Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas this year!!

Rylans Christmas Program

On Dec. 19th Rylan had his preschool Christmas program. These kids are so cute and some of them really belt out the songs.

And Riley after the show:

Fun in the snow

We finally got enough snow for the boys to go play and build a snowman. Both boys have been sick so they had to bundle up to go out. I think it was like 28 degrees out today but it felt so warm after the 12 degree weather we had last week.

This is their snowman and Jace on the ground attempting to make a snow angel.

Apparently playing in the snow wipes you out... Ry came in and refused to take off his snow clothes and after starting dinner I came back into the living room to see this.

Yep... he is sound asleep on the living room floor in full snow gear.

Check out this reindeer!

Isn't this the cutest reindeer ever?!!

The Parade

Homedale has an annual Christmas parade and this year it was so cold it was miserable. But that didn't stop the kids from standing out and getting candy!

There was even a camel!

Oh Christmas Tree....

Every year we get a real tree.... I had a fake one for awhile and really did not like it. It is just not the same... waking up in the morning to no smell.

Usually my husbands family goes up to the mtns. and cuts down a tree... I do not go on this little adventure. I hate the cold.... but my SIL always takes my kids. This year she was not going so we decided to go to Jackpot that weekend while the boys stayed with my parents. One of Joshs brothers was going so he got us a tree.

The boys love to decorate it... there is really no rhyme or reason to the decorating. We have lots of ornaments that the kids have made and of course I buy them a new ornament every year based on what they are interested in at that time.

It was alot of fun letting the kids decorate it and brought back alot of memories when I was younger and my parents let me and my brother have at the tree.

It's a girl!!

Brooke Marie Love

Dec. 3rd, 11:46 pm

7lbs 4oz. 20 1/2 "

What was so amazing about this birth was the fact that Brookes parents never really thought she was possible. They went through alot of fertility treatments and ended up doing invitro to get pregnant. I really felt quite emotional over there last night and just looking at her dad holding her was an amazing experience. He was the proudest daddy in the world!!

Uggg....

Now my internet is having serious issues. My blog will be out of commission for a couple weeks.