Christmas pics

Santa came to our ward Christmas party and the kids were so excited to tell him what they wanted! I don't think anyone else sat on Santa's lap longer than Corden. When we told him he needed to let the other kids have a turn, he said, "just two more things!" So funny!
Ryker wanted Transformers and Ninja Turtles... (what else!)

And Kyler wanted a nerf dart shooter.

This is Makay. I had to take his picture. He made sure that he had his list all ready for Santa! Hilarious!

Getting Santa's goodies ready. The boys thought Santa would like a break from all the cookies and milk.......

so they left him some peppermint hot chocolate and what you see on the plate. So thoughtful.

Grandma and Grandpa H. came out on Christmas Eve and stayed the night for Christmas. The original plan was for Gma and Gpa to sleep in Kyler's room, Corden to sleep in his room, Ryker to sleep in his room, and Kyler to sleep on the queen air mattress in Ryker's room. The boys had other plans!

Guess Santa liked his "not so traditional" goodies!

Waiting patiently with Grandpa for the start of the Christmas morning chaos.

All the stockings were hung by the chim... all the stockings were hung.

Isn't that Santa just the greatest ever!

Transformer stuff for Ryker. Imagine that!

Kyler's new airplane bedspread. Think he liked it?!?!

JoAnna made cute neck pillow creatures for the boys. They really like them.

We were so glad that Grandma and Grandpa came out and spent Christmas with us. In this picture, Gpa is showing Kyler how to do the wood puzzle that he made for him and Gma is "trying" to help Corden figure out how to transform his new transformer. What a great Christmas!

paying forward my pay it forward

A little while back I did a pay it forward on my blog.

This is the craft that I decided to make for it. I thought they turned out so cute!
I put glitter on the letters on the white set so they would sparkle like snow in the sunlight.

So Nicole and Brittney, I hope you will enjoy your snow blocks and I hope you have fun spreading the love as you continue the pay it forward with your friends!

This is what we decided to make our Beehive class for Christmas this year. It is the theme for the youth for the the upcoming 2010 year. I thought it would be really fun to make them fun and funky for the girls so I used bright paper and tied a zebra striped ribbon around them.

1987 called... they want their belly shirt back!

Here's the story...

I needed to go over to my friend Annette's house.

When I went to grab Ryker so we could go, he didn't have a shirt on.

So, being the great mom that I am, I just threw his coat on and didn't worry about his shirtlessness. :)

Annette and I were sitting there chatting when Ryker walks around the corner like this.

So funny!

Guess next time I'd better make sure I get him a shirt!

Christmas Program 2009

The boys had their school Christmas program last week. They both did a really great job.Kyler and his class.

Corden and his class.

Our teachers helped out with the 12 Days of Christmas. These were the "9 ladies dancing"!

I've Never Seen Anything Like it!!

Never in my life have I been so scared as I was last night. This is not an understatement. Let me tell you how the story began... So, there was a birthday party for Corden and Kyler's friend Tyson last night. We were all hanging out doing the whole party thing when Jenny, Tyson's mom, gets a phone call telling her that Ike's (the gas station about 1/4 mile down the road) is on fire! We looked out the back door and you could see the flames rising up in the sky! I knew Stan would be down there fighting the fire and that worried me a bit! Pretty scary when you know your husband is fighting a fire- AT A GAS STATION! All of a sudden, there was a rumble noise and the house shook. I said to my friend Annette, "Did you feel that?" We turned and looked out the window..... AND THIS IS WHAT WE SAW!

It looked like an atomic bomb explosion or something!

I've never seen anything like it!

That was when I really lost it! I just knew that people had to have been seriously injured or even worse, and Stan was down there! As I sobbed in the bathroom, not knowing the fate of the love of my life, my friend Annette said a prayer for the safety of the emergency workers down at the fire.

After I composed myself, I called Stan's cell phone to see if he was okay.

He didn't answer.....

I left a message.

Then I called my parents, told them what was going on, and asked them to say a prayer for Stan and the other firefighters and emergency workers.

Next thing I knew, my parents had driven the 40 miles from their house to mine so that I wouldn't have to be alone.
By the time that my parents got there,
I had found out that somehow

not a single injury had occurred!
Not a single injury!
I couldn't believe it!
I was so excited- you have no idea! Three fuel tank explosions, one tanker truck full of fuel, and about two or three hours after it all began, our heroic volunteer firefighters had the fire out!
What a brave and amazing bunch of men we have in this community, who risk their lives voluntarily to keep everyone else safe!
Thanks to everyone who was praying for their safety.
Thank you Annette, Mom and Dad for being there when I needed you.

T- Rex Restaurant

While we were on our Disney World trip, we took the boys to the T-Rex Restaurant at Downtown Disney. We made our reservations before we left but kept it a surprise until we got to the restaurant- they were pretty excited!

This huge T-Rex and her babies are the first thing you see when you walk into the restaurant.

I loved the jellyfish lights- so awesome! The GIANT squid is over the bar area of the restaurant. It's tentacles moved up and down.

How many kids do you know that actually get to pet a real dinosaur?! They were so excited!

There was a Mommy mammoth and her baby right by our table. This is the mom...

and this is the cute baby! Got to pet it too! Lucky!

There was a humongous ice cave with dinosaur fossils and everything! I wonder if this made the other dinosaurs nervous!!

What an awesome place!! Every 15 minutes there was a meteor shower and all the prehistoric creatures made lots of noise and moved. What a great place to eat! We really had a great time! And the food was delish!

Stan ordered the Brontoburger- it was the biggest burger we'd ever seen! He had to take bites all over because there was no way he could have ever opened his mouth wide enough to eat it like a normal hamburger! Wish we had places like this around here to take the kids. It was so much fun!

10 HAPPY YEARS!!

Today Stan and I celebrate our 10th Anniversary!

What a great 10 years it has been! So in honor of our ten years together,

I am going to list 10 reasons why I love this man!

Reason # 1:

He is adorable.

Reason # 2:

He has a great sense of humor.

Reason # 3:

He works hard so I can stay home with the boys and just be Mom.

Reason # 4:

He lets me be me.

Reason # 5:

He is my soul mate.

Reason # 6:

He is my angel when I need one.

Reason # 7:

He is a great dad.

Reason # 8:

He makes me think I am the most beautiful woman on the planet (even though I know that I am most certainly not!)

Reason # 9:

He makes me SO happy.

Reason # 10:

He loves me back!

Happy Anniversary Babe, I love you forever!!