A Very Merry

Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday!

We sure are!

My mothers annual Christmas Eve Pageant.

It was very eventful like always.

Scott was a cow, he usually is some sort of animal in her pageants :)

But this year he added to his costume.

I wish I had video of mom conducting pageant practice.

McKinley has reintroduced the clarinet into our christmas eve night. I was a clarinet player back in the day & would play Christmas songs for the fam.....while the dog howled (not lying)!

Christmas morning & all the cousins in their jammies from grandma & grandpa.

I wish I could say that the awesome pink beach cruiser was mine, but Santa brought it to Brinkley. Jealous. But those new navy rubber boots are mine from my hubby who always picks out the perfect presents. He knows what I want without even asking!!

We also went 4 wheelin & on my sisters Razor Christmas day! So fun!

I'm pretty sure everyone goes 4wheeling in leopard shoes.

The whole darn fam

i love my family!

Merry Christmas to us....early.

Instead of presents we don't really need, my parents took us all to Disneyland for Christmas!

Memories last a little bit longer than the toys.

We had such a great time. Our day at Disney was perfect & then the rain started & never stopped & I think is still going.

So glad we had such great weather on our Disney Day.

Thank You MOM & DAD, it was such a fun trip.

The whole fam minus Scott who is snapping the pic & my oldest sister & husband who couldn't make it.

Scott & his mini me

Luke was sick with a TERRIBLE cold.

We didn't sleep much on this trip.

But he was a trooper.

One of my favorite pics of Tess.

She was so sick of me taking her picture that this is what i got when i said "SMILE!"

This will always be a favorite.

Sweet little Ellie & her daddy!

She was a little busy during this lunch time.

See that lump in the bed. That is me taking a nap after a night of maybe 3 hours of sleep. The boys were creating havoc in the room & i was completely oblivious.

Decembers in full swing over here

Our tree is up & our stockings are hung!

The kids & I have made little friend gifts....playdough!

We had so much fun & it was so easy!!

turned out pretty cute & the kids were sooooo excited to deliver them.

Cait & I threw Jami a little christmas baby shower for her little princess due in January. Jami has this little basketball belly - nothing else!

My mother-in-law set up a night for us to go on the "polar express."

Small train I know - it wasn't the heber creeper BUT we thought it was ten times better!! It was focused on the Savior not just Santa & presents & all that jazz (which is great) but helped put things in perspective this time of year. We had a ton of fun.

Grandma & grandpa are such troopers, hopped in that train without a second thought to how tiny it was :) Love them.

We've seen Santa!

Luke's face never changed from that expression the whole time he was on his lap.

Our annual trip to the festival of trees.

Buzz was in heaven.

My hubby looks kinda nerdy but so funny - we hated/loved this tree.

And Tess found the tree of her dreams!

she didn't want to leave it.

My holiday weakness right now is rolo's, peppermint bark, & my neighbors baked goods!!!

Life is good!

A Blur

That's what November feels like, a big old blur!

We've moved.

It was stressful.

And in the middle of it all, this big guy turned 5!

I can't believe my firstborn is 5.

Words to describe Chase at 5:

inquisitive, smart, polite, kind, handsome, inquisitive, energetic, happy, & inquisitive.

He asks a lot of questions.

But really he is the best little guy. I love him more than life.

He is one of the best big brothers around & so protective of his siblings....& his mommy!!

He is tells me daily that he loves me (pleasedontstoppleasedontstop!!)

I love him at this age.

He loves space, dinosaurs, pirates, sharks, etc.

I'm starting to have to really answer his questions because he's starting to pick up on when i'm making it up. Or else he tells me I'm wrong.

I can't believe he's 5!

He is definitely one loved little guy.

He shares a bday with my dad which they both just love....I do to. They've been together every birthday. So grandpa came up for football & to spoil Chase with presents from him & grandma.

He also got to see some of his favorite boys in the world, Dallin & Kade.

And if you are wondering how the princess is doing, well the picture says it all. She's got some tude! ATTITUDE!

Not really, just in this pic. She is sweet as ever with a little bit of red hair spice!!

We did celebrate Thanksgiving but moved into our new home the day before. I had no clue where my camera was. But we had a great feast at Gma Warners. We were with family that we don't see too often so it was tons of fun. Hoping I can get pics from them ;)

Oh & Chubby is as cute as ever!!

Tess dressed him up as a pirate & like always he was such a good sport about it.