Christmas is put away, Nate is working an overtime shift tonight and the kids are watching a movie, eating popcorn so I thought I would write a few more things from this Christmas that I wanted to remember. My kids thought the the song, "I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus" was the funniest song ever! Tucker would blush every time it came on. I asked him if he didn't think I would kiss Santa. He said no and that it didn't matter because we didn't have any mistletoe. I said it would be easy to get some. I was telling my Mom about this talk so she bought some mistletoe and hung it at their house on Christmas Eve. Tucker was embarrassed! He wouldn't even walk under it. So Nate and I showed them how it works. You stand under the mistletoe and you get kissed. Norma loved this! The only thing is she insisted on kissing on the lips. HARD! She would just stand there and wait for someone to walk by. Or if she saw them walk under it she would shout, "You're under the mistletoe, you need to be kissed!" It was the funniest thing ever. Everyone wanted a picture of her with her lips puckered.
One other thing that I wanted to remember was how much the dog has enjoyed Christmas too. He was as bad as the kids on Christmas morning. Wouldn't stop sniffing at his stocking til we got out his toys. Then he couldn't decide which one to play with. He was running around here just like the kids. I thought for sure he would tare apart his toys, like he does with any other toy we get him, but it has been 5 days and not one of them is missing its stuffing or any plastic! He loved them. It helps that we bought "big dog" dog toys, he can barely fit his mouth around.
I love this time of year and I am so excited for 2010. It will be a fun filled year. Tucker turning 8 and getting baptized, a new baby and my brother coming home from his mission in August are just a few of the things we get to do this year. Not to mention all the little things in between. I hope everyone can look forward to the new year with much love and health. Remember to not sweat the small stuff and always remember the love that the Savior has for all of us.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Christmas Day
We have had such a wonderful Christmas! I just had to share some of the highlights from yesterday since we were much to busy to stop and take pictures. Christmas Eve was great! We always go over to my parents for dinner with family and friends. This year we had quite the full house. Cindy, Angela and Larry came. Terry, Kelly, Kaleb and James were there along with Melissa and Rick. Add in all my crazy kids and it was a loud but loved house. I got to talk with my brother Jeremiah for a little bit and wish him a Merry Christmas. After a lovely dinner where everyone stuffed themselves, my brother Gerald called from New Jersey where he is serving on a mission. He sent the craziest things for Christmas. He told us that the neighbors had moved out and left this stuff in the basement. Cd's and some old decorative pillows and I'm not sure if he found or bought these but he sent the whole 12 month collection of Winnie the Pooh figurines for my sister Winni. The kids hoped that Santa had come while we had been at Nana's but were okay that he hadn't when they remembered they hadn't left out milk and cookies. We all got new jammies and went to bed really well. Norma was up at 3 with a nightmare and after an hour of kicking me out of bed I made Nate take her back to her own bed. Nate had to work on Christmas but they had worked it out so that he just needed to be in uniform for most of the day and only had to be out on the road from 10 to 2. But he had to be up and ready at 7. He was ready and the kids still were asleep. This is our 8th year with kids and we have woken them up every year. I could have totally sleep in this year too. The kids were so happy that Santa had come that they weren't to upset about getting woke up by Daddy.
Tucker has done nothing but play his DS and with it being Christmas, I'm trying to let him do what he wants. With a few breaks inbetween, he has almost defeated the new game he got. Thadd has just bounced from one thing to the next. He is loving everything he got. The same goes for Norma. She got a kitchen set from Nana and Papa and loves making everyone food. It came with a phone that she loves to call on. She will bring you the "invisible" phone and call you to see if you are ready for the food she has made you and then call you back to see if you have finished.
Even with Nate working, it was a wonderful day! I hope everyone else's Christmas was just as wonderful as ours and we wish you a Happy New Year!
Tucker has done nothing but play his DS and with it being Christmas, I'm trying to let him do what he wants. With a few breaks inbetween, he has almost defeated the new game he got. Thadd has just bounced from one thing to the next. He is loving everything he got. The same goes for Norma. She got a kitchen set from Nana and Papa and loves making everyone food. It came with a phone that she loves to call on. She will bring you the "invisible" phone and call you to see if you are ready for the food she has made you and then call you back to see if you have finished.
Even with Nate working, it was a wonderful day! I hope everyone else's Christmas was just as wonderful as ours and we wish you a Happy New Year!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Cabin 09'
Nate's grandparents own a cabin in Star Valley Idaho and every year we try to go up for Christmas. We usually go after Christmas but Nate had the time off before so...
