Next stop, Mississippi!

Well, this may be the last post for a bit. Tomorrow the movers come to pack us up, then on Wednesday they will load our stuff into the truck. We will spend the next couple of days camping out in our home and finishing preparations to sell it. We leave for Mississippi on Saturday. The adventure begins.

A tired boy!

Eric was playing and wanted me to take a picture. He would hide under his and Zach's chairs pretend he was a talking rock, and then ask if anyone could see him. After I took the first video, I went upstairs and packed a bit. About 15 minutes later, when it was super quiet downstairs I wondered if boys were into something that they shouldn't be. When I went downstairs I was surprised to see that Eric had fallen asleep in his little fort. It was cute!

Christmas 2010

We had a wonderful Christmas season. Here are a few pictures, and videos that show the fun we had Christmas morning. I was particularly excited because the earliest picture was taken at 9:16a.m. This meant the kids gave me the gift of sleep!!

Notice Zachary is no longer in his Christmas Pajamas. This is because he threw-up during the night. This gave us a bit of a scare, but he was his energetic self the rest of the holiday vacation, despite having all the rest of us ill at some point in time. The picture with me shows the kids in the sweaters and dress that they got from Santa.

Christmas Eve 2010

We started the afternoon, rolling out cookies, then that evening at Judd and Melanie Flamm's home with a simple meal and wonderful family. We read the Christmas story and then we left for home. At home we had time to decorate a couple cookies each, one for Santa and one for ourselves.

We then opened our Christmas Eve gift, pajama pants, and hung our stocking. It was a low-key but very enjoyable Christmas Eve.

Temple Square lights

Last night we went to see the lights at temple square. It was a very fun family activity, both boys were excited, but in control. They stayed by us and even let us do a little teaching when we were by the nativity scene.

Snow Days!!

A couple of days ago we decided to go play in the snow. It was Wendy's first time and she loved it, after she figured out that we were suppose to get into the snow. Her brothers were very good examples of how to play in the snow. Since Mississippi does not have a lot of snow :) I have not gotten new snow gear for the boys or Wendy. Thank-goodness that they all could mostly fit into what they wore last year. Eric had to use Kyle's gloves, which he loved, and Wendy was in the 6-9 month bunting from last year. Yes, she is small enough that it worked great. We put a pair of Eric's shoes over her feet as they were the only ones that would fit.

The Ward Christmas Party

Last Saturday was the Ward Christmas party. We had a breakfast and then sang Christmas songs karaoke style. Props were given out and if you had a particular prop you were invited to the front to sing and dance. Most people, o-kay all but a couple just stood there. Zachary was not afraid to strut his stuff and entertained a lot of folks. He did a great job dancing!