Have a Very Merry Christmas

The kids were very excited when I told them Grandma and Grandpa C. along with Uncle Cameron were going to be sleeping at our house on Christmas Eve. Justin kept asking when they were going to get there, I finally I told him that maybe they were taking so long because Grandma got ran over by a reindeer. He insisted on calling to find out if everything was okay and when grandma didn't answer her phone, it brought even more concern, until shortly after they showed up.
Christmas morning was great! Santa left a trace with more then just presents, I'm thinkin' I'm going to need to leave a mat for him to wipe his feet on next year because this is the 3rd year in a row he has left a big mess... Justin had been telling me all week that he was going to wake up in the night time to open the presents, so when 7:00 a.m. arrived and Allie woke up and the boys still sound asleep I thought I better wake them up or it wasn't going to be dark much longer. I tried to wake Justin up with out him seeing me, but by the 4th or 5th time of tickling his face and running back to jump in to my bed, I wasn't fast enough and he caught me. Oh well! We all were spoiled for sure. Allie got a BIG unicorn stuffed animal from Santa and some My Little Pony's for her Brothers and a few touch and feel books from mom and dad. Logan got the Batman Lego set he asked for from Santa, a robot for his brother and sister and this Geo Air set from mom and dad along with a few other things. Santa gave Justin the Batcave Lego set he asked for along with a robot from Logan and Allie and a RC Car from mom and dad and like Logan a few other things. I myself got a new kitchen table and a watch and sweater from the kids. The kids gave Derrick a toolbox and Santa left a 46" TV for him along with and Blu-ray dvd player. As if that wasn't enough Santa left a Wii for the family with the Lego Indiana Jones game... SPOILED ROTTEN!
We spent the afternoon putting together lego sets and when we got tired of legos we played the Wii. Back and forth, back and forth, all day! We were suppose to head to Heber that afternoon, but when the weather didn't cooperate, Derricks parent called and told us not to come. So we went to my parent to visit that evening. All in all it was a GREAT christmas!

Christmas Eve Jammies

I thought these pj's were super cute and found them and Downeast outfitters for $2 bucks. I couldn't resist the little butt flaps. I was sold!

My VERY Own

Allie was so excited when I finally gave her, her very own chocolate chip cookie to eat. I didn't have time to sit and give her little pieces her and there, so I just let her go to town with it. As you can see, SHE LOVED IT! It was just a couple of days later when daddy decided she was big enough to have her very own oreo as well and once again SHE LOVED IT!
But then we had to take a picture of her all cleaned off after the oreo mess... What a cheezer!

"Snowflakes", A tasty treat!

We woke up to snow today and the boys were so excited they went right outside without, coats, hats, gloves, SHOES... Not to mention they were still in there pj's. Kids! It took all my might to get them back in the house and calmed down long enough to get them in there snow gear. When I grabbed for the camera they insisted I take pictures of them caughting the snowflakes with there tongues. What a bunch of Crazies I live with!

Santa Clause is Coming to town

Today was the Santa Clause Parade in Tooele. The kids enjoyed all the candy and I enjoyed the weather that ended up being very nice that day. Allie slept through the entire thing and didn't pay any attention to the howlering of the kids when Santa's float went by...

The BEST presents ever

Well we put up the tree tonight and beneath it we found the best presents ever smiling at us. Who could ask for anything better. My plan was to attempt to get all the christmas stuff out and put up in an organized fashion, but apperently the boys didn't get the memo,
they had it all out of the boxes faster then we were able to get the boxes out of storage and Allie was having a great time going through the maze of it all....

Disney On Ice

I have determined it is extremely difficult to take good pictures of people ice skating! We went to see the Disney on Ice which the kids LOVED! It was alot of fun. Justin was most excited to get a snowcone in a "Bruce the Shark" cup, while Logan enjoyed his cotton candy with Micky ears. Allie wasn't sure what to think about all the noise and lights, but all in all, she did really well. Thanks Lindsay and Roger for getting us tickets to go with you and thanks Nikki and Brett for coming with us. We had a BLAST!

Look who's 3

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!

Logan was determined to have an Indiana Jones birthday cake so I did what any good mom would do and put forth all my efforts to make his wish come true. We actually went to Idaho for a baby blessing on Saturday and celebrated his birthday with the Hendrickson's while we were there. I was alittle worried about getting the cake there in once piece. I was afraid the top was going to fall over, but after some reinforcements were put into place it traveled well... His birthday was on Sunday, but since we were returning home on Sunday, we celebrated Logan and Cameron's birthday's with the Colovich's on Monday evening. So not only did he get 1 Indiana Jones cake, but he got 2, with a few minor differences. He loved it! Justin also REALLY liked it and has put in his request for the same cake for his birthday in December. Luckly for me it was an easy cake to make :)

Look what I did !

