Happy Birthday Mommy - - Go Cougars!

Today is my wonderful mother's birthday! I am so glad I am here to celebrate with her. I am so lucky to have such a great mom who would do anything for me or my children. We love you so much mommy, thanks for all you do! We hope you have a wonderful day!

We are hoping the cougars will pull out a victory for her birthday! The big game is tonight and we will be watching! The boys have on their Y shirts and are ready to cheer their cougars to victory. We have been practicing the fight song all morning! I thought this picture was appropriate because it is of my mom wearing her BYU shirt. GO COUGARS!

Homemade Stockings!

Brady and Easton have their very own homemade stockings this year. Aleena was so nice to help me make these for the boys and I think they turned out pretty cute! Geoff says I should have made them different so I could pick which one was better but that is exactly why I made them the same. I am glad we finished them before I leave to go home. Thanks for all your help Aleena and for letting me hang out with you! You are the best!

What Do You Think?!?

So I am upstairs working away and the boys wake up from their nap. I go get them and come downstairs to this... Yep you guess it, Ryan shaved his head. Okay so he has been telling me he was going to do this for a while but had never gone through with it and honestly I never thought he would. Today he went and got his haircut and hated it so he came home and shaved it himself. I am just mad he got his hair cut first, what a waste of money. I told him he looks like he is going into the military. His hair grows really fast but I guess we will have a hairless daddy for the holidays! I am sure it will grow on us?!?

Bad Mood

Today I was in a very bad mood...seriously! It all started when I either turned off the baby monitor last night or this morning (without being conscious) and didn't hear my kids crying. When I went in to get them they were crying so hard they were convulsing, I am not kidding. I felt like the worst mom. I fed them breakfast and decided to make it up to them by letting them take a bath! Brady has now decided that he can walk anywhere, including the bathtub. The problem is he reaches for anything in sight to catch himself and most of the time it is Easton. Reaching for Easton while walking in the bathtub, not such a good idea, I thought he was going to drown him. Then he thought it was funny and kept doing it over and over. I decided Brady had to get out so I could wash off Easton. I wrapped him in a towel and layed him on the floor which he quickly squirmed out of and started crawling around my bedroom naked. Oh so fun!

I finally got them dressed and went to put them down for a nap and came to work only to find out my computer would not work. After calling my boss and wasting nearly 1 hour, I finally got it to work but only to have my kids wake up 20 minutes later. I fed them lunch and we headed out to finish off our Christmas cards. I could not find paper I liked but finally just bought some so I could get them done with and in the mail. I went to make copies of our letter but the line was too long and the boys were fussy so I came home with nothing accomplished.

I tried to cook but that never goes well with my kids because they sit at my feet and smack their lips at me, it is so annoying but kind of funny!

They finally went down for another nap and I started to work. Ryan got home and then they woke up so I passed them on to him. When dinner was ready I went downstairs and it was all downhill from there. I looked over and could see my kids eating something off the ground and guess what it was...a glass ornament they had shattered and were eating. Oh don't worry, I freaked out. I picked up Easton and started to cry (just a little) and frantically tried to get it all out of his mouth. Ryan did the same with Brady, minus the crying part. Yes Renee, the ones I got from Pier 1, so annoying. They have not been interested in my tree at all which I have been so happy about, but today that is no longer true. If you come to my house and only the top half is decorated, you will know why!

Seriously, then I got mad at Ryan for no reason and took out my bad mood out on him, poor guy. He went to scouts and I went to Geoff and Aleena's and crashed their dinner and told them all about my bad day and my "rude husband" (who really is not that rude...sorry Geoff and Aleena)

In the end, Ryan and I sat on the couch and talked with the Christmas tree lit and all the lights off! It was a good ending to a crazy day! He really is a great husband and does put up with me which is not an easy thing to do!

Let's just say I am so glad I had Dr. Pepper in the house (thank you secret santa) to help me get through the day! More to come about that soon :)

More Weekend Fun!

On Saturady Geoff came over to watch the BYU game and we hung out while I addressed Christmas cards. Ryan was studying and Aleena was writing a talk. We all ended up here later that afternoon and decided we were going to go to Lake Las Vegas to get something to eat and see the gingerbread houses that were on display. We piled in the van and drove out there. I have to say we were a little disappointed when we got there and the Christmas tree was not even lit up. We walked around to find somewhere to eat but it was all a little too pricy for us. We decided we would just look at the gingerbread houses quick and then go get something to eat. We couldn't figure out where to go so Geoff and Ryan decided to run into the Ritz Carlton and ask. They came out laughing because they were in jeans and sweatshirts and everyone around them were in formals and suits. We figured out where to go and found about 6 gingerbread houses. They were neat but I don't know if it was worth the hassel of driving out there. Oh well!We ended up ordering pizza and coming back to our house to watch the Heisman Trophy thing...how exciting! It actually was a pretty fun day and once again we were so glad we had that van we could pile in and all go together!

Walking In A Cactus Wonderland!

