Santa Came Early...

I had to write a special letter to Santa to see if he could come early to our home since we'll be out of town...and he did!

Our kids are at such a fun age to enjoy a Holiday like Christmas. Justin is really cute that he likes to play Christmas music and eat cinnamon rolls while we open gifts, usually we have to wait upstairs while he gets it all ready. However, because Tysen is pulling ornaments off of trees' we put our tree in our loft where we don't usually spend much time. I think it worked out great. Because of Justin loosing his job we were blessed by the generosity of others who made this a wonderful day!

Birthday party

We had our neighbors over to have cake and open presents, it was the perfect party for a 1 year old, simple, small, and fun!

Happy Birthday Little Man

Today Tysen is one, and it has been a great year! It took us almost two years just to get pregnant and the 9 months seemed to take forever! But once we finally got him here it was worth the wait!

Dear Tysen

Happy birthday little man. We love you so much, you are a wonderful blessing and you have completed our family. You are the perfect little brother to Adlen, and chase after her and want the toys that she always has. You make your dad proud that he can one day take you fishing, throw the football around and watch you play basketball (all of which you will do because of who your dad is, not so much because you want to, just as a heads up). And I'm so proud that I get to raise you to be smart, kind and loving, and strong and for it to be OK and not a sign of weakness. Right now you love to crawl and put anything in your mouth, you have 4 teeth and 4 more coming in. You say "momma, dadda,", you like to scream and hear your own voice, and you love to wave and give kisses. You have beautiful brown eyes and a smile that would make anyone want to be your mom, but I'm the lucky one who is. You are enriching our lives everyday and can't wait to see how much more you grow and learn.

We love you and are so grateful for you

Love mommy, daddy and Adlen

Thanksgiving

We had a great weekend in California, we left Wednesday night and came back Saturday night (I had to teach primary on Sunday). Dinner was yummy and relaxing, Friday we went to Sea world, compliments of Justin's uncle who used to work there, then thanks to Julie we went out to a movie. We saw Blind Side and it was great, go see it if you have the chance. Then Saturday it was raining so we just stayed home and made popcorn balls and rented Angels and Demons, another good one as well. So the weekend had everything that makes for a good Holiday. Time with family, naps, movies, some holiday food and and extra 5 pounds for the road!
I thought I had pictures to post, we took most of them with Julies camera and we ordered a CD from Walmart and I got home and sure enough the pictures were of some other family and a fat man with his shirt off...yuck! Maybe I should post them anyway!

Michigan!!

With the help of my parents we we're able to spend the weekend in Michigan. My youngest brother David was leaving for his mission and we decided to get together for a early Thanksgiving. We had great weather and a wonderful time. We stayed with my brother Nate who also lives in Michigan along with his wife and their 3 kids, my brother Mark from Arizona also stayed there with his wife and their 3 kids, then Justin and I (and our 2 kids). It was a packed house but sooo much fun. We had late night Rock Band sessions, family football, a visit to the beach and a day at the zoo! Being with family is one of my favorite things and I'm so glad we could all get together before David left!

Tag!

My friend did this on her blog, so I will copy her



5 North American Cities I'd live in

1-New York, NY

2-Denver, CO

3-San Diego, CA

4-Seattle, WA

5-Tampa, FL


5 songs to which I know all the words

1-What a feeling, Flashdance

2-ABC's

3-Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

4-Rock a Bye Baby

5-Old McDonald had a Farm

5 foods I'd wish to have in unlimited quantities an a deserted

1-pizza (supreme, then I have a variety of things)

2-ceasar salad

3-spagetti

4-steak, but with A-1 sauce

5-Olive Garden, I'm sure they would deliver, right?


5 chores I should be doing right now instead of Blogging

1-laundry

2-vacuum

3-make my bed

4-unload the dishwasher

5-load the dishwasher


5 childhood friends I would love to see again

1-Sarah M

2-Megan A

3-Nancy N

4-Jodi D

5-Keli C

Remember...

Remember that time I blogged about Adlen not having accidents and was doing so well with potty training? Yeah, we had 3 accidents the other day....I spoke too soon!