Merry Christmas to ALL!!

Well, the day has come and gone and we had a really good time. I will post more pictures in the next couple of days, but wanted to get something up for now. Our computer went crash and we just got that all fixed finally.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Day and Christmas Season. Love to all!!!
This is after our PJ's on Christmas Eve. The kids were pretty good about taking a picture this year...you should see us some years. :)

Movie Clip of Taylor's Baby

Hopefully this works. Taylor was so tired yesterday that she fell asleep before we got home from our Christmas visit's and was too tired to open any more gifts when we got home. So Carter remembered quite quickly that she had some to open this morning. This video is after she got her baby doll from Aunt Heather and Uncle Matt. She even shared some of her blankets with the baby. It is just a short little clip, but I thought it was very cute.

Check out my Slide Show!

Mason, Mason, Mason

Mason gets a post all his own. This was the many shots at trying to get one picture to put on his Christmas cards for the teachers this year. WOW!! He was not that pleased about this task. Two shirts, and a ton of pictures later we found a winner. Today I see some I could have used, but hey in the heat of it, you don't think some of them look that great, when they are perfectly fine. I forgot to rotate some of these and didn't want to start over...so sorry about the side ways veiw on a bunch! We finally got him to sit down by giving him a picture of his para, he sat and smiled and 'talked' about her for a bit. I just got kick out of some of these and couldn't help but post them all. Have fun...dont' feel bad if you dont' watch the whole slide show!

My kids are so darn cute!! I can't stand it sometimes. :)

These are just a couple of Carter's Christmas projects from school. He is doing really well in school and loves being there. Even though sometimes he is too smart for his own good. Such as...Teacher Kathy, " Carter we don't throw snow." Carter answered, " My mommy lets me throw snow." While he proceeds to throw snow. Teacher Kathy, " Well, there are school rules and home rules, at school we are not allowed to throw snow." Carter almost had to go inside. because he continued. :) Well, after a talk with mom and dad the next day he got a big thumbs up for remembering not to throw snow!! :) LOVE LITTLE BOYS!!! Of course, I am able to tell the teachers that every once in awhile we get, "My teachers let me do this." :) Man he is a stinker, but he sure is cute!!!!
Taylor is normally napping while Carter is at school and today wasn't any different. Except she got a couple blankets and curled up in the bean bag before we even got her too bed.. How can you beat a sight like this? I LOVE IT!!!

Special Visitors!!

Mikes parents drove him back home from Utah ( I flew--lucky me!). It is always wonderful to have people visit us here in ND. Since there isn't much motivation--besides well us!! :) The kids enjoyed their special surprise visitors. We were very happy that they decided to stay longer than originally planned. I think the kids loved it too. :)
Thanks for visiting mom and dad!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I will post more pictures of their trip when they get back and can email me their camera full.

Wedding....

Congratulations to Kasey and Chelsi Craven!!!!! We were SSSOOO excited to go and spend some time in Utah. It was our time away from the kids and it was wonderful! I love having a chance to go to weddings...It was a great experience to be reminded of the beginnings of a life together. I will never forget how much I love Mike, but I love that chance to reflect on what brought you together in the first place. It has been 7 years for us, and we have been through so much together, we are excited for the many more together. Which technically were two little sisters that couldn't mind their business. Thanks Chelsi and Kellie. :) We love both Chelsi and Kasey and wish we could have stayed longer. Although our cake feeding still beat your's. :) Maybe I will post of a picture of that one day.
LOVE YOU GUYS, CONGRATS!!!!

I love going and seeing the beautiful temples scattered across the mountains and in SLC. We don't get the chance to go as much as we would like too, and I love the peace that it brings just seeing the temple.

I think Mason likes movies?

Tonight we decided that for our Family Night together we would go Christmas shopping for others. Mom and Dad saw a couple things we couldn't pass up. The Santa Claus 1&2. Mason and Carter both LOVE the first. We just have it on a VHS that is on its last leg. So we decided, what the hay, lets get them. Mason saw them and wanted to hold them all through the store, we had a couple more places to go and he got irritated with having to leave them. We got home and he wouldnt get out of the van without the movies in hand. So we get all our treasures from the back, Carter, Taylor etc, come in the house and find.... Mason on the couch, movies, remote and a big smile/whine. If it wasn't a school night he would have watched them tonight. Sleep is a big deal for this mommy and we were already off our schedule of bedtime. So I was the bad guy and told him no. Which then gave me the priviledge of not having to get him ready for bed since he wanted nothing to do with me. He even stopped at Taylor's doorway just to yell at me and make sure I knew he was not happy with me. Of course, his smile can't hide for too long, so yelling and smiling are hand in hand.
He will be even more ticked tomorrow after school when he realizes he has therapy and can't watch then either. I promise I will let the poor kids watch them soon! :) Tomorrow night probably.
I decided that I wanted to post this little experience before I went to bed, otherwise I would probably forget tomorrow. I think we have something planned for every hour of the day. Have a great day everyone!!!

Winter Wonderland!!!

We got a very large dose of snow over the weekend. Mike and Carter were out working hard today clearing off the last of the snow drifts in the driveway. Carter of course, needed his hot cocoa to sustain him through. Daddy couldn't miss out on that!!

Taylor and I joined them for a very short lived moment. Her hands got too cold and she wanted in. Then she kept sneaking outside just to play for a quick second. So she took her toy out and brought some snow in to try out. I once told Carter not to eat the snow, now I just tell him to eat the clean looking snow. :) What is childhood if you can't eat a bit of snow?