I started blogging because I thought it would be a good way to kind of journal our lives. I don't really enjoy doing it, though, and so I procrastinate all the time and at this time of the year, when things get hectic, it is easy to put it off. So this is a really long post! My goal is to do better this next year. I don't have pictures of everything I wanted but these are some that are okay. We start off with Dallin's 6th birthday. We had the Marble's over for a firepit and smore's and hot chocolate instead of cake and ice cream. The kids had so much, and I was a little worried with that many kids around the fire but they did great, all except for Brig who singed his hair by touching it with one of the roasting sticks.
Brig had his Christmas program at preschool. He loves Mrs. Amber's and has a great time with cousins Jalyn and Ryker being in his class. He even sang! I think that is a first for any of my kids to actually sing in preschool. My sister Tanya's little girl, Londyn, is on the far left. She is not a part of the class but Tanya dropped her off in the middle of the night so she could go have Baby Holly at the hospital. Londyn is the exact opposite of my kids and wanted to be a part of it even though she didn't know anyone or what they were doing. It was pretty dang cute! Mrs. Amber even let her and my other nephew Logan stay for the rest of the party after the program was over which they both thought was so cool.
Brig did his best but you could tell he was hating every minute of the program. He didn't take his eyes off his teacher the whole time they were singing and only half-way did the actions. I really enjoy Brig! He is a good boy and very fun.
Londyn hung out at our house for a couple days while Tanya and Nick were at the hospital. I don't think she really got that she was getting a sibling but she loved talking about baby Holly and playing with Brig. The two of them started dancing to music on the TV they were watching and it was so cute they actually looked like they knew what they were doing. Dallin was dissappointed that Holly was not born on his birthday, but the day after.
The weekend before Christmas we had a party at my parent's house. Alden had been playing hard all day and I thought he was just tired. He layed down and I had him hold Lila for me. They looked so cute together; that is until he puked all over her, right as Santa was walking in to door too! All the boys ended up with a stomach bug. Luckily it was a quick one and we were done with it after three days.
Alden missed Santa but the rest of the kids got to see him. Dallin got some of the throw up on him so he changed into clothes that were a little too small and luckily i had extra clothes for Lila too. I missed the whole Santa thing trying to help Alden and after that the party kind of fell apart.
Christmas Eve we went over to the Thurston's to try again. We met at the temple first to look at the lights. We always have so much fun there. The kids love going in the visitor center.
At Grandpa's the kids played games, opened presents, and acted out the story of Baby Jesus being born. They have such a fun time doing that. They were excited to get their pajamas. We went over to Scott's sister's house after that and decorated cookies to leave for Santa. The boys were so excited I thought they would never go to sleep but they actually did pretty good.
The boys all had a great Christmas and were very happy with what they received. Santa left them an Xbox 360 and mom and dad gave them Nintendo DS's so they are video gamed out!! They play every waking second unless i am getting after them to go play and get some fresh air. The kids each drew a siblings name to buy a present for and Scott is creative enough to help Dallin. He had him draw a picture of a butterfly (to go with her room decor) and then he took him to find a frame for it. It was so sweet and cute of him and he was so excited to give it to her. We spent Christmas evening at Scott's parents house and i, of course, forgot the camera. We had fun having a white elephant exchange and the kids had a puzzle exchange. There was lots of food and fun games. We had a great time.
After Christmas in one of our many attempts to get the boys away from the video games for a while we went across the street to the park. Scott took Brigs training wheels off and helped him learn how to ride. He picked it up quick and loves being a big kid. He claims that now he can ride in the desert behind the house like his brothers. We will have to see about that!
I started blogging because I thought it would be a good way to kind of journal our lives. I don't really enjoy doing it, though, and so I procrastinate all the time and at this time of the year, when things get hectic, it is easy to put it off. So this is a really long post! My goal is to do better this next year. I don't have pictures of everything I wanted but these are some that are okay. We start off with Dallin's 6th birthday. We had the Marble's over for a firepit and smore's and hot chocolate instead of cake and ice cream. The kids had so much, and I was a little worried with that many kids around the fire but they did great, all except for Brig who singed his hair by touching it with one of the roasting sticks.
Brig had his Christmas program at preschool. He loves Mrs. Amber's and has a great time with cousins Jalyn and Ryker being in his class. He even sang! I think that is a first for any of my kids to actually sing in preschool. My sister Tanya's little girl, Londyn, is on the far left. She is not a part of the class but Tanya dropped her off in the middle of the night so she could go have Baby Holly at the hospital. Londyn is the exact opposite of my kids and wanted to be a part of it even though she didn't know anyone or what they were doing. It was pretty dang cute! Mrs. Amber even let her and my other nephew Logan stay for the rest of the party after the program was over which they both thought was so cool.
Brig did his best but you could tell he was hating every minute of the program. He didn't take his eyes off his teacher the whole time they were singing and only half-way did the actions. I really enjoy Brig! He is a good boy and very fun.
Londyn hung out at our house for a couple days while Tanya and Nick were at the hospital. I don't think she really got that she was getting a sibling but she loved talking about baby Holly and playing with Brig. The two of them started dancing to music on the TV they were watching and it was so cute they actually looked like they knew what they were doing. Dallin was dissappointed that Holly was not born on his birthday, but the day after.
The weekend before Christmas we had a party at my parent's house. Alden had been playing hard all day and I thought he was just tired. He layed down and I had him hold Lila for me. They looked so cute together; that is until he puked all over her, right as Santa was walking in to door too! All the boys ended up with a stomach bug. Luckily it was a quick one and we were done with it after three days.
Alden missed Santa but the rest of the kids got to see him. Dallin got some of the throw up on him so he changed into clothes that were a little too small and luckily i had extra clothes for Lila too. I missed the whole Santa thing trying to help Alden and after that the party kind of fell apart.
Christmas Eve we went over to the Thurston's to try again. We met at the temple first to look at the lights. We always have so much fun there. The kids love going in the visitor center.
At Grandpa's the kids played games, opened presents, and acted out the story of Baby Jesus being born. They have such a fun time doing that. They were excited to get their pajamas. We went over to Scott's sister's house after that and decorated cookies to leave for Santa. The boys were so excited I thought they would never go to sleep but they actually did pretty good.
The boys all had a great Christmas and were very happy with what they received. Santa left them an Xbox 360 and mom and dad gave them Nintendo DS's so they are video gamed out!! They play every waking second unless i am getting after them to go play and get some fresh air. The kids each drew a siblings name to buy a present for and Scott is creative enough to help Dallin. He had him draw a picture of a butterfly (to go with her room decor) and then he took him to find a frame for it. It was so sweet and cute of him and he was so excited to give it to her. We spent Christmas evening at Scott's parents house and i, of course, forgot the camera. We had fun having a white elephant exchange and the kids had a puzzle exchange. There was lots of food and fun games. We had a great time.
After Christmas in one of our many attempts to get the boys away from the video games for a while we went across the street to the park. Scott took Brigs training wheels off and helped him learn how to ride. He picked it up quick and loves being a big kid. He claims that now he can ride in the desert behind the house like his brothers. We will have to see about that!
Wow - sounds like you guys had a wonderful holiday! (Except the throwing up part!) Thanks for the update - I love reading about your family!
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