Kristen and I took our 2 little girls to get there ears pierces today. I had been wanting to get Allie's done (mainly because Derrick didn't think I really would) and just hadn't gotten around to it. Kylee had been begging to get hers done so I told her I would take her. Of course I just talked her mom into coming with me. She was so brave, we had even told her it was going to hurt and she told us she was going to cry, because that is what she saw her sister do when she got hers done back in March. But she sat right down and tried so hard not to cry, even though her eyes were filled with tiers before they where even close to her. Allie cried for a minute, but I thought Lindsay, who also came along for support, was going to cry even more. I'm glad I have a support group! Thanks SISTERS!

Halloween 2008

Here are the pictures of our adorable 'Cheer Bear' and our 2 totally awesome 'Indiana Jones' '. Thanks mom for helping me, or should I say for making the costumes for me. You are the most awesomest mom in the world... It actually ended up being a VERY busy day for me. We started the day by watching the 2 neighbor boys, conner and kayden, which we love. They are both the same ages as my two boys and they all get along great. When there mom came to get them I was needing to go to the store so she said she would sit with my kids while I when really quick. Well, Derrick had both sets of keys in his pocket at work in SLC, so I had to use her car. I returned from there just in time for Cheryl to take the older boys to school while I kept the younger boys. Then I packed everything we needed so we could leave for Heber right as soon as school was out. I finished packing with a few minutes to spare so I ran little halloween gifts around to the ladies I visit teach, since it was the last day of the month, and it was my last chance to get it done. I finished this just in time to go to help with the Halloween party at Justins school. Unfortantely my timing didn't work out so well, because just after school we needed to take the kids pictures in there costumes before we could leave for SLC to meet Derrick, but it took longer then expected to accomplish this task so I insisted that my ride, Cheryl, go on with out me. So instead, Kristen took me to meet Derrick a little later, which worked out better for him anyways. So, thanks to all of you who drove me around all day... All I can say is I'm glad we have 2 cars .... Once we were in Heber we stopped by the Trunk-or-Treat and Grandma H.'s church so she could show off the kids, but by the time we got there most every one was leaving. We then went to Mel's house for a little door to door, old school, trick-or-treating. The kids really enjoyed this and the whole time we listened to Logan singing (To the tune of the Indiana Jones Theme Song) dah, dah, dah, dah, dah dah dah, dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah dah dah, dah dah, dah dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah dah ..... you get the picture.... We also took some pictures with the cousins up there (Derrick's family) but I need to get those from them and will post them later. All in all I think it was a great Halloween. The kids where happy, I was content eating there candy, and we all had fun..... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

FREE Scrapbook Stuff

Ok guys heres the deal, there is a Making Memories Warehouse in SLC that gets ride of stuff off and on. Today they have a whole bunch of wooden letters (A,E,F,G) and shapes (stars, flowers, hearts, amperstand,etc.), along with paints, and other cool stuff. The address is approx. 4800 w 1751 s. off of 1730 s. - if you want more directions give me a call or post to me. From Tooele take the 5600 w exit off I-80 and from Provo take the Bangeter exit off hwy 201 (AKA. 2100 S.) They did say that whatever isn't picked up by 4:00pm they are putting in the trash, so you might have to do some dumpster diving. We usually take a couple of cars load them with as much as we can and share with everyone in the ward and family members. But you can do what you would like. Who doesn't like free stuff....

The Outcome of National Chocolate Day

Ok as you all are well aware yesterday was National Chocolate Day, but even though this should be a "Family Holiday" I chose to spend the evening with the Young Women, playing a game called the "Walmart Game" for mutual. This game is played by splitting into groups and each group picking out 10 items to put in the cart within 15 mins. Then the carts are swapped and the opposite team has to put everything back where it goes. The team that empties their cart first wins.... Anyways, after we finished playing this game we decided it would be nice of us to let everyone else that we ran into know that is was "National Chocolate Day". However, the girls (12-13 year olds) were big chickens and didn't dare tell anyone so me being their fearless leader felt the need to be a good samaritan to let these people know. Once I started they also started to get the hang of it. We did get some crazy looks and comments, but the best thing about the evening was after we left Walmart we took them to Maceys to get ice cream cones and the girl working was so excited about learning the it was National Chocolate Day she gave us all chocolate ice cream cones for FREE!!! Wooo Hoo! How awesome is that..... We did have one girl that didn't like chocolate ice cream so we had to pay $ .50 for hers, but all in all it worked out great for us.

