First visit to Santa

Last Saturday we took the little ones to see Santa. Last year Tiny was too sick to get to see Santa but this year he found it pretty enjoyable. I laughed at their willingness to go sit on his lap. Xavier tried numerous times to get into other people's pictures and they loved playing with the "tracking" equipment while waiting their turn.

Here are a few pictures of Carson and Xavier... In one it looks as if Carson might be afraid but he was really just trying to take the teddy bear away from the photographer. Their jammies say Santa's Helper on them just in case you wondered.

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas ya'll

The Polar Express

The Polar Express train ride Santa giving Carson his bell
Cookie face

Me like cookie!

waiting for the train

daddy and Carson all bundled up

Saturday the 10th we went with my "other" family aka Corby's family to ride the Polar Express in Heber. It was awesome! I've read the book and so being on the train reminded me alot of how I've felt when I read the story myself. Grandma Alaine got all the grand kids pajamas that matched, the boys had the same monkey pattern on theirs as did the little girls and Shaylyn had snazzy purple monkey pj's.

The looks on their faces was totally worth it! Carson had a blast! He made singing noises along with the choir on the train and interacted alot with cousin Ailey. It was about 10 minutes too long for Carson to remain happy as we got his coat back on he started to scream and cry. Corby felt embarrassed he had said to me on the way home, but hey he's 13 months and it was late when we got back to the car.

The kids loved seeing the North pole and Santa who got aboard the train and gave each child a bell of their own. Carson loved the cookies he stole from both mom and dad.

Thanks for the fun experience Aunt Kami!

Enjoy the pictures

The joys of being a mom

There are tough times being a mom especially when your child is sick or when your husband works six days a week, but there's those moments too that you just laugh out loud because he's discovered something and flashes that winning smile. Like this morning when he found the blocks that we get out for the season that say let it snow. The look on his face when he banged those blocks together and realized they made a sound was priceless. Then there was yesterday when he pulled out the bottom drawer beneath our entertainment center and hid pens and other such stuff then "discreetly" closed it. Then later that night after Corby got home he went over there and opened it and pulled out what he'd put in there.

Here are pictures of my sweet boy eating his birthday cake