

Jeff being silly about the Turkey he cooked... his first!!

SNOW.... what more can I say....

Jeff shoveling his car out!!!