We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

From our family to yours..... and my kids wanted to sing you all a little song, especially our family we miss back in California!:)

Enjoy!

And Merry Christmas!

(ps. if you are wondering why Erin and Ethan's noses are blue- it is because they decided to play Rudolph and couldn't find a red marker, but they found a PERMANENT blue one, so they went to school for a few days with "blue" noses)

Gotta LOVE kids!:)

This one goes out to ALL the TWILIGHT fans!

I just thought I would add some fun Christmas holiday cheer with this funny take on "Christmas Twilight"

ENJOY!!

I'll post more updates from Christmas parties, Elise's wedding, etc... AFTER Christmas probably-- but I had to update my blog with this!

I LOVED BEING IN NURSERY!!

My old calling before Beehive Adviser, was nursery leader-- and I LOVED it! I was in there for a year, and with ALL 18 month olds, except Ethan- who was the oldest and 3. This past Sunday I was able to go and sub in nursery for the 1st hour before YW's and I can't believe my kids are EVEN talking! It is crazy, when you ask them what they want, and they actually TELL you. I still expect these kids to be 18 months old:)

I will always love these little kiddos! They were so cute, and I let them draw on the chalk board for a little bit, just to mix some things up (and because they asked) ... and it was the CUTEST thing!!

Here are 4 of my old nursery kids drawing "their moms" and Robby is drawing a spider. It was HILARIOUS to listen into their conversations. Anytime, one of them would erase part of their picture, and would accidentally erase part of the person next to them's picture.... you would hear, "HEY! You messed up MY MOM!" Then that child would pick up the eraser and erase that child's picture so he could keep drawing and the saga would continue. Just hilarious!

Here is cute little Lauren next to her interpretation of her mom:)

Preston and Chloe had a debate going on, with whose mom had the longest legs!

Preston: My mom has really long legs!

Chloe: Hey, MY mom has really long legs!

Preston: No, MY MOM has really, REALLY long legs!

What do you think?

(Preston and his mom above, Chloe and her mom below)

As much as I loved my 18 month olds, they did not love me back "outside" of the nursery. Anytime I would see them at the park, and would go say hi- they would start crying, because they were pretty much scared they were going to be left with me AGAIN!

NOW-- I've told you about the cute little boy that I watch on Tuesdays and Thursdays (Bray-Bray) as my kids call him... and he had not been over for a few weeks because school was out. However, I saw him on church on Sunday, with another couple tending him... and I was so excited to see him and went to go say hi-- and what did he do?? Starts turning his head and trying to pull the girl with him to get away from me as FAST as he could! LOL!

Well, I had him hear again yesterday- and this is what I get for asking him if he "missed me"

Oh, well! At least they love me when they HAVE to be left with me:)
( and is he not super cute too??!!)

HO!HO! Merry.... kwimas!

This one is for my lovely sis Amy, and all of her friends who faithfully only read my blog, in hopes to get a glimpse of what Amy and her sweet little family are up to!

Introducing future actress: Minnietine Breeden!
ps. pause my music on the right

How CUTE is she????

Mean, MEAN parents!

But sometimes we just can't help ourselves and we bond OVER our children. Don't judge us for doing something, that you have wanted to do, but just haven't had the guts to do quite yet-- NOW you can do this too! (you will also want to push pause on my awesome nano music sidebar player, and listen closely to the children)



You can kind of tell they are used to this- but do it to your kids, and video tape it- and you will get the BEST reaction EVER- if you have not done this before!

So, just to get back to your immature days for a few minutes- if you make a video like this, then leave me a comment below with a link to your blog-- and I'll go watch it, and post the link here too. It works best with ages 3 and up, the younger ones will usually just cry, like Ethan below. (he usually does have a really good reaction though- but he was completely asleep yet, when we did it)




Now I'm waiting for YOUR videos!

PS- the kids ALWAYS love us in the morning after we decide to have a night of being immature parents, because then they wake up saying, "Ya'll are the awesomest parents EVER" and it is high fives ALL around!

SNOW---- Say What?!?!