National Chocolate Day

Just a small reminder that today is "National Chocolate Day" eat all the chocolate you want with OUT all the guilt that comes with. Thanks Joey for finding the list of national holidays. This one is very important to me. If I ever become President of the U.S. this WILL me made a paid holiday!!! Feel free to write me in on the ballet next week! :)

FHE

Tonight for FHE we held our annual Pumpkin Carving evening. We started out by finding an image worthy of being placed on our carefully chosen pumpkins (purchased on Saturday to save time). Then came the oowie gowie mess that comes with gutting out the insides. We then learned a trick this year that actually worked quiet well, after poking the wholes in the pumpkin to form the pattern so you know where to cut, you rub the pumpkin with flour and it fills in the holes so you can see where you need to cut alittle better. The boys had a lot of fun and were eager to help... And this is our final product...

Trunk-or-Treat

So our ward Trunk-or-Treat was last night, why a week early I'm not sure, but the kids had so much fun. There costumes turned out ssssoooo cute. I think I was just as excited for them to wear them as they were. What were they you ask, well you will just have to wait until halloween to see the final product..... I'll give you a hint, the boys were dressed as the same thing, accessoriesing (is that a word?) with a whip and Allie was pink with a rainbow on her belly.....

"Another Surprise Friday"

This week for surprise friday we decided it was time for the kids to be introduced to an air popcorn popper. You would have thought we took them to Disneyland. They were laughing and hopping up and down with excitment the entire time it was popping. After taking a vote, it was decided we wanted caramel popcorn instead of just butter flavored. It was good stuff.... We then watched Goonies with them, which they also loved... Justin is all about the "chuffle shuffle" and One Eyed Willie. This was one of the movies that was watched many, many, many times at my house growing up, not to mention the hours spent listening to my brother Craig replay the whole movie on his own and making us all laugh. WOW, GOOD TIMES!

$2.99 WOW

Woo Hoo! Can I even tell you how excited I am to see this price at the gas pump... I could hardly believe it was under $3.00, I didn't think I would live to see the day! I wanted to take a picture of the sign, but didn't have my camera with me... Oh well, I'm sure you have all seen it for your selves, but if not you will just have to trust me. I SAW IT WITH MY OWN TWO EYES!!!!

Wow, it sure is challenging to get everyone to look at the camera at the same time! Believe it or not Justin (the almost 6 year old) was the hardest one to deal with. The boys sure had fun climbing in the trees and Allie REALLY enjoyed eating the sticks and leaves.
We just went up Middle Canyon here in Tooele and had my sister take these pictures for us. Thanks Kristen! These are some of my favorite ones that were taken. They sure turned out cute.

Is it to early for Christmas???

Wow, I think we were the first to get our letters to Santa this year! Justin insisted he needed to "place his order" to Santa early. So for FHE Monday night that is just what we did after having a lesson on how it is important to service and give to other. When Derrick got home from work and I was telling him what Justin was wanting to do for FHE he totally agreed with Justin about getting them in early and eaged him on. I live with a bunch of NERDS! I sure love 'em all though! During the lesson we kept getting this comment "yeah, yeah, can we get on with this!" I pretty much think my kids are brats!

COAL! I think thats what is heading our way this christmas. Does anyone know where we can buy it cheaper by the TON...

Justin's idea of service was writing Logan's and Allie's letters for them, he was quite concerned about them getting theres in too. What a good big brother! He checks the mail everyday for there letters from Santa. Does he reply to every letter?
It looks like X-Box 360 (three-sixety, he was sounding it out himself), Lego Indiana Jones and Lego Batman Games for the 360 are our big request this year. Along with a set of Batman Legos and a Indiana Jones whip of his own. Logan's is pretty much the same and apparently Allie wants a Doll, Barbie and Baby Lego's.

Indiana Jones

Both of the boys are wanting to be Indiana Jones for Halloween and it was just our luck that a good friend of ours had, not 1, but 2 whips for us to borrow. Justin and Logan where both so excited we had to watch the "Last Crusade" when we got home. Justin informed us that when he grows up he is going to change his name to "Indiana Jones," Logan thought that was a good idea and is also wanting to be "Indiana Jones" when he growns up! That night they also had to slept with them, but the excitement doesn't end there. When they woke up they insisted on going out side to whip them and make them 'Snap', but to be JUST LIKE Indy, Logan kept trying to whip himself on the chin so that he could make himself bleed like Indy did, but when he saw the neighbors cat he target changed! He is quit entertaining, expecially when he uses it to swing from the doorknobs and bunkbends. I did have to remind him that Indiana Jones doesn't pee his pants and that his whip was going to get taken away if he couldn't remember. Fun Stuff, huh! We sure love our boys!

5 Months Old

I can't believe it's been 5 months since our little Allie joined our family. She is getting so big. During this last month not only has she learned to sit up by herself, but she's been able to get where she wants to go by scooting and rolling. She has been getting up on her hands and knees to crawl for two weeks now and is starting to get the hang of it. She is starting to eat baby food now and LOVES it! She is such a happy baby and smilies at anyone just for looking at her. LOVE YOU TO PIECES ALLIE!