To my darling sons:

Someday, when you are faced with that difficult choice of what nursing home to put me in, I want you to remember who cleaned your disgusting, science-experiment-worthy of a bathroom and then add a another zero to that number that's in your head.

Love, Mom

Christmas was great! And other random tidbits...

Well, most of it was, anyway! Besides Caleb and me being sick, it was awesome!(we are still sick and now poor Carson has it! YUCK!) The kids were thrilled with their presents. It had snowed all night and so we had our first white Christmas ever! (OK, everyone but me. I have had many white Christmases in my life. I am a transplant to this area, LOL!) Well, they were thrilled until they realized that they couldn't go outside and play with their new toys. That is the beauty of living in the desert, Christmas is usually warm! So they just broke out all the new video games and played with those instead. Caleb did go outside and try out his new Rip Stik but it was too wet to really get to ride it.

Santa was here!

Caleb's new Rip Stik. He was thrilled, it was the one thing he asked for over and over. And he has already figured out how to ride it. Allan has mastered it too. I haven't even tried. I would probably fall and break my hip or something.

Carson opening his Nintendo DS. It is the only thing he asked Santa for. I had a really hard time with giving a 3 year old a DS. But Santa overruled me and he got one.

Caleb's new MP3 player. He used to have a different one until Carson put it in a cup of water. We loaded a bunch of songs on it and now I've decided that I need one too. I can't bring myself to buy an Ipod. I would probably lose it or break it and then I would be in trouble. So I'll just stick with the cheap(er) stuff!

Carson showing off his Transformer stuff. He. Loves. Transformers. He is in heaven!

The mess.

The loot.

We also had a nice family dinner. I cooked a ham that just wouldn't get warm! But we all just kicked back and talked until the stupid thing cooked. The wait was worth it because it ended up yummy! Beyond dinner, I can't remember too much. I ended up with a migrane and spent the rest of the night on the couch! I make it sound like Christmas was miserable but it totally wasn't! I guess its just tradition for me to be sick on the holidays!

My mom and step dad flew out for Christmas. They just made it a quick trip because my mom was recently put in as the Primary President and she needed to make it back home on Sunday. Well, with all the wonderful weather, they kept missing their connecting flights! I felt so bad for them because they didn't end up getting home until like 1 in the morning and they had to drive through a horrible blizzard to get there! Oh and they also lost their luggage(still not as bad as losing your luggage in Mexico mom! I still win the lost luggage contest! Your experience still ranks in the top 5 though!) And their car was frozen solid at the airport because of an ice storm. After prying themselves out of bed on Sunday, they went to church and they found out they only had Sacrement because of the weather. Seriously, could their luck have gotten any worse? They are never going to want to visit us again!

Allan took the boys sledding on Friday. They had a great time getting pulled around on tubes with the ATV's. (no pictures because mom wasn't there!) I really should have made Caleb stay home because of his cold but I just couldn't tell him no! After all, how often do we get to go sledding around here? I stayed home because I had made plans with my friends days ago to go out.

On Saturday and Sunday, I was sick! I didn't get off the couch except to go to bed. I was sooo exhausted that I was pretty sure that I was going to die! But I'm still alive. And I'm still kinda sick. Caleb and Carson aren't doing too hot either. I'm thinking that we should ring in the New Year tomorrow and get some sleep tonight!

I hope your Christmas was as wonderful as mine!

Oh and Happy New Year too!

Christmas Eve...a little early

Since my last devastatingly boring post, I have been one busy lady (who isn't busy right now though!?) My mom and step dad arrived on time and in one piece, thank heavens! It has been awesome to have them here!

On Tuesday, my mom and I went shopping and I finished up all the last minute Christmas items that I needed. We always buy socks and underwear because what kid doesn't want that? My hubby and I do it every year as a joke. We think we are hilarious.

After our shopping adventure, we hauled our butts home to get the turkey (which turned out so delish!) in the oven for our early Christmas Eve celebration. We also had homemade stuffing, homemade cheesecake and all other sorts of good food. Tia, Cortney, Rylee, Stacha, Kenzi, Mom, Dan, Allan, Caleb, Carson and me were there to witness all this wonderful goodness.

Then we exchanged gifts and my mom wins the best gift of the year. On this tag, I complained about how I was completely traumatized about my mom throwing away my blankie. So she took action. I opened up my present and this is what I found....Its Blankie 2.0. Its even yellow gingham like my other blankie. Mom, you are forgiven. I love it!

My parents also bought the boys nerf guns that shoot little foam thingys with suction cups on the end and it has been nonstop entertainment! They had a huge shooting-fest last night. Allan and Cortney were loving them too. We should have bought them one.

Foam thingy stuck to the ceiling. Its been there all day. I have 12 foot ceilings and I'm not getting on a ladder to get it! It will fall down eventually, right?

Rylee was so dang cute! We gave her a doll and she LOVED it! She carried it around all night. I think she named her Sarah. And she also had her turn shooting the gun.

All in all, it was a fabulous night! Life is GOOD!