Christmas

Christmas Day was fun! We have a tradition of making the kids line up in the hall youngest to oldest to walk out to the tree. They were so excited! They walked out and were totally surprised! I love this picture of Ashley's face as she see's her new bike and sits on it!

Hailey and her bike! Santa was too tired to put hers together the night before! Ashley's bike had come all put together.

Here is Ryan and his new gun and cowboy set!
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We had a great day of relaxing, playing games, spending time with family, and just not having to work or do anythings stressful. The kids and I got Daniel roller blades. It was a pretty nice day out so the girls had fun riding their new bikes and Daniel had fun trying his new roller blades out. I even got to try them out, I haven't roller bladed for probably 10 or 11 years. I put them on and Daniel kept telling me "no your pregnant" but I couldn't help it I just wanted to do it so bad! Well I did fine once I got up. But when I was getting up I lost my balance and fell on the side of our chair outside and broke it, and fell on my butt. My hip and butt are pretty bruised up! I guess that's what I get! But it was fun and it brought back memories of my roller blading days with Jolyn!! Once I have the baby I think I am going to have to get me some!


Christmas Eve we always go to my Daniel's parents and eat lots of good food, have our little program and open presents from each other(we draw names). Daniel's mom also always gets her grand kids pajamas so the kids got to open those too! Here are some pictures of our little program!
Hailey as Mary holding baby Jesus with Joseph by her side!

Ashley was an Angel, Ryan a little Shepherd!

The whole group!


This is a picture of my kids on Christmas eve, before bed, wearing their new pajamas and looking at their new books from their Grandma.

Ice Skating and Cookie Decorating

On Saturday Daniel took the girls ice skating for the 1st time! They loved it and actually did pretty good! I wanted to go to but I am so off balance as it is with this pregnancy I decided to sit out with Ryan by the heaters, it was freezing outside!

Today we went to Daniel's moms to decorate Christmas Cookies. Daniel's mom does this every year with all her grandkids and even makes the cute aprons for them to wear!

Fun Friday

Yesterday was a very eventful day for us! I had a Drs. Appt. in the morning then went straight to Hailey's Christmas party at school. We came home for a little while then I went to Ashley's school party to help. Then when Daniel got home from the mountains we headed to our old wards Christmas party where the kids got to see Santa again! The girls have figured out that it is not the same Santa because he looks different every time they see him, too funny! Ryan loves Santa because he gets candy every time he see him! Here are some pictures from our day! Oh and for an update, the Dr. said everything looked fine. The baby is sitting really low so that is why I am in so much pain already. And I have been having a lot of contractions that hurt lately so they said I needed to drink more water because when you are dehydrated you have more Braxton-Hicks than normal. Also we will be done with our service mission at the end of December and will be going back to our home ward the 1st Sunday in January. We stayed 3 months longer because our bishop said it will be easier for the kids to transition to their new classes at the beginning of the year. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!!!

Yummy

A few years ago my sister told me how to make these! They are one of my favorite treats now, especially around Christmas! So hopefully you don't care, Sandi, if I share her recipe with everyone!

8oz brick of Cream Cheese
1 package of Powdered Sugar
Flavoring (I use Peppermint and Orange extract)
Melting Chocolate or Milk Chocolate Chips

Mix the cream cheese and powdered sugar together until smooth (might be a little crumbly). Then add what ever flavoring of your choice (I split the dough in half and make 2 kinds). Roll into 1 inch balls and set in fridge to harden. Melt chocolate. Once the balls are cold and hardened take out and dip into the chocolate using toothpicks. Put on cookie sheet or plate and set chocolate balls in fridge to set up. Enjoy!

Craziness

So everyone tells me all 3 of my kids look exactly alike! I just don't see it, so I made them all lay their heads together so I could take a picture to see. I still don't see it. They were being so silly! I am so thankful that I have been blessed with these kiddos!

This morning was kind of crazy! I am watching my nephews today and my SIL had to drop them off before school. So I had to get 2 of my nephews and my 2 girls to school. Then I just had Ryan and Cosmo for a few hours, then had to go pick Hailey and Malcolm up from Kindergarten. So I had the 4 kids and decided to go get McDonalds for lunch! I couldn't imagine having 6 young kids at the same time. Even though it was kind of crazy this morning, I am truly thankful that my kids have cousins to play with. They always have so much fun together! Here is a picture of them enjoying their lunch!

Playing outside in the snow!

Snowman Poop

Ashley brought this home from school today. It was a project one of the kids did in her class. Click on the picture so you can read it. I thought it was the cutest thing, so I thought I'd share!

Happy Birthday Daniel

Today was Daniel's 28th Birthday, wow getting so old!! We went out as a family to China King Buffet. We came home to eat cake(that I made) and we got his favorite bubble gum ice cream. The girls also made him special letters! Happy Birthday Honey, you are the best hubby and daddy in the world! We love you!

Below is just a fun picture of Daniel with the kids! These kids love their dad so much and were soooo excited about his birthday!

Parade of Lights

This weekend was the Parade of Lights down town Denver that we go to every year! This year wasn't even that cold, we got there early and had a great spot! We got all bundled up and made hot chocolate to bring with us. It was such a fun night and of coarse I forgot my camera, so these were taken with Daniel's phone. After it was over we walked to a Peruvian restaurant with Daniel's sister, mom and dad and kids! The food was so good! I'm already craving it again! Daniel's sister is married to a Peruvian and know's how to make the meals we got, so I am going to have to beg her to make me some more!