Our Christmas 2008!

This year we had a really good time with Christmas. Davis totally understood and enjoyed every minute of it! Allie was just excited because he was!

davis arrested daddy!

The Forgotten Carols

One little tradition that we started our first Christmas together is going to The Forgotten Carols. If you haven't ever been we highly recommend it! Michael Mclean is amazing! This year we went with Chris' sister April and her husband Burke and Chris' mom. It was awesome as always!

Christmas fun!

Last Saturday we went into vegas to do some Christmas shopping! It was really fun to get davis and Allie some fun stuff! After we were done shopping my sister-in-law came down from Cedar and met up with us in vegas to have a girls night! We went to the Bellagio and looked at the atrium then went to Bahama Breeze and had something to eat!

me, april (chris' sister), carolyn (chris'mom), amy (chris' sister)

me, amy, joe (amy's hubby), april

allie in aunt aprils boots

the last couple weeks!

so.. it's been a while since i posted so here's a little update! For Thanksgiving we stayed home and just had my mom and dad over. It was very relaxed and small but my sisters were having dinner with their in-laws and my brother had to work and couldn't come down. Chris' family all live out of town and he had to work that night so we had to stay in town. Then on that next monday we had to take the kids in to the doc to get a few more shots to catch them up and Allie didn't do very well with them. She got the poots and was throwing up (in the middle of the night), running a fever and just not herself. Meanwhile.... i had a terrible head cold and wasn't feeling good either!! Let me just say it was a really LONG week! But.. we are all feeling better and everything is great! Here are just some random pics!

Davis really likes routine! everyday for naps he wants to sleep sideways on his bed with Diego.

Allie is officially sleeping in a "big girl" bed! With the new baby due in 2 months we decided to get Allie in the toddler bed so the baby can use the crib! She has actually done really well in it! This was her first night in it!
The kids helping Daddy cut and gut the pumpkin so i could make my pumpkin pie!

Davis and Allie just being so dang cute with each other, hanging out on the porch!

ChRiStMaS tAg!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper. I'm not the best wrapper but its fun!
2. Real tree or Artificial? fake :(.. we got a real one our first christmas and it was a mess and a total fire hazard so we decided to go with the fake stuff!
3. When do you put up the tree? usually the weekend before thanksgiving
4. When do you take the tree down? The day after Christmas
5. Do you like eggnog? not my favorite, but it's ok
6. Favorite gift received as a child? that would have to be my green blanket that i got when i was like 5 and i still have it and use it!
7. Hardest person to buy for? i think everyone is pretty easy to buy for... i'm the one that has a hard time deciding what i want!
8. Easiest person to buy for? Davis and Allie for sure!
9. Do you have a nativity scene? yup... one my grandma bowler made and one my father in law gave me for christmas a couple years ago!
10. Best Christmas gift you ever received? i've had a lot of good ones, but i'm gonna say the year the chris surprised me with a dvd video camera, diamond earings and diamond necklace! (that was before kids!)
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? none come to mind!
12. Favorite Christmas Movie (s)? Home Alone, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? November.. black Friday!!!
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No, but i'm gonna for allie this year! She'll never know or care!
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? sugar cookies!
16. Lights on the tree? lots!
17. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night!
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay at home
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Rudolph, Dasher, Prancer, Comet, Donar?? that would be no!
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? one present on christmas eve, but the rest in the morning
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? trying to figure out what i'm gonna buy everyone!
23. Favorite for Christmas dinner? ham and potatoes
24. What do you want for Christmas this year? i have no clue! i'm probably just gonna get stuff for the new baby!

thanks for the tag Lauren!!

I tag... Andrea, Amy, Naha, Torrey

pics!

in mesquite at the twilight midnite movie! who knew!

ma, michael welch (mike in twilight), me, courtney

LOVE LOVE LOVED IT!!

i loved the movie! we were there (along with about all of moapa valley!) for the midnite showing and it was awesome! they even had a red carpet and the guy that played mike was there!! i got pics and autographs!! i will post the pics later when my mom sends them to me from her phone! Awesome movie!