"He really did come!"

 Christmas this year was fabulous!  There was hustle and there was bustle and tons of stress pulling it all together at the end, but all in all it was great!  We did everything Christmas(y) that I wanted right down to the pajama pants and sugar cookies!  (To be honest I have to give Dustin and I a little shout out this year...14 pair of PJ pants, 9 quilts...big ones for their beds, 16 pillowcases and that's just me!  Dustin was as busy as ever out in the garage getting all the last minuets things done for all the husbands who had wives that they needed gifts for LOL!) Whew!  ...and to all a good night!  Lets just say we had ourselves a good nap on Christmas Day!  These are the the cute Christmas Eve PJ's this year!  Flannel...very snuggly!

 Christmas morning in all it's glory!  They boys said it was the best ever!!!!  The best was when we had to wake up Zeke and told him Santa had come.  He cam running out and when he saw the piles of presents he slapped his hand over his mouth in disbelief!  It was priceless!  They he said..."He rearry did come!!!"  So fun!

 Some of my favorites...Yes...that is a full size basketball hoop in the house...knuckles to Dustin for staying up till three to put the thing together without any instructions.  I will forever be grateful I have a husband who can do that kind of thing!  Zeke got his gun from Santa...that's all he's been talking about for weeks...Derrick promptly broke it in half!  It was short lived.

 Angry birds all around!  Really?  I'm still trying to figure out the fascination with those weird things!  Aunt Annette gave the boys an awesome racetrack and helped me sew all the pillow pets!  I owe her big! Dustin...ACTING all excited about the quilt that I made him...again this year was a bust in trying to surprise that guy.  He's worse than the kids sneaking around shaking every box and finding everything I've bought for him.  I give up!

Julie joined the party the year.  She had to work so she couldn't go home to SL!  It was fun having her!  Dallin and Alex were very surprised they got DS lites.  They kept saying..."Mom!  You said we couldn't have these!"  "I guess Santa knows how to sneak things in!"  Dustin made sure the dogs had a sock full of treats too! 

All in all a successful Christmas season!  I enjoyed every second...and now I'm ready to put it all away!  LOL!

It's Tradition!

In keeping with tradition we had our "cracker house" (as Zeke affectionately called it) night.  It was fun...it was MESSY...it was hilarious!  It took Julie, Dustin and I to get the houses to stand up and help the boys.  Lets just say they didn't make it through the night and they boys were VERY sugared up by the end of the experience. I am going to have to research this out for next year and find a better way to get those houses to stand up on there own.  Maybe I'll get ambitious and make actual gingerbread...LOL!

Christmastime!!!

...and just for a little "Christmastime" cheer here is my all time FAVORITE Christmas song...

Merry Christmas time Everyone!  Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Dallin!

Dallin turned nine this year!  Can you believe it?  NINE!  I can not believe that my "little" guy is so big!  He grew right up and I feel like I missed half of it!  He is the smartest kid I know and very aware of everything around him!  You can't keep a secret from him if you try and he thinks he's one of the grown ups (I wonder where he gets that from hmmmmm????) Dallin loves spaghetti and lots of it!  He'll eat/try pretty much everything.  He's very into playing with friends and does his homework against his will LOL!  He's responsible...already tending his brothers for little bits at a time and a total worry wart...he gets that from me too...sorry pal...it's a curse hehe!  I just love this kid!  I love everything about him.  His face when hes laughing, the jokes he tells, the stories he tells when he gets home from school!  I'm so glad he's ours!  Love you Dallin!

Happy Birthday Alex!!!

Our little Alex is growing right up! He is seven years old today!  I can't believe how time flies.  I always mark how long we have lived here in St. George by how old Alex is.  We moved here when I was three months pregnant with him when we took a leap of faith and moved south! He is such a great kid!  He is doing awesome in school and loves every second!  He constantly makes us laugh with his funny faces and weird jokes.  I'll even admit he's a little conniving...he still loves candy and most days I find wrappers in his bed!  He very fashion conscious...hates it when clothes don't look right and has been knows to go dig his favorite pants out of the washer and try to wear them wet!  His favorite foods are chicken and stuffing casserole, chicken fingers and pizza!  He has tons of friends and loves any sport anyone will play with him!  We are so glad he chose to come to our family!  Happy birthday Alex! 

P.S.  I have now happily admitted that I hate making birthday cakes!  I am no good at it!  I asked Alex what he would like and he said an ice cream cake from the store...bless Him!  It was fabulous BTY...I would recommend Dairy Queen ice creams cakes to anyone!  LOL!