Christmas Day

We took the traditional kids on the stairs photo Christmas morning. We didn't get any good ones of us opening presents. We went to church and after church we made our gingerbread house together. That night we ate with Jon's family. We forgot the camera that night so we don't have any pictures right now. I need to look and see what we got on our phones.

Christmas Eve with Grandma and Grandpa

We spent Christmas Eve with Erin's family. We had a yummy dinner and then lots of time to open presents after Grandpa read the Christmas story from Luke. The kids got a balance bike from Grandma and Grandpa and Yoga DVDs from Aunt Chelsea. All of them have been a hit. I especially like the Yoga DVDs because they are a good way to keep the kids busy when it is too cold to go outside in the mornings. This Christmas was all about Hello Kitty for Lydia and Spiderman for Gabe. We also got to talk to my little brother who is out on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was so good to talk to him and hear him talk about how he is doing.

Talking to Santa

Putting Up The Christmas Tree

GIRLS NIGHT!

Lydia was really sad that she didn't get to go to the game. That all changed when I told her that we could paint her toenails. I painted her toenails and fingernails red, white and green for Christmas.

Then I took the plunge and let her paint mine as well. Some of you might think that I am crazy, but a few months ago a friend of mine let Lydia do her nails. She told me that she use to let her daughter who is now 7 paint her nails all the time. I decided to let go of my control freak issues and let her just do it. We both had so much fun and the next day in the shower I just scrubbed off any polish that was on my skin. I think that I will have to do this more often. She was so proud of herself.

GO BRONCOS!

Gabe went to his first Boise State game on Saturday! We had a friend call early that afternoon and he gave us free tickets to the game. Jon took Gabe and they had a BLAST! Before the game we decided to use some blue spray on hair dye to prove to everyone that Gabe was a real fan. He was so excited when I sprayed it on and then got nervous and wanted me to wash it off. He thought that he would be the only one at the game with crazy blue hair. As soon as we explained to him that there would be other people dressed up too he was ok with it all. We have some pictures from the game but they are still on Jon's phone. Despite the freezing temperatures, a good time was had by all.

Turkey Shirts and Potty Training

Every year for Thanksgiving I make my kids Turkey shirts. This years shirts were inspired by a pin I saw on Pinterest. It took us 4 tries to get a good picture where both kids are actually giving real smile but I think that it was worth it don't you? This year we had Thanksgiving lunch with Jon's family at a church building and went over to Chelsea's for dinner with my family. The highlight of the day for me was when Lydia went potty all by herself at the church. We started potty training her a few weeks ago and she is doing really well. I am glad that she as #2 down and hasn't had an accident with that one for at least 2 weeks. #1 is a little trickier for her. If I tell her to go potty every hour or 2 she gets it but left on her own she gets busy and too distracted to go until it is too late. So after almost 5 straight years of diapers we are happy to be diaper FREE! Woo HOO!