Happy New Year from Omers!

Happy New Year from the Omers!

This last year has seen quite a few important changes for our family. The biggest of these is the addition of Abigail JoLinda Omer! Since she was born in February, this little angel has been nothing but a joy to us. She smiles constantly, jabbers incessantly, and is just darn adorable. And we're the happiest parents ever!

Amber has loved the stay-at-home Mom job this year, and has enjoyed improving the home (take a look at that paint job!), working on crafts, and raising Abby. Dave's been busy at work with Raytheon and has also enjoyed working to improve the yard (see patio pics below). Both of us have been busy with church callings; Dave's working in Young Men with the Teachers, and Amber's the music Chairperson.

Life is good, and the Lord has blessed us this last year. We've been able to travel a bit to see family and spend time with those we love both near and far. What else could we ask for? You guys are the best! We wish you all the peace of our Savior in your lives and all the happiness that He offers!

So. . . I guess these little year-summary letters/blogs get longer as you have more kids? Man, compared to last year (graduation, teaching, 1st pregnancy, moving x2, 1st job, etc) this year seemed simple (new kid.)!

New Years Day!

The Wind blew in 2008!

It was SO very windy outside that a bunch of us tried flying kites for a while. I think this is an attempt to fly a home made kite!

Dave and his new Christmas toy!
See the Christmas morning new toy joy in his face? CHEESE! Abby sure knows what to do when there is a camera pointing at her! And isn't that a gorgeous necklace of amber stones? Pheobe got it for Abby for Christmas!

We finally exchanged Christmas sibling gifts! Thanks for everyone willing to wait for us to get back in town!
This is Amber's sister Pheobe & her husband Cameron. Cam had Amber for the gift exchange and Amber had Pheobe! Abby loves all the toys she got for Christmas! Thank you to everyone that got her something!

Pheobe opening her sibling gift from Amber.

Amber's sister Jenny and Maddy our neice!

New Year Eve!

Daws & Jen roasting mallos by the fire!


Dad chopping wood for zee-fire!


Freezing our booties off as we watched a movie on the side of the house with the projector! It was a very memorable New Years Eve!


That's Dawson, Jenny & Dad all cuddling on the blown up mattress watching a movie! It was SO cold, but SO fun!

Omer Christmas Cousins!

These are all of Abbies cousins on the Omer side, from left to right, Adam, Jacob, Allison, Isaac, Bria & Abigail! She has so much fun with them! You can tell Abby has already started the "I can't sit still....I can crawl!" phase! :D

These 3 were all born within 6 months! They are cute together!

Lots and Lots of Christmas Pictures!

We went up to Utah for our Christmas break! It was a wonderful time being with our family and friends up there! Abigail had snowflakes fall on her head for the first time! In fact, at a pit stop on our drive up, I came out of the gas station and saw Dave with Abby in the snow and Abby had a handful and was eating it! Dave just shrugged and said, "Ah, gotta let her be a kid, right?!"

As you can see how Abby is in almost every picture here, she is simply the highlight of our lives! She is our little bundle of joy! She is such a sweet and happy kiddo! Lately she has taken several steps several times, but has not let it click that she can walk just yet. The time will be soon and then we'll never rest i'm sure! :) We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas full of the spirit and joy of our Savior!

















Dave opening his big present! I surprised him real good! The wrapped box looked like it was going to be a Red Ryder BB gun! But I kept telling him he would just shoot his eye out! In the end....it was an RC airplane! He was excited!














Ooo, Abby bit into the orange! What a face! :-S

Patio Update!

Dave had some nice friends come and help set all the stones in cement!

Abby was the supervisor! :) She'd also stop and dance a little jig every once in a while! It was adorable (except for the part where she kept trying to eat rocks! I've told her so many times that she's not a rock biter!) :D

Wow- grouting was A LOT of work! Nice job!

Here is the finished product! Doesn't it look great? It is so nice to have it done! Abby loves to crawl around out there! We still have lots to do on the backyard, but we are doing one project at time. So slowly, our backyard is feeling like it's ours!

Abigail's First Christmas Tree!

We had a blast picking out our tree this year with Abby!

In it's spot in front of the window!