The Christmas Sing!

Ethan

Bradon

& Carsten

All sang in the school Christmas sing! 

 

This is something that they all look forward to every year!

They sing some really fun Christmas songs. Up until the sing they were all singing throughout the house in preparation!  David took the day off work to see the kids preform.  Before we drove the kids to school we took them to Walgreens and bought them all  fun Christmas sing hats!  That elf hat on Carsten couldn't be cuter on him or fit his personality better!  Anyways, it was a lot of fun seeing them perform and they did great!

A visit with Santa.

A few weeks ago we went to Cabelas to have a little visit with Santa.

 The best part about it was that it's totally free!  You get to sit on Santa's lap, tell him all the things you hope for, and then they take your picture that you get to take home for free!  We did this Cabelas gig last year and it was so much fun that we decided we would do it again this year! 

So we waited in line and as we waited Reagan did her best to try and convince me to tell Santa for her what she wants for Christmas.  She was afraid to talk to him herself, but it was real important that he knew what she wanted.  I told her that if I told him that she wanted a laptop for Christmas then there would be a chance that Santa would get confused and give her laptop to me.  She said, "that would be alright because then you could just give it to me!"  She's got it all figured out!  So it's settled, I'll do the talking and if Santa screws up the order, then we will just fix it!  So finally we get to the front of the line and we have Talan go first.  He did a good job!  He wasn't totally sure what to think of Santa but... he didn't cry!

   Then the boys decided that they would all go together.  So we decided to have a group picture with all 5 kids.  Reagan freaked out when we told her to go sit on Santa's lap!  We did our best to drag her to Santa for a picture but the scene we were making was all more than I could take and so we setteled for a picture with the 4 boys instead.  Then all of a sudden Talan started to freak out and cry!  He must have thought that Reagan was all too smart and if she wasn't going for this Santa crap then he wasn't going to go for it either!   

So we got a picture of our 3 brave boys!

Things never seem to go as planned.  I was a bit irritated with Reagan for not letting them take her picture but oh well, that's how it goes!

She has since then promised me that next year she is going to sit on Santa's lap for sure!  ...There is always next year!

Ethan is a blue belt.

It was a lot of L O N G hard work but Ethan has finally received his blue belt!  We are all very excited about his karate accomplishments!  Ethan is excited because his favorite color is blue! For Christmas Ethan  is asking for a new blue karate gee.  If he gets it, his belt and his gee will match!  David and I are excited because it felt like Ethan was a purple belt for forever and a day and we were beginning to wonder what we were paying for exactly!  It got to where every time we would drop Ethan off for karate we would tell him that he had better earn a tip or we were going to take him out of karate.  Our threats seemed to help the progress along.  Hey, whatever works!  We are proud of Ethan for sticking with it and accomplishing his goal.  Now on to the green belt!   

WAY TO GO ETHAN!

My heart speaks to me.

Today Reagan told me that her heart speaks to her.  She said, "My heart is telling me something." As she held her hand to her chest.  I asked her what it was telling her.  She said, "It's telling me that I'm a Child of God."

Isn't that cute?  I love my little Reagan.  She has been saying some pretty cute things lately.  

Look what I can do!

I am 11 months old and I am learning all sorts of new tricks!  I can play in the toilet and open up cabinets and drawers.  I know how to make big messes!  I am learning new tricks everyday!  I even know how to climb up the stairs really fast.  I have to go fast or else they catch me!  The other day I learned that I can put bowls on my head!  Isn't that fun?  I love learning and exploring all the things around me each new day!

  I'm a big boy!

ASU baby!

On December 6th it was ASU and UofA's rivalry game day.  

We all wore our ASU gear with pride!  

It was a little cold outside so we had to layer our little Talan up.

Isn't he adorable?

Go SUN DEVILS!

And then... the sun devils forgot to show up for the game.  It was very sad!  We all morned together!  Sorry Talan, we'll get em next year!

Bradon earned his wolf!

Bradon earned his wolf before his 9th birthday but because he was in football he wasn't able to attend a pack meeting to receive his award and face painting.  So finally on December 3rd it was official.

Way to go Bradon!  

We are proud of you and your cub scout accomplishments!

What's the difference really?

Reagan has been saying some pretty cute things lately.

The other day we went shopping together and she had a dollar of her very own.  She decided to buy some silly putty with it.  After she bought it she asked me what it was called.  I told her, "Silly putty."  A little later she asked me again, "What's this stuff called?"  I once again told her, "Silly putty."  Later on in the afternoon we were on our way to a neighbors house for a cookie exchange party.  All of a sudden Reagan remembered that she forgot something.  She said, "Mom, I forgot my funny putty at home!"  I thought that this was so cute!  

Silly...Funny...What's the difference really?

Yesterday Reagan was wanting some paper to color on.  She came in and told me that she needed some blind paper.  I asked her what "blind" paper was.  She said, "You know the kind without any lines on it."  Too cute!  Blind...Blank...What's the difference really?

ALIVE?

So I got a phone call from my dad today asking me if I was still alive or had the boot camp killed me?  So I would like to announce to whomever is interested, I AM STILL ALIVE!  The boot camp is hard and very tiring however it hasn't killed me yet!  Sorry for the lack of posts.  I'll work harder to post more!

Boot Camp

I started Boot Camp yesterday!  

Boot camp is a place where you can go everyday for 1 hour while someone stands there with a clip board telling you what to do.  It's a way to reduce the size of your 

"BOOTY"!  

It's a killer workout and when you are as out of shape as me, it's a double killer!  I'm going with some of my neighbors.  I am only 2 days into it and I can hardly walk right now however I think I'm going to love it!  It's exactly what I need!  

I told my kids about it and they think it's pretty funny that their mom is doing exercises like they do in football.  Do they not realize that I use to be an athlete?  I use to be cool!  I use to be in shape!  And I use to be all that and a bag of chips!

Last night Reagan asked me, "Mom, you know that thing that you are going to?  Well, when is it going to make your booty smaller?"  Nice!  I told her that it's a long slow process but it WILL get smaller!

So wish me luck to a thinner, stronger, more healthy me!