The whole truth

I was looking on our blog and noticed I had all the pictures of everyone smiling and looking pretty and I didn't want everyone to think that our Christmas was "perfect". So I decided to include some pictures of the reality of having children at Christmas!

Playgroup Christmas party (this was the best one...seriously!)

Mason didn't really cry while sledding but this is how he was every time we went out to play in the snow. We had to take this extra sled just to put him in while the rest of us were sledding.

WARNING..... PICTURE OF VOMIT BELOW!!!

Emma Kate has a record of getting car sick and the trip home from Flagstaff was no different. At least she held it until Matt got her out the car (Matt probably feels different but I was happy that we could just change clothes and not have to ride home with the "smell" in the car!) She also got sick two days before while driving from Sedona to Flagstaff. It is becoming a sad realization that this car sickness will be with us for a while :(

uploaded videos

I wanted to let you know that I have put some new videos on the toolbar on the right. I pray blessings on all of you for the year 2010!

More pictures

Here are some more pictures of our Christmas in Flagstaff with my family. Sorry for the unorganized posts. I am just trying to get them on here asap.

The family at the Grand Canyon (Mason is hiding behind Emma Kate)The boys in their matching pajamas that I made for them. All the ladies had matching pajama bottoms that I made as well.

Smackers at the Grand Canyon

Christmas pictures

We are loving Flagstaff and the snow. I had a little down time and so I wanted to post some pictures. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

Mason loves sledding!

Well, we are on our way to Flagstaff and so excited! Smackers, Gigi and Nelson are with us and we are headed to snow. Abbey, Baxter and Sarah are going to be here on Wednesday. I LOVE my family and am so blessed. Today was almost perfect as we had both sets of grandparents at church this morning to watch us dedicate our son to the Lord. We are surrounded with love and it is amazing to feel this much happiness and peace. Thank you God. I am also reminded of what this time of year is all about and how much my God loves me to send his only son to earth for me. Thank you God.

We will be in Flagstaff for a week and I am sure you will be able to hear us laughing wherever you are. I will try and get some pictures up ASAP. I hope everyone has a merry Christmas. By the way, iPhones are really useful when it comes to this sort of thing! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Well, posting on the blog has fallen off. We had a busy November and it looks like it is going to be a busy December. I am sure everyone is feeling that as well. We had a great Thanksgiving here in Yuma. We were with the Yuma Alexanders(we missed you Deborah!) and had a wonderful dinner in Gran Gran and Daddy Steve's backyard. Since Thanksgiving we have been active with playgroup and then Matt and I were able to get away for a few days to Phoenix for some Christmas parties. We are so grateful to Kay and Steve for keeping the kids so we could get away for a few days/nights. We stayed at a resort in Phoenix and we were able to finish all of our Christmas shopping. We were also able to relax, sleep in and enjoy having thoughts that I can HEAR!

Now, we are getting ready for my family to come to Arizona for Christmas. We are so excited to see everyone and looking forward to having some time to relax and LAUGH....A LOT!!!! We also recently got a camera! Yay! Finally, I can take some pictures so that I can post some updated pictures! Hope all is well and everyone is remembering the reason for the season.

Pumpkins

It is finally feeling like fall around here. We are excited to pull out our long sleeves and pants! This week we went to the pumpkin patch and we also had our playgroup Halloween party. I don't have great pictures of the kids in their costumes but I will get some at the church festival tomorrow night. Hope everyone has a safe and fun weekend!
The petting zoo at the pumpkin patch