Just a little something to brighten your day

I heard some disturbance in the living and came upon this scene. Please watch for the following:
Andrew's "robot" near the end.
Nathan's random jumping around Andrew.
David's altogether unique dance.

January Doldrums

There is always a let down after Christmas. It's a return to routines, school, getting to bed on time, etc. My kids have sure felt it, and so have I. So we've been trying to keep things positive and find things to be grateful about.
Here is my list:
1. I have a beautiful family with healthy, happy children.
2. I have a beautiful home that keeps me warm and safe.
3. I have a baby boy (not really a baby anymore) who still makes me get tears in
my eyes when he pats my face and hugs my neck.
4. I have a testimony of my Savior, Jesus Christ.
5. Greg has a stable job in an unstable economy.
6. My mom and I talk on the phone almost every day.
7. I found my favorite oranges at the grocery store. (Cara Cara or
"blood" oranges).
8. I've never had a cavity in my life.
9. Greg let me see (and paid for) "Wicked" four times. 3 times in LA and 1 in Salt Lake.
10. Andrew still calls me "mommy" and kisses me goodnight.


David's crown he got from Nursery that day. So cute.



Didn't appreciate being put up on the bookshelf by his favorite Uncle.



Uncle Paul got the boys their own dinosaur lamps for their rooms. They were a BEAST to put together. But really fun.



This boy loves his "bear bear." (or beh beh)




Don't leave a bag of malt-o-meal cereal within reach of this kid.

All is Merry and Bright!

Oh how I love Christmas! This was the first year that Greg and I have not gone somewhere else for Christmas. We stayed home and had some family come to us. It really was nice. My parents and brother came and spent a few days with us. We had a pretty quiet Christmas Eve. While I was growing up my mom would always read us our tried and true family favorite Christmas stories so I asked her to bring them for our Christmas Eve. We had a haphazard Nativity Scene. Baby Jesus would not sit still and ran around the room swinging Grandma's cane at every one and every thing. We had various people being Wise Men, Shepherds or both. The next morning we opened our stockings and then went down to the basement to see what Santa had left. Nathan got a new bike, Andrew a HUGE Nerf Rifle, and David a brand new Cozy Coupe and was elated. Then back upstairs to open up all the under the tree stuff. We had our traditional Christmas morning breakfast of cinnamon rolls, orange rolls, sausage and pancakes. It was a wonderful day. Santa also brought the family a new computer, so there has been a delay in my blogging while we have been transferring all the old junk to the new computer and getting things all set up.







Gifts from afar. Wise men brought a nice gold box that had been put into a treasure chest. And I think a binkie ended up in there, too. Baby Jesus would probably have been grateful for a binkie.