Yes, TODAY it SNOWED! In TEXAS! It usually only snows about once every 10 years, but we have been lucky, and this is the 2nd time in 3 years, it has snowed in Houston. It is crazy talk- and a very nice surprise to us all. The above picture is Chet, because this is what he thinks of going to the mall during the Christmas season! Just kidding- he was just picking his nose for the heck of it- now I know where Ethan gets it from:)

So, like I said we were at the mall enjoying our yummy

and drinking our creamy

when we heard it was snowing... so we had to run outside and see for ourselves, and sure enough... it was SNOWING! Here are the pics and some video to prove it!






And when we had gotten home, it was on our ROOF! Oh, how I wanted to get up there and make snow angels, but the kids warned me that, that would be VERY dangerous... so I had to obey like a good little mommy!


The snow and the super cold weather got the kids in that extra Christmas spirit, so much so, that when they were fighting today- and when I told them- that I would let them have FREE reign of our Christmas tree and decorating it- they were ALL for it, and worked as a team and created a masterpiece!


I think they did a pretty darn good job- and I love how just the lower half is decorated because they couldn't reach the top half. I will admit I did put the angel on the top of the tree, because I had to do my part- but other then that, the kids did it all! It was so cute to see them put the ribbon on, Erin would cut the ribbon to what she thought was a good size- and then she would take one end and then Ethan would take the other end, and they would both then say 1...2....3 and they would rush to the tree together to wrap it around each side! Dante was the person who let them know if it was centered or not! It was too funny- I should have taped it:)

Oh, Christmas time! What a joyous time of year:)

ps- for the girls who asked me a question from my below post- I have now posted my comments in that comment section regarding your questions:)

Dispelling Rumors

I have been asked some questions recently by more than a few people- and I thought I might want to just clear up any confusion:)

1. Are you pregnant?

Unfortunately, I'm not pregnant- I would be SO happy if I could say that I was, but I'm not. My nausea was simply from being "just sick" and I don't get nausea during pregnancy anyhow. I may have a little growing belly, but that is just from eating too much junk! I would love to use the excuse of pregnancy right about now:)

2. Are you moving?

Nope, again. We are not moving. We were seriously considering moving closer to Chet's work near the temple due to gas prices being at 4 bucks a gallon, and even picked out a few houses, but now that they are coming down, it is not as high a priority, it is still a "maybe" but we would much prefer to stay exactly where we are- unless it is California, which is still a little out of reach for us. We love our home here, the friends we have made, being SO close to family, the schools!- and I know a lot of you have shed tears over the thought of us moving- but dry your eyes, as we will be here for a while longer:) YEAH!!

3. Are you always so on top of things?

Yeah, who asked me this question?? I may look like I'm on top of things sometimes- but usually it is only if I have a deadline, and even then it is last minute. If I was on top of things - do you think I would have had to throw out my real Christmas tree and bring in my fake one, due to me not watering it?? Yes- I had it for about 2 weeks and now it is dead:( ... and I still have 3 weeks before Christmas. But- it took me 15 min. to set up the fake one- so we are all good! We will wait and see if and when the kids and Chet notice:)

Here are the pics to prove how pathetic I am sometimes:) Real, now DEAD tree above and the fake tree below! Thank heavens the real tree was for free. My mom sent my sister to pick out trees for her house, and she came back with an ugly one- so my mom gave that one to us! LOL! And now it's dead:( Oh, well- what can you do?? (Don't answer, water it, please:))
4. Do you have implants??

Do I really have to answer that question? I mean come on, it is called a push-up, PADDED bra from Frederick's of Hollywood and it works wonders!! There was a while when I wanted implants, but now I'm flat and proud:) Serious- AA never looked SO good! LOL! I'm bringing it back- I mean if you think about it, look at the direction of cell phones and tv's, and other gadgets smaller and flatter is better! (when I told Chet this, he said I should be a stand-up comedian!) I know, RIGHT!!:)

5. I will now open up my blog to any other questions you may have- I will dispel any rumors and let you know if they are true or not.

Ask AWAY!