Christmas Eve 2009

Michael had to work on Christmas Eve until 5:30, so we spent the afternoon at my parents having a little Christmas Eve party with my siblings and their families. We had a great time eating lots of yummy food, decorating sugar cookies for Santa, teaching the kids about the real meaning of Christmas, and just having a great time together as a family.






The grandkids love wrestling and getting tickled by grandpa!

After we got home from grandpa and grandma's the boys had fun writing a note to Santa thanking him for all their gifts and telling him to enjoy the cookies they decorated for him.

Getting in the Christmas spirit!

On the Saturday before Christmas the boys and I made some yummy fudge to take to our neighbors. They had so much fun helping me make it and deliver it. We delivered 25 plates of fudge!! I am sad I didn't get pictures of them bundled up and knocking on doors giving the treats away. We were so blessed this Christmas season. If you were on of the secret elf's that made this Christmas so great for my boys- Thank you!!


Lincoln and Logan thought it was the greatest thing ever that I let them lick the marshmellow cream jars!!



We made a great tent to play in while we waited for the fudge to set up. It was a great day!

A fun night with friends!

Thursday night we had the privilege of having my girlfriend Angie's kids over for the evening. Lincoln and Logan were so excited to have them come over. They are the cutest little girls.
Left to right: Lincoln, Aubrey, Bethany, Logan


We had a fun night full of fun activities. We made cookies.


Played Candyland.


We ended the night with everyone cuddled up in their pj's and watch a cute Mickey Mouse Christmas movie.

Winter Wonderland Celebration

Last week Lincoln's preschool class had a winter wonderland party. I am so thankful for my dear friend Linda Alder for watching my kids and my nieces, who I tend everyday, so I could go and help with the party, spend time with Lincoln in his classroom and then have school lunch with Lincoln. Thanks Linda!



They made some really cute, fun items. They made snowflakes out of popsicle sticks and then decorated them with glitter. They went on a search throughout the school for the missing gingerbread man, and then once they found him back in the classroom they go to decorate their own gingerbread man. They also made little snowmen out of marshmallows and pretzels (Lincoln wanted to make a robot instead!!).

Lincoln was so proud of his bird feeder that when he got home from school he immediately wanted to hang it outside on the tree for the birds.

My latest sewing project

I just wanted to share some photos of a nursing cover and diaper/wipes pouch I made for a friend. They turned out really cute! If you or anyone you know is interested in getting a cover or pouch, I would love to make them for a fair price.

I want to go to a fun place....

So I picked Lincoln up from school the other day, and on the drive home he mentioned he wanted to go to a fun place. I told him we could go to a fun place! I then asked him what is a fun place? He responded back by telling me the fun place is where you going bowling. It surprised me. I didn't know he knew what bowling was. I am not sure he has ever been bowling, at least that he should remember. Someone at school must have talked about bowling. Michael and I decided that we would take the boys. We were feeling bad that Lincoln keep asking to go, so we splurged and went bowling tonight. The boys thought it was way fun and it sure was a treat for us to get out and doing something different. Now a days we sure don't get to do that a lot.

Halloween 2009

Halloween this year was so fun. Lincoln and Logan for so excited to dress up and go trick or treating. They had a busy Halloween. Friday night we had our ward trunk or treat and they got tons of candy. It was fun to come home and watch their faces light up when they dumped out their candy and they saw how much they really got.

Halloween day they got to dress up and go to lunch with their grandma Lulu. Lincoln dressed up as Batman and Logan was a pirate. Later that day we headed to Springville to have a little Halloween party with my family. Michael was sick that day so he missed out on all the festivities.

The kids had fun getting wrapped in toilet paper to look like mummies. Each adult took one kid and helped them get all wrapped up. Then we had a contest to see whose was the best.

Lincoln got lucky and had uncle Sheldon and his girlfriend Lolly wrap him up. Logan did not want to participate.

The best part of the mummy game was ripping off the tp and throwing the tp at grandpa! You can see from the picture all the tp fibers in the air it was a crazy mess, but way fun.

The boys also had tons of fun helping grandma rack up leaves, running through them, jumping in the piles and throwing them at each other.


Left to right: Havalah, Liam, Logan, Riley, Lincoln

A Halloween tradition in my family is to have dinner in a pumpkin. It is the best, and even better is my boys really like it too! This picture isn't the best but gives you an idea of what it is.

When it was trick or treat time everyone got their costumes on. Lincoln and Logan were lucky this year, they got to have two costumes. Lincoln was a alligator and Logan was a dinosaur (with a mustache, he didn't want me to wash it off!) Lance was the cutest little lion ever. He never complained being in the costume, he was a good sport.


Here is all the kids dressed up.
Top row: Jamie and Zariah a ladybug
Middle row: Riley a pirate and Havalah a cat
Bottom row: Lincoln, Lance, Rachele a Greek princess, Logan, and Liam a vampire