Christmas Day was fun and didn't start too early! Brayden got up at 6:15 but we told him he had to wait til atleast 7 before we would wake the others up if they weren't awake. Adi woke up about 7 and we let Jace sleep til 7:30, he doesn't take to well to being woken up. Brayden was so good for being up for over an hour before we would let him go out! Christmas morning was fun and the kids got what they asked for and had a good time. Brayden got a BYU football helmet, shoulder pads, football pants, Colts jersey, and tickets to Walking with Dinosaurs. Adi got Barbie TV chef, and a cd player/karaoke machine(HSM3 cd). Jace got a rocking horse, and a geo trax airplane. Plus plenty of other things from grandparents, mom and dad, and each other. Another thing different this year was we didn't go to my grandparents like we usually do. It is hard for everyone to get there and everywhere else they need to be on Christmas Day so the parties changed to after Christmas which we had to miss this year. The kids were sad but we'll be there next year!
Maybe a little big!
So cute, I mean tough!
Look what I got!
Yee haw!
BJ enjoying Christmas!
You'd think that an xbox 360 and guitar hero would get a smile!
Ok maybe I see a little smile!
Giddy up!
All the kids with their treasure aunt Bean crochet for them. It makes her sound like an old lady!!
My new niece Laici. This is the first time I saw her!
Watching the Cosmo DVD with Yaya
Merry Christmas! It was a good one!!
Monday, December 29, 2008
Christmas Day!
Christmas Eve
This year our Christmas had a few wrenches thrown in it so we had to do things a little different. The weather played a part and BJ's sister getting married 2 days after Christmas made things a little different too. First off because the weather was suppose to be so crazy Christmas and that was the only day we had to spend with my family we decided at midnight on the 23 to go to my moms on Christmas Eve to beat the storm. I had to get everything ready and when I finally got that done and about to sleep Jace woke up throwing up, great! So I was up til 4:30 with him and worrying that we would be stuck home. Luckily he was all better when he finally woke up Christmas Eve so plans were still on. My sister came to pick us up since BJ took the van to work and was meeting us in Brigham after so we would only have 1 car for the weekend. We all finally arrived and we had a fun Christmas Eve eating, playing games, reading books, and hitting each other with empty wrapping paper sticks!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Sleeping under the Christmas tree
It was the kids 2nd annual sleep under the Christmas tree. I always let them do it on the night of the 23. This year went better than last year, kids stayed in their sleeping bags and the boys went to sleep fairly quickly. Adisyn, however, was a different story I think it was 11:30 before she was finally asleep! The kids think it is great fun so I guess it is a tradition we will keep for now!
Let it Snow!
What do you do when it snows 9 inches in one day? You go sledding of course!! Sandra hooked up the sleds and the kids had a blast being pulled up and down the streets! Jace even got in on the sledding action till he fell off and then he was upfront with Sandra. Thanks Sandra for entertaining my kids while I shoveled my driveway!! Sandra and I even got in on the action, it was however at 9:30 at night, but I can see why the kids love it so much!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Christmas Sing
Every year Brayden's school has a Christmas sing. Each grade sings a few holiday songs. It is pretty fun and something I look forward to every year. I will probably look forward to it more in 3 years when all the kids are performing, Jace and Adi got a little restless, but it was fun anyways! This year we went same time we went last year, but there must have been more people cause we were way further back, which was fine we still saw and heard them. This year the 1st grade was first so that was nice, but we stayed the whole time anyways. This year they sang Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, and the one the chipmunks sing, don't know the real name of it, Brayden says it is Christmas Christmas time is here. They had to wear their best dress for the performance and we had a bit of a battle that morning trying to make Brayden wear his church clothes to school. He was not happy, but looked great!
Gardner Village
We decided to go up to Gardner Village and see the elves! They have a sheet you can print from the website to find all the elves then you take your completed worksheet to the candy store and they give you a treat. We did this last year and it was alot of fun. This year we went at night and on a rather windy and cold night, so we bagged the worksheet and just let all the kids run around finding the elves! We didn't stay too long since it was so cold. After Gardner Village we went to dinner at the Training Table. It was a fun outing with friends and food, so you can't go wrong!
Monday, December 08, 2008
Santa comes to Lehi
Saturday we decided to head into town to see Santa. First we saw the "Santa parade" it was pretty pathetic, Santa on a fire truck and a band on a wagon playing Christmas music. Then Santa was suppose to light a tree and it was still light so it wasn't very exciting, we thought it was kind of weird, but oh well. Then we decided we better actually sit on Santa's lap and Sandra was all over getting in the front of the line that we waited maybe 5 minutes or so to sit on Santa's lap. Brayden and Adi were thrilled to sit on Santa's lap, but Jace not so sure. Since BJ was there he of course didn't make Jace sit on his lap(I would have made him)so I only got the older 2 with Santa, but as soon as our turn was over Jace decided he "needed to talk to him" his exact words. So I asked the nice people if I could just hurry and sit him on Santa's lap real fast and they were so kind to let us sneak back in line to do it. Maybe one of these years I will get a picture of all 3 of them on Santa's lap at one time! After seeing Santa we had just enough time to go on a hayride to the arts center and back. It was pretty cold, but fun none the less. It wasn't too crowded, not too long, we were with friends, and the kids had fun so I would say it was a successful outing!
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Cheer Showcase
Adi has been taking cheerleading for the past few months and last night it was her showcase. I hadn't seen any of the cheers or dance because I would just drop her off and parents couldn't stay, so I was anxious to see if she remembered anything, and she did! She did cheer last year and loved it so we tried it again this year and again she loved it! She is such a little performer she gets up on the stage and is all smiles and thinks she is pretty hot stuff! She did such a good job! We are so proud of you Ads, keep it up!
Before the showcase, she posed herself!
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Thanksgiving
We started the Thanksgiving weekend off Wednesday afternoon when the kids and I rode frontrunner up to Ogden. Well we thought we were going to ride it to Pleasant View where my mom was going to pick us up, but come to find out it only makes that trip once a day and we weren't on that train. So we made it to Ogden and had to wait about 20 minutes for our ride, but it worked out fine. The kids had fun riding the train to nana's, and it really went by pretty fast and was kind of fun. This year we were with the Taggart's for Thanksgiving. We had it at grandma's church and of course all the yummy foods and pies. Friday Maegen and I did the early morning shopping. It was lots of fun, and crazy and insane, but we both got what we wanted so it was successful!! Friday night we went to dinner at Chili's with everyone and then to Willard Bay to see the lights. Saturday BJ went where else, but fishing, so my dad and I took the kids to Madagascar 2. They loved it! Not sure if I have even seen the first one, but it was good anyways. Saturday night we went out to my grandma Graves' for dinner. Since we didn't have Thanksgiving with them this year it was nice to get to see them. Sunday we went to church and then came home. Any free time we had was spent watching Prison Break, thanks to my brother he got us hooked on it! It was a nice 5 days away, but we are oh so glad to be back home!!
