Playing with Landon

Landon came over to our house on Saturday and was able to stay what Stetson called, "a long, long day"! The boys had so much fun playing together and running a muck through Stetson's room...(as you can see in the pics!!)

After we picked up Landon we went to McDonald's and let the kids play.

After Mickey D's we came back to our house and they played with every toy imaginable under our roof!

They kept taking breaks to drink ice water and color with crayons.

Both boys zonked out in the car on the way home. SO CUTE!! As you can see from the video, these two are typical BOYS!

Thanks for coming to play Landon!

What we've been up to...

Well school has started again so things have been a little crazy while I try and adjust to the new flow of how my life is going to go for the next four months. It is no secret that I hate anything and everything to do with Math but overall the semester has gotten off to a good start!

I am not a fan of going outside in the cold weather but I love when it's cold outside so me and Stets can cuddle up inside!

We took a trip to the new pajama outlet in town and we both got some new JAMAS! So warm...

Stetson came down with pneumonia and an ear infection on Jan 2nd and he was one miserable little boy who was stuck inside the house for DAYS. We made some teddy bear cupcakes one day to kill some time. Stets got a little carried away with the frosting as you can see...but he LOVED it!! The funny things is he never ate ANY of the cupcakes...

I had some issues trying to make tan frosting out of the white frosting that we had so don't ask why our bears had ARMY green tummies! Skylar and Stetson have really been enjoying the snowmobile in this weather. Don't call child services--Stets does have a helmet he wears while riding but I wanted to be able to see his cute face in this picture so I made him take it off. He thinks he is pretty cool when he gets to wear these sunglasses that his daddy gave him!

Here's a couple more pictures from when he was sick. I am so glad he bounced back to his normal self!! I love my little man and I hate seeing his so miserable.

Christmas 2009

It is about time I sit down and post all of our Christmas pics. We had such a wonderful holiday and hope you all did too! We definitely got spoiled... (Click on the collages to enlarge...)
Santa brought Stetson the "birthday cake with blue frosting" that he asked for. We all had to taste it! I think that was Stetson's favorite gift this year!

His big gift was this train table. He has played on this for hours since Christmas! He has fallen in love with all of his trains all over again.

We got this special Santa plate and cup to set out his treats on. Stets was pretty upset Santa didn't finish the milk all gone and had to tell everybody about it all day! As you can see Santa didn't finish ANYTHING on the plate...lol. Stets had bath toys and finger paints in his stocking, a few games for his Click to Start game, some much needed new clothes, and a few small toys from Santa.

This was the Christmas party I had to miss due to work but Skylar got a few pics for me to post! Big J LOVED his leopard print Snuggie...

Cute kiddos...

Teigen must have gotten all work out opening gifts all morning! Grandma Chelle and Grandpa Roly gave Stetson the Imaginext castle he had been DYING to have as well as a sleeping bag, camping chair and various flashlights Stets has had a blast playing with around here lately!

We had to write Santa a special letter and sprinkle this reindeer dust out on our front porch on Christmas Eve letting him know that Stetson's mommy had to work on Christmas day and didn't want to miss him opening up his presents so we asked Santa to come by our house later in the day on Christmas. Thanks Santa!

A few pics of the girls from the Christmas Eve party at my parent's house. Stetson got a cool v-tech writing table, a cool walking, talking dragon for his new castle and a few other random toys from my parents. I do not think Stetson needs another toy until next Christmas!!

Here is Brinkley and Tylie rockin' their new outfits and Stetson ENJOYING Christmas Eve dinner.

More pics from the Christmas party at my parent's house...

Of course we can't leave out our play date with Landon we had a few days before Christmas. The boys exchanged Christmas presents and ran themselves ragged at McDonald's!

I am so relieved the holidays are over with--they can be so exhausting! We are so blessed to have such wonderful families to spend time with all year long and we are lucky we live close to MOST of them. We love you all!!

Visit Stetson's personal Santa message! So cute!!

Click on the link...

http://portablenorthpole.tv/watch/edf88da572d08000f6912c9fe7d13c6c

Then make one for your own child or grandchild!

Tom&Jerry

Stetson's latest favorite cartoon has been Tom and Jerry. I have to say I am TOTALLY against him watching these cartoons!! Skylar let him watch one one night and now he asks every day. Very rarely do I give in but it is hard to explain to him why mommy doesn't like him watching them. I had someone tell me once that it was HORRIBLE that I let Stetson watch SpongeBob but I have yet to see Spongebob smoke a cigar, blow someone up with dynamite or chase someone around with an ax!! I let him watch one episode of Tom and Jerry this morning while I get ready for the day and as you can see he was glued to the show!

O Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree!

I love putting up the Christmas tree! It is one of my favorite things to do all year long. I am sure you all know how much I love anything and everything to do with Disney so I was sooo excited to put all of the Disney ornaments we bought last year on our tree! We bought a packaged deal of them and they are all sooo fun!! These are a few of our favorites of course the princesses and little loveable Nemo!

Of course we have Woody and Buzz to keep each other company!

Yes we have already had a snowball fight or two! This is Skylar trying to get Jackson yesterday but Jackson is much too quick for an old man like Skylar!!

I can't believe how close Christmas is. I finished ALL of our shopping a week or so ago but I have been procrastinating wrapping so hopefully that will get done too!

Merry Christmas!

First off I want to say the most rewarding thing we have done this Christmas season was going shopping for an "angel" from the sharing tree at Shopko. This tree is still up for the weekend if anyone is able to help out. We picked a 2yr old boy for our "angel" and had fun picking out clothes, snow boots, books and puzzles for him. We also threw in a Thomas the train DVD and coloring book set because I remember how much those things meant to my 2 year old and how much I still love watching him enjoy them. I can't imagine not being able to put anything under the Christmas tree for my child and I know my family and I are very fortunate to have what we have and Christmas is for sharing and giving to others who are less fortunate than we are. I wish we had enough to spoil all of those "angels" but if everyone who can help out did...so many more "angels" could have a Merry Christmas. I wish the best for that little boy and his family in the coming year and hopefully things will look better for them soon. Last year when things were tight for us and we were more financially strapped than we had been our entire marriage the little "angel" still came first. Me and Skylar went without one single gift to or from each other and we did just fine. I hope that we never see the day where we cannot provide for our child/children and I can't imagine what these parents go through. Please help out if you CAN. I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas this year!

Two of the most giving people I know are my aunt Dixie and uncle Bill. They love to spoil all of our kids and we are so blessed to have them in our family! Each year we put on a Christmas party the day after Thanksgiving when Dixie and Bill give out their gifts to the little ones and this was this year's party...

Brenden is super messy because I let him eat his mashed potatoes and gravy WITH his sucker instead of a spoon! Isn't that what aunts do?? All of the kiddos had so much fun with their cousins!

Uncle Bill picked a fight he couldn't win...
Of course there were gifts too...

Stetson LOVED this scooter and he now uses it to get all around the house even if he is just going from one room next door to the other...silly boy!

I just noticed not many adults appear in these pictures...I promise there was supervision most of the time!
Cole and Annilee's family weren't able to make it home this year but thanks to Skype we were able to see them open their gift which was a wii. We can't wait to see you guys for Christmas!
Thanks again to Dixie and Bill for being such wonderful giving people. We love you so much and we had so much fun seeing all of the family including all of my siblings (minus Annilee), the Risks, the Sells and my parents too! We wish you all a happy holiday season and a very Merry Christmas!