Tonight my mom invited us over for Dinner. She then took us all to the Zoo to see the lights. It was so cute how they had the Zoo lit up with different animals for Christmas. My sister went with us and the kids love being with their cousins. We had so much fun we decided we are going to make it a tradition and do it every year! Thank you Mom for taking us...you always do so much for us. We love you!

Here are some pictures of Christmas Morning! 4 am in the Morning to be exact! I was so tired because Jeff and I stayed up and talked and ate cookies with Santa until 2 am! We helped santa wrap all the presents and put together the table and chairs. The kids were so excited when they seen all the presents! Jake wanted a "Automatic Pencil Sharpner!" and thank goodness Santa brought him 3 packs of pencils to go with it! He also asked for a Desk and a Laptop. Santa brought him a fun Laptop with games to play (Toy Laptop!) and a table with chairs to use as a Desk. Jaxen got Disney Cars everything, Red (the firetruck), flashlight, Mack Transporter, and a Tractor. Santa brought Jaycee...Club Penguin for her Nintendo DS, slippers, robe, Plush Dog with Dress up Clothes, and a BB Gun. Another Christmas Come and gone! I always find Christmas to be Stressful but when Christmas Morning comes I get so excited. I love watching our Kids open presents and as I watch them I can not help but think how truly blessed I am. I love the feeling of Christmas! Hope you had a Merry Christmas!

After the kids were pretending not to have any arms..Jaxen tried it! He could not quite figure it out!

Colton, Kaitlynn, Jake, Jaycee, Jax

No Arms?

Tonight we went to my mom's for our Family Christmas Party! The kids could not wait to see their cousins and open presents. My mom always gets them so much stuff. (Thanks mom for everything!) It was so funny because the kids put their arms inside their shirts. They were going around pretending like they had no arms. Jaxen tried doing it and we all were laughing so hard. He could not figure out how the kids were doing it! My brother could not make it from Idaho! It was not the same without him...hopefully we will see him soon!

ok....I really need to get a life! I love to sit and read some of the Blogs and get ideas. I got this idea off of GourmetMom on the go (Thanks again Ashlee I got if from your list). I made these for a after school snack today for the kids. They loved them! They are made out of sugar snap peas, prezels, and a cheese star! I am finding out that my kids will eat almost anything if I make it look fun and festive!

I always like to do something special for the kids to give to their teachers for Christmas. My mom gave me this idea....so this year I made coasters. I also made a set for the kids to give to their Bus Driver. I included a mug and some hot chocolate. I also made 32 candy cane pixie stix for the kids to give to there classroom. I attached a tag that read "Snow glad we are friends! Merry Christmas". I took some picture to share. I made the coasters using tiles, clip art, and modge podge! Very easy and inexpensive!

Today I think my Heart quit beating. I was looking for Jaxen could not find him anywhere. Looked outside, his bedroom, under beds, and downstairs! EVERY POSSIBLE PLACE! I was yelling his name like crazy. I finally heard a noise and the dryer door slams open. That little stinker had went and got the cat and was hiding in the dryer. I do not know what to do about our cat. We got this cat a few weeks ago, which we keep outside but Jaxen lets it inside. I have told him so many times to not let the cat in the house. We got this cat and have come to the conclusion Jaxen is allergic to cats. Everytime he is around the cat his nose starts running like crazy and his eyes get red. Jaxen loves this cat so much that I could not get rid of it. He would be so sad! We keep it outside and that seems to help but he is constantly letting it inside. He has been in trouble a few times for letting it in. This explains why he was hiding in the dryer with the cat! -I can't keep up with him!!!!

IT SNOWED THIS WEEKEND AND THE KIDS COULD NOT WAIT TO GO PLAY! I DID NOT EVEN GET A CHANCE TO FEED THEM BREAKFAST AND THEY WERE OUT THE DOOR! THEY LOOKED SO CUTE IN THEIR SNOW CLOTHES! I HAD TO RUN OUT AND TAKE A PICTURE! THEY PLAYED SO HARD AND WE FINALLY HAD TO TELL THEM TO COME IN AND EAT AND GET WARMED UP!