Scooter catastrophe

Yesterday Kayleigh fell off of her scooter. It happened a few houses up from our circle so I didn't see it but she claims she hit a bump (I think the sidewalk raises up a couple inches) and fell on her left side. She is pretty beat up! She has bruises on her chin, shoulder, knee and ankle. Poor girl!
She did not want to go to school or dance today. She gets so embarrassed and didn't want people asking about her face. I told her it's ok and that people are just asking to make sure she's ok. Then she told me "Well of course I'm fine. If I wasn't I wouldn't be at school." She's a smart girl.
Today she was right back out on her scooter so I guess she isn't too scared of it happening again. Tough girl! Love her and hope she heals up soon.

Pedicure and Manicure

So me and Kay had a pretty fun day today! Kayleigh's cousin, Grace, wanted to celebrate her birthday by getting her nails done. So this afternoon we headed down to Paul Mitchell the school and all the little girls got a pedicure and manicure.
Grace's aunt is in school there and she and a couple of her friends were nice enough to pamper the girls for a couple of hours. It was so cute to see them all lined up on the bench just relaxing. What spoiled little princesses!
Kayleigh didn't really know what to expect but I think she really had fun and liked it. She liked the green scrub they used on her hands and feet but she thought it smelled yucky! Picking out her polish colors was also a lot of fun, so many colors to choose from.
Thanks a lot Marie, now the expectation has been set high for birthday parties! After we all enjoyed some ice cream from Dairy Queen before heading home. Yum!

Mazes

I recently spent $27 at Amazon.com on maze books for Landon. Within 4 days of receiving them the books are almost all complete. He is obsessed with them!!
The night we got the order he fell asleep with a book in his hands because he HAD to take it to bed with him.

Morning cuteness

After seeing Wyatt's mouth Landon said, "I'm so proud of Wyatt cause he has one tooth!" Shortly after that Landon "called" me on Wyatt's new toy phone he got for Christmas. On the phone call he asked me how I was. I said tired but good. He told me I should go lay in my bed. I said then Wyatt and him would be alone. He said, "But I'll protect Wyatt."

Landon's 3 yr. check-up

  Took Landon to the doctor today.  He was nervous to go, he was crying about it this morning.  I was so proud of him though, he did great!  He is 42 inches tall putting him in the 99th percentile.  He is 40 lbs. which is 97th percentile.  What a big kid!  The doctor said that he is the average size of a 4 1/2 yr. old and some small six yr. olds.  Yep, we've got a tall one on our hands.  So glad he's healthy and growing well. 

There's been a birthday boy here today

  Happy 3rd Birthday to Landon!  I hope you've had a great day today.  We love you so much and are so grateful for you!  I remember the day you were born and can't believe you are now three.  It was so fun to watch you today being so excited to turn 3 and how patiently you waited to open your presents.  Daddy finally got home and you got to open them.  I love how tonight when I asked you what your favorite present was you said your scriptures (the cheapo $2.50 version), what a sweetie.  I love you, buddy!

A whole new world

Wyatt started crawling today!!!! He's already all over the place and into everything.

The Festival of Trees

Kids by the Barbie tree

I want something like this in my house someday, so cute!

The Grinch!

The Pinkalicious tree

Me and Wy Fi

Kay by the Mickey tree

Landon loved the train that went around this tree

Rapunzel gingerbread house

This cracked me up!  You'll notice the sign says it's titled, "Reality".  So true.

Ice Age

Pixie Hollow

So precisely decorated

Temple

Cute Wyatt was a pretty big helper

  We haven't been to the festival in a couple years so it was fun to go again this year.  We went with my mom, brother, sister, her kids and sister-in-law and her kids.  We were a big group that added to the crowds that day.  Holy cow it was busy!  I stayed busy just trying to keep an eye on my kids but I think they had fun seeing all the trees, gingerbread houses, listening/watching a few performance numbers and eating sweets.  My mom bought them popcorn and cotton candy and I didn't leave there without some fudge.  It looks so good that I have to try some and it's for such a great cause! 
  Landon had a hard time not wanting to go under the chains and touch things.  He loves trains and toys so he kept me on my toes.  Kayleigh did really well for which I was grateful because it was kind of stressful. I had them all in their Christmas shirts and I thought they looked cute.  I really love this time of year, busy as it may be. 
  After stopping twice, once to get gas and once for Kay to go potty, we finally made it home through the traffic.  Luckily the boys slept the whole way home.  I enjoyed some Christmas music as I made the drive home.

Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving dinner table ready to go

YUM!

Michael and my mom

Lots of pies to choose from

Our family

Funny faces, kinda funny how Michael and I both leaned the same way with the same face

The kids table, minus the 2 youngest boys, Wyatt and Thomas

Day after Thanksgiving out having a fire

How stinkin cute?!

I'm rockin these glasses!

Landon helping clean up leaves in the yard

Miriam and Landon get a ride on the yard wagon

  We enjoyed a little "vacation" at my parent's house from Wednesday night to Friday night over the Thanksgiving holiday.  I like going down there to sleep over to be with family of course but also because if I'm away from my house then I relax and don't stress about all the stuff I need to do.  Coming home from our vacation the week previous made for a busy holiday week trying to catch up from being gone.  I don't think I've caught up yet!  I'll think twice about planning a vacation the week before a major holiday again.  Nonetheless, we had a nice Thanksgiving. 
  My sister in law and her 3 kids (soon to be 4) are here staying at my parent's house so it was fun to be with them.  The kids loved playing together and I liked adult time at night after the kids went to bed. 
  The night before Thanksgiving we were busy making food.  I was in charge of the yams/sweet potatoes.  This is my favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner but I've yet to ever make them.  I guess my mom figured it was time I learn and that's why she assigned me them.  I wanted there to be plenty for everyone (we had about 20 people total for the dinner) so I actually tried two different recipes.  The first were sweet potato balls, mashed sweet potatoes wrapped around a big marshmallow and then rolled in coconut, nuts or plain.  (My mom's recipe.) The second recipe was sliced yams and apples with a yummy sauce drizzled over it.  (My aunt, Annina's recipe.)   Both were a hit and I was proud of myself! 
   I also made a couple pies.  Both were very easy!  One a raspberry yogurt and cool whip frozen pie and the other an Oreo crust with chocolate pudding filling.  The kids loved the yogurt one.  Michael also bought a pumpkin pie from Costco to add to the mix. 
  My dad invited some of his family to Thanksgiving so we had my little fam, my parents and little brother, my sis in law and her girls, my Omi and two of my aunts and uncles with their kids.  We ate on my mom's nice china and the food was delish!  Seriously, a really nice dinner.  I'm grateful to live close to family and be able to share the holidays with them.  I have so much to be thankful for but mostly I'll just say, I love my kids, I love Michael, I love the gospel and I love this country.  That pretty much sums it up!
  Michael attempted a little Black Friday shopping but gave up pretty quickly after seeing how long the lines were.  I mean, is it really worth it for the small amount of money that you'd save but in exchange for all the time you lose?  I told him to just come home so we could play a game together instead.
  The day after we hung out with fam, had a hot dog roast for lunch, helped my parents a little in their yard and then played a game of Catch Phrase.  It was really fun!

What we are thankful for

  For a family home evening prior to Thanksgiving we asked the kids what they were thankful for. I made this list. The initials at the end of each item are who is thankful for that. Hope you can see it, I know the picture is small. We are so blessed!