Wii Wish You a Merry Christmas!!!

After all the presents were opened there was one left that didn't have a tag on it. The kids all opened it last and discovered that Santa had left them a Nintendo Wii. They all started screaming (even Isaac although I don't think he knew why) and were very happy. If only they knew what Santa had to go through to have that Wii under the tree Christmas morning.....

We have had A LOT of fun playing the Wii. In fact all of us were very sore the day after Christmas! It really is a work out! At the beginning of any game there is a warning to make sure that you are away from objects or people when you are playing so that no one gets hurt. I must say we started taking that warning seriously when on Christmas night Chris was playing golf and clocked me upside the head. I saw stars for a while but luckily was okay after a few minutes.....

Christmas Morning

We let the kids open their stockings right when they wake up but they have to wait to see under the tree....Even Cooper got into his stocking and spent the rest of the morning happily chewing on his bone.


WHAT SANTA BROUGHT....


Emily got her skateboard ramp,Abby got her mp3 player and Isaac got a Spiderman Scooter from Santa. Just for the record Abby did NOT get the Swiss Army
Knife she wanted.....Gee, darn!

Here are some more pictures of the kids opening presents!

Christmas Eve at Nana and Grandpa's

As usual, we went over to Nana and Grandpa's for Christmas Eve dinner. The kids acted out the Nativity as Grandpa read it. As you can see Chris was the kid's choice of being the donkey. Isaac is a shepard. We let the kids open a couple presents from us (always a church book and Christmas jammies). They also get to open a couple from Nana and Grandpa. Isaac got a neat superman cape that Nana made him. He didn't want to take it off!

Santa 2007

This weekend we had our annual Santa visit. We had a great time as usual and all the kids enjoyed seeing santa and telling him what they wanted for Christmas. Isaac told Santa he wanted a scooter. After he got off his lap he came over to me and said, "Where's my scooter?" Apparently he thought the gift came automatically after he asked for it. He wasn't too happy when I told him he had to wait until Christmas to see if Santa brought him one. Santa got a chuckle out of Abby's request. She asked for a few normal things and then we heard him laughing and asking Abby how old she was. He said it was the first time he had gotten a request for a Swiss Army Knife from a 7 year old. Santa, please don't bring that! Emily asked for a skateboard and skateboard ramp. Santa told her she had better ask for some knee and elbow pads as well! Luckily those are already on her list.

Poor Cooper!

Cooper had some surgery this week (boy dog stuff...) so he had to wear this funny cone thing when we weren't watching him very closely. He really hated it so we just put it on him when we were gone and then we just kept an eye on him while we were home. We ended up having to get him a bigger cone so the girls picked out red. They had the grand idea to try it on themselves.

Of course then Isaac wanted to try it on. Please don't call CPS he really wanted to put it on! As he had it on the girls said that this would be a good way to keep Isaac from sucking his thumb.....well of course he proved them wrong by sucking it with it on.

Isaac's Scripture Study

Whenever I am reading my scriptures or we read scriptures as a family Isaac gets so excited and yells, "Yeah, scriptures!" He will then run over to get some scriptures off the bookshelf and park himself on the couch to read. He likes to flip the pages and will make comments like, "verse seventeen." I hope his enthusiasm for the scriptures continues as he gets older.

Our Tree

Here is our decorated tree. The kids had a lot of fun putting up the ornaments even though this year we had a "pretty" tree instead of the "kid" tree with all the homemade ornaments we usually have.

Here is Isaac taking the word "stockings" literally.

Since the girls have been off track Isaac has been waking them up each morning. He loves to go into their rooms and snuggle with them and tell them to get up.

Santa Blast from the Past!

Here are some fun pictures of the kids with Santa over the years. As you can see they adore him! Abby had a couple years where she wouldn't go near him (thus the tears in one of the family pictures) but after that she was fine. Emily has pretty much always been a santa fan, although one year he had to warm her up with the candy. My kids think it is especially fun to run into Santa at church since he attends a different ward in our same building. They even recognize him now in the summer without his beard. He always has a hug and candy in his pocket for them. We love this guy!

Go Play Golf

These pictures are from this summer at Old Greenwood, but I thought they were too cute not to share. Isaac, like his sisters love to play golf with daddy. I don't quite understand the obsession, but the more I can encourage the kids to play with dad the better off I will be right? Hmmm....Chris golfing with the kids while mom has 4 hours of peace!

Go play golf.
Go to the golf course.
Hit the ball.
Find the ball.
Repeat until the ball is in the hole.

A Funny Isaac Moment

I thought I would share this funny thing that happened with Isaac today. After his nap we were hurrying to get ready to go to tithing settlement. I was getting Isaac ready and asked him if he wanted to go see the Bishop. He got all excited and started singing, "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!" On the way to the church he kept saying, "I go see the Bishop." We thought it was cute. When we got into the bishop's office Isaac loudly said, "Where is the astronaut?" Apparently when we said, "Bishop" he thought we were saying, "Spaceship!" So he was a bit confused that there was no spaceship or astronauts around. We finally caught on and we all got a good laugh, including the Bishop! Poor Isaac though, as we were leaving he kept saying, "I see the spaceship now?" Luckily we did see Santa and the kids got some candy from him so hopefully that made up for it a bit!

