It's Beginning to Look A lot like Christmas( one month late)

December was such a fun month!  We did  an activity every day... well, almost.  Lucky for me, my boys are still young enough to be excited about everything so it didn't take much to make them happy.  Here are a few pictures from the month

At Bass Pro Shop visiting Santa

(even though I didn't even take a picture of the boys with Santa)

 Side note: Jace seems to be in his PJs most days.  Third Child Syndrome strikes again!

Decorating the Tree

Family Party By the Tree 

The idea was to play a game, read books, make peppermint milk shakes and watch a movie by the tree.  It didn't really happen that way. A crazy two year old, crying baby and greek frozen yogurt instead of ice cream derailed things a bit.  Next year we will get it right!

Christmas Lights

  There is a street near our house that goes all out with lights.  It is so fun to go there ( along with the rest of the city) and look at the lights with a cup of hot chocolate in hand!

 Gingerbread Men

Ryan made a rocker, fireman, baseball player and a cowboy.  Creative little dude.

 Cookies with Christie and Grammy

First Day of Winter 

We hung snowflakes, ate powdered doughnuts and went pretend sledding.  Fun day!

Disneyland with Grammy

I haven't been brave enough to take my 3 kids ti Disneyland alone.  My sweet mom agreed to come with me so i could take the kids there during Christmas. We had a lot of fun. Disneyland is extra magical at Christmas!

Me and my sweet Luke on Winnie the Pooh

The boys with "Wreck-it" Ralph

This charcter would not leave Jace alone! She kept tryong to shove her sweatshirt string in his hands - or mouth.  not sure. either way it was creepy.

This was ryan's first time on splash mountain .. i thought this picture was hilarious because you cant't see his face but you can see the terror in his hands.  He said he will go on it again... after his mission.

My mom and boys. She doesn't even look close to being a grandma!

Ryan turns 5

Man oh Man does time ever fly.  I feel like Ryan was just born, but there he is;growing up and holding my third boy.  I could not have dreamed up a better first born.  Ryan is sweet, thoughtful, obedient, loving, funny , determined and fun to be around.  He really thinks about things and seems to understand quite a lot.  He is so helpful with the other two boys.  He loves to "babysit" Jace.  

I didn't feel up to planning a fancy party so i suggested to ry that we have a "late-over"  We had a few friends over at night and it was perfect!  We had dinner ( take out chick-fil-a) and then let them be boys. We made marshmallow shooters and set up a tent outside. Brett was the champion of the night and pretty much ran the whole show. 

Total Fun.

 I love my big boy more than words can say.

Cousin Weekend

The weekend of Jace's blessing we spent with Brett's brother, his wife and their 3 kids and Brett's dad. We stayed down in Newport, which was so fun!  We spent our time swimming, going to the beach and even spent a day at Disneyland.  I really did not want that weekend to end. We love having family come visit!.  

Jace's Blessing Day

What a special day it was to bless our third son!  Amazing.  I still can't believe it.  We had lots of family come and be with us that day.  We are so grateful for all of them.  Jace didn't really love his blessing day.  He screamed his lungs out during the whole blessing.  I don't think that I heard a word and I was a little sweaty at the end... I just wanted to run up there and hold him.  But he was tired and when he is tired that last thing he likes is to be held by anyone but his mommy.  Brett persevered  and still gave a very nice blessing... or so I was told.

All of the family.  Love these guys!

Luke was really into eating his tie... not so much into posing for pictures!

We had a family dinner at my parent's house afterward. My mom had this cute little display up.  It was perfect!

 I took a few more shots of Jace in his blessing outfit.  I love these sweet pictures and they show off his personality so well!  He is such a sweet, smiley boy/

These boys absolutely love their brother.  I hope Jace can survive it!

Halloween 2012

Halloween this year was so fun.  It is all a little hazy for me since I was still coming out of the new baby fog, but seeing my two big boys in their matching costumes was SO cute.  Aren't they the cutest Batmen ever! But don't call Luke "batman".  He would get very upset and say "No, I Superman." Luke always said he wanted to be Superman, but I thought he would fall apart if he saw Ryan in a Batman costume and he wasn't. So I got them the same thing.  Next time I will just listen to Luke and get him what he wants!   We went to our ward party, which is a fun, outdoor party.  Love CA! We spend actual Halloween with our cousins in Newport, which was a blast! Thanks from a tip from our Newport friends, we trick-or-treated in an amazing neighborhood.  The people were so friendly and the houses were beautiful.  The kids enjoyed getting candy while all the adults enjoyed some house gawking.  It was a great night.