Christmas!!!

This year was really fun because it is the first year that Carter has understood what is going on with Santa. We made cookies for Christmas Eve, and I let Carter make his own for Santa. Check out those bad boys, he used like a whole container of sprinkles! He was very excited for Santa to come and eat them, and to bring him presents (Don't worry, he was up at 6 Christmas morning). This was Kendall's first Christmas, so that was fun as well. We went to Mike's Aunt's house and to my Aunt's house for Christmas Eve, then went to my parents house, Mike's mom's house and Mike's Grandpa's house for Christmas. Yes, our holidays are always like that. Busy, busy! We got alot of fun stuff, thank you everyone. My kids are officially now spoiled. My whole car was stuffed full of stuff. This was probably my favorite Christmas because it was so much fun having Carter get so excited. I've never seen him so happy and excited, it was so cute!

Winter fun

Since it has snowed everytime we get out of the car, Carter will jump right into the snow. He'll be covered with it and freezing in a matter of two minutes. So today we decided to get him a pair of gloves so he could actually play in it. Mittens weren't working so well. He had so much fun! He chased me around throwing snowballs at me and threw snowballs at Mike's truck. Mike even came out to play with us, and Carter was the happiest boy in the world chasing around his daddy. Afterward, we went inside and had hot chocolate and cookies in sweats and pj's. Such a fun afternoon!

Lazy Days

Luckily I only work part time, so I get to spend alot of time at home with my kiddies. There is nothing better in the whole world than getting to play with them and teach them new things. There is never a dull moment, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. Well, other than being home with them everyday!!!

Blessing

On Sunday we blessed Kendall. My dad blessed her for us at my parents ward. I'd forgotten how LONG church is. All of my family and Mike's family came, so it was pretty packed. It was nice to see everyone. I swear I held Kendall for like 3 minutes all day because everyone wanted to hold her. Afterward we had a luncheon at my parents house. Thanks to everyone who brought food! My baby girl is getting so big, she is already 2 and a half months old, and Carter will be three in March. Time is going by WAY to fast!

Sleeping Beauty

So last night Kendall did it. She finally slept through the night! This is a very exciting day for us. She slept 9 hours straight! It is about time, we need the sleep! Also, we put Kendall's hair up in a baby ponytail. She has so much freaking hair it is ridiculous, I love it! Hopefully it won't turn into a jew fro like mine!

Twilight

Ok so I finally went and saw Twilight. My favorite series of books ever. I went in not expecting much, because I know that books are always better. The place was full of girls. Mike is such a trooper to take me!! When the movie started all the girls started screaming and saying Edward I love you!!! Ridiculous stuff like that, I was laughing so hard. So what did I think of the movie?? It was ok. Just ok. The problem was that it looked super cheesy. I think that the majority of the book is just something that you cannot portray on screen without looking cheesy. You can only imagine it. And I just didn't like Edward. He is way to odd looking to be super hot perfect man Edward. But the love story was beautifully portrayed, and the scenery in the movie was beautiful. Every Twilight fan should see it, but just don't expect much. It just proves how great the books are that you cannot come close to doing them justice.

Arts and Crafts

So since Carter has stopped going to daycare I've felt bad that he hasn't been doing all the fun activities that he got to do there. A few days ago at my mom's house we were looking at all the funny and cheesy crafts we'd made in school that my mom had kept for all these years. That inspired me to get going on some fun crafts with Carter. Those of you who know me well know that I am probably the most not-creative person ever. So I decided to make turkeys with mine and Carter's hands, and put them up on the fridge. He really loved coloring his hands, and I think that he felt pretty proud that his hand helped make a turkey. Of course he made one for his baby sister. Afterward, I was explaining to him what Thanksgiving was. I told him we would eat turkey and pie and mashed potatoes, he said he "can't like that", which is his response to everything right now. So then I explained to him that we say thanks for our house and our food and our family. His response to that was "I say thanks spiderman for shooting the naughty guy and for Monster House and my toys". It was so funny. I think he's getting the idea!

Grandma Beth

Today Mike's Grandma Beth passed away. She was the sweetest lady and so loving. I am happy that she got to see Kendall before she left. We will miss her. Love you Grandma Beth!

Halloween

Last year on Halloween Carter was asleep at about 5:00, so this was really his first year getting the whole experience. We started out carving our pumpkins. Carter would not touch the inside of the pumpkin because it was "messy". He is so weird about getting messy. Afterward Carter helped me make sugar cookies. He put the sprinkles on them, or as he calls them "Nerds". Later that night we went to my parents house and had chili, scones and homemade rootbeer and took Carter trick-or-treating. He was shy at first, but he loved getting all the candy. Afterward we went to Mike's mom's house so Carter could see Ty, they are best friends. Carter dressed up as Batman and was so excited to finally wear his costume. He has been talking about it since like early September. Kendall dressed up as a fairy, Alyssa and I made her costume. Kendall is in a Halloween costume contest at 971zht.com entry #157 so you can vote for her.

It's official....

We now have a blog. I'll probably be horrible at keeping this updated, but I think it is fun to read other people's blogs so I figured we should start one. More to come :)