We had such a fun night! We went over to Geoff and Aleena's house for yummy soup! Here is Easton chillin' in Laila's bouncer! Then we all piled in the van and headed to the Cactus Farms where they had Christmas lights on all the cacti! I didn't really know what to expect but I was pleasantly surprised when we pulled up and saw all the lights. It was actually really cool. Aleena and I started singing, "Walking in a cactus wonderland!" We had a lot of fun looking at all the lights and Ryan was trying to read what all the cacti were called and where they were from. After we walked around for a bit and took pictures we went inside and had Ethel M hot chocolate (rumor has it she is the wife of the guy who created M&M's) It was super rich and I now have a tummy ache but it was a great experience! Ryan also bought chocolates for everyone to try. He bought peanut butter and jelly and egg nog...sick! He did buy caramel for me because I would not try those risky flavors. The store was neat, there were couches everywhere and it was all decorated in pinks and purples and had cute chocolate sayings all around. We had a great night. Enlarge these pictures and you can see the cactus and palm tree with lights on them...kind of funny! These pictures really don't do the place justice. It was really neat and the whole thing was lit up! I sound like a broken record but we are so lucky to have such a great relationship with Geoff's family and are so lucky they live 2 minutes away. We love spending time with them and are grateful for all the fun memories! Thanks for a great night! Thanks Rachel for the idea!

"Parade of Traditions"

We had a fun enrichment tonight. It was called "Parade of Traditions." All the women met at the church and then were split into 4 groups. There were 4 host homes (ours was one of them) that the groups rotated through. I had to share Christmas traditions with each group as they came through. We all met at one house at the end where we had hot chocolate and cake and there were carolers there (the same ones we saw at The District on Saturday night.) I am sad that I was not able to go from house to house and hear about all the other traditions, but it was fun to have people here and share my favorite holiday traditions. It was, once again, a wonderful way to get in the Christmas spirit. I truly love this time of year and I am enjoying all the fun we are having!

Happy Birthday My Sister - My Friend!

Happy birthday to my little sister Abbey! Today she is no longer a teenager, she has hit the big 20 mark! Abbey and I have a very special relationship and she is truly one of my best friends in the world. Abbey is one of the most fun people to be around and can always make me laugh. Now days you can usually find us watching our shows, playing cards or going on DP runs. No matter what we are doing, I guarantee she has me laughing. Thank you for being a wonderful sister, aunt and friend. We love you and hope you have a wonderful day!

Funny Kids!

The other day Ryan was trying to childproof our cupboards in the kitchen. The problem was we could not get the boys to stop going in there. I finally had the bright idea to block them in the family room. This worked for about 2 minutes and then they figured out they could climb over the box. I guess I need a new system for trapping my kids, it used to work.

Tonight we were lucky enough to watch Aria. I love when she comes over because my kids think she is so funny! They watched Toy Story for a long time and then all disappeared into the kitchen. Pretty soon I heard them laughing hysterically. I ran in there with my camera and recorded Aria making them laugh with the video thing but it won't upload. I am so sad :( I have watched it like 4 times and laughed my head off so I wish I could share it but it won't work. Sorry but if I ever do figure out how to do it I will post it!

Happy Birthday Gandma and More!

Today is my Grandma Joyce's Birthday! She is such a wonderful grandma and we love her! We hope you have a wonderful day Grandma!
December 2 was also my due date. I was so excited that it was Grandma's birthday but as soon as we found out we were having twins we knew I would never go that long. It is crazy to think they should only be 1 and instead they are 13 1/2 months old.

It is only noon and my kids have already had me laughing all morning. Brady (my mama's boy) was so whiny and in my face this morning but Easton (my chill kid) was just happy to be hanging out. Ryan and I were watching Sports Center and Easton just layed on the floor with his hands behind and his head and watched for like 5 minutes. It was so funny. They just woke up from their nap and have been climbing all over each other playing with the soccer ball my mom bought them at Ikea. They are so much fun and are usually pretty good at entertaining each other which is so nice for us. I love my kids!

Friends, Food, Carolers and Football

So I used to be so good about taking my camera everywhere and taking a picture of everything but lately I have been so bad. I promise to be better but for now you will have to read my posts without pictures.

We had a great Saturday. This morning I worked and Ryan helped a friend move and then we cleaned our house. We finally got ready for the day and had a visit from Nick (Ryan's good high school friend), Sunni, Luke and Logan Lyman. It was so fun to spend some time with them and catch up. Their boys are darling and we quickly learned that Luke loves balls! We are so glad they stopped by.

After they left we went to The District to grab some dinner. We ate at Panera Bread and it was fabulous! I got chocolate chip cookies for FREE and they were so yummy! When we walked out of there we heard music but couldn't tell if it was people singing or a recording. We walked around the corner and there were Christmas Carolers singing out in the cold. We stopped and listened to them sing a few songs. They were so good and it was so fun! It really put us in the Christmas spirit. I love this season and I am so excited about all the fun things there are to see and do!

We have also been watching college football on and off all day. I have to admit, I actually kind of enjoy it. I think it is my favorite sport to watch, not professional, just college. Today there were a ton of upsets so we are currently sitting on the couch, with all the lights off and our Christmas tree lights on, listening to all the people analyze the national championship game. I love that Ryan has this passion and I am pretty good at pretending I know what is going on. We have had a great weekend as a family! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend too!