On the 8th Day of Christmas...

... we wrote letters to Santa.

... the boys were surprised when Santa actually answered them the next morning.

Christmas Cards

I'm working on my Christmas cards.... if you want one, leave a comment!

On the 7th Day of Christmas...

... we went to Target so the kids could each buy a new ornament for their tree.Terek picked Big Bird
Joren picked Rudolph (although he was having a hard time deciding between the abominable snowman, the dog from the grinch and rudolph)
Brenner picked a cool light up snowman that changes from red to blue (he also couldn't decide between that and the grinch and a video game ornament)

sometimes it's just hard to make decisions!!!

On the 6th Day of Christmas...

We did a play of the nativity. ryan was the narrator. anisa was a donkey because joren couldn't decide what he wanted to be (first a cow, then a donkey, etc.) brenner was a wise man. legacy was Mary. terek was a sheep. brock (joren's doll) was baby Jesus. and lucas had to be Joseph because we couldn't talk anyone else into doing it. (Shellie was the photographer).

On the 5th Day of Christmas...

...We went to temple square to see the lights.

We piled our whole family in the van including Lucas, Shellie and Legacy.
Brrrr.... it was cold.
We warmed up by going in the Joseph Smith Memorial building and looking at the lights from up high.
Then we went to Denny's for hot chocolate and cheese fries. Good times!!!

On the 4th Day of Christmas...

.... Ryan and I ditched the kids with Lucas and Shellie to go see New Moon. Our calendar said to watch a Christmas movie...

... and Lucas and Shellie had planned to decorate Christmas cupcakes....
... so the kids got to do both!!!

Thanks for watching the kids for us so we could go to a cheesy movie!!!

On the 3rd Day of Christmas...

... we went to the Festival of Trees (for our ward playgroup).

The kids loved the gingerbread houses the best!!!
Brenner wanted a pic with the Nutcracker for Grandma Blake.
Merry Christmas!!!

Terek at 15 months

Terek is such a crazy little boy! He wants to be a big boy like his big brothers.... he wants to do everything that they do. He won't sit in his high chair. He doesn't want his food cut up and it must be on a plate and he must eat it with a fork. He loves to color (especially on his clothes). He wants to play on the computer. He wants to sit on the couch with a Wii controller in his hand and play like his brothers. He loves to climb. The list goes on.

He is starting to walk now and will for praise, but for no other reason. But, the kid can climb! He can climb up on the barstools and get up on the counter, the tables, etc. Nothing is safe from him.

He has his 8 front teeth, all 4 1st year molars and he's working on the incisors (I think that's what they are called) right now.

He has a hilarious fake laugh and a fun little fake smile similar to his "bitter beer face" that he used to make a people he was scared of. He has the funniest way of sleeping...(I must get a pic but I'm always afraid of waking him)... he lays on his stomach with his arms and legs tucked up under him.

He loves his Daddy!!! And we all love him (most of the time!)

On the 2nd Day of Christmas...

...we made teacher gifts. Brenner and Joren made things for their teachers out of Bendaroos and I made these cute vinyl silhouettes.

I'm participating in a Boutique in my old neighborhood (Oquirrh Park) on Saturday and I will have some more fun frames like these. Also, check out my craft blog, Twiddle Thumbs on Friday, for pics of my frames.... they are my new obsession!

on the first day of Christmas...

We decorated for Christmas.

We put lights on our house.
Each kid gets their own tree to decorate with their own ornaments. They get to buy a new ornament each year and then they can also put the ornaments that make at school on their tree. Terek keeps pulling everyone's trees over trying to get the ornaments off.
The boys were really nice to share their ornaments with each other. Joren gave his Elmo ornament to Terek. Brenner gave his Cars ornament to Joren and Joren gave his Hulk ornament to Brenner.
A black and white living room is not complete without a black and white tree. This picture does not do it justice!!!
Merry Christmas. We are excited for our Christmas countdown. We loaded up the advent calendar today with our daily activities and candy, of course. Joren helped me put the candy in. We had rolos and kisses. First he said, "mom, I need to try one of each." Then he said, "mom, I had to eat this one because it was open." After me telling him again and again to stop eating them, he said, "I have to eat this one because I can't remember what it tastes like." He was full of all of the excuses tonight!!!