recent trip to the Living Desert with Grandma

 

they got to feed the giraffe, which was the highlight.

 riding the boars.

I heart Instagram

Instagram has changed my life...I love how easy it is to document, but some people are missing my blogging.  So these are for you!  

Sorry for the repeats to my insta friends.

Diva Dash

Some of the girls in my ward had a very fun weekend in San Diego.  We ran the Diva Dash put on my Shape magazine, which was fun...although it rained the whole morning.  We did some major shopping at Ikea since we don't have one here, and then did some strategic packing to get it all into Lillie's car.  But my favorite part of the weekend was just chatting and being with these fun ladies, and not having kids interrupt our conversations.  

Homec Family weekend

We had Colby, Sarah and Owen to visit in January for a long weekend.
Then Charles and Lee Ann came too.
We had so much fun letting the kids play, shopping, talking til late at night, and eating lots of yummy food.
We sure miss them!

the rest of Christmas

My favorite night of Christmas is always our family dinner at Aunt Carolyns. It always used to take place on Christmas Eve, but now we do it on the 23rd so it feels like we have two nights of Christmas Eve...I love it!
We opened poppers, and my Dad and Tyson both found 100$ bills in theirs. We ate a yummy dinner. Played Christmas Family Fued while the kids decorated gingerbread houses with Carolyn. Listened to the Polar Express and the Scriptures. Had the Men's tie exchange. And, opened presents.

Actual Christmas Eve we spend as an immediate and we always go to BJ's for dinner.
Then we all came home and opened pajamas and had a little program about Christ.

Christmas morning was wonderful for our kids. Mags favorite present was probably her baby and her walking meow-meow, as she calls it. Sawyer loved his DS from Nana and Papa. Nothing else seemed to really mater to him.



here are some of the pictures that I captured with my I phone.
It was a very fun and successful week!

Christmas with Grandma and Charles

The first night we went and saw the lights at Candy Cane Lane.
The next day Lee Ann and I took the kids to the children's discovery museum during the day. They never wanted to leave. That night we went to the living desert. The kids had a blast. It poured rain for a few minutes when we first got there, but then ended up being a great night. We rode the train, the carousel, watched a grinch performance, and saw all the lights.
The last day we went to Target so the kids could pick out a Christmas present and had lunch with Taylor and Melanie. Then we went to an adult dinner at Vicky's that night.
We always really love when they come to town. Its a fun weekend filled with lot of activities!

Gingerbread House

I know I am using a lot of my pics from instagram, but I still feel the need to blog our important events.

So Thankful

A quick trip to my parents house brought...
a very yummy Thanksgiving dinner, where we really missed Tyler, Kim and Benton
bagels at the Bagel Shack
a little time walking around downtown and the petting zoo
Breaking Dawn and Arthur Christmas, I haven't been to the theater this much in a long time
an attempt at some black friday deals, but not worth the madness
and some much loved family time.

did I mention that my kids LOVE their uncle Collins, cause they do.

Sawyer at age 5

What is your favorite color? green
What is your favorite toy? spiderman and i-pod
What is your favorite fruit? apples
What is your favorite TV show? teen titans
What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? peanut butter and jelly with chips
What is your favorite thing to wear? jeans
What is your favorite game? hide and go seek
What is your favorite snack? fruitsnacks
What is your favorite animal? gorillas
What is your favorite song? feed the world/its christmas time
What is your favorite book? monsters don't eat broccoli
Who is your best friend? mila
What is your favorite cereal? captain crunch
What is your favorite thing to do outside? ride my scooter
What is your favorite drink? diet coke
What is your favorite holiday? valentines day
What do you like to take to bed with you at night? scrappy (dog)
What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? waffles
What do you want for dinner on your birthday? in-n-out chocolate/strawberry shake
What do you want to be when you grow up? policeman

Sawyer's 5th Birthday

he got ben 10 guys, a batman cave, shoes, clothes, and lots of money that he spent at target that night on... more ben 10 guys, a joker, and a new spiderman.
i took him and mila to mcdonalds for happy meals at lunch, and then he chose in-n-out for dinner. mainly for a milkshake.
we had such a fun day, and i can't believe i have a 5 year old.
and i have to say it was really nice not to have a party, although he kept asking all his friends where their presents were. i guess he doesn't fully understand what no party means!

trick or treat

Sawyer chose to be a TMNT. He has watched all my brothers old VHS tapes at my moms.
Mags wouldn't wear her cat costume. I thought I would make her into a ghost, but somehow she turned into baby Jesus. I guess we are just that spiritual.
Lillie hosted a chilli dinner for us and the Greens.
And then we walked the neighborhood. My legs were a little sore by the end of the night.
Mags LOVED trick or treating. I think she would have gone all night.
Sawyer got scared at someones house, and then it was a struggle for him the rest of the night.
I am so glad we live in such a family friendly neighborhood. I think the kids enjoyed passing out candy as much as getting it.
I really thought I was going to dress up this year, but somehow it didn't happen.
Next year for sure.

pumpkin carving

Sunday the Biesingers came over to carve pumpkins and have dinner.
Because of the fact that Sawyers bday is the day after Halloween, and we always seem to be sugared and partied out by then, we somewhat celebrated that night.
He chose pasta for dinner and we had pumpkin cake for dessert.
I am really loving this time of year. I wish we were a little cooler, but then again I love that we never have to worry about being really cold.

I stole some pics from Lillie.

let the halloween celebration begin

We started with a MY GYM party on Friday night. Sawyer decided to be Iron Man for the night, and that was the start of Mags not wanting to dress up. I still don't understand it, but she already is so stubborn about things. I wonder where she gets it from?

Saturday night was our ward Trunk or Treat. We were in charge of a cake walk. Mags ate 3 cupcakes, and definitely devoured in some donuts as well. Sawyer got his hair painted green from the young women. It was a fun night.