Happy 36!

For Ryan's 36th birthday, he got to have a party at Jungle Jims!!!

Happy 36th birthday to the best husband and dad ever!!!

Big T turns 16 months

By big boy is 16 months!!! Crazy. He is such a fun little boy and into everything. Not a moment goes by that I'm not grabbing him off the counter or the table. He loves to color and grabs any pen he can get his hands on. He is only walking now... or about running. And we finally got him to wear shoes... amazing. So he'll take off outside as well.... he doesn't even care if it's cold. It will be quite something if we can keep him from opening the christmas presents and stop taking the ornaments off the tree... oh the joys of a toddler:)

on the ??? day of Christmas...

working late at nights has taken away a lot of my blogging time:(

On the 15th day of Christmas I assembled the neighbor gifts.

On the 16th day of Christmas we visited Santa at the Library... Brenner was too busy crafting to sit on Santa's lap. And he was determined he wanted to see Santa at the mall instead. ryan took the kids to see santa at the mall but it was too expensive to buy pictures... besides Brenner refused to be in a picture with terek because he would just cry.

Terek does not like Santa, but he did like the candy cane he gave him.
Joren was being shy.

On the 17th day of Christmas we had Ryan's work party. (I don't know why I didn't take any pictures). It was a lot of fun. we had pizza and exchanged white elephant gifts. we played games and did crafts with the kids... (seriously it would have been fun to have some pictures).

On the 18th day of Christmas we decided to head up to the zoo lights because I actually had a night off work.
brenner is a warm body and kept taking his coat off. he was great to walk around except up the hills then we wanted a ride.
joren doesn't like the cold and didn't even want to go. but he kept warm in the stroller.
on the 19th day of christmas we had the ward christmas breakfast... finally a pic of brenner with santa.
on the 20th day of christmas we made sugar cookies... I think they are all gone and once again, no pics, sorry.

whew, i'm all caught up.

we hope everyone has a Merry Christmas... only a few more days.

on the 14th Day of Christmas...

... Ryan and the kids went with Lucas, Shellie and Legacy to see the lights at Thanksgiving Point.(I had to work)

On the 13th Day of Christmas...

... we had our C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S dinner with Lucas and Shellie.

C- cranberry drink

H- hors d'ouvres (spinach and artichoke dip with red and green tortilla chips)

R- rolls

I- Ice cream

S- stuffing

T- turkey

M- mashed potatoes and gravy

A- asparagus

S- salad (or stuff to go on ice cream, depending on who you are:)


good times!!! wished we could have done it with the whole family.

On the 12th Day of Christmas...

... we went to the Daybreak festivities and saw some real reindeer... pretty cool:)

On the 11th Day of Christmas...

... we went to Gardner Village to do the Elf Scavenger Hunt. The kids got a candy stick as their treat:)

My new job

So I have a job! We've been struggling a little with this crazy economy so I decided to get a part time job to help us out a little. So a friend of mine works from home for a company called O'curance. She helped me get a job. Basically I answer phone calls for Your Baby Can Read and Provo Craft products like the Cricut and Yudu and such. It was a crazy whirl wind and I'm still a little in shock. I was called for an interview on Wednesday afternoon. I had my interview on thursday afternoon and was hired on the spot. I wasn't supposed to start working until the 28th of December but they called me Friday morning and asked me if I could come in for training that day. They trained me for a couple of hours and put me on the phones. I have to work in their office for up to 60 days then I can work from home. My schedule is from 7 PM to 1 am so I kind of miss out on stuff in the evening but I do have thursday and Friday night off. I'm hoping for more flexible hours after my 60 day training. This job could get old really fast but I can play on my cell phone when I'm not talking on the phone. Wish me luck!

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

On the 10th Day of Christmas...

We stuffed envelopes and addressed and stamped our Christmas cards. We hope we didn't forget anyone... let me know if you don't get one in the next week.

(So, I created this as a 5x7 then ended up printing it as a 4x6. So, I apologize for cutting Ry's head off... it wasn't intentional).

On the 9th Day of Christmas...

... we went to the planetarium to see "The Light Before Christmas" on the Imax.