Christmas Morning!

We spend the week prior to Christmas in Colorado with our families. The time went by too fast and we wish we could have stayed longer! We flew home on Christmas Eve just in time to catch Santa! The kids must have been good this year because they got exactly what they had asked Santa for. Ethan asked for power rangers, Olivia got a Barbie (but not before Brian and I had a argument over it, he didn't realize that they Barbie's don't come with very much clothes.), and Kai got his perfect gift a football. It was a great day!

Preschool Christmas Party

The preschool Christmas party was great fun last year and once again was tons of fun this year! They had different stations set up around the room for the kids to color, make ornaments, do crafts, and decorate cookies. My kids of course spent the whole time decorating cookies. I was able to get Ethan and Olivia away to make an ornament for the preschool tree, but Kai just ate cookie after cookie, then gave up on making cookies and just started eating the icing strait from the bowl! We then went in the Sanctuary and the kids sang Christmas songs to us that they had learned from the Pastor! (The kids go to Silverdale Lutheran Preschool) What a treat! We look forward to next year and eating more sugar cookies!

Ward Christmas Party

Our Ward Party was a WHOBALATION which turned out to be such a success. Brian was asked to be the Mayor of Whoville and had a great job playing up that role. The Grinch is who stole the show though. Ethan and Kai LOVED him and Olivia and I ate out in the dark hallway because she was so afraid of him. She warmed up enough to get a family picture but was not happy the rest of the time. We had so much fun and it is all the kids talk about now!

Murder Mystery Party

At the end of November Brian and I went to our friend Shama's 30th birthday party. It was a murder mystery, Brian was the North Sde Mob Boss " Notorious Nick" and I was his girlfriend Molly Mol. Brian got really into his character and people that didn't know us thought he was a hired actor. It was a blast and I can't wait to go to another one.

This post is for Jackie Potter! Sorry it took me so long to get the pictures up. I wish you would have been there! We miss you guys!

Winter Wonderland

It's SNOWING! We got a couple inches of snow today and it is still coming down. The kids were so excited when they saw the snow, and wasted no time getting their gear on. Ethan was the first one out the door and being a crazy man in the snow. Olivia had a blast with the snow this year, which was great since last year she wasn't too impressed with it. She was out for the longest and had a great time goofing around. Kai was so excited to get out in the snow, until he got out there and realized it was cold. He was only out about ten minutes before he came in and just went to take a nap. Our friends Jaxon and Korbin from up the street came over and played for a while which added to the fun. I am so happy it snowed. I love the snow and I love to watch the kids play out in the snow. We came in to soup, grilled cheese, and hot chocolate. I couldn't think of a better day!

"I POOP"

Kai has been going in the toilet off and on for a few months now, but the past week he has been telling me a lot more and when we get to the bathroom he has a dry diaper. I am going to start working with him a lot more this week and we will see what happens. In Sacrament on Sunday he said "I poop" so I got a diaper and wipes and we were off to the bathroom, however he didn't poop and he had a dry diaper, so I put him on the toilet and he went pee. I am so proud and excited for our family to be a no diaper family! Go KAI!

The Day After Thanksgiving

Well, since Christmas is my very favorite holiday I wasted no time getting my decorations out and put up around the house. I am so grateful that I was able to get my very favorite tree this year and decorate it exactly how I wanted it! THANKS BRIAN!
The kids were very big helpers and were patient with me wanting it to be perfect. Brian was a trooper and put the ornaments on as I directed and moved them around until it was just the way I liked.


Olivia was too busy trying to get into every picture, I only think she put two ornaments on. She is a wild one but we love her.
This is the kids tree that we put up stairs. It has colored lights and all their wonder decorations, and they were able to put things where ever they wanted. All the ornaments are in one spot on the tree!

We finished up with the little tree by the front door. The kids were more then done with trees by that time so I finished up the rest of the inside decorations while they played!