Breakfast Tradition

WOW--WHAT A MESS!

Every year since our children were little we have offered them breakfast before presents so they can start the day out good before all the junk food. When they were littler we would have them eat breakfast before they could see what Santa brought them.
This year we allowed them to see what Santa brought them before eating Daddy's gourmet breakfast. After that we opened presents.

Bacon, Eggs, Sausage, Omlets, Toast, Jam,
and Homemade Hashbrowns! YUM!

Jayden's Roller Blades and Bryson's Scooter

Santa Came!!

Here is Ashley with a dog that grows and knows
her name.

Cars and Webkins!

Santa always brings oranges! Jayden

also got darts for his nerf dart gun.

Press on nails are back! Santa sure knows

how to make Ashley smile.

The Night Before Christmas Eve

It has become a fun Family Tradition to let the kids sleep in front of the Christmas tree. It all started with one year Randy and I bought a pre lit tree but had the other tree set up already so we just put it downstairs in our room. So we had everyone sleep in our room, it was really great just staying up late talking.

Even though they didn't go to sleep until early Christmas Eve, they had a ton of fun and everyone can can't wait until next year to do it again.

Bryson

Bryson fnny: We were in the van delivering Christmas goodies and ended up talking for a few minutes. Well the kids started acting up so we left. On the way home Randy told the kids that one day when they are older and have a family on their own, they are going to call for advice on their rowdy kids and Randy is going to laugh at them and tell them good luck with that, gotta go kiss mommy. It was dead silence and the kids thought about that and then out of no where Bryson says, "Jayden you want a kiss" it was just so random and deeply serious that we all laughed.

The other day we were running late for school and before Ashley got in the van she wanted to change the number on our Santa and I got really frustrated.....I need to remember that to her this is something really hight on her priority list right now and I need to let her be a kid.

This is Ashley's list for "Winter Break" I wanted to share it because I don't know about you but I need to be reminded that I was once a kid and these things used to be my whole world at one time too. I need to slow down and remember what it was like being a kid.

Mr and Mrs Clause

Here are all of our pictures with Santa!! This year Bryson would like a little christmas tree in his room that lights up, a scooter with no training wheels and a bike with no training wheels. Ashley would like a dog that grows and knows her name and Jayden would like some rollar blades and a nerf gun. Get to work little elves.

Polar Express!!

Oh man I'd better start locking her up

We are so proud of our dancer. She did a wonderful job!! Only in AZ can you have a child dancing at the park in her swimming suit :) Ashley was in the hip hop dance and the Hawii dance.

The sunset here in so amazing that I couldn't help but take a picture of Ashley in front of it.

More Decorating fun!!

Yes, We did it again!! I think I am cookied out for awhile....well for a couple of days anyway :) I'm a softy when it comes to sugar cookies.

Sprinkled Memories

Every child loves Frosting!! All the children were very proud of their accomplishments. They had fun choosing the color of frosting and of course SPRINKLES!

Cookies and Chaos

Today for Preschool we did Sugar Cookies!! We had soooooo much fun!!! All the kids were covered in flour. Maybe we could pretend that it's the Arizona SNOW!!! I feel bad sending the kids home on a sugar high but it was too much fun to pass up.

I am soooo thankful that I had a mom that made sugar cookies with me. I can't wait for Ashley and Jayden to get home so we can make cookies sprinkled with Memories.

Sugar Cookies and Preschool

Our First Date

I can't believe how fast two weeks go by!! My intent was to share a lot more.....but life happens.

So the day after the dance I got a call from Randy asking me out on a date. When I asked him what we would be doing his reply was watching a movie in his friends basement. I respectively said no and that was that until this weird feeling in my stomach. April was there that day so I told her that I felt like I had made a mistake. She told me to call him back. I told her that I had lost his phone number so she suggested that I use *69, so I did. I told him that I would go if I could bring a friend along.

So Sarah and I went out with Randy and Brent. We played Croquet in the front yard of his friend Chad. I remember that he had no winning, thus was born the competitiveness between us. To this day we continue to compete against everything!

We continued to see each other everyday and while at the fireworks at Weber State I knew we were going to be married someday. Well two weeks later Randy proposed to me and I laughed at him.....oh, were you serious? Funny that just before that he asked to be my boyfriend, wow what a leap!!! Something you may not know about Randy is that he is very persistent when it comes to something he really wants. So two days later I opened the door to my handsome man with perfect hair. He was all dressed up and holding what I thought was a real rose, but it was a ring box in the shape of a rose. He got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Well we all know that I said "Yes."

Twelve years later I still find my husband very attractive and still with all of his Sexy wavy hair. We have a lot of fun together. He helps me to laugh when I don't want to. Fills the silence when I can't speak. He loves me for who I am and is quick to forgive my mistakes. I love Randy and look forward to more happy memories.