Happy Birthday to Evan!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

We had a wonderful Christmas but I failed at documenting very well, and the ones I did document don't want to upload for some reason- so I will add pictures as soon as the husband fixes them :)
Christmas was seriously fun this year. We hang up a sheet in the hall way so the kids can't see into the living room. Christian was over whelmed with excitement. He just kept on giggling and falling to the ground waiting for Dan to tell us it was time to come in. Once we let the kids into the living room we tried to maintain some kind of structure, but in the end it was mass chaos :) So Fun!

For New Years I had heard of a formal dance with a live swing band and a desert buffet. We talked some friends into going with us. We got our kids squared away at baby sitter houses and head out to have a great time and... turns out the event was for an older crowd. So we quickly tried to make different plans but everything we came up with didn't work out. So we went to a grocery store got some party food and went back to our house (because our kids were at Grandma's house) and had a dance party. It was really fun and we had a good time :)

Santa Clause is Coming to Town

We took the boys to go see Santa Clause and they were so good waiting in line even though they were very excited. So cute!

Happy Birthday Dan!

I don't know why I am so bad about documenting mine and Dan's birthdays but here it is , late but still important :) Dan turned 30 this year, woo-hoo! We had a party/advent with Dan's family, I made a yummy marzipan cake and Dan received Zelda Skyward Sword which he has informed me that he is totally addicted to it. I also planned a little over-night skiing trip at Wolf Mountain. Unfortunately the weather has not cooperated and we had little snow to ski on. But we went to stay in the hotel anyway and had a great time just being together and doing a little Christmas shopping. Happy Birthday Dan, I love you :)




We ordered room services because neither of us have ever done that before. We got a greek omelet which was all very good except for the 17 pieces of garlic cloves in it!

It's Christmas Time!!!!

It's starting to feel very Christmas-y at our house and we are sooooo excited!


Dan and Christian pulling out the decorations


A very poor picture of our beautiful Christmas tree, Miriam helped us pick up a new tree, and ornaments at the end of last season so it's so funny to have everything new this year.


Christmas came early from my parents for me and Dan, a new set of Tri-ply Calphlon pots and pans- can we say spoiled! I think I am in love :)



Christian is officially obsessed with Mannheim Steamroller and listens to it constantly, I need to catch some of his dances to it, but for now here is a segment of Kling Glochen



And Frosty the Snowman by Evan

Creativity

I love love love love LOVE that my kids have such creative imaginations...except for at dinner time ;) And Evan is a true little brother and loves to do and does everything Christian does, so he is developing quite the imagination. Here he is being a giraffe!

Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween this year. We had a ward trunk or treat and then we went trick or treating on Halloween with our friends Heidi and Devin and their kids and my brother Davy and his wife Lara. Some how I failed in my picture taking this Halloween but thanks to Heidi and Devin who were trying to get one decent picture of Holly (which sadly, they didn't) we have some pics of our trick or treating.

Evan as a pirate


Christian and Tyson, and this is the best pic I have of Christian, he was to busy running from house to house to hold still. But he is Optimus Prime, and Tyson is Link


Me and Dan were stick figures


Our pumpkins this year


Christian insisted on taking a pic of me and Dan, not to bad right?


The boys and their pumpkins


Neither of the boys wanted to stick their hands in the pumpkin and scoop our the guts, I guess they aren't quite old enough to think that is totally awesome yet so I had to do the dirty work while Dan carved the pumpkins, he is so much better at that then me.


Christian with his preschool class on Halloween, and if you look close enough you will find 2 sets of twin boys!!! Bless Miss Cathy's sanity!