Thursday, January 3, 2008

A Little Bit More!

I had to work Christmas morning at 7:00 a.m. My family was so nice and let me wake them all up at 5:45 so we could start opening presents and be done in time for me to start working.

This is the only picture I have over Christmas of our little family. It is when we were walking up the stairs to see what Santa brought us. My kids were most excited about their new chairs and loved sitting in them. I felt bad that I had to wake them up so early and Easton was just not being himself. He was on fire and quickly fell asleep.

We opened all our presents and had a wonderful time. Ryan got me an ipod and went way over our budget but I love it and I am grateful he did it. I got Ryan a new pair of running shoes, not as exciting but very necessary! When we walked up the stairs this is what we saw standing there with Abbey's stocking. My mom is so funny...she saw it at the store and said she had to have it for Abbey. It stood there the entire week and every time I turned the corner it freaked me out cause it looked like a real
person. I worked and Ryan took the boys over to see his family. When he got home Easton was still on fire and just wanted to be held. We took his temperature and it was 102. We took a nap on the couch together. The rest of the day we just hung out and relaxed. Ryan ended up taking Eason to the doctor that night and he had a double ear infection, he was so miserable and we just could not break the fever.

We played the Wii and Kelsey, my mom and I were boxing. It was so funny but my mom won! I was rolling on the floor laughig...too bad my dad slep through it all. We had a wonderful Christmas and a great time in Utah but we are grateful to be home safely and back on a schedule!

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Merry Christmas--Finally

Okay as I said, we had a fabulous time in Utah spending time with family and friends. My kids got sick, as they do every time we go, so that made it a little challenging but it was stil fun!

Ryan loved going to the game and spending time with his brothers and cousins. In fact, there was a little problem and they all ended up sleeping at our house. I guess there were 7 or 8 men sprawled all over our floors after the game. I am glad we weren't here for that!

We were so happy to be there to celebrate my mom's birthday and cheer the Cougars to victory! We spent Christmas Eve with Ryan's family and had so much fun! Ryan's dad always reads "Twas The Night Before Christmas" and he does it so well. All the kids gathered around to hear Grandpa Gary.

After that we went over to my parent's house for a sleepover. Renee and I had bought all the kids matching jammies...they looked so cute!My mom and dad gave the three kids these little trikes. They loved them so much and when we took them away they were all crying and throwing fits. They were a hit. Just call them Heaven's Angels.Okay I have just a few more things from Christmas morning but I will leave them for tomorrow. My kids just went down and I have got to go work. Sorry for the picture overload, it should make up for lost time!

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

I AM A BLOG SLACKER :(

I am so sorry I have not updated my blog in FOREVER. This usually happens when I go to Utah but this time has been particularly bad. Renee called and got mad at me today so I promise I will be better. Tomorrow I will post all our pictures from Christmas and the fun time we had in Utah! Thank you to all of our family (Hill's and McGiven's) and my special friends for making it a fun trip! We love you all and are so lucky to have you in our lives. I have been doing laundry, trying to work and get my kids back on a schedule today but look for a new and exciting post tomorrow! Happy New Year!

Saturday, December 22, 2007

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!

Sunday, December 16, 2007

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!

Thursday, December 13, 2007

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?!?

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

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 :)