Christmas Morning

Just for you, Grandma and Grandpa!

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I'm Dreaming of A (Hopefully) White Christmas

Can you tell I'm excited for snow right now? Because I am.

Last night we went to go check out Christmas lights around town and came home to build a snowman and make snow angels.
This is our old man snowman.

We had a good amount of snow on the ground since it had been snowing all day.
Hayden really liked making snow angels. She would fall in random spots and go for it.


Then when I left for cheer at 5:45 this morning, there was another foot(almost) of snow. After plowing the drive way and getting stuck in the street in front of my house, I finally called my sleeping husband and he helped me get out of my rut.

(From our back porch. About 15 inches here)

When we got home, Hayden and I got suited up to go play!

Remember our snowman? His remains:

We've been having fun with it. A bunch of people in the neighborhood have four wheelers and are pulling people on sleds down the street behind them. Our friends, Robyn and Jethro made a sledding hill in their front yard.
Awesome.

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I'm hoping the white stuff stays around until Christmas....:)

This is More Like It

Ever since Thanksgiving and the "Blizzard 2010"(what a joke, except in Idaho where the storm was pretty legit. We found out the hard way.) the weather and temperature has made a gradual climb up the charts. We're talking almost 60 degrees the other day, which is weird to be in Utah in December and it be in the upper 50's, am I right? For me personally, it only feels like Christmas time if it's snowing outside, or at least really cold. I even have a hard time thinking about going on vacations at Christmas time to tropical or warm places because it wouldn't feel like it was actually Christmas. So needless to say, I was getting antsy for it to snow, especially since Carl and I aren't going anywhere for a while. We don't care if it snows us in! I say that lightly because we would care if we were snowed in and had no food, but you know what I mean.

To make a long thought short, we are happy to say that mother nature wised up a little and gave us some snow last night.
And the world is right once again.



This is what December in Utah should look like:)

(We'll see how I feel in about 3 months when there is still snow on the ground.)
:):):)
Merry Christmas!

Laughing Makes the World Go Round

I love when Hayden laughs. It's one of my favorite things.
This little game tickled her funny bone for some reason:)

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A Little Christmas (& Cheer) Spirit

This is our first time getting to put lights up on our house and we were excited to say the least:)

Here is Carl being the man and braving the cold and the roof to put up our old school lights.

He's pretty cute up there.

And here are the results! You might notice that we are about 4 feet short of a strand. Oh well, it still looks good! We also have a big street lamp in front of our house, but that makes us feel safe, so we don't mind:)

Yea, so we got some reindeer to add some cuteness. We love them but apparently other people love to mess with them while we are asleep. The first few nights we had them out we would bring them in before we went to bed. The first night we decided to leave them out all night, some funny guys decided they would have fun with them and place them in inappropriate positions. Try explaining that to your almost 3 year old. Plus, it's a mommy and a baby deer....just wrong. Anyway, I'm happy to report that nothing since then has happened and our deer our innocent once again.

I thought this was a cool shot . So there you go.

In this shot we have the Christmas village making an appearance(on the left), our big beautiful tree and some other Christmas decor. Also, Carl put up some shelves in the front hall (Thanks for the help, Jethro!). See them? I love them!

On the tree is a letter to Santa from Hayden. She told him all she wants for Christmas is a pink present. I hope he doesn't disappoint. I have a feeling he won't ;)

This little video needs no introduction, but I'll give you one anyway. Let's just say Hayden really likes going to cheer practices with me.

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For My Guy

I'm a little late with this, but this guy had a birthday the end of November:

Why do I love this man, you ask?
Because he is amazing, smart, and so hot. He makes me laugh ALL the time and he is my best friend.
Plus, Hayden LOVES him more than anything and I love watching them hang out together more than anything, so in my eyes that makes him a keeper.
Also, he is still in his 20's, even if it is only for 1 more year. Therefore, that makes me feel like I am still in my 20's, even though we all know I'm not.
Thanks for keeping me young, Carl.
Hayden and I both LOVE you so much!


HAPPY (late) BIRTHDAY!

Ahhhhhh.....

I love everything about this picture.
This is what it looks like after having spent 30+ hours in a car(thanks to ice on the highway) to visit Gmas and Gpas for Thanksgiving.
Exhausting!

(PS-Hayden's new favorite song at the moment is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Can you guess why?)

But was it worth it to see said Gmas and Gpas?
Absolutely.
Especially when Hayden travels like a champ. For real. I think of those 30+ hours in the car, maybe 30 minutes of it was spent fussing.
She wins for being the best kid in the world.
I am so thankful for a wonderful family. I'm thankful for a husband who drove the entire trip to Washington and back and drove very carefully so to not endanger any of us in the car. I'm thankful for a brother and his girlfriend who braved the very small and crowded back seat of our car with Hayden and never once complained. I'm thankful for my wonderful in-laws to let our traveling group stay in a warm house so we could regroup. And I am thankful for my parents for all their love and hospitality so we could all be together for Thanksgiving. I love you all!
Unfortunately, I forgot my camera. Crazy, I know. I'll just have to swipe some good material from my folks of all the festivities.
Now, time to get ready for Christmas!
Happy Holidays!