Frosty Morning

Pictures taken with my new Sony Bloggie camera.

I love it so far!

She wins the award for Cutest Christmas baby EVER!

You may have to look twice at the picture below to realize that it is not actually my living room, but is the cultural hall at the church.  We have some pretty great ward party planners in our ward and this year they created this lovely space for the ward party.

This Reindeer board was at the party for families to take their picture.  Hayden was the only member of my family that was willing.  Oh well, maybe next year!

These crazy boys had no problem putting their faces in a few pictures!

Miss Clara in her Christmas dress.

Merry Christmas

Sunday Nap

On Sunday afternoon Hayden wanted to take a nap under the Christmas tree.  We all thought he meant the big tree until we found him laying on a pillow under the little tree!  He slept there for almost three hours!

She's on the move

This baby sister won't sit still!  

I was trying to get a few pictures of her in the darling dress that her Grandma Heap made her but she would not hold still.  First she had to get the flower off her head and then she was off....No sittin' around taking pictures for this girl!  

Despite her efforts, I think I managed to get a couple of good shots of the dress. 
Thanks so much Gma, it's precious and when she wore it to church I lost count of all the people that said they loved it!

Bugs-post edit

To those of you who saw my post called BUGS, I took it down for two reasons.

One- it was pretty rude, and I am not a rude person.

Two- because it didn't convey my feelings acurately.

So let me clarify.  

I do not dislike NieNie.  I just dislike what her blog has become.  It is all about "look at me and all of the publicity she gets" and not so much about real life.  And this bugs me because never once has she said Thank you or shown any concern for the people in St, Johns who helped her especially my parents who continue to deal with it today. The post was just a year or so of frustration coming out and it came out a little wrong in the first post!

For those of you who may not know....NieNie's plane crashed into my parents backyard.  My mom was home at the time and was scared to death.  I'm really happy that Stephanie seems to be doing so well and I wish her the very best.  I'm a little defensive of my parents though and Thank you would be nice to hear.

Utah Truffles

If you have never had a Mint Truffle from Utah Truffles....I'm sorry.

They are to die for. 
If you don't live in Utah and don't have access to them, I'm sorry about that too.

If you do live in Utah you can find them at various grocery stores and gas stations and also at Deseret Book.  They aren't cheap but they are so worth the money.

kids say....

My kids have really been saying the craziest things lately.  I wanted to write some of them down before I forget. 

Hayden, most things that come out of this kids mouth are note worthy, it's hard to remember them all.

While we were diving in the car down to Provo the other day he asked me the most random question, he says, "Mom, do Spiders have butt's?"   I had to laugh and imagine the thoughts that were going through his head!  

I try to keep him moving during the day which is not too easy since we can't really play outside anymore.  The other day he was running races from one end of the house to the other and he would say, "On your mark, GET SICK, GO!"

He tells me all the time that he is "too sick, or too tired" to do something he's been asked to do.

Colby is the Chess king.  He and his dad play a couple of matches a day.  Colby is a dang smart kid and is really good at chess, but he talks so much trash that Mark finds it hard to let him win.  It's really funny actually to listen to Colby, I don't know where he learned to talk trash.....Actually, I'll blame it on his older cousins, Colt, Jake, Tuff, you know who you are!!  When we tell him not to be so mouthy, he says that he is just confident! Ahhh.... Mark finally had to tell him that confidence is in your head, not your mouth.  I have to say though that he does have the skills to back up his mouth!  

He also told us that he needs to get some deodorant!  WHAT?!?!

His friends older brother told him that you have to wear deodorant to get girls to like you!

Cameron wants to be an Elf.

He asked me today if his ears look like Elf ears.  He was disappointed when I told him No!  He kept looking in the mirror and saying that, yes, he does have Elf ears.  Then he asked me how he could be an Elf.  I told him he could get a costume and be in plays or commercials or something but that was not the right answer. 
He wants to be one of Santa's elves and he has a plan.
He is going to wait up for Santa on Christmas Eve, then tell him that he wants to be an Elf.  Santa will take him to the North Pole and train him to be an Elf.  He will be able to come home for most of the year, but when it's time to get ready for Christmas he will have to go back to the North Pole.

As crazy as his idea is, it was really fun to listen to him plan and to see the sparkle in his eyes.  It made me excited for my kids and Christmas.  I remember being little and really believing in Santa, it really was magical and Santa really could do anything!

The Big Three

Happy Birthday Hayden! 

This kid is a big bag of tricks, he has emotions that go from coast to coast.  When he is sweet he's super sweet.  When he is mad he is mad, there is not usually an in between! 

That's not normal for a 3 year old is it?!?!

I hyped up his birthday kind of a lot this year, but why not?  You're only 3 once.

Hayden was pretty lucky and got to have two birthday parties,  one in St. Johns with the Mineer cousins and another in Utah with the Davis cousins.  He loves doughnuts, like really loves them and wants to go to the store and get one everyday.  So when he said he wanted a doughnut cake I wasn't surprised!  It was so easy and I think looks super cute too.  There were lots of cousins at the SJ party and they sure spoiled Hayden.  He was so sweet and got excited about every present. 
Thanks everyone for making his birthday special. 

Even the babies got in on the party action!
(the hats only stayed long enough to take one picture!)

For the Utah party Hayden again wanted doughnuts only this time he wanted little ones.

I jazzed them up a little and thought worked out pretty well.

Caroline turns three this month too.  

It does not seem like 3 years ago that these two kiddos were born.  

Gees, do all these kids look related or what!  

At least they are all dang cute.

Hayden and his "tool fing" He was with me when I picked this present up at Costco and it was too big to hide.  So for three days he kept asking if he could have his "tool fing" yet.  Poor kid, it was torture to know what your present was and not be able to have it.  But it was the last one at the store so a mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do!  He also got the Fire Truck that he had wanted "really bad" for the last three months.  I wish you all could hear him say he wants something really bad, it is so dang cute.  This kid really is the best even if he is an emotional roller coaster.  We all love him to pieces and love spending time with him. Hayden makes this world a better place!

10 Months

Clara girl Loved Grandpa's horse.  She clapped her hands and everything!

And could you die over the cute hat that Grandma made her?

Clara is wearing a shirt that was mine when I was a baby.  My mom was cleaning out her cedar chest and found some old treasures of mine and my brothers.

Clara and Parker got along pretty well most of the time.  Clara would flinch though when Parker would come strait at her, I would too if I saw a big open mouth crawling toward me wanting to eat me!  How are they both already 10 months old?

Savannah shared her hat with Clara and sorry Savannah but she looks cuter in it than you!

At ten months this girl has learned to crawl and wave bye-bye!
She has major separation anxiety from her mom and does not like strangers.

She loves to tear apart and eat paper and kleenex and throws a fit when I take it away.

She has 6 teeth and LOVES bath time and gets upset when I take her out of the tub!

She makes her way all around the house and finds every little thing that no one else would notice.  The boys are learning to be on constant Clara watch and are doing a really great job of it.  Even Hayden will take things away from her that she shouldn't have!

Only two more months until this sister is one.