Monday, December 21, 2009

Jingle Jam

The boys had their annual Jingle Jam at school. I tried to be in 3 places at one time and it did not work ( I don't know why). Lucky for me they performed again this morning for each other so I was able to go and catch Joshy's singing. We also dressed them up in there handsome Christmas outfits and made them pose for some pictures. Aren't they the cutest or should I say the most handsome boys around? I know I am biased but I am their mom so I have that right.As promised I have also included a picture of the our house all lit up. Eric still thinks we do not have enough lights. I still think it looks good.
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What is the name of Santa's dog?? Santa Paws!! Ha ha
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Santa Came to visit at Alex's preschool. He was so excited
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"I'm getttin nuttin for Christmas"
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"Clap, Clap, Clap, we are Santa's helpers"
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Monday, December 14, 2009

Its beginning To look a lot like...

Christmas!!! It is our favorite time of year. We love decorating the tree and putting up our lights and everything. Eric started early this year getting the lights up outside. We learned that you put the lights up before it gets cold. We won't turn them on until after Thanksgiving but we had them up well before. He loves to decorate everywhere. Every year he wants more and more lights and decorations for outside and every year there is not enough according to him. He did a great job and I think it looks great. I will have to try and get a picture of it to post.
We also got a real tree this year. I grew up with real trees and Eric grew up with fake. So I always teased him that he never had a "real" Christmas. Of course once we got married and I took over the money we got a fake tree. But I have not liked our tree for years and so Eric said we could get a real tree this year. I looked at prices and was like no way we will just put up our fake one. But Eric talked me into it and I love it. I love the smell of the tree and the fullness of it and everything about it.
This year I gave up trying to make my tree look perfect(it never does) and just let the boys decorate it how they wanted. They loved it and had fun with it and so enjoyed it. That is what it is all about anyways. After looking at some of these pictures I see how big Andrew is getting. He is throwing peace signs and saying "sweet". Oh to be 9 and so cool. he also would not sit on Santa's lap this year. When we asked him why he said, "Didn't you hear the Bishop's story?" He said that he left Santa a note on Christmas Eve and he hadn't told anyone what he wanted for Christmas and he got it. So that is what he is sticking to.
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Thanksgiving

We headed out to California for the first part of our vacation. We enjoyed a few days with Grammie and Poppa. The boys rode bikes, played with the puppies and we just had an all around good time with Grammie and Poppa. We shared a Thanksgiving feast with them on Sunday and my Uncle Mike and Aunt Tammie came over. It was a great time. We love spending time with them.
On Tuesday we headed out to Eric's sisters house in Arizona. The boys love playing with their cousins. Only in Arizona can you go swimming everyday in November. Of course the pool was 60 degrees but that did not stop the boys. As long as the hot tub was on for the boys to warm up in they would jump in the pool and quickly swim across and then get in the hot tub. They had so much fun. Of course us adults were much smarter and only entered the hot tub late at night after all the children were sleeping so there was no splashing or jumping going on. We had a great time hanging out and shopping and spending money. We always love spending time with Pam and Scott and miss them when we leave.
We truly missed Eric's parents this year. They are in China teaching English so they were not with us. We talked to them on Skype every night but it was not the same as seeing them and having them there. Eric especially missed his mom's pies. Marie Calendars pies were good but nothing beats his mom's homemade pies.
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