Christmas Eve...

These pictures are totally candid, but the pictures show how much fun we have with my Mom's family on Christmas Eve. We eat yummy food, play a white elephant gift exchange, and sing songs together.

  

Dinner...

The boys were in Las Vegas at the Bowl game and the adults were able to sneak away from the kids and go to dinner. I was with some of my favorite people, it was heaven.

Christmas Cookies...

Painting Christmas Cookies is one of the kids very favorite Christmas traditions. This year they would not cooperate at all with the camera. p.s. we painted cookies first thing in the morning after the kids woke up, which should explain the pj's and bed heads.

Santa...

Colton and Cannon thought they were to old to sit on Santa's lap this year. They told us they would rather just drop a letter in the santa mail box at Macy's. We made them visit Santa anyway, because Crew was so excited to see Santa and sit on his lap and tell him what he wanted for Christmas this year. Creed was afraid of Santa and wanted nothing to do with him.

Buddy the Elf...

One night in the middle of December our doorbell rang and Buddy the Elf left us a special delivery. Our Wii had broken a few months earlier and he brought us a Wii. The boys were soooo excited to have a Wii again.

Creed's Celebration...

Lets get this party started!

Oh I think I like this

Yep, I am stuff...that was GOOD!

Creed is 1...

What a precious bundle of joy you are



Cute from head to toe



You melt my heart with your sweetness



Everywhere you go



You're a very special gift



Descended from heaven above



The most perfect little angel



Sent for your Dad, Mom, and Brothers to love.

With all my love and best wishes



for your very 1st birthday

One year ago you looked like this...now you look like this...

I didn't think I was sad that my baby is turning 1 until I downloaded his newborn baby picture. Creed is smiley, energetic, determined, and fun to have around. He has an easy going personality unless his brothers are bugging him and he is already learning how to defend himself. He is a champ at eating and sleeping. He knows how to walk but still chooses crawling first. He is getting all his teeth at once and has been miserable for a month now. He has stranger danger and will choose Mommy over Daddy. Happy 1st Birthday to my miracle baby. I thank my Heavenly Father everyday that you were sent to our family.

Weight : 22.56 lbs = 47.18%

Length : 31.5 in. = 92%

Thanksgiving...

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year to ponder on the many blessings in my life.

At the top of my blessing list are these 5 guys...I feel pretty blessed!

Crew's 3...

Crew is a determined, energetic, strong willed, and happy little boy.

Favorite Foods...Anything with SUGAR, cinnamon rolls, chocolate milk, and peanut butter crackers.

This last year has been a struggle with Crew and his eating habits. We are hoping this next year he will learn to try new foods and become a better eater.

Favorite Show...Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Favorite Movie...Cars and The Mater Movie

Favorite Toy...Cars (especially cars from the Disney Cars Movie)

Favorite Friends...Stockton and DJ

Crew is very territorial about "HIS" toys

Is finally potty trained. It took him awhile to figure out how to go #2 on the toilet.

Crew gets to start preschool in January and he is so excited.

Crew is our child that keeps us on our toes each and everyday. We hope his year as a 3 year old brings him happiness, good health, and he will learn lots of new things.

Cannon's Poster...

Cannon submitted a poster for a bully rally that was put on for our school district this year. He came up with an idea for his poster and worked hard to make it look good. He submitted his poster and we received a call from the counselor at school saying Cannon had won a prize (honorable mention) for his poster. We attended the bully rally and Cannon was so excited to see his poster hanging on the wall of the building.

Creed is 11 months...

Can't believe we are one month away from celebrating this little guy's first birthday. My favorite thing about Creed is that he is an eater. He will not refuse food and will eat anything and everything we give him.

-just broke his foot tooth on the bottom and working on the other bottom tooth (my kids all started teething around 11 months)

-is really close to walking...has taken up to 12 steps on his own

-we took the gate down on our stairs and he loves to teeter on the top stair. it looks like he is going to fall right down the stairs and it scares me to death.

-he sleeps from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.

-he gets into everything, but he is our little angel and we love him to pieces!

Halloween...

The highlight of halloween this year was watching crew trick or treat. he could not believe that all he had to say was trick or treat to get one of his favorite things in the world 'CANDY'. colton thought he was old enough to go trick or treating alone with his friends in our neighborhood. he had a great time and got lots of candy. cannon went trick or treating with his friends for awhile and then was my little sidekick for the rest of the night. cannon and i went to a few fun houses together. greg got into it this year and wore a scary mask to answer the door and had fun scaring the trick or treaters. crew loved scaring the kids with his daddy. a few of other fun things we did...

-ihop for dinner

-attended a neighborhood halloween party

-watched a scary movie

-a fun dinner at a friends house before trick or treating

-homemade donuts & hot cocoa

Slimy The Snake...

The boys caught a snake in Grandpa and Grandma D's front yard one weekend when we were down visiting. They wanted to keep the snake for a pet and the snake found a new home in a mayo jar with grass and a few weeds thrown in. The boys decided to name him Slimy. Then one day they decided to throw in a live grasshopper to see if Slimy would eat it. Slimy didn't eat the grasshopper and now had a new friend take up residence in the mayo jar. After having Slimy a few weeks and I was the one mainly looking at him each day since the boys thought the best place for his jar was in the kitchen, I started to feel bad for him. So, right before Disneyland we talked to the boys about letting Slimy go so he wouldn't die while we were gone. The boys decided that was the best option for Slimy. They took Slimy over to the canal by our house and let him go. They walked home in tears and continued to cry for another 2 hours. They were so sad to let Slimy go.

Creed is 10 months...

Now that Creed is super mobile, it is impossible to get a good picture of him. But, I didn't want to let another month pass without posting about our sweet baby boy.

-Crawls

-Pulls himself up to everything

-Walks along furniture and has even taken a few steps on his own

-Is on a super great night schedule, but still trying to figure out a good nap schedule

-He is an awesome eater...loves tomatoes, peas, beans, oranges, peaches, and pears. He will eat anything.

-Says da da

-loves to smile

I tried to take pictures of Creed this particular day and he was crawling everywhere and would cry when I tried to pick him up and position him for a picture and so this is what we got...snotty nose and all ;)