Wrapping it up

So long 2011, here comes 2012. We had a fantastic holiday weekend with Dad and Dianne visiting. Not a lot of fancy plans, but it was easy and fun and perfect. We've just been meeting at our houses and playing. Thursday was Krissys, Friday was Carries and today was mine. We enjoyed 4 wheeling, basketball, grass sledding, bikes, scooter races, food, football, Qwirkle & introducing dad & Dianne to the Wii:). Just Dance 3& bowling were the choice of entertainment. What better way to wrap up the old year and bring in the new.

Rivalry

The kids have been looking forward to Christmas Vacation since school started. A whole week with no school, and time to play and hang out with cousins. Yesterday we went to Get Air. They all had a great time. It just so happens that we went on "twofer Tuesday", so they got double time jumping and wore themselves right out. Ally learned dodge ball, and thought it was great that she could actually throw a ball at people on purpose. Although I'm not sure I wanted it to be Davis and Owen teaching her, they get a little too into it. At least it was them that she was targeting. I love these fun times my kids get to share with eachother and their cousins, they really all get along great, and I love watching that. Well, except for when we go to lunch with Lancers, Darts, & Silverwolves. It can get a little heated, but at least the jokes were all in fun also.

I need a live in Lulu

Lulu has a shadow,she is 3 years old and named Ally. Ally LOVES Lulu. And thankyou Lu for always being so good with Ally and loving her in return. We had a fun girls night, with makeup and curling irons and nail polish and a little Justin Bieber. Ally looked so cute with her hair curled. And the kicker is, Ally just sits there and lets her do it. I get kicking and screaming and crying when I try to do her hair. Well, I guess I just need a live in Lulu.

Santa came!

We started our Christmas with a treat at Farr's Fresh. Any big event should begin with icecream. We may have just started a new tradition.

After we had dessert, we drove to Kaysville for Grandma & Grandpa Jones Christmas party. During the talent show part of the evening, Lucy enjoyed the music and asked Davis to dance with her. It was really cute how excited she was that he agreed (although he danced sitting down, but she didn't care). I love being able to catch pictures like this.


For the nativity Ally couldn't decide what she wanted to be. At first she was rocking the cow costume, but when she saw the Angel costume it was so long old cow. The boys are pretty agreeable with whatever they put on them. They were wise men this year.


After all this, the kids were ready to put on their pj's and head to bed and wait for Santa to visit. And visit he did leaving half his bag behind in our family room. And for the moment my kids loved each other and weren't scared to show it.





After church we drove to Layton for dinner at Carries. More food, more cousins and more craziness. But what else do we remember from holidays besides that? All the crazy family moments. Merry Christmas.

Pinky Promise

I had to giggle tonight. I've been having a few problems with Davis listening to me and doing things without me having to ask a million times. He isn't bad, just gets in his own little world and has a hard time getting back to reality. Although, Ally did tell all her friends at school today that her brother Davis was on the naughty list. He didn't like that news. We walked into Santas house, and he looked at Davis and the first thing he said to my little man was "do you listen to your mom?". I laughed out loud and my dear friend Santa caught on. He offered Davis a deal, and they sealed it with a pinky promise. We will see if Santa is happy with Davis's efforts on Christmas morning.

Christmas Village

One last week of our light night. Tonight my kids and I stayed close and visited the Ogden Christmas Village. It is always fun to go see all the little houses. We saw some old favorites tonight and some fun new ones. They even added a cute little train this year. I think I was more excited than my kids, but it was so cute. The lady said next year will even be better, with tunnels and everything. I am so there! I know I am a sucker for Christmas traditions. And the best part tonight was the Santa. He was awesome. Last week, the Santa just left me feeling kinda icky, but the Santa tonight was perfect. He laughed (his ho ho ho was so loud and jolly), he talked to the kids, he smiled, he asked questions, his beard & mustache were real it was great. Yes, even Owen got into the fun and allowed himself to talk to Santa and accept a candy cane. I love this tradition I have with my kids, and I can't believe Christmas is here again. What a fun month we had! Now we need snow, so we can sled!! Please snow, please!

Patriots WIN!!

The day came, and Owen was up and dressed at the crack of dawn ready to go! It was very cool to see a NFL game. Owen and I got a complaint on us. Apparently we were standing up too much. Does that sound like a legitimate complaint to you? We were excited, if standing up too much was the worst thing going on in the crowd then complain on us, but I can assure you it was not. I was a little scared of some of the people and things going on. But our attention was on the game, especially when someone gave us their tickets 19 rows from the field!! Owen said he could see right in Tom Brady's eyes. My favorite player is #75, Vince Wilfork. It was fun to see him play. These last 2 weekends were definitely a cool experience for my boys, one that they will remember forever and I will forever remember how excited & happy they were.

It was a rough trip....but we're here safe

We are here in Denver tonight. It was a long drive for sure. We all felt like this picture of Ally, by the time we got to the hotel. But we are here and so excited. Davis is acting like a professional tour guide. He is a pro on Denver after all. It is pretty funny actually, but it's driving Owen crazy. He's a little on edge though anyway because he is so nervous for his team tomorrow. The whole week, Ally had her swimsuit and towel packed and ready to go swimming. I kept telling her, she would need a bit more than just a swimsuit, but she wasn't convinced. And the second we got up to our room, she was changing her clothes and heading down to the pool. I had to laugh, because gosh we have a pool 3 minutes from our house, but we drove 8 hours to swim. But swimming it was. First things first. The power was out in the pool room though, so the kids swam in the dark. They didn't care, but dang it, it sure messed with my camera. Davis recommended a fun diner for dinner, where they ate last weekend. We tried to suggest someplace new, but the chocolate milkshakes just kept calling out to him. Owen quickly agreed, he had to see if Davis knew what he was talking about, and so we set off for dinner. It didn't disappoint. Tomorrow just isn't coming soon enough for Owen, the child might need to be medicated tonight.

I drove a team of horses....

We made a little switch a roo this week with our light night. Davis got home so tired last night and his practice got cancelled for tonight so we decided to do our light night tonight. Ok that was a long explanation just to say we went to lights tonight yeah! Anyway, we went out to Willard Bay tonight. We usually drive through these lights, but this year we chose to go on the wagon ride and it was so much fun!!! I loved tonight. And I got to "drive" the horses. I didn't do too bad, the lady just asked me if I wanted to and I said ok. My kids thought it was so funny. Ally didn't see much of the lights because the girls loves her horses and she spent the whole ride staring at the horses and made she she got to pet them and tell them hi when we were done. This is the first year that I have gotten any of my kids to sit on Santas lap. Owen never would and he still won't, but now it is because he says he is too old. I wasn't too fond of the Santa, it was a rather somber event. They needed a much happier Santa. But the kids got their candy cane, so they were happy. And it even snowed today (a little), what a fun Christmasy night!