Welcome Griffin Shane!!

My brother Shane and his wife Hailey finally got their baby boy today at 3:30 this morning. He weighted 8 lbs 11 oz and was 20 inches long. After being a week over due we are excited that he is finally here healthy and happy!! Congratulations Shane and Hailey!! We love you!

Christmas Tree Hunting

This year we ended up missing Merrial's family tree excursion. They went on the Friday after Thanksgiving and we were still up in Park City. So my Aunt Erin and her family went with us on Saturday, they cut down like a 20 ft tree and tied it to the top of their car and drove it all the way to California. They put the whole tree in their house and didn't cut anything off of it. It was a really pretty tree.
Merrial and I looking for a tree.

Tom and Merrial holding up the really big tree.

Tom, Erin, Connor and Kendra with their tree.

Merrial, Me, Brenden, Brooklyn, and Addison with our tree. Ours wasn't so pretty this year.

Polar Express

This year we did Thanksgiving a little different. Usually we are home and we spend it with Merrial's family. But my Aunt Erin called me and said that they were coming up to Park City to go skiing and spend Thanksgiving with us at the condo. So we headed up to Park City on Tuesday. Wednesday just Erin and I went and saw New Moon which I had been waiting for since it opened. Erin and I actually had tickets to the midnight showing in California but I didn't go, so she decided not to go either and we went together up here. Let me tell you how hard it was not to go with my friends. But I am glad that I waited, it was really fun going with just Erin.

Then Wednesday night we headed to Heber City to ride the Polar Express. It was a little pricey but I think it was good to experience it at least once. It is definitely better for the kids, than the adults.

Posing on the train.

Addison wouldn't get off the train after we took their pictures, she was having a fit.

Brooklyn and Kendra waiting to leave the train station.

Connor and Brenden also waiting for a fun excursion through the snow to the North Pole.

Nana and Addison waiting for the train to leave. Addie was really restless and wanted to run around. But we were told not to do that, so she had a rough time.

Erin and Tom getting cozy on the train ride to the North Pole.

Our elf named Gingerbread, walking up and down the aisle while they read the story.

Kendra and Brooklyn getting their tickets punched by the conductor.

Connor and Brenden also getting their tickets punched. Just like in the story.

Mrs. Clause came and saw us before the big guy himself did. She brought us a copy of the cookie recipe, and talked to the kids for a few minutes.

Addison was getting really tired by the middle of the train ride, this is her almost a sleep.

Just a few minutes later she looked like this, very tired baby. Nothing woke this child up, not even santa.

Cute picture with Santa. Too bad Addie wasn't in it. But she was a sleep. Santa gave each child a bell, just like in the story. We had a good time just enjoying each other. We sang Christmas carols, they gave us warm hot chocolate, and 1 chocolate chip cookies. But we were sitting right next to the cookies and Erin kept stealing them and giving them to everyone. It was pretty funny!
The next day was Thanksgiving and everyone came up to the condo for dinner. Erin, my mom and I did all the cooking. We had my brother and his wife, my mom and Jeff, us, Erin and her family and that was it. It was really nice, we watched football for Merrial and played games. Then at 4am Erin and I hit Walmart. I have never done shopping on black Friday before, it was crazy but a lot of fun being able to spend time with just Erin. We got alot done and there was some really good deals. Then after we got done shopping we had to check out of the condo and we headed down to my house.

Eclipse

I just wanted to let everyone know what the new Eclipse Poster looked like and that they have released the official date the movie comes out. June 30, 2010 baby!

Thankful!

I saw this on my really good friends blog and loved it! Totally agreed with what it says, so I borrowed it.

Things I am thankful for:

The mess to clean up after a party because it means I have been surrounded by friends and family.

The clothes that fit a little too snug because it means I have enough to eat.

A lawn that needs mowing, gutters that need cleaning, and windows that need washing because it means that I have a home.

The spot I find at the far end of the parking lot becase it means that I am capable of walking.

All the complaining that I hear about our government because it means that I have the freedom of speech.

The lady in church who sings off key or the guy at the game who yells too loud because it means I can hear.

My heating bill because it means I am warm.

The piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby.

All of the frustration, stresses and joys that my children add to my life because it means that I was able to have them and they are alive.

Weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day because it means I have been productive.

Happy Halloween!!

My cute kids, they all were wearing black, white and red this year. It was kind of fun to have them all match, we didn't even plan it. Brooklyn is Jessy off of Toy Story, Addie is a lady bug and Brenden is a Vampire.


Brenden loved cleaning all the guts out of the pumpkin.

Addison digging in the pumpkin, she really didn't like it!

As you probably noticed Brooklyn really wasn't into cleaning out the pumpkins so she isn't in any of these pictures.

These are our pumpkins this year. Brooklyn has a princess crown, Jonathan made the Broncos horse, I made the ghost and Brenden did the Cowboys star.


The school was having these workshops on halloween for the kids and they had some different animals outside. Addison was having a fit when I just walked past the llama, so they let her ride it. She loved it!
We played witch, ghost and they had a lot of fun doing that.


Brooklyn's Kindergarten class and Addison just had to get in the picture with them. We had a really fun Halloween.

Thanksgiving Point!

I took them to thanksgiving point while we were up there acouple of weekends ago and we had fun at their little barnyard boo. We did face painting, pictures, and all kinds of stuff. Here are some pictures of that day.Them after they got their face painted with the giant pumpkin.

This was so funny, this calf would lick everyone when you went up to it. So Addison went up to it and it licked her across the face and I got this picture right when it was happening. It was actually really funny, she was so mad afterwards.

Brenden played ring toss onto the witches foot and did really well.

They got to decorate sugar cookies.

My sister Kate and Brooklyn on the hay ride.

Brooklyn on the pony.

Brenden on the pony.

Addison loved riding the pony.

Playing in the jail, we really had a fun day. Next year we are going to go do cornbellys, it looked awesome and Addison will be a little bit older to really enjoy it.