Christmas Eve

It has definitely been a crazy December. Ryan's sister Stefani got married to Guy on the 18. So we spent the weekend before Christmas in Central with Ryan's family. My parents were in Idaho so we had our own Christmas Eve party at our house. We made green chili burros with the fixins (not as good as Grandma Smith's Mexican fiesta, but you do what you can!) Nikki and Jesse and the kids came over as well as Lindsay and John. After dinner we acted out the nativity. I was so cute! This is Joseph and Mary's entrance on the Donkey(thanks to Aunt Lindsay).

This is everyone. Special thanks to aunt Britni for half of our costumes...the towels worked great. And who knew that my ugly Princess Leia costume would work so beautifully for our lovely angel (I am all about a flexible wardrobe!).

After dinner the kids sat around the table and cut out cookies to make for Santa. It was a lot of fun to see how excited the kids were. I think the boys were the perfect age. This is them in their new Christmas Pajamas ready to go to bed!

Future Hairdresser

I just had to post about this because it was so funny! The other day Dallan got into Ryan's hair stuff and was so proud of himself that he did his own hair. This picture didn't do justice on how much he used (unfortunately the stuff is not cheap)! Ryan said it was all he could do not to yell because it was everywhere. Good thing mom wasn't home!

Carson at 9 months!

Weight: 21lbs. 7oz.
Length: 30" !!

What I love about Carson at 9 months.....

Carson is at such a fun age for all of us right now. The boys are loving to interact with him. Carson will come up to Dallan and start grabbing him (and kind of being mean) and I know I shouldn't say this but it is so funny. Maybe in a small way Dallan has met his match! If he wasn't so scared he would be walking right now. He cruises everywhere and will let go of the couch to play with a toy and just stand there for 10 seconds but when we try to get him to walk he just sits down. I love his blue eyes. He is so loving and cuddly. He is definitely starting to get scared of strangers or anyone else holding him. He eats like a football player. I swear he eats more than the boys! A cute story about Carson is how much he loves sitting on Dallan's bed to read books at night before bed. He gets so excited. He has to watch the other boys lay in there bed and say goodnight and then he will go straight to bed. If he doesn't do that first, he will cry and cry in his crib. In a way, I think he feels left out not being in the Cowboy room :)!

Where have we been??

It is boutique time so I have been neglecting my blog, and neglecting reading all of your blogs! Every year I tell myself (and Ryan) that I am not going to do any boutiques, and every year I end up doing what feels like a hundred. But I can't complain because it is my own fault. I have so many fun, new things this year I just couln't pass them up. Plus it is nice to earn some extra money for Christmas! This is pretty much what my front room looks like all the time-the rest of my house is probably worse but we won't take pictures of that! I am just amazed that my boys know not to touch any of it. So besides eating lots of Taco Bell and quite a messy house the next few posts are what we have been up to.....Ah, the price we pay for boutique season!!

Happy Halloween!

The boys were so excited for Halloween. For Family Night we went and picked out pumpkins and then carved them. They were a little hesitant to get their hands dirty at first but after a while they were really into it.

This is the boys at Spencer, school Halloween Carnival. It was soooo hot. It was at 1:00 in the afternoon and they had to wear there costumes (which were made for 60 degree weather), but they didn't seem to mind and just kept stuffing themselves with all kinds of treats.

Dallan Picking out his pumpkin to color.

The boys wanted to be Stars Wars this year. Which is kind of a funny story because they hadn't even seen it before. Dallan has been obsessed with Chewbacca for a while though (Spencer and Dallan really wanted to name the baby that!) When the costume came in the mail I have never seen him so excited. He striped down and put it on immediately.

So, This is the family. Isn't baby Yoda cute! I think this was the most unflattering Halloween costume I have ever worn, probably because I made my outfit (no, I will not be taking orders for ugly Princess Leia dresses). Spencer was Obi Wan Kanobi. After Halloween we decided the only reason they wanted to be Star Wars was because they realized they got to play with the Light Sabers (smart kids!!)



Looking over all the goods!

Grandpa Chewy.....I think it looked really good on him!

What the boys are up to....

Spencer had a field trip with his preschool to the Farm. He was in heaven. It was fun to see how he interacted with other kids. He wanted to hold every animal he could!

Aunt Niki went to Disneyland a couple of weeks ago and Mady brought the boys back Buzz Lightyear toys. She told them all about the rides and the boys were in awe. They still keep asking me when they get to go to Disneyland. It is hard to explain to them "not for a while". Of course they think it is just down the street and free!!

This is kind of a funny. Last month I was trying to prepare my Relief Society lesson and I couldn't do it at night because Ryan was using the computer for school. The boys were, of course, being wild and crazy and I couldn't concentrate so I turned on Bob the Builder and plugged in their head phones. It worked like a charm. I got a good 20 minutes of peace and quiet!

Almost walking!

So, I think the last time I posted about Carson he was almost crawling. Well, crazy as it sounds now he is almost walking. I cant believe how fast he is growing up. He is probably just trying to keep up with his brothers! I remember the other boys didn't crawl until about 9 or 10 months and didn't walk until 12 or13 months. Needless to say I am not quite ready for all this mobility!!
Carson also got his two bottom teeth last month. Every time I try to take a picture he shuts his mouth-so maybe next time. He also started to wave the other night. We were putting the boys to sleep and after he read books with them we said bye bye and he totally waved. He is getting so big!

Carson's favorite place to "hide".

Carson is cruising around everything! His favorite are the chairs in the kitchen. He will walk while pushing them. Good thing we have all that tile!

This is hilarious! I always find him sucking on this little rubber duckie. Apparently he thinks it is a Binky.