Thank you to Heather for having everything planned out so well for all of us to be up there. All I had to do was bake and watch a sleeping baby(Jennifer). It is so nice to enjoy being with family so much!
The kids LOVE the cabin! Whether it is down stairs playing ping-pong and fuse-ball, upstairs playing games and coloring or outside sledding and building snowmen. No matter what they are doing, the cabin is the best Christmas tradition of the year!
Can't figure out what is going on with the pictures. I can't put them in any order but as long as you can see them that is all that matters, right?
Monday, December 14, 2009
Christmas Letter
(Because I didn't get a chance to make cards this year, this is what I'm sending family. Merry Christmas!)
Hello Family!
I hope this will find all of you happy and healthy. I feel terrible that I am sending this out later that I usually do. I didn’t get time to make cards this year but I still wanted to let you know how our 2009 year went.
Nathan has been with the Highway Patrol for a year now. It seems like this is what he has always done though. He has also been taking a math class at UVU and is signed up to take another one next semester. We only see him every other month with the way his schedule works but it has been worth it.
Bobby is enjoying being a stay-at-home mom. Right now she is PREGNANT! After a lot of praying and fasting, we decided to add another little one to our family. Kathryn Kristine (Kate) will be joining our family the first part of March. This also happens to be the same weekend that Tucker will be getting baptized.
Tucker is in second grade and is really enjoying math and of course reading. It is hard to find books that don’t take him a day to read. He played soccer this year and loved it! He was the best one on the team. (Which means he could kick the ball where he wanted it to go.) He has also been my human garbage disposal. I can’t keep this boy feed enough to have him not say to me, “What else can I eat?”
Thaddeus is in kindergarten and to say he loves it would be an understatement. Every day I get the same question, “Do I get to go to school tomorrow?” His teacher Mrs. Earl has been wonderful with him and it really helps that his best friend Ira is in his class. He has loved being able to read a few little books. Now he wants to read everything from the hymn book at church to the phone book at home.
Norma is the queen of the house. I can’t believe how much she has grown in the last year. Her hair is so long, she talks all the time and her favorite thing to do is color with Thadd. It has been such a pleasure to be just the two of us while the boys are at school. She was a little disappointed when she found out she was getting a sister. She didn’t want to share her shoes. But now she has warmed up to the idea and can’t wait for Kate to be here.
We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May it bring you much love and joy and happier times.
Love Nathan, Bobby, Tucker, Thaddeus, Norma and soon-to-be Kate
Hello Family!
I hope this will find all of you happy and healthy. I feel terrible that I am sending this out later that I usually do. I didn’t get time to make cards this year but I still wanted to let you know how our 2009 year went.
Nathan has been with the Highway Patrol for a year now. It seems like this is what he has always done though. He has also been taking a math class at UVU and is signed up to take another one next semester. We only see him every other month with the way his schedule works but it has been worth it.
Bobby is enjoying being a stay-at-home mom. Right now she is PREGNANT! After a lot of praying and fasting, we decided to add another little one to our family. Kathryn Kristine (Kate) will be joining our family the first part of March. This also happens to be the same weekend that Tucker will be getting baptized.
Tucker is in second grade and is really enjoying math and of course reading. It is hard to find books that don’t take him a day to read. He played soccer this year and loved it! He was the best one on the team. (Which means he could kick the ball where he wanted it to go.) He has also been my human garbage disposal. I can’t keep this boy feed enough to have him not say to me, “What else can I eat?”
Thaddeus is in kindergarten and to say he loves it would be an understatement. Every day I get the same question, “Do I get to go to school tomorrow?” His teacher Mrs. Earl has been wonderful with him and it really helps that his best friend Ira is in his class. He has loved being able to read a few little books. Now he wants to read everything from the hymn book at church to the phone book at home.
Norma is the queen of the house. I can’t believe how much she has grown in the last year. Her hair is so long, she talks all the time and her favorite thing to do is color with Thadd. It has been such a pleasure to be just the two of us while the boys are at school. She was a little disappointed when she found out she was getting a sister. She didn’t want to share her shoes. But now she has warmed up to the idea and can’t wait for Kate to be here.
We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May it bring you much love and joy and happier times.