Palm Springs

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We had a lot of fun with my parents in Palm Springs this year. The weather was pretty good for us and we were able to have some fun at the pool. We also had fun seeing movies, and eating a lot of food! We had a bit of drama when Isaac fell off a metal table after playing miniature golf. He and I had blood all over us, but luckily he bounced back fairly well.

I CAN'T SLEEP!

It is 2:30 am and I am wide awake. Can't sleep. I slept for awhile but now I am up. I think I am excited that we had our US appointment today. I am so excited to have another girl and I can't stop thinking about names. I hate not having a name picked out. I like a lot of girl names and just want to make sure we choose the right one. It is driving me crazy!

Ultrasound Results

That's right we are having another little girl (just for the record I was right)! We are very excited and can only hope she is as sweet and fun as Emily and Abby. I will post some US pictures another day after we scan some, but we think she is cute already. Now we just need to come up with a name.....

Hodgepodge of Pictures

Here are a bunch of random pictures from the last month or so. I finally was able to upload some although I am still having many frustrating computer picture issues!!!

Pumpkin Patch Fun

I haven't been able to post any recent pictures lately because my computer is refusing to upload pictures from my camera. Luckily Kelli emailed me some pics and I uploaded a couple from my mom's computer, so at least I have a few recent ones now.

Kiddie Conversations

Here are a few conversations that have taken place lately at our house.

EMILY (9 years old)

This one happened this week when I went into Em's room to say goodnight to her. She was sitting on her bed holding a notebook and a pencil and looking into space.

Me: Hey Em, what are you doing?
Em: Just thinking
Me: About what?
Em: (Very serious look on her face) About my life.
Me: Oh yeah, about how great a life you have? (Said trying to tease her)
Em: No, about how I am going to get an iPod.
Me: (Eyebrows raised) Oh really, and how are you going to do that?
Em: I’m going to ask Santa for one. I asked for a guitar last year and he brought me one, so I am sure if I ask for an iPod he will give me one of those too.
Me: Hmmm…. Well you already have a mp3 player and Santa doesn’t bring 9 year old's iPods (everyone better back me up on this one!). Daddy just got one and he is 34.
Em: Well then I am going to sell some of my stuff on Ebay or Craig's list and earn money to buy one. (Is she a child of this generation or what?!)
Me: Great, good luck with that.

ABBY (7 years old)

This took place after school last week:

Abby: (Said with excitment) Mom, today Lorin (BFF) won tickets to go see Hannah Montana!
Me: (slightly tuning out a bit). Cool.
Abby: (Rolling her eyes) Oh, mom you just don’t get it.
Me: (A bit taken back that this came out of my sweet little Abby's mouth!) What do you mean?
Abby: (Shaking her head as she walks away) Oh-- Never mind.

Apparently I didn’t sound very excited about Lorin winning the tickets…..

ISAAC (2 years old)

This happened on Monday right before I took Isaac to preschool. My mom had came over to get her ice cream she had left in our freezer.

Isaac: (Watching Nana take the ice cream out of the freezer) Hey! That's my ice-cream!
Me: No, that's Nana and Grandpa's ice cream they left from last night.
Isaac: (Very concerned look on his face). Nana take my ice cream. That's my ice-cream, Momma. Nana take it.
Me: That's Nana's ice cream. She isn't taking your ice cream there is still lots of ice cream left for Isaac.
Issac: (All the way in the car to preschool, imagine a broken record) Nana take my ice cream. Nana take my ice cream, Momma.

When I picked him up from preschool the first thing he says when we get in the car is, "Nana take my ice cream....."
He certainly is our child!

I've Been Tagged

Okay Ashley tagged me so I guess I am supposed to write 6 interesting/uninteresting things about myself. (They may all be more on the uninteresting side...!)

1. I scrapbook everyday. I love to scrapbook, and during Isaac's nap time I make sure I try to get at least one layout done. When I am not scrap booking I love to make cards. Every card and scrapbook page I do of course has to use Stampin' Up! stamps!

2. I hate to cook. Seriously, I would rather clean than cook. This is a problem however, since I love to eat! Maybe someday when the kids are bigger I will enjoy it more....

3. I admit to loving Neil Diamond. Okay I said it. I can't help it, his music brings back childhood memories of road trips in the car and dancing in the living room. I am proud to say that my kids love Neil D. also and love rocking out to "Forever in Blue Jeans!"

4. I get up every weekday at 5:45 a.m. to go to the gym. Some people think I am crazy, but it just works for me and makes my day start off great with a little "me time". Plus then I can justify my nightly milk shake easier!

5. I have never once got a speeding or traffic ticket. However I have been in the car a few times when Chris has! I am sure I have jinxed myself on this one and I will probably get pulled over tomorrow.

6. I love the sun. So much so that I used to skip school in Southern California and go to the beach with my friends (sorry mom!). I love going on vacation to places where there are beaches. Unfortunately now that I am older I try to be more careful about the sun, but I still love it! I am happy to say I have passed the love of the beach and sun down to my kids!