The last of 2009

Somebody told me we wouldn't need snow suits and boots in Maryland, so when I bought them online for Christmas I had them sent to Utah, cause I knew we'd need them there. Well, let's just say we were not prepared for this!!



Notice Grady's gloves...they are Walter's boot socks! hahaha they worked!



Somebody knocked on our door at about 10 AM on the first day of snow (it snowed for 2 days) offering to shovel our driveway, for $30! After a good laugh, we told him we were OK. We didn't even have a shovel!



A few days later we headed to Utah!

My kids were so worn out that they fell asleep during dinner on Christmas Eve!



We had to wake them up and force them to open their jammies! I still haven't gotten the PJ's in front of the Christmas tree picture...and the tree is down now! :(

Christmas morning was great! I got this HUGE sausage! How did Santa know that that was what I wanted...??


Maeli's 1st Christmas! She handled it well!



Our little poser! Seriously, who taught her this?? Not me!


We had soo much fun!


Santa brought yo-yo's. They soon found the garbage can! Thanks Santa.


And now we are prepared for the Utah Snow!! This will be my children's first downhill sledding experience, rather than horizontal front yard sledding. They are so excited!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

To Do

Today's to do list includes this..



fun, huh?



the life of a coke addict



you are jealous, aren't you!?!

It gets even better! I found this beautiful mess the day it happened. I took pictures at that time and then waited. I waited for a confession but got nothing! It wasn't until a few days later I opened the freezer with HIM standing there and forced the confession out of him! FOR REAL! I told him I took pictures...and he begged me not to blog them. MERRY CHRISTMAS HOT STUFF!!

Washington DC Temple

Last night we went here...




It was cold and beautiful!

When Maeli was born she brought along a 'little' something to occupy her siblings so she could have some one on one time with mom. She's so thoughtful! :)



My kids are loving this GeoTrax train set. It keeps them busy for hours, everyday! LOVE IT! And it keeps Dad busy too! Not sure who is having more fun, actually!

Anyway, we decided to do a little something with our new train set.



Train set + Christmas Trees = LOTS OF FUN!!


Our Train set is seriously HUGER than our Trees! FOR REAL!! :)



Oh, and it doesn't hurt that it wears them out!

Christmas Love

I was looking through my month of pictures and found this gem!



We put Winni's HUGE bow in Maeli's hair, and it stayed! It almost looks like a hat! I love it! I hope her hair stays, at least for a little while.

This little girl LOVES to help with her baby sister! She wants to hold her all the time and will even burp her for me. I'm so impressed with her baby handling goodness. I just have to keep reminding her that she can't stand up!



This little man kinda likes Maeli, too! Anytime he sees her he has to give her a kiss and asks to hold her. If he sees me without her he is all questions about where she is and with who and why!



And, we finally pulled out our plethora of Christmas decorations. It took all of about 10 minutes to decorate. Someday I'll add to the collection, but I'd like to make the decorations, so it might take some time. Oh well!!



Good News!! So far, the trees have only fallen over once. yeah!!

Black Friday

So, instead of getting up at the awful crack of dawn to save a few bucks, I decided to shop online at midnight instead! Well, it sounded like a good idea. Anyway, I went online before 'go time' and found the things I wanted/needed. Some stores don't start their midnight sale until 12 Central Standard Time, so I had to wait until 1. That was OK and all cause I was hungry anyway...

So, 1 AM hits and I start shopping away. Apparently, so did everyone else! I could not get Kohl's.com to work! It was killing me. Finally, by 3 AM I had all 13 items in my cart. I went to check out and 1 item had sold out. So, I tried to remove it from my cart and it didn't work. I had to keep refreshing the screen, but the site was too overloaded. Finally, at 440 I opened a new window and was able to find my stuff again. However, another thing was sold out. BUMMER! By 5 AM I was even more poor, and tired! So, I finally went to bed. My kids were up by 730 and we were in the car, heading home, by 9. Did I tell you I'm tired today??

Of course we couldn't just drive straight home. First, we stopped for some HORRIBLE breakfast. We decided to go to Burger King so we could be quick, and cause I've always enjoyed their french toast sticks and little cinnamon rolls. Not so much anymore. They were blah!! I'm also a Hot Chocolate lover, so I had to get one. Can I tell you how disappointed I was when they handed me this??



For real?? Did you know Swiss Miss is almost ALWAYS on sale. You can get a box of 10 envelopes for $1. FOR REAL! Oh, and it takes 1 packet/every 6 oz of water. Pretty sure that cup holds more than 6 oz. So, I proceeded to pour out at least 1/2 of the water and MIX MY OWN HOT CHOCOLATE! I'm really not a snob, but really? I paid how much for this? Let's just say McDonald's breakfast and their gourmet hot chocolate are going to put Burger King out of business all by themselves! FOR REAL! Just a tip to BK, had you mixed the hot chocolate for me, with the right ratio of water/powder I wouldn't have known how sad of a hot chocolate I was getting. You know, Hot Chocolate is consumed by more than just 12 and unders, just FYI! I'M STILL HUNGRY! And, I've got a full day of shopping for things I didn't know I needed!