Love Nathan, Bobby, Tucker, Thaddeus, Norma and soon-to-be Kate
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Visit with Santa
We went to our ward Christmas Party yesterday. I just have to let you know, it has been really hard being a single mom for the last few weeks. Nate has had his bad switch over at work were he worked nights all week long and then had one day off,(which wasn't a real day off because he spent the day doing reports) and has worked long days because of the storm this weekend. I have to say I am so proud of myself for even going to the party on my own with 3 little kids and we even made it to church today.
Sorry, just had to be said. So they were having breakfast for the ward. French toast, omelets, bagels, hot chocolate and milk. Kathryn was so wonderful to come and be with us. When they came and told us that Santa was here and ready for the kids to come line up, Kathryn went with the kids so that I could sit and visit. Norma came back with her 3 times to tell me that she had seen Santa and that they were getting closer to him in line. The last time Norma came back to get me because they were next in line. She dragged me past everyone else in line saying, " Hurry up Mom!"
Thadd was so excited to sit on Santa's lap and got in there, wouldn't sit on his lap, wouldn't talk to him and just stood there with his hands in his pockets. When we left he said to me, "But I didn't tell Santa what I wanted." Silly boy. :)
Norma was cute. She wouldn't talk to him either but she did sit on his lap and I love this picture I got of him helping her smile for the picture!
Tucker of course talked to him. But told me he forgot to thank him for the treat bag. I told them they can put all of that in their letters that they still need to write. All in all it turned out pretty well. Norma was the only one to have a melt down and that was because, one- I didn't cut her french toast right and two- they didn't have spoons for her hot chocolate.
I love Christmas time and I am so happy to be busy this time of year. I'm baking up a storm to go to the cabin and really looking forward to the holidays! The only thing about the holidays being over will be the baby is that much closer to being here.
Sorry, just had to be said. So they were having breakfast for the ward. French toast, omelets, bagels, hot chocolate and milk. Kathryn was so wonderful to come and be with us. When they came and told us that Santa was here and ready for the kids to come line up, Kathryn went with the kids so that I could sit and visit. Norma came back with her 3 times to tell me that she had seen Santa and that they were getting closer to him in line. The last time Norma came back to get me because they were next in line. She dragged me past everyone else in line saying, " Hurry up Mom!"
Thadd was so excited to sit on Santa's lap and got in there, wouldn't sit on his lap, wouldn't talk to him and just stood there with his hands in his pockets. When we left he said to me, "But I didn't tell Santa what I wanted." Silly boy. :)
Norma was cute. She wouldn't talk to him either but she did sit on his lap and I love this picture I got of him helping her smile for the picture!
Tucker of course talked to him. But told me he forgot to thank him for the treat bag. I told them they can put all of that in their letters that they still need to write. All in all it turned out pretty well. Norma was the only one to have a melt down and that was because, one- I didn't cut her french toast right and two- they didn't have spoons for her hot chocolate.
I love Christmas time and I am so happy to be busy this time of year. I'm baking up a storm to go to the cabin and really looking forward to the holidays! The only thing about the holidays being over will be the baby is that much closer to being here.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Santa's (aka: Build a Bear) Workshop
Because Grandpa and Diane are on their mission they had given us money for the kids for Christmas. We decided that taking the kids to Build a Bear was a perfect idea! They could pick out their own bears and enjoy making them knowing they were from Grandpa and Diane. They had so much fun! Norma has a few bears from here and every time we would go to the mall she would go crazy wanting to go in. The boys were so excited that this time they would get one!
I love this picture of Thadd when he found the one he wanted! 
They had so much fun getting to fill their animals and put the hearts in! Then finding the perfect clothes to go with them was a little bit of a challenge but we did it and made it home all in one piece.
The boys really liked getting their animals dressed and once Thadd had his Camo Bear dressed he had to show him around the house. 
Norma had enjoyed her pony-unicorn and Tucker got the softest dog that he named Happy. They have loved playing with them and I hope they will think of Grandpa and Diane when they play with them!
Thank you so much Glade and Diane! They love them!
I love this picture of Thadd when he found the one he wanted! 
They had so much fun getting to fill their animals and put the hearts in! Then finding the perfect clothes to go with them was a little bit of a challenge but we did it and made it home all in one piece.
The boys really liked getting their animals dressed and once Thadd had his Camo Bear dressed he had to show him around the house. 
Norma had enjoyed her pony-unicorn and Tucker got the softest dog that he named Happy. They have loved playing with them and I hope they will think of Grandpa and Diane when they play with them!
Thank you so much Glade and Diane! They love them!
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