Thursday, January 24, 2013

I swear I watch my kids

I swear I am a good mom... I watch my kids, they just love to wait until I am in the shower or getting ready. You might remember these first pictures from a previous blog but this is how it started. Ryker got into the Vicks Vapor Rub. He had the whole bottle all over his hair and body, some on Beckett and a little on Sophie.
A few weeks later Ryker got Brad new hair gel and used half of the tube on his hair.
Finally a couple days ago I went downstairs to find all three kids on the kitchen floor pouring/ painting with two bottles of nail polish. Ryker had climbed on the counter opened the bottles. The three of them painted our fruit bowl along with the fruit in the bowl. It was all over the floor, their clothes, hands and faces. I was a little frustrated. Luckily I got most of it off the the floor, their clothes weren't so lucky and Beckett still has pink fingers....
The messy one
The assistant
The ring leader

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Christmas and New Year

On Christmas Eve Brad had to work. Luckily, he was able to get off a few hours early so we headed down to my parents. We had snack food galore! Beckett and Sophie were in heaven. After we ate tons of food, Santa's helper left us a big present full of jammies, a movie, and treats. After we all changed into our jammies, we watched a Muppet Christmas Carol (one of my favorite Christmas movies).



Christmas morning, Ryker was so excited to see if Santa brought him some slippers. The kids all got juice drinks and didn't want to open presents after they saw them. Once we convinced them to open a few, they got the hang of it and were really excited to open the rest. Ryker was thrilled Santa brought him slippers!  He hugged them and put them on.  After we opened presents, my parents, Jess, and Karl came over for breakfast. After breakfast, we headed up to Kaysville to visit Brad's family. We were very spoiled with presents, and so were the kids. After a few hours at Brad's parent's house, we drove back to my family for dinner.  We had delicious Prime rib (Brad's favorite) at my parents. We had a wonderful Christmas and are very blessed. It was so fun to watch the kids open presents. I am so grateful for Brad and his hard work and all he does so we could have such a great Christmas. 








On New Years eve we went to my parents. Jess and her family were there as well as Armi and Kelson. We played games and ate snacks while Ryker and Kyler played. I was very surprised Ryker stayed up until 12. We put the twins down because I knew they wouldn't make it. It was a fun night.













Decemeber

On December 14th I picked up Brad from work and we headed up to Temple Square. We met my family at Crown Burger and had some dinner. It was raining/ snowing so we bundled up and walked to Temple Square. I was fun to look at the lights. Beckett kept pointing at the trees and saying "lights."  We didn't stay very long because it was starting to rain more and the twins weren't very happy.





On the 15th it was snowing so Brad decided not to go into work for the morning (it was Saturday). So he took the kids outside to play in the snow. Ryker was so excited to play out in the snow with his new Spiderman hat. Sophie didn't like the cold and cried most of the time. Beckett was just happy to be there.

Later on that night, Brad took me on a date with the Malouf's. We went to dinner at a yummy Italian restaurant. I still dream about the bread and tomatoes! We then headed to Jordan Commons to see The Hobbit. We saw it in 3D on the IMAX which was pretty fun. I love having friends that we can go out with and I love going with my husband.





I don't remember the exact day but I was in the bathroom getting ready and decided to check on the kids (they were too quiet). I found them in their bathroom covered head to toe in Vicks Vapor rub! Ryker had a ton in his hair and all over his body. Beckett had some in his hair too. The whole bottle was gone! It took 3 days and many washes to get all of the grease out of Ryker's hair.




The 21st was Brad's work party. Went and ate dinner and chatted with people from his work. They had a few games and an ugly sweater contest. After eating, we left and headed over to Walmart to finish Christmas shopping. It was fun to get out just the two of us. Cindy and Steve watched the kids while we went.

The 22nd was my family party. We went to Brett and Shauna's house. We all chatted and ate dinner, the food was really yummy. Santa decided to stop by and say hi. Ryker was excited to tell Santa that he wanted Spiderman slippers. They had a cousin gift exchange and all of the kids were excited about their presents. We had to leave right after that because all of our kids were tired and crying.










On the 23rd We went to Cindy and Steve's for Ashtyn's birthday. She received a make up set from my parents and went right to work making Grandpa "beautiful." He was such a good sport he even let her do his nails.





On the 28th we went with the Malouf's to Scheels.  It was fun to walk around and see all of the gear and fishes. Brad, Ryker, Lindsay, and Micheal rode the Ferris Wheel while I watched the kids. We ate at Noodles after. It was a good fun family night.

 Ryker and Brad
 Lindsay and Micheal

 Lily



Here are some random church pictures.






We had a very fun busy few days.