Merry Christmas!!!

To all who I have failed to get a card out to, more than I care to admit:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Santa, Santa, Ho-Ho-HO

Princess's preschool had a fun Christmas party. They went in their pajamas and learned all about The Polar Express. Santa came and they got to sit on his lap and tell him what they want for Christmas. T-man wanted a light saber. Princess wants make-up. I am in trouble with that girl. The Little One was just happy to get her candy cane and get off his lap as fast as she could. We will just have to wait to see what Santa brings.

Heber's Dairy Keen

The Train that caused all the excitement

Choo-Choo

Over the weekend, we braved the storm and headed up to Midway. The disappointing thing is that we headed up specifically for a sleigh ride with Brett's family and ended up missing it because of the weather and traffic. We lucked out and got a rain check for our family so we will be making it up when the weather is a little better. We ate at the Dairy Keen in Heber and the kids had a great time. They loved watching the train go around the top of the ceiling. They were also so very excited to get their conductors caps.

After we headed to Brett's parents place in Midway were the kids got to swim and the adults hung out and ate RED VELVET cake. I should have taken a picture. It is almost to pretty of a cake to eat. We watched Mama Mia and I really wanted to do the sing-a-long version, but the boys declined. Then, about 5 minutes into it, they were really wishing that they would have had the words on the screen to follow along with. I KNEW IT! We had to head out early the next morning for some serious men's church basketball and a few b-day's party, but it was fun to get a way for a night.

T-man practicing his photo skills:

Choo-Choo

The Little One was so excited to see this Choo-Choo Train at the Dairy Keen in Midway. For about 30 minutes she acted like this. She is so animated and so fun to watch. All the people around us were getting a kick out of it as well.

Christmas Photo Shoot

I realize it has been a while since I have posted. It has been busy, as it has been for everyone. I just have a harder time being in my routine when my husband is home every day to throw it off. Anyway, I just wanted to post some pictures of my photo shoot of the kids on Sunday. I had a really hard time deciding which picture to use. I really was so tempted to use some of these, but when I put them on the card, it didn't look quite right. But here they are for your viewing pleasure. And then there is the picture of how I manage to end up making one of my kids cry at the end of the shoot because they won't take just one more picture. This one is my absolute FAVORITE:

The Royal Ball

Blowing out the Ariel Cupcake

The Royal Promenade

My husband makes fun of me for referring to this one, as the Princess. But seriously, when you get to know her, how can you not. We had to fill out an "All About Me" poster for her birthday for preschool. Here are her responses for you to be the judge:

1. Favorite Color: PINK

2. Favorite Food: Pepperoni Pizza

3. Favorite Animal: Pony

4. Favorite place to visit: Disneyland

5. When I grow up I want to be a: PRINCESS

6. If I had one wish , I would wish for a: BIG ARIEL DRESS FOR WHEN I GROW UP.

Brett wanted to know if we should break it to her know that her dream of being a Princess when she grows up isn't all that realistic. Of course I let him know that she can live the dream now. We had a Royal Ball at our house with lots of little Princesses running around, with a few knights, superheroes and football players. The kids had fun and the Princess squealed in absolute delight when opening her presents. It was always "just what she wanted". I am partied out for now. So many birthdays in so little of time.

Definite Jazz Fans

We went to the Jazz vs. Kings game last Friday night. We went out on a limb and took both kids, T-man and the Princess. We had a good time and the kids did great. "P" lasted half the game and T-man sat through the whole game. It is so fun to watch him and sit with him. I think he actually gets it. For the most part. He knows when to cheer, he chants along with the cheers, he pays attention. But his very most favorite part was getting sprayed with 4 cans of silly string by the Bear (thanks, Smitty). He actually thought it was AWESOME. Although, I am not so sure all of the unsupecting, inocent bystander fans thought the same thing.

T-man after being sprayed and a pile of the Gooey mess.

Because of recent game attendance by an older brother, P was convinced it was her turn for an autograph session. She was so cute. She would look at Brett when a player walked in and ask him if he was a player. If he said yes, she would take the marker from him and walk up to the player and ask him if he would sign her "Shert". She was so excited when D-Will finally came in and signed her shirt. She was golden after that, but we still got a few more. Here is to her pink D-Will jersey. And here is a special thanks to Linda and Smitty for treating us so well!

AK-47 SIGNING D-WILL SIGNING

THE FINAL PRODUCT LINDA, SMITTY AND KIDS