7-11

Today we were driving home from costco and passed a 7-11. Dallin then told me he wanted to go the the MOVIE store.... Confused I asked what you buy at the movie store? He told me Slurpee's!

So he made the connection between the sign and what was inside but Movie store I don't know where that came from! This is probably only cute to me but I want to remember it!

And at Costco he was very excited about all the "gamples" (samples)

New Years Tradition

I started this post a long while ago... seeing is that its about new years! For new years the kids and I went to my grandpartents cabin in Heber with all my family. This has been a tradition for a while now but I've only gone twice durring new years. It was really fun, crazy sleeping

(picture me and two kids on a hide-a

bed... yeah) but really fun. We stayed up until about 1 in the morning playing catch phrase and laughing so hard it hurt. Forget about when midnight actually came we were caught up playing!

New years day we go tubing. This is not regular tubing this is ULTIMATE tubbing for a few reasons. 1. we tube down the street that leads upto the cabin. 2. we are pulled back up the hill by a snowmobile. and 3.

You go Super fast when you get a fast start using the snowmobile. I took Dallin down once going pretty slow and he loved it. So I'm glad we got some good use out of our snow gear at least once this winter.

There wasn't really much relaxing going on like you would imigine at a cabin. Maybe next time when we go for conference in the spring!

Christmas re-cap

Decorating Cookies!

Eating more candy than what was put on the cookie!

"And the stocking were hung by the TV with care?"

Our tree Christmas morning!

Turn off the music at the bottom of the blog before you push play!

I'm sad that Christmas morning I didn't take any pictures. But we did use our video camera for the action that morning! I have NO idea how to put it on the computer. So this lovely video of Dallin singing Jingle Bells will have to do. He hasn't stopped singing it since Tiffany taught it to him!

Dave was not feeling well Christmas morning but he was a trooper and got up with all of us to see what Santa had brought! A new play kitchen, Trucks, dolls, puzzles, books and clothes. It was nice being with my family again this year. It is totally different than Dave's family but that is ok its not bad just different. I miss all the food that comes along with Christmas in Indiana! It's just not a big deal out here.... We did however eat a really good dinner with Sharon! Dallin got a 2 train sets... one for Sharons house and one for Grandmas! Genius I tell you! I'm so thankful for the Saviors birth and trying to explain that to Dallin this year was easy but for him to understand I had to play up the "it's Jesus' Birthday" side of things and that is why we give gifts to others. And as far as Jesus being a baby.... he couldn't quite get that one, he would always refer to our photo of Jesus on the wall. It was cute! I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Chicken Pox

I know sarah got the chicken pox like a month ago! That is why I haven't really posted anything new. Dave had shingles which gave sarah the chicken pox. So because of all that I've been in survival mode all month it seems like. We had lots of oatmeal baths and LATE nights that we are still trying to re adjust back to normal. Overall sucky experience but its one that I know we went through for a reason. Probably to remind me how good my kids really are! My poor poor sarah I felt so bad that I couldn't do more to help her.

Oatmeal bath in the sink.... she didn't like this too much!

I would find her passed out EVERYWHERE she was so tired, these are just some of the pictures I happened to take. The lion she is sleeping on is one of the only things that put a smile on her face!

We did however manage to get a christmas tree! A live one, I love it! So please wish us well that we can all stop getting sick! Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas 2009

This year Santa made a house call to my grandmas house! It was so much fun to see santa not dressed in his "sunday cloths" as he put it. Dallin was genuinely excited to see him... this made me smile. We had a lot of time to just sit around, talk, sing and play with Santa!

I was getting anxious to send out christmas cards So I decided to use the pictures we took that day. Knowing myself I should have waited. I'm kind of a stickler for traditions and so we went to see Santa at his "house" (the santa shack) and there we had a great time with Santa. And an even better photo in my opinion. Either way Dallin loved it and I think Sarah could have cared less about the entire situation. I decided to only send out christmas cards to our friends and family that live far away, reason being its a picture of the kids and people who live close get to see them every day.

It has been an interesting situation this holiday season because Sarah got Chicken Pox! Before that happened I had great plans to bake cookies and make chocolates.. all sort of goodies but that didn't happen! I know there is always next year.

I have been trying to teach the kids about the true meaning of Christmas and not just Santa claus and ho ho ho and mistletoe. Dallin really knows who Jesus is in photos but the concept of Jesus as a baby not so much. He can comprehend that Christmas is Jesus' birthday and we give presents to each other to celebrate. It's been fun to watch him learn and grow. Sarah loves to hear all stories no matter what they are about. I'm so thankful for this time of year to really reflect on the Savior, his birth and his atonement. Behind all the hustle and bustle of shopping baking and gathering with friends the true spirit of the season has shone through for me.

We love you all and wish you a Merry Christmas!