December Happened Part 1: Birthdays and Festivities

In December: 

There was a baby who fell asleep everywhere.

There was a boy who carried a Christmas tree and plugged it in everywhere.

There were 5 + 1 = 6 s'more birthday brownies

There was a real tree in the dining room that didn't smell real and died after 5 days, and a really old fake tree in the living room that also didn't smell and lost almost as many needles as the fake tree.
There were also some beautiful children decorating said trees.

There were a lot of little girls (and one little boy) in pajamas at a Polar Express birthday party.

There were jingle bell ornament party favors,

 There were treats, dinner, and a hot cocoa bar

There were sugar cookies to decorate.

And a white chocolate mountain North Pole cake.

There was an over stimulated and surprisingly not-very-grateful birthday girl who is finally back to her lovely sweet self now that Christmas is over.

There were christmas-theme party games

There was fake snow and evil laughter "Bwa-ha-haaa!"

There were It's My Birthday Photos with Daddy.  Quincy is SIX!

It's Great to be Eight!

There was a brother who moved so fast he disappeared.  "Look! Because I gone! I'm invisit-ible!

There was a baby who ate Santa's beard.

There were nice children. "Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!"

 There was the best Christmas Pageant ever with a funny angel,

a baby Jesus, and a reverent Mary.

There were Christmas dresses and family pictures at church

There were best friends and the first time Q has ever looked at the camera.

There was hair that is finally getting long and the sweetest baby ever.

There was a "poop check" in the family photo.

And a pretty accurate family photo.

There was another birthday party for a special little girl.

There were besties at the party and birthday wishes granted

There were build-a-bear employees to make this the easiest birthday party I've ever thrown, and after round 2 with lice and the stomach bug, it was the greatest thing ever.

There were Teddy Bear cupcakes and pizza at the mall food court

There were secret santas, holiday parties with friends, 3 class parties, gift exchanges, toy donations, a leaf cleanup, holiday treats, a one on one date with mom for each child and a one on one date with dad for each child, a Christmas concert and live nativity, Chippy the elf, FHE lessons, drives with cocoa and christmas lights, skype dates with family, a little snow, a church party, a million trillion leaves raked, a chicken coop cleaned, a garden winterized, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve fun (coming soon)

Sleepytime Conversations

Oh how I love when Aaron talks in his sleep.

Me: Hey, wake up.  Let's go to bed.

Aaron (asleep on the sofa): Yeah, hang on. You want to make me some eggs, first?

Me: Eggs? Now? It's midnight.

Aaron: Cook up some butterflies too.

Me (realizing that Aaron is talking in his sleep): Ok. Will do. What do you want on them?

Aaron: Just some....some magnets.

November Happened

There was an election party with red, white, and blue dinner and dessert and disappointing election results.

There was a little boy with red, white, and blue jello and a pinwheel

There was a Relief Society Luncheon that I made decorations for

There was a kid with the stomach flu and a Quetzalcoatl blanket

There were natural trails and caves and springs and bluffs and creeks explored

There was another round of the stomach flu

There were several gourmet quiches made and frozen (delicious! Recipe soon)

There was a giant pumpkin cheesecake with a gingersnap crust

There was a turkey buried in fresh herbs (and butter) and roasted to perfection

 and there was an abundance of gratitude for the good life we have.

October Happened

I found my camera so I thought I'd add some pictures to go with all the photo-less posts.  Not sure why blogger is letting me add photos again, suddenly, because I didn't subscribe to more space, I'm not paying anything each month, and I didn't delete any old photos, but whatever. I'll take it! 

October Rewind: 

There were Halloween movies

There was a Crazy Cat Lady

There were Jack o Lanterns

There were pumpkin guts and really big hair

There was a new phase of posing with a funny face for every photo

There was a boy with a big fat goose egg on his forehead and candy on his face, who slept in his halloween costume for 3 days straight.

There were hundreds of garden tomatoes harvested and roasted with red peppers to be made into soup

There were green pumpkins and scary excitement over getting to use a knife.

There was a cute baby who liked to kick and play in his bouncy seat

 There was a crazy ward Halloween party and the Scooby Doo Gang

There was a baby who liked a paci until he discovered his thumb (greatness!)

And there was another Terrific Kid!

October was great. November and December coming right up...

Merry Christmas

We hope your holiday was full of love.