Rudolph Goes To Preschool!

See, I told you so!

Miss B. and I had fun helping at your class party on Tuesday.  Thanks for letting us come Ledger (and Miss Jody, Ashley and Tauna).

"Jingle Bells, Batman Smells"

Yesterday I got to attend the play, "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells" with Brody and his second grade class.  The play was at the Tempe Arts Center and boy was it awesome!  The theatre is on Tempe Town Lake and is beautiful inside and out! Although I didn't get to go on the bus, I had fun hanging out with Brody before the play began. I think his favorite part was the McDonald's lunch I picked up for him on the way back to the school. Being a stay at home mom is the best!

Hunter, Mason and Brody

Brody and Jackson

Who says "Oh Oh Oh?"

Santa walking backwards!

Did my joke make you happy?  It's been a favorite around our house these days! Anyway...Saturday we attended the annual Santa Christmas party at John and Sheena Rang's house.  It is such a fun party filled with cookies, candy, singing and Santa.  The big guy himself stopped by and boy were the kids happy. I always think it's funny that they tell Santa something totally different that they want for Christmas then what they tell me.  It's like the minute they get on Santa's lap all kinds of things start coming out, unless you're Miss B. and all you do is scream your head off! Is it mean that I think this picture is funny?  

Sugar and Miss B. beofre Santa arrived!

Jaden and Miss B. just stared at each other.  She ran fast as lightening when his parents told him to give Miss B. a kiss (in Spanish).  I'm not sure how she knew what they said but man she was outta there!

I love these guys!

We love you Santa!

Brody told Santa he wanted an art kit.

Case told Santa to bring him a DSI XL.

Ledger wants a blue Nintendo DSI XL with Super Mario Party, Super Mario Bros and Mario Cart.

My cute brother and his family.

Why? Why? Why?

Why do I torture myself each year with trying to get family Christmas pictures at the last minute?  Every year I tell myself to start earlier, make sure the kids have clothes/shoes that fit, make sure my roots aren't black and that I have the perfect spot picked out.  But every year around the second week in December I start to panic and then stress that I haven't sent out my Christmas cards.  Why? Why? Why? I know better.  I know how hard this task is.  I know how time consuming this process is.  Why do I do this?  

So this year we headed out to The Pecans in Queen Creek for our last minute, hope something turns out, Christmas card.  What an experience!  As usual, my kids were hating that they had to hold still long enough to get 500 pictures taken.  They wanted to play on The Pecans community playground.  They were hungry.  They were mad I took them out of school 30 minutes early and they missed the big canned food reveal at the assembly.  Miss B. wouldn't hold still long enough to do anything.  Case pushed Ledger down in the dirt and got his shirt dirty. Ledger was bawling his eyes out which never looks good in pictures.  Jeremy pulls Case aside and gives him the lecture about pushing his little brother down during a photo shoot and Case starts bawling.  It was just one thing after another.  I was so frustrated at my family that I wanted to leave them all in The Pecans for the night! 

Oh family, I love you bunches, but I hate taking Christmas pictures with you!

This little lady was having major wardrobe malfunctions all afternoon.  Her flower refused to stay on her head, her cute furry white boots were 2 sizes too big, and her clothes just weren't fitting right. She was a MESS!  

I Love To See The Temple...

...LIGHTS! Last Sunday night we jumped in our car and followed our friends, the Reis Family to see the temple lights.  They were beautiful as ever and it was fun to be bundled up in our warm clothes in the cold night air.  Thanks for the invite Reis Family!

One of the Nativities at the Temple.

Mallorie, Mason, Pete, Jeremy, Miss B. and Ledger

Miss B. was in heaven with all the pretty lights.

Madi and Ledger

The gang!

We love this cute family!