TONS of Fun!! :)

The kids are having a blast in Disneyland. Here is just a sample of the fun they are having! Plenty more to come later!!!

A Wonderful Christmas....

Well besides my constant headache throughout Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, I would say it was a good year!! We had 4 Christmases to do this year and we survived! Christmas morning was my favorite part as it is every year! We had to wake the boys up at about 7:55 cause I was getting anxious and I wanted to have time to play with them and their toys before going to our 1st stop of the day. They were both very excited to see that Santa got them their ipods. Taylor showed so much excitement over the presents this year as he actually had asked for certain gifts. Trevor would just open something and say' "I always wanted this!" What a day in overload if I must say so myself! here are a couple of pictures from yesterday.

Trev's School Party

Today was Trevor's Christmas performance at his preschool. It was so cute! He thinks it is so cool now that we get to go to his school for stuff for him and not just Tay.

Craft Night

Tonight David and I helped the boys make a Christmas craft. Trevor and
I made a snow globe and Taylor and David made Santa's house. All I can
say is foam crafts are progressing! I can't really stand how popular
all the foam stickers and stuff have become! where is the creativity?
However walking through Michaels today my boys saw these foam kits and
wanted them. I thought they looked pretty nice for what they were so I
let them get them. They actually filled up a lot of time..... (it
takes a 3yr old a long time to decorate a tree with tiny foam dots!) I
think they turned out awesome!!! good job Taylor and Trevor!!!

Turkey Trot

This morning we got up at 6:45am to go run in a Turkey Trot up in Anthem! It was so fun! It has become a tradition that we do every year. This year i am excited to say that we got my parents up there again and my dad did the 5k! He did awesome!! I will post a picture of him coming up to the finish line! oh yah and right after my dad crossed the finish line it started POURING RAIN!! not drizzling, pouring!! perfect timing!!!
I am also excited to say I beat my time! I was able to run it the ENTIRE 3.1 miles!! usually I would have to walk it out a couple of times. I did it in 32 minutes but hey, it is my personal best so I did good!
The boys did the kids trot and this year was Trevor's first year to run in a race! I was running along side him and he said, "Mom get up to the finish line so you can cheer for me!" cute right!
Well here are just random pictures from today....

Thankful

Every night as a family we say a prayer together, hug as we all say "our family!", and put our hands in as a team and say "2,4,6,8 who do we appreciate? our family rocks the socks!"So last night as we were doing our nightly routine I decided that for this week we were gonna add one more thing to it. We all went around and said one thing we were thankful for. I think sometimes as we get wrapped up in our daily stuff, we forget to be thankful for even the small things! Even some of the things that stress us out the most are things that we should be thankful for! I read in an email the other day and it said "if your job stresses you out just be thankful you HAVE a job!"At least once a week I have a client come in and tell me they were laid off so I said I am thankful to have my job.
It almost brought tears to my eyes as we went around the circle last night. I love listening to my kids' perspective on things. Taylor said he was thankful for our house and Trevor said he was thankful for crafts! oh to be 3 years old again! Just the innocence in those little boys, as David and I are looking at the big picture of life. After hearing the boys replies, tonight I want to try to simplify my life and break it down...... I am going to think of something that may be "little and unimportant" but I am going to make known that I notice it and am thankful that it is there!! who knows we may find that this is a positive way to end a long day and add this to our routine!
So I know more people read this blog than actually ever comment and I am asking you for just this one blog to break out of your shell and comment!! Since it is the week of Thanksgiving I want to know what you guys are all thankful for! It is an awesome feeling to slow down and reflect!

WHAT ARE YOU ALL THANKFUL FOR?........

The Stud!

Just got Trevy's new school pictures back.