Terek at 4 Months

Terek turned 4 months on the 21st. He is still my sweet little cuddler. He loves to be nestled up against my chest. He is becoming more and more aware each day. He loves to grab stuff and loves all of his toys that hang from things. Shellie got him to eat some rice cereal... yumm! He weighed in at 14 lbs. 4 oz. which is the 50th percentile. He is 26 inches long which is the 90th percentile! What a big boy. He's going to be tall like his daddy.

The 25th Day of Christmas

We had a very nice Christmas. We woke the boys up at 8:00 a.m. Brenner was way excited to see what Santa brought. Joren could have cared less! Terek just loved all the wrappings. We opened presents, enjoyed a visit from Lucas, Shellie and Legacy, hung out at our house enjoying our new toys, then headed to Lucas' for Christmas dinner and some late night sledding.

We missed having our parents with us, but it was a nice cosy Christmas (in the tons of snow.)

The 24th Day of Christmas

I can't believe it's Christmas Eve!!!
My family always went out to eat on Christmas Eve. We chose Denny's because we knew it would be open. Here's the kids in their new Christmas PJ's. They were so excited about them!!!

We hope you sleep well tonight!

We left food for the reindeer and Santa! Hopefully they find our house tonight!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

The 23rd Day of Christmas

Tonight was our night to drive around and look at Christmas lights.
As you can see, this was our boys' favorite activity.

The 22nd Day of Christmas

After a long weekend with the kids and a long ride home from St. George, Ryan and I opted to get a babysitter for the two older boys and go out with just Terek for Ryan's birthday. I threw some brownies in the oven before we left. The boys frosted and decorated them for him and jumped out to surprise him when he got home. Happy 35th Birthday, Ryan!!!

The 21st Day of Christmas

Today was our annual C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S dinner. We plan out a menu that has something from every letter of Christmas. We ate....

• Cinnamon Rolls
• Ham
• Rolls
• Ice Cream
• Spinach Salad
• Tomato Soup
• Mormon Potatoes
• Appetizers
• Squash

It was great to get together with all of my sibblings. We did a little gift exchange because we will only see Lucas and Shellie on Christmas. Mom has chemo for (hopefully) the last time tomorrow. Keep her in your prayers.

The 20th Day of Christmas

Tonight we headed out to Tuacahn to see the live Nativity and the lights. The kids loved the fountains that run down the front of Tuacahn. They had a cute train that took you on a short ride around Tuacahn.

We kind of missed the Live Nativity because we got distracted by Santa Clause.

The boys get a little less shy of Santa every time they see him. They even sat on his lap this time.

Joren asked for Legos.

Brenner asked for a DS.

The 19th Day of Christmas

On the 19th day of Christmas Dane and Sara got married!!! They got married in the St. George Temple.We had the luncheon and the reception in the new Santa Clara city office building. Everything was beautiful. Sara makes a beautiful bride. We really like her and we're glad to have her as part of our family. I don't have any sisters, but I now have 10 sisters-in-law.

The 18th Day of Christmas

Today's activity was to watch a Christmas movie or two. I have always wanted the classics... Frosty the snowman and Rudolph. Great movies for the boys to watch once we finally made it to Grandma Blake's house.

The 17th Day of Christmas

What we didn't do... wait in line for an hour to see Santa (That was our scheduled activity was to go to the mall to see Santa. When we got there we didn't want to wait in line... the kids have seen him several times and we have tons of cute pics.)

What we did do that could qualify for an acitivity.

• Make gifts for people (can't show pics, it would ruin the surprise)
• Frost sugar cookies for Brenner's preschool
• Wrap tons of presents

• Make reindeer food for all of Brenner's and Joren's preschool friends.

Any of those things should work for our countdown calendar.