Monday, January 12, 2009

Playing Catch Up!!

Wow it's already the new year and I haven't posted anything from December! I'm sure this will be my longest post yet, so if you don't want to read it just move on and enjoy the pictures!! haha

The boys had their school Christmas program and did a good job from what I couldn't see!(Carson and Dylan were on the very back row, and of course my kids are small and I couldn't even see Carson the entire time, so no pics of my boys!) Kelly and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary on December 20th! I can't believe we have been married that long, it makes me feel old! We really didn't do much for our anniversary except finish up our Christmas shopping and we went to my dad's for a Christmas party! (what do you expect getting married 5 days before Christmas, I know stupid!!) It was nice to have everyone there together, even Grandma GG, aunt Karen and uncle Jeff were there to celebrate!

The next day we had a party at our house with my mom. We had lots of food, kids opened exchange gifts and of course we had to find time for the wii!! I think the adults have more fun than the kids do!! We had another Christmas party earlier in the month with Kelly's family. Santa came to visit and brought all the kids a little gift. They boys were really upset because Santa never asked them what they wanted for Christmas and they were very worried he wouldn't bring them what they wanted!(I felt sooo bad for them!) The kids did their exchange gifts, and the boys were so excited with what they got. Carson got a Air Hog helicopter and he can fly that thing pretty darn good without even crashing it! Dylan got two bucks(deer) and he was on cloud 9! That kid could always get some kind of animal and he would always be happy! All in all it was a lot of Christmas parties and a lot of good times with the families.

Christmas Eve the boys opened one present and of course if was pj's, they really didn't care they just wanted to open a present. We left Santa some cookies, fudge, chocolate milk and white milk and sprinkled the reindeer food out on the front yard so they wouldn't miss our house! Santa surprisingly came and brought them what they have been dying to have for a long time! (despite what mom wanted them to have!) They came in and woke me and Kelly up and was sooo excited that Santa really came! They of course couldn't wait to open all their presents. Santa brought them BB Guns, a wii game and too much candy! We really didn't get them a whole lot of toys just because they did just have a birthday and really didn't need any more! Dylan got a jazz jersey, a jazz backpack, a air hog helicopter and a set of toy dogs! Carson got a skateboard, jazz backpack, bumble bee transformer and a mp3 player! They each got a movie and some much needed jeans! This by far was probably the best Christmas the boys have had. They said to me "mom this was the best Christmas ever!!" That was really nice to hear from them, cuz they didn't care how many or how few of presents they got, they were just excited to get the one thing they had been asking for! It was nice to have it all over and just enjoy the rest of my time off!

We also did some snowmobiling and sledding with some friends. Me and Kelly went on a night ride and I have never been snowmobiling at night and WOW it was fun!! It was just really peaceful and you could see every star in the sky! We had Kevin,Rhachel and their kids come over for New Years and had TONS of food(thanks rhachel), played wii, and the adults played some poker! At midnight we set off some pretty fun fireworks and finally got to bed around 3 a.m.! New Years day we went sledding over by Manti and the boys also rode horses! I think Dylan could go up and down the hill all day long! Well December has come and gone and it's back to reality, WORK!

Dylan and Santa

Carson and Santa

One of Dylan's favorite toys!

Carson loves his helicopter!

Christmas party at our house

Carson was excited for a jazz shirt!(especially D-Will)

Dylan and another helicopter

Carson's Christmas Eve pj's

Dylan's Christmas Eve pj's

Loving brothers! oh how sweet!

Dylan and his loot!

Carson and his loot!

Carson and his bb gun

Carson and some much needed clothes!

Dylan and of course a jazz jersey!

Wow a jazz backpack!



Kelly having a blast! haha

Looking good Kev & Rhachel


Carson tackling Rykley & Dylan


Rykley playing guitar hero

Kaity having fun!

Dylan getting in on the fun!
Kelly and Kevin played way to much guitar hero!!


3 comments:

Robyn Cox said...

Looks like you have a fun filled Christmas Holiday. Parties, presents, food, family, friends, and of course the Wii! You covered it all! Your boys are really cute!

strickland party of six said...

Sam, im loving your post! you crack me up I love your boys well I should say "We" love you r boys. Call sometime

Tera said...

Looks like you all had a fun Christmas...
I love your family picture...way to cute..
Hope everything is going well for you guys!!