December pictures

Chris and I take pictures with our phones a lot and post stuff on facebook, but then I forget to post them on my blog. So here are a few pictures.

 Here is a picture of Holly's Christmas program that she had at school.  I wasn't working that day so I was so excited that I could go to it.  Carson wanted to sit in the front row and Shelby was dancing and clapping during the performance. 

 We went to the store and got the car cart.  This is Shelby's first time sitting in the car cart.  I think she likes it.  She was screaming and laughing with her brother because she was so excited. 

 Putting the 45 Dodge truck away for the winter, but Chris is planning on working on it up at the college.  The kids helped us push it back under the barn. 

Here is a picture of Shelby's first steps!!  She decided to start walking on Wed. Dec. 21st when our good friend Andrew Plummer was over visiting.  She just got up and started walking.  We were all so surprised and started cheering and clapping.  She was very proud of herself.  Chris had his phone on him and started taking pictures and video.  Now she is starting to walk more, but still crawls too. 

The day after Christmas

Well we got to sleep in alright.  The kids were up at 8 am and playing with their toys and Carson set up his train track that he got.  Chris and I were not up that early.  We slept in until almost 11:30 AM. We must have been really tired from two late nights.  We had breakfast at noon and I tried out my new electric griddle and pancake dispenser that I got from my parents.  Then we went up the the BYU-I campus and took the kids sledding.  That was tons of fun!!!

 Carson was going so fast and he fell a couple times, but he got up and said, "I'm ok, I'm tough."  He had a blast!

 Holly hurt when she landed hard on her bottom and then was afraid to keep sledding. 

 

 Then it was Shelby's turn.  Chris pulled them around the field there.

Shelby liked it at first and had her little smile on her face, then after awhile she started crying. 

Overall it was a fun family day of playing!!  Those are my favorite kind of days. 

Christmas day

Since Christmas was on Sunday we weren't able to open presents right away because we had to go to church.  We got up and went to church for an hour.  The kids were very anxious all during church.  Then when we got home and opened presents and the kids wanted to get back in their pajamas for that. 

 Chris got the kids car models.  They have been building models together at night. 

 Carson's big toy was an RC car that Chris and Carson get to play with together.

 Holly's big gift was an Acer Tablet that she gets to share with her parents!!  She loves that she can play games, watch movies, and now play Angry Birds without using my phone. 

 After opening presents we spent the afternoon playing with toys and taking toys out of the packages. 

Chris and Carson played with the RC car and already broke the front end-since Carson ran it into a tree.

Then Kim and Denise came over about 4 pm with their families and we opened presents from Mom and Dad.  Then we ate dinner and played games until 11:30 pm.  Carson and Holly were up that late too playing with their toys. 

 The girls all got animal beanies.

We had a fun Christmas day.  It went by very fast, but good thing we have Mon. off to sleep in.  I hope you all had a Merry Christmas.

Trip to Utah

I had to take a local anesthesia test on Dec. 15th in Orem.  So-we stayed with Wayne and Tonya Hamill and spent Wed. night 14th-16th since we were there.  Thurs. was an all day test day for me.  I had a written test at 8:30 AM and once you pass that then I had the clinical part at 2:45 PM where Chris was my patient I gave shots too.  I am happy to say that I passed both parts of the test and now can get my complete Hygiene license in Idaho so I can give shots again.  Chris did great as my patient and I had to give him 4 shots-since the one lower shot didn't go smoothly-I had to give it 3 times.  Poor guy!  Then he was numb for 2 hours afterwards!  Now I don't have to take anymore tests like that again!!!

Then Friday we went to Temple Square.

Then we went to lunch at Moochie's Meatball subs. Moochie's was featured on Diners, Driv-ins, and Dives.  It is known not only for the Meatball subs, but also the Philly cheese steaks.  They were both awesome.  We definetly like Moochies now. 

 Look at the size of that meatball!!

Then we went back to Temple Square to check out the lights at Christmas time.  It was really neat.  The kids were missing going to see the lights in Oregon this year.  I think they liked the lights, the nativity scenes, and the music even though it was freezing.

We had a good time seeing friends, I'm glad I passed my test, and going to Temple Square.  Now that my test is out of the way I can focus on Christmas.

Hemming Village Christmas fun!

We took the kids down to Hemming Village where they were having free sleigh rides, hot cocoa, cookies, and free pictures in the photo booth.  Well-we didn't get to go on the sleigh ride because the horses were tired and they had to turn people away by 3pm, even though it went until 6pm.  So-we took advantage of the other free stuff.  We got cookies and cocoa and then took these pictures in the booth.  The kids thought that was great.  Here's the pictures from the booth. 

Putting up our Christmas tree

The kids had fun last Monday night for FHE putting up our Christmas tree.  My dad had an extra tree-so this year we did put up a fake one, but I put smelly pinecones on the tree to make it smell real.  Ok-I tried, but I know it's not the same.  Carson and Holly put the orienaments on and Shelby got to shake a bell while watching them. 

 I think Carson is pointing at the glass ornaments, because he broke one and I told him to be careful.  At least it was one I didn't care about.

 Holly thought these ornaments made cool earings.

It turned out pretty good kids.  Now Shelby likes to help take the ornaments off the tree!!

Santa at the Library

We took the kids to the Library for a night to meet Santa and some crafts.  It was a fun activity for the kids.  Denise was there with her kids and we did crafts together.  The kids had fun and even Chris joined in on the activities!!

 I love that Carson and Holly whispered what they wanted for Christmas in Santa's ear.

 Santa's Hot Rod Sleigh!

 I love this picture because Shelby's face is so funny!!

Carson finally wore the mustache after we got home!  He was too embarrassed to wear it at the Library.