This is the first year my boys were excited to see him (either of them–seriously, every other year they have screamed and cried!). So, we got to see Santa two nights in a row! First at Dillon’s parent’s ward, then last night with our ward party. The party was great–we all sang Christmas songs together,…

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Okay, no, but yes, I am a little nutty. I will probably be pretty ornery tomorrow too, but I finished our stockings!!! I have put this off for the last 6 years, and got the urge to be productive tonight, um, last night I mean. So, this is what I did! I decided I better…

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I LOVE wrapping presents!!! I had some time alone with both boys individually today–if that isn’t amazing, then I don’t know what is:). I took them to the dollar store to buy each other and Dillon something. They thought it was fun–Devon picked Dillon out some cookies and Carson picked him out a checkerboard (don’t…

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Well, I guess not with gingerbread, but with graham crackers:). Maybe one day I’ll be more ambitious and make the gingerbread, but I made the frosting, does that count for something??? Carson’s house (with a rainbow on the side, he wanted to make sure of that!) Devon’s House

This was our Christmas activity on the 4th. They were super excited to hang them up on the ceiling as a surprise for Daddy.

I am happy to say that his actual letter was comforting. Grandma Sheila did tell us the funniest thing–they bought the kids a sled for Christmas anyways, before they ever knew Carson wanted one, so that works out nice. He does still talk about it, so he will be stoked. Here is what he told…

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We have mentioned Santa Claus just a handful of times to our kids, for just this reason (besides the obvious ‘that’s not why we celebrate Christmas’): I never wanted them to get the idea that they could just ask for whatever they wanted for Christmas and expect to get it. We are being very simple…

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“The poor kid is falling apart–and he’s only 4!!!” That’s what my mom said after he got 2 crowns last week (if you click on the picture to make it large you can see the silver teeth) plus we were informed he needs glasses for his astigmatism. His eyesight is actually really good, it’s just…

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I’ve always wanted to go to the Festival of Trees and so that’s what we did for my birthday on Saturday! It was pretty fun, too bad my boys were so stinkin’ tired during the whole thing. We had gone out to dinner while my sister Janina and her hubby Greg watched them, and we…

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