Christmas 2009

Christmas morning - Santa wraps our presents

Emily and her new kitchen

Toys and wrapping paper everywhere!

Christmas morning

Christmas Eve

Well, we had a fantastic WHITE christmas in Texas.  The kids had a great time and got everything that their little hearts desired.  On Christmas Eve we took the kids to watch, "cloudy with a chance of meatballs".  It was a great movie, then I made a huge mexican feast and we ate until we were sick.  We had dan's famous eggnog, read the nativity story and listened to christmas music.  Christmas day was so relaxing, we stayed in our pajama's for most of the day it seems :o)  My super good friend julie dropped off some fantastic maple flavored cinnamon rolls and we ate those for christmas morning...they were awesome julie, thanks!  We then packed up the car and left the day after christmas to head to Kansas City to spend a week with my family, but unfortunately, we had to turn around in Oklahoma and come home.  The roads were horrible! I've never seen so much ice, there were about 50 cars off in the ditch.   So, after 7 hours we returned home with 3 very sad little ones. 

We spent the rest of our holiday going to movies, out to dinner, the Dallas World Aquarium, Ft. Worth Gun Show (not my choice), bowling and spending some amazing quality time together.  And of course, christmas wouldn't be christmas without everyone getting sick....YEAH!!  We love each other to much sometimes, we passed around sinus infections and bronchitious.  Now the Holidays are over and it's time to get back on a regular schedule.  My favorite part of holiday vacations....SLEEPING IN!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Adams Preschool Christmas Program

Today Adams Preschool performed their Annual Christmas Program.  It was very cute and short, which is perfect.  Awesome job ADAM!!

Emily had a great time dancing to the music that the kids were performing.

My New Rug

Ok, so I have been looking for a super cute rug for my Living Room for a long time (try over a year)!  I really love the tan/cream shag rugs, but I felt they only looked super cute on dark hardwood floors and since I have tan carpet, I wanted some type of contrast.  I thought about going with a traditional rug, but it just doesn't fit my style.  Anyway,  I stumbled across this rug and I fell in love with it.  So, of course I waited 2 months to build up the courage to go buy it and then prayed that they still had it.  I know it is a little bold, but thats what I love about it.  Plus, I thought it tied all of my colors together really well.  You will have to let me know what you think, and it's ok to tell me you hate it.  Here was my husbands thoughts, "tell me again, what's the purpose of a rug."  And when I asked if he liked it he said, "it's growing on me".  

Halloween 2009

Emily - Ballerina with attitude

Emily

Adam, Ethan & Emily

Adam - Buzz light year & Ethan - Darth Vader

This year Halloween was extra fun! All three of the little ones were interested in the candy. Ethan decided to be Darth Vader, Adam was Buzz Light Year and Emily was a ballerina. On Friday we had our ward Harvest Carnival, the kids seemed to have a great time. I was in charge of the carnival so Dan unfortunately had to run all 3 kids around to the different booths. After the Carnival we had a Trunk or Treat, which the kids got even more candy from. We had a overwhelming turn out for the Harvest Carnival, over 300 people showed up, let's just say it was standing room only!

Saturday, we met up with the Nelsons, Schramms, Griffiths and a few other families. The kids were running up and down the streets screaming Trick or Treat. Our little ones seemed to tire out much faster than everyone else. So, we went home as soon as it was dark. After getting everyone in bed Dan and I spent the rest of the evening stuffing our faces with chocolate and watching "The Proposal". It is a good thing Sunday was fast Sunday!

Mom You Are Sooo Lucky

My 4 year old son Adam is always saying the craziest and funniest things ever. So, I've decided to start writing some of them down. Here is Adam's thought for today:

"Mom, you are sooo lucky that you get to stay home with us, and you never have to do any work".

I totally started laughing. I'm glad that I make my life seem so easy for my little ones. Because as mom's all we really want to do is play house, maid, teacher, cook, and chauffeur. But, I wouldn't change it for the world. You are right Adam, I am the luckiest person ever!

Happy Birthday Marcie

Marcie's Wedding - Yes I'm 8 months pregnant with Ethan

Tiffany and Marcie - Wesley's Wedding

Today is my little sister's birthday! Ok, so she isn't that little anymore she turned 30 today. She is a beautiful, thoughtful, caring woman and she is one of my BFF's! She unfortunately lives very far away (hilo, Hawaii) so we only get to see each other on special occasions. She has 2 beautiful daughters, and yes they will be as gorgeous as she is.

Here are a few experiences that I remember most about my sister:

• She hated to wear fru fru dresses. My mother was always trying to put her in ruffles and she would get very angry (tantrum :o).
• She was mad that I got the blond cabbage patch doll for Christmas (I think hers was brunette - she was also blond) so she took fingernail polish and colored in my dolls eyes. When we tried to remove the polish my baby doll was in permanent sleep mode, her eyes came off!
• We would play Barbie's together for hours. Our barbie names were always (shauna or stefanie - it was the 80's).
• Dan and I were visiting my family and after church my sister offered us a ride home in her car. After Dan and I had crawled inside, we noticed her key wasn't fitting into the ignition. We soon realized why when she ran away screaming/laughing hysterically because it wasn't her car, it just looked exactly like it. Let's just say we couldn't get out fast enough.
• We grew up in a small town in AZ, so obviously there wasn't a shopping mall near by. My mom would plan these girl weekend shopping trips. Mom, grandma, Marcie and I would drive to Phoenix (4 hrs away) and spend a fabulous weekend shopping, eating out, swimming, and going to movies. I still remember these as some of the best times !

I love you Marcie, I hope you have a fantastic birthday! Thanks for being the best sister ever!