Well do you?

It's 11:00 am

  Do you know where your cheese is?

I'll give you one guess.

Twinsies

Hee Hee Hee...  

Are we the dorkiest parents ever?

Christmas 2011

Christmas 2011:

The kids saw the lights at Temple Square for the first time

Gingerbread houses on Christmas Eve

New P.J.'s 

Another superhero/Lightning McQueen themed holiday

All Miss H wants is her ride on toy and candy

Favorite toys are a remote control McQueen, Helicopter, and Angry Birds game

Christmas is on a Sunday so we get to dress in our Sunday best, sing songs and listen to talks about the Savior

This is the first year we have done Christmas all by ourselves. We missed having everyone here (the kids kept asking when all of their grandmas and grandpas and aunts and uncles were coming) but we were still grateful that we were together as our little family. We are trying to enjoy this stage of life where the kids still get excited to talk to Santa and see an elf and before they're asking for things like iPods and computers. It's fun to see their eyes light up at something like seeing christmas lights, or being so excited about a toy that they can't contain themselves. It's crazy and messy and frustrating and wonderful. I could go on and on explaining myself, but I have this quote hanging on my wall and I think it sums everything up perfectly:

There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.


 Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too!

Birthdays

Hubs and I both celebrated birthdays recently. Since we are old and parents, we asked for things like haircuts, time to ourselves, and sleep. We didn't receive any of those things. We still had fun, though, and sometimes it is more fun just because the kids get excited for it.

 If I look horrible in these pictures you will just have to excuse the fact that I am old now. And also that our children refuse to sleep later than 6:30 am. 

 The doughnuts are the kids' favorite part of birthdays. 

   The last couple of years I have made myself raspberry bread pudding for my birthday cake. It is amazing and the kids won't eat it. Darn, more for Hubs and me.  

Hub's birthday.  

 Miss H actually tried to eat the doughnuts without hands. It was hilarious. 

   The boys were insistent that they pick out their own gifts for their dad. E picked out a twin pack of beef jerky, and G picked out an X-Men t-shirt.

His birthday cake was an ice cream sandwich cake. It was soo good and so easy to make. Basically you layer ice cream sandwiches with cool whip and whatever toppings you want to use. We used crushed cookies and fudge sauce. Seriously, if you like ice cream then look up a recipe online and make this.