Boys and their cars

Crazy November

Our family at temple square

Aunts Shantel and Sharielle with Ashton at temple square

Sharielle and Ashton

Great Grammy with Ashton opening gifts

Ashton, Jameson, Weston and Grandpa opening gifts

Me and "my twins"(Weston and my cousin Aubryn about 2 months apart).

Aunt Kimmie and the boys

Wish I had gotten more pictures over Thanksgiving, but we did our best! We will get everyone we have left out next time!

I almost forgot...

I can't believe I almost forgot to post these pictures. I had so much fun running with my sister in the Draper Human Race 2009 5k. We both were super excited to do this race together, and were both dreading the cold morning. The race was suppose to start at 8 a.m. Thanksgiving morning. Unfortunately it started about 12 minutes late, which meant all of us runners standing out in the cold longer than we wanted to be. But soon we were off and running for a good cause! There were about 2000 runners (raising $50,000 for lds food bank) and my sister and I both took 8th place in our different age groups! We had so much fun and I'm glad we did it together. But hey sis, next year can we run our race in San Diego? I think it will be much WARMER!!

It could have been worse!

This is baby powder. Thankfully it's not formula, or make-up or lotion, or soap. At least our house has the overwhelming aroma of "new baby" and not something gross... especially Westons room.

I guess it's our own fault. We have put off taking the air mattress out of Westons room and getting his crib back inside resulting in a new favorite play area for the boys. They have loved rolling, jumping , climbing all over and occasionally sleeping on/in the temporary guest bed (for all of those who visited in October) . While Tommy and I got ready on Sunday morning, this is what our little rugrats were up to. Believe me it was absolutely everywhere. Weston looked like he had aged 50+ years because his hair was w-h-i-t-e- WHITE! There were traces of their steps throughout the house with smudges on the walls and sprinkles of powder throughout the carpet. Ashtons face says it all in the first picture. It's a mix between "Mom got the camera so I'm really not in trouble so here goes nothi'" to "I'm going to try my hardest to be silly and entertaining as to not get into as much trouble". Like the title of this post reads it could have been worse. I guess for now, I will stand-by discreetly with my camera, and hope that it never takes a turn :)

M&M world!!!

We decided to drive to Utah for Thanksgiving this year. It was nice being in the comforts of our own van, and we had so much room that we were able to pack literally everything! Not to mention the dvd player helped out immensely. But still it was a 10+ hour drive, and my only regret was doing it all in one day on our way out. Fortunately for us we had a little more time on our drive back and mad our way back slowly. We spent a day (and one night) in Vegas, stayed in the Excalibur and we were exhausted! We grabbed some dinner and brought it back to our rooms, got ready for bed and were all asleep by 8:30. The next morning we enjoyed a big buffet breakfast at the Luxor and then headed to M&M world. The boys had a blast and it gave them one last "run around" activity before being buckled back into the car for 5 more hours. It was fun and enjoyable for all of us.

Almost ready for Christmas!

We are finally back from our crazy Thanksgiving break-although it felt more like a Thanksgiving race because we never slowed down. We had so many things to do, people to visit, activities planned etc. We are so thankful to be home! We couldn't wait to put up our decoration and start enjoying the holidays as a family. Now we just need to finish up some shopping and wrapping and we will be ready! No traveling this year for us, and we are so glad. It will be nice to enjoy Christmas in our own house for once. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving...now on to Christmas!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Weston picking off the holly berries

The large tree in the entry way, and nutcrackers above the front door.

Another tree (Westons favorite to pull ornaments from) in the kids' study

The giant nutcracker on the landing

All of our stockings (the same ones we have had forever, just more added over time) and the "family tree"

Decorating the tree with the boys.

We are spending the week with my family while Tommy is away on business. It has been so fun to see all of the Christmas decorations around, and the boys have LOVED them. The first night we were here, we decorated the "family tree". The boys of course had a blast and have enjoyed looking at all of the ornaments and lights. Weston is obsessed with the nutcrackers around the house-especially the giant one on the front staircase. When I can't find him, 9 times out of 10 he is sitting up by the giant nutcracker! We have also enjoyed watching various Christmas movies together every night. It has been a fun week, and we can't wait to see Tommy on Friday. Then it's back to San Diego to decorate our own house with Christmas cheer!