Christmas Day!

They must have been good, because Santa came.

Arcade Basketball!!

 Santa was up until 3 in the morning setting this thing up!

Christmas Cuties!

Fun on the Plasma cars.

Christmas Eve

We went out to my mom & dad's and had a prime rib dinner. Yumm-o!! Then the kids got to open their Christmas jammies from grandma & grandpa.

Catmull Christmas Party

One fun tradition we enjoy every year is the Catmull Christmas party! Lots of YUMMY food, and lots of laughs! Oh and Santa!


Brody's Turn!

Braiden's Turn

 Joslyn's Turn

 She didn't like santa.

Hudson's turn

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things...

Hudson's version:

1. My Daddy
2. My "bike game"
3. Wearing my goggles.

We were just hanging out one night and I looked over and saw Hudson, sitting on his daddy's lap clutching his "bike game" wearing those goggles.  He is such a funny boy, this describes him to a T so I had to snap a picture.

Birthday Time

On the 11th we had a friend party for Brody.  He basically planned the whole thing, he told me who he wanted to invite and what he wanted to do.  Bowling--fine with me! He had such a great time with all of his favorite little people.

One the 14th we celebrated his 6th birthday with pizza, cake and presents.



Brody you are a fun little boy! You are so smart, you are doing great in school! You love your family and playing sports.  The one thing you don't love is eating your dinner. We love you Brody-ody.

December

It has been a busy, busy, fun month. There have been Christmas parties, birthday parties, and school Christmas programs galore, along with shopping, baking, wrapping and creating sprinkled in here and there.

Nate gave me a kindle for my 30th birthday.........say wha???? 30???  Sad but true I am officially old.  : (
 anyway back to the kindle.  I LOVE IT!! He was very very sneaky about it so I was totally surprised, what a sweetie.

Next up Brody's birthday.

Snowy Days

Happy to see snow.

Yup-that's our dog in a nutshell...annoying!

We had an extra long Thanksgiving Break this year thanks to 2 snow days before the break and 1 after. It

was so bitter cold and windy that the kids didn't even get to play outside that much. I think

were all glad when school started back up on Tuesday. 

We had a great Thanksgiving with lots of eating and laying around. :)

Friday we went up to the mountains to find our tree:

This is Nate's favorite part.  (ha just kidding)

Look at Joslyn's new trick!!!

She is SO brave.

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WSWS

What She Wore Sunday:

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(it kinda sounded like one when I typed that)  :)

She is SO Stinkin' Cute!!!!

It totally helps that she loves the camera.

She knows how to get what she wants... What? She is only 11 months old!

She is a climber, she can climb all the way up the stairs but can't go back down. She also climbs out of the highchair.  I basically can't take my eyes off her.

She can stand up in the middle of the floor all by herself.

No steps yet, but I can tell they're not far off.

She loves to clap her hands and play pat-a-cake.

She has just discovered the, I drop it-you pick it up game.  This one will be a favorite for sure!

Gets into everything, she loves to empty my cupboards and drawers.

She gives the best loves, complete with pats on the back.

♥♥♥

We have a jam packed December ahead of us...here we GO!

Makeovers--Big & Small

Oh, the wind is lashing lustily,

and the trees are thrashing thrustily,

and the leaves are rustling gustily,

so it feels that it will undoubtedly be...

a rather blustery day!!

--Winnie the Pooh

Why does it have to be garbage day on the windiest day of the year?  This morning I put the cans out early, right after Braiden got on the bus.  Fast forward a few hours, I start the shower for Brody and look out the window to see our garbage cans...contents and all blowing all over the neighborhood.  So I slip on my shoes and run out, gather up the garbage put everything back in place...  Back in the house I find this:

It is impossible to take a shower with this chick around!  Look at her she is having the time of her life. 

Joslyn--10 months.

The other day I was sitting back looking at my entryway ledge, my brain started turning and I decided that I wanted to change it up.  I have these W-E-L-C-O-M-E  letters up there that were green, and I wanted them black...so I got out the spray paint and wah-lah!

Added a cute bird cage and some greenery.

This little ledge is so high that nobody sees it any way, but I do, and I like it!

A couple weeks ago we got new furniture....finally.  So the majority of the day on Sat. we spent moving furniture and electronics around.  I am loving the new look.

Moved the TV downstairs (YAY!)



TA-DA

ahhhh I love it!

(view from the kitchen)

(view from the hall)

(view from the entry)

These days Hudson insists that he is called Huddo, he is so funny he even introduces himself as Huddo to people in the grocery store. Silly boy.

Halloween Week

 Ghostess with the Mostest

Silly Ladybug 

 The coolest Buzz Lightyear

The cutest trick-or-treaters 

"Hulk Strong" 

 Sneaky Spiderman

Freaky Frankenstein

It was a solid week of Halloween festivities, and I'm glad it's over.  :)  First off the Catmull Halloween party, lots of games, prizes, food and fun.  Friday was the school parade and parties.  Then a pizza party with cousins. After pizza we went to the local garden center to have fun at the mazes.  Let me tell you they did not disappoint, they went all out this year.  We spent hours there, no kidding! Grandpa, Christopher, Regan and Ethan were the only ones who wanted to do the haunted maze. The rest of us opted out. Brody and Bella spent the majority of their time in the corn pit having corn fights, digging  and having fun. Hudson went down the GIANT slide a GAZILLION times, and Braiden drug me kicking and screaming into the 3D maze (tunnels through straw bales) claustrophobia-city!!! I made it out alive though. It was so much fun!! Saturday was the trunk or treat I was in charge of the photo booth This girl and I put together the awesome display, it turned out so cute, thanks for your help Erin!

It was a fun Halloween but for now we are all costumed and candied out!