Christmas in St George

We had a great Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Goodman's. Because of the crazy snow we've been getting we went a day earlier, more time to play with Grandma and shop:) Everyone was able to make it and we had such a good time. Seven grandkids running around being crazy, parents running after them being crazy and grandparents who loved them.

Our beautiful Quoi

Grandma got some way cute tutu for the girls to play dress up.

Kash was so darn cute, she was born to dance.

Of course the boys camped out in front of the Wii more than half the time we were there.

Linc loved being one of the boys as well. If only he would have held still a bit longer!

We stayed up late every single night! It was super crazy. I knew better, I was so grouchy every morning, but that still didn't stop me. Mike stayed up to play the Wii, and I played game after game with Susan and anyone else who was up to it. Awesome. We joked about it Christmas Eve to stay up all night. Lincoln woke up around 2 and Mike went and laid down with him. By the time I made it to the room (gave up) about 3:30, Linc was still wake!! He seriously never went back to sleep. After getting so frustrated with him, I asked him why he just wouldn't go back to bed??? He said, "I want to open presents." What?! He knows whats going on? I don't give him the credit he deserves. Needless to say, he did not go back to sleep and we eventually woke up everyone else super early (sorry!) and we got to begin Christmas very early. We sure do love that boy!!

Christmas morning...

They kept inching down further and further...

A wonderful morning!

Cool cardboard dolls from Grandma

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse tent

Handy Manny Belt

Quoi on Harlee's awesome scooter.

She did NOT like the Flarp. No, no, no.

This little stinker would not stay out of the candy!! He ate a whole months worth of treats in a few days. We caught him red handed!

We had a mini pre-birthday party for our little soon to be 3 year old. He was stoked!

He got a book and...

a cool scooter/bike from the Grandparents.

Loved the frosting.

Quoia loved playing with Rachael. She is wonderful with the kids.

He was so funny! He needed to wear Kashlyn's helmet before he got on the bike. I have no idea where he learned that but good boy!

A darling dress from Grandma Susan. I love it! And I made her the hat on the 8 hr drive down. First hat for me.

Cute little Harlee. Her and Sequoia were so cute together and looked so much alike with their rag doll hair.

Kash and Linc loved playing balloons with Mikey, but not as much fun as he had:) They were so cute rocketing off all the balloons.

Some got stuck in the trees and were not coming down.

All is all it was a great trip. We got to eat sushi twice, go to the park and play with Daddy, hang out with cousins, visit friends, shop, and play tons of games. Can't wait for our next trip down!

Anniversary and Christmas Party

Mike and I had a wonderful anniversary on the 16th. My parents were so kind to watch the kids while we stayed a night at the Hampton. Loved it! We are close enough to walk to dinner and the midnight movie of Tron. It was cold but I got to snuggle next to my sweetie, totally worth it. We also had some delicious sushi with lemon slices on top. In love. A perfect night. Thank you darling:)

The kids and I got to go to the Phister Phamily Christmas party. It was fun to hang out with the fam and see all the cute kids running around.

Quoi eating, a disaster as usual.

Me and Rachael

She loved Koban's ball.

Cute little man Kob

This is the best picture I could get of Lincoln. Seriously this boy would not hold still! I was going crazy trying to keep up with him. The word we always get from other people about him is "busy," and yes he is. Nonstop. He didn't even fall asleep on the drive home! But we sure love that boy!

These two were so stinkin cute! Grady would chase her everywhere. She loved it:)

They are the cutest little besties ever. I love how well they get along. We love them so much. Yep, definitely want a million more:)

Happy Thanksgiving a couple weeks late...

Love these Darlings!:)

I love her coat!!

Trying some new styles, of course it didn't stay long!

Linc's after hair cut a couple weeks later...

We whipped out the Lincoln Logs and played for a bit.

He was dressing himself that day and doing so good:)

So proud.

We had a fun Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa Phister's house. Me and the kids went over the day before and Mike finished a job and made it out late Thursday night. Lucky him, he got delicious gas station food and some nerds for his Thanksgiving dinner, sorry:( I'm so happy he got to come out and play a while for the weekend and relax. We played Monopoly twice. Once Grandpa slaughtered us, then the second after 4 hours of playing, Kimi and Mike almost 2 hrs of that, Mikey finally won. It was fun to play the never ending game:)

Me, Kim, Anna, and Cory went and hit Black Friday bright and early. It was freezing cold standing in line, but worth our awesome washer and dryer we got for Christmas. It was fun to hang out with the twinners and Cory even though I was tired! Still have more things to get for Christmas, but half way done. Love shopping for Christmas!!!

We stayed and played with the fam till Sat evening and Mike actually got to go with us to church the next day! It was a rare gift:) I'm pretty sure people are beginning to think he is inactive. Nope, just working. When Linc asks where Daddy is: "Daddy's in bed, Buddy." He'll say, "No... Daddy's at work."

Grandpa and Linky

Thanksgiving with Tyrel being silly

Linc snuggling up with Grandpa after some yummy food.

Aw, Anna and Cory will be cute with a baby.

Sissy could totally be Anna's daughter!

Kiki and Jon hangin out.

Kiki and Quoi

She loves the horse!

Tenille and Koban. The kids had so much fun playing with him!

Grandma had a surprise for Lincoln...

What...

Toy Story 3! While we were there we watched it about 5 times, maybe more.

Tickling Grandpa!

His Mom probably wasn't in the room, total Momma's Boy.

We went sledding with a friend and her little boy last week for the first time. It was fun. But then they saw the slide and playground and were done with the sled. I only made it like 30 minutes and was done with the cold. Not an outsider! At least they finally got to play at the playground since this darn weather!

Linc's face was like that the whole time. He's gonna be just like his Mommy!

They look so cute!

Quoi is so cute with dolls lately. She was giving Buzz and Woody a ride down the slide. (Today she had her precious monkey at the table and was feeding him her breakfast.)

While Nara and Linc were watching a preview of Princess and the Frog, she reached over and grabbed Linc's hand. (He looked at me like, "What????") Then she reached up and kissed him. What a precious moment!!! I love the smile!

Lincoln and Grant being buddies at the ward Christmas party.