The Holidays are Here!

Yesterday we went with Bryan's family down to SLC to go to cableas and Ikea shopping then to Temple Square to see the Christmas lights.  My kids did a lot better then I thought they would!  I love going to do fun things and making fun memories for my kids.  

Our family at temple square.  I swear all of Salt Lake City was there!  It took us about a half hour just to find a parking space.  It wasn't too cold though so it made it a nice night to get out.  

The cousins!  With Bryan and Grandpa.  

The only way to get a group shot is to yell look and just take what you get.  

Thanksgiving my boys started playing with this old box and Bryan was pushing them around the floor.  They were loving it!  I love to see my kids playing together.  

We went to my Aunt Roxeys house for Thanksgiving with my parents, grandparents and Aunt Martha and her kids.  We had a great time together with some fantastic food.  Roxey has a putting green in her yard and my boys had a ball playing on it.  

Yes we already put up our tree.  I couldn't wait!  My kids LOVE it and knock on wood the boys haven't bothered it very much.  The bottom foot is empty so I'm sure that's helping.  I'll put a picture of it all put up later.  

A quick story- the day after Thanksgiving my sister in law Katie and I decided to head out and try to get some deals early. We left just after 6 and everything I wanted at Wal-Mart was GONE!  I couldn't believe it!  They weren't even the big huge deals.  We went to shopko and had the same problem there.  Then when we went out to her van at 8 am the front tire was totally flat.  So we had to call for help and wait.  I think this is the first time in my 4 years of knowing her that we got out with ANY of our kids and this happens.  At least I got one thing and Katie got a couple of things.  Oh well.  At least I'm just about done with my shopping.  

Christmas Trees

We were able to go up into Idaho and cut down our Christmas trees again this year.  It's a tradition we do with Bryan's family.  There wasn't too much snow yet this year which was nice so my kids could run around a little easier.  Everyone was gone for about two hours looking for a tree so Ty and Blake had a lot of time to run around.  We got another beautiful tree this year.  We may set it up early because I'm so excited for Christmas this year! 

Ty sledding with his cousins.  He loves being with cousins!

Thanks to my dad and his Columbia sportswear account he had my kids are head to toe Columbia.  They were warm at least!

Ty got to be there when Bryan cut down our tree.  He thought that was great!  That's our tree behind Bryan.  The huge one- I'm not sure it's going to fit in my house!

The only proof I came. I need to make sure I get pictures of me just so my kids now I did spend everyday of my life with them.  

The lawn mower

So the other night I got woken up by Tyson standing in my door way.  I was kind of out of it but Blake still wakes up once or twice a night so my body is used to being up.  I asked him what was wrong and he said "I'm wet mom".  Neither of my kids have had their diaper leak for a really long time so I couldn't believe it.  I went in his room and sure enough his bed was all wet.  So after changing his bed and his PJ's I settled him down just as Blake woke up.  I went to his room and was rocking him back to sleep and I felt this warm sensation on my lap.  His diaper leaked and now him and I were both wet!  What is going on!  So he woke up and I had to change him and start all over again getting him back to sleep.  Such is the life of a mother I guess. 

We have been hitting the potty training thing pretty hard the last month or so and Ty knew if he would go potty for a day or two without one accident I would give him this toy lawn mower.  He finally did it!  He has done pretty bad after he got it thought so it depends on the day if he has it or if I had to take it away.  I think Blake likes it more then Ty if that's possible.  We have had a LONG week with Bryan working long hours and going to school.  I think I'm going to go totally crazy.  

My baby is turning into a toddler!  So sad! But very cute!

Sorry!

Messy boy!

I'm not sure any of the pudding go in his mouth.  Here's hoping! 

Fun weekend with my parents.  "Buddy Papa and Grandma" as my kids call them.  

I think the one on the right acts more like a kid then the one on the left.  

Sorry everyone for the trouble of changing my blog address on their page.  I know I may sound a little paranoid but after my mom read me a article out of the Deseret News about people doing horrible things to their kids faces from their blog and how easy it is to get info I decided to leave my last name off my blog (it was in the address, that's what bothered me most, my bad!).  Most likely I will end up going private sometime but for now we will just do this.  

So I had a traumatic experience at the hobby lobby today.  I was my hope that we could be in and out but you know how that goes.  Ty didn't want to sit in the cart so I let him down.  He then got into EVERYTHING and was pulling things off the shelves.  Then after I put him back in the back of the cart (their carts are tiny, hardly enough room for Blake) while I wasn't looking he was pulling the stickers apart I wanted to buy and even threw them out of the cart.  Not sure where in the store but they were gone.  I got to the tree ornaments and let him out to pick his (I let the kids pick a new one every year) and he proceeded to break some.  I mean honestly what did I expect?  I'm dealing with a kid who is not quite 3 but I was going crazy.  Of course Blake was screaming most of the time.  Then I checked out and had to show the lady how most everything I bought was on sale which took forever and my kids were just yelling.  Oh man.  The worst thing is she rang up something twice at it's full price so I paid about 18 bucks too much.  I didn't realize that until I was looking at the receipt on  the way home but I wasn't about to turn around and go back.  I hope they believe me when I go back tomorrow and tell them what happened.  At least the day has been better since.  Now I know what I never go anywhere.  What a pain in the butt.