Christmas Time

Well it has been so nice to have clint home more on this break from school. We have been getting a lot of snow. which is great for the boys but bad for mom. I HATE SNOW. We had a big storm the other day so we built a snow man with the boys. it was really cute how they understood what was going on and jumped right in to help.




This was Gavin's Christmas PJ's. They were so cute I just couldn't resist. What a cute boy he is.

At our family Christmas eve party Santa came and all the kids sat on his lap and told him what they wanted for Christmas.

Tyson didn't mind he will do anything for a present.

Now most kids sit on Santa's lap and either the love it or they cry the whole time. Owen wouldn't even do so much as to sit and cry on Santa's lap. But he did give him a very weak High five.
Gavin didnt mind santa at all. I think he liked his soft beard and cushy Belly.
Our Christmas eve party was a mexican fiesta so of course we had to have pinatas. This is clints dad getting ready for it. We had three one for each age group.
That poor donkey didn't even have a chance Stacey just ripped his head off in the first shot. And of course Grandpa had to wear the rest as a hat. :) Poor Donkey!!!
This was the kids gift exchange. Owen was having a bad no nap day so I had to be with him the whole time. but Tyson loved it. He was so excited when he found the star under his seat and got to choose a present.
When we got home we gave two very tired boys their christmas eve presents. AKA pjs and an ornament. Owen was so excited to have pjs.

Tyson got a trike ornament and he was so excited He loves to ride the neighbors trike. Owen got an ABC ornament because this past year he has been obsessed with letters.
They got to hang them on the tree before bed.


CHRISTMAS MORNING ~ The boys were so excited when we woke them up and told them santa came. ( I made them watch lots of christmas movies this year so they would understand.) The loved there stockings
Cute PJ huh!!! They did so good opening presents, they ripped right through them and played all day. It was cute when we laid them down for nap they wouldn't go to sleep and we had to go up there several times, and Tyson kept saying my toys my toys.
This is what Gavin did most of the morning while we were opening presents he didnt want to be disturbed.
But when he did wake up he had his own pile of presents waiting for him, And of course the boys were right there ready to help open them.
The boys got a kitchen from santa and they love it. every morning when we come down tyson makes me breakfast. It is so nice when your kids get to the age where they can cook for you:) PS. Thanks Benny and Linda for the outfits they are so cute in them.
I hope You all had a wonderful christmas and are all ready to start a fresh new year!!!!!!!!!

Outdoor Fun

The weather is cold but we have been having a lot of outdoor fun. Even though the boys are feeling good. Gavin and I are still having a tough time kicking the sickness in our house. Clint and the boys were out having fun in the snow and he got some cute shots. He also got some pictures of all the boys before the storm hit. So here are a few.

This was pretty funny the boys got snow on there mittens and they licked it then they looked at Clint to make sure it was ok. They looked so guilty doing it like they knew it was wrong. I guess it is best that we don't encourage our kids to eat anything off the ground but we will have to watch them doing this to make sure the snow isn't colored in any way :)

This was an attempted to get all three boys together we got some good ones of the boys looking but gavin was crying and my arm was in the picture so this is the best one we got.

Here are just some cute pictures of the boys clint got



I love this one of ty





The boys are so funny


Here are some scenery shots clint got, there was a beautiful sunset one night on the mountains while we were playing outside so we put that camera to good uses

Clints early Christmas

So I have been looking into getting a Digital SLR camera for quite a while. The problem is, a new camera is not a top priority. I had done some research, and knew pretty much what I wanted/what we could afford. The day after Thanksgiving we saw that Ebay had some great deals, and they had camera kits that would more than suit our needs. We decided on a Nikon D40 kit. It came with the camera, 2 lenses, 2 cases (hard and soft), 2 tripods (medium and pocket sized), a 4GB SD card, and some other accessories. It came two days ago and it has been great. I was able to get some good pictures of the boys, here is one of Tyson. Even with the food in his mouth, I think it turned out pretty well. Here is Owen. He finally let me get a decent shot of his face. its been a long time since Ive gotten a good one of his face. This is one of Gavin. He is a pretty smiley baby, and he has a cute dimple on his right cheek (left side on this picture.) I was trying out the zoom, and thought i would try getting close on the ornament. I havent used many of the setting, mostly just the automatic settings, so I've been impressed with the quality for not knowing much about it. Today we went for a walk out down by some paths near Utah lake, they go along the Provo river. It was very pretty, and i got a few nice shots. Here are some berries

Everything looked pretty dead, and it was a little cold, but it was still pretty
The trees were pretty, but everything looked so dead that I had to try and do some color correction. It looks a little too much like fall, but I do like it.

This one was just some good timing. I like to call it Synchronized Swimming.

Decorating for christmas

Well this past weekend I finally got to decorate for Christmas. I have been really excited for Christmas this year and was just waiting till after Thanksgiving to decorate. Friday I went shopping all day so We did it Saturday. The boys were able to help this year and it was a lot of fun. After we decorated we had chowder. This is a tradition from my family, Every year we went into the mountains in the freezing cold snow to get our tree and so we always came home to warm clam chowder. Even though I have a fake tree I still love having chowder and toasted cheese sandwiches, it makes me feel like the season is started. Here are some pictures of the day.


These are little cardboard hangings that we got at the dollar store. The boys are always startled by their shadows in the window in the mornings.


The boys helped me put the ornaments on the crystal tree we have

OK so the star was funny cause we knew the boys wouldn't just allow one to put the star on top so we had to do it twice, and really three times if you consider Clint putting it on there straight .


The boys put on all the ornaments by them self. (sometimes a little help from there dad) Of course after they were out of the room we had to take a bunch off the bottom and put them on the tree evenly, the bottom had almost all the ornaments.

The boys loved the humpty dumpty one which is easy to understand since it was my favorite growing up and still is.

This is the boys putting an ornament on you can see how many were on the bottom



I am sorry no pictures of Gav he was sleeping most of the time. We will have to get some of him soon. Well that is it. We are really looking forward to Christmas this year. It is fun having kids that are starting to get it and starting our own traditions with them. if any of you have fun traditions you do for Christmas let me know I am trying to think of fun things to start with my kids. Hope you all have a great Christmas season.