We went sledding

Not too much to say about this event, but YEAH for us for finally doing something. We are a lazy family and just stay at home most of the time because hawling a baby in between naps and getting kids in snow clothes.. see LAZY. So, YEAH for us for getting out. It felt good.

Funny things kids say

Funny Carma story: I have loads of these!
Michael was reading her a book, and it wasn't really a book, but a fairy book of things to make and do. So he had to improv. There is a page full of hearts and he said "This heart fell in love with the blue heart, and then they were about to kiss...." He said she put her hands to her mouth and got all excited and squealed "OHHH, this book is getting so gooood!!"
That girl is WAAAYY too funny and girly. She is so cute.

Judson story: the older he gets the less funny stories.. sad huh. For now at least.
This was during out Christmas break, so it has been a while. He was being rude to Carma and I told him he needed to treat her like a princess. He said "Mom, Princesses aren't treated very well. They have to clean a lot for free, they have to wear clothes they don't want to wear, and no one lets them do what they want., OK, I will treat her like a princess!" HA.. how does he come up w/ this kind of stuff.

Wyatt's turn: .. he can't talk now, but he sure is trying.
When he doesn't want something he shakes his head no and tries to say it. It reminds me of an orangutan. He seriously looks like a little monkey, he is so cute. He has called and/or blank text at least three time this week using my cell phone. That kid LOVES gadgets.

Your Name Might be: (our 2009 Christmas letter)

Your name may be Wyatt …..
…..if you love to stick CD’s anywhere they may fit. (under game systems, in between books or in boxes)
…..if you are addicted to nu-nu’s and often times have one in your mouth and one in each hand.
…..if you will only drink WARM milk and must have a sip of whatever anyone else is drinking, even if you just drank a gallon of water.
…...if you walk like you had too much spiked egg nog.
…..if. you have the cutest belly and rolly legs.
…..if you cry your eyes out if any other child makes a loud noise or cries.
….. if you freak out and roll around while getting your diaper changed.
…...if you have ever followed your brother around while eating a cookie you found somewhere that is about 2 weeks old.

Your name may be Carma ….
…..if you have watched Bolt 365 days this year
…...if you own FIVE stuffed Bolts of different sizes.
…..if you can’t live your life without holding (and shaking) your stuffed Bolt.
…..if you Super Bark people when you are mad.
…..if you randomly do a high bark and run around really fast around the house.
…..if you would eat bread and butter or chicken nuggets for every meal.
…..if you correctly use extremely big words for your age.
…..if you tell the funniest stories and use Italian hands to tell them.
…..if you are the sweetest girl on the planet!

Your name may be Judson ….
…… if you take 45 minutes to get dressed in the morning.
…. . if you can give any adult a run for their money in chess.
……if you can make the coolest things out of Lego’s and Bionicles.
……if your amazing artistic abilities consist of origami, painting, color pencils and crayons.
……if you make the most annoying, I mean, interesting noises with your mouth for no reason, 24/7!
……if you sing and make up songs about every thing for the better part of the day.
……if your goal in life is to see how many times you can scare your mom in one day.
……if you think all girls are bossy and have cooties.

Your name may be Kiki …
…...if you have done 700 loads of dishes, 298 loads of laundry, and changed 2,243 diapers in 2009.
…...if you have a habit of biting off more than you can chew.
…..if you love serving in the Young Women’s Presidency more than you ever thought possible.
…..if you have read 15 self improvement books this year (to no avail).
…..if you are addicted to your laptop.
…..if chocolate is your cure all.

Your name may be Michael …
….. if you agree with Max Hall’s sentiments about Ute football.
…..if you dream about the new truck you are going to get and give
salesmen your number on a regular basis.
…..if you were asked to sub for Primary 46 weeks in 2009.
…..if you may get to take a work trip to Scotland in 2010.
…..if you often answer questions in a Nacho Libre accent.

Gospel ABC book

This took FOREVER to do... OK, only 5 straight days, but I like how it turned out. It cuts off the book on both sides because the screen is too small, so if you want to see the entire book click on the mixbook link.

| View Sample Photo Books | Create your own Photo Book

Family Pictures

Our neighbor, Emmie, is starting a career in photography. I knew she was a talented photographer but I didn't know she was this good. She did such a great job!! We went to a house that I fell in love with a few years ago, and the owners are so nice. They just let people take pictures there for free (which reminds me, I still need to make a thank you treat for them). It is the cutest place, they collect antique things. I forgot to put that her website is: http://www.photographybyemmie.com

Halloween

Halloween was pretty fun this year. I am not going to lie though, I was Halloweened out by the time it actually got here. We had so many activities BEFORE Halloween, fun and ridiculous at the same time. We had the school Math Night Spooktacular, the Church Carnival/trunk or treat, Carma's preschool carnival, kids dressing up for school, a couples Halloween party, a family Halloween party, a neighborhood party, Michaels work trick or treating, then actual Halloween. I feel like I am missing something too, but phew. I aint gonna lie, kind of glad it is over! But it was really fun. I love dressing up the kids and dressing up. It is so fun! I need to swear off chocolate because I feel so sick from too much. Ahhhh who am I kidding I will eat a ton tomorrow too! tee hee.

A neighbor friend's birthday is on Halloween and they celebrate birthdays pretty big. So they were SO SWEET to invite Judson to ride along with them in the limousine. Yes, that is right he got to celebrate Halloween with lots of cute girls (only 2 boys), go to a pizza party and tricker treating in a LIMO! WHAT! He had so much fun. He didn't appreciate the girl part, but I told him in a couple of years he will think the girl part of it would be the most awesome! He scrunched his nose and said "Na ah!"

I am glad that Juddy got to go have fun in the Limo, but I missed him. I really did. But I didn't want him to miss out on such fun.
Any guess on who this weirdo is? Nope, it isn't the sasquach. It is Michael! He had me shave his head except for eyebrows and paint the back of it. I did a pretty crappy job, but now that I know more of how it should look I will do a better job next time. It was so funny. I am just proud that he dressed up!
Amiee came and spent trick or treating w/ us. It was SO MUCH FUN. That makes two weekends in a row that we have spent together. So fun! (We have been BFF's since high school she lives and hour and a half away now:( So it is always a treat to hang out).
Amiees boy is the adorable Skunk. What a cutie stinker!!! I loved watching him waddle in it. He is SOOO CUTE!! The first couple of doors he wanted to eat the candy every time he got a piece. haha it is so cute! Carma LOVED tricker treating. She was so funny. Last year she was scared after the second door, so I am glad she likes it now. She has grown up so much recently.
I was a goth fairy just in case you were wondering. Carma is my kitty cat. She is THE CUTEST!! I love that cutie girl. She LOVED dressing up. I am pretty sure she wore the kitty outfit three days straight.
Here are some pictures of her school carnival. She had so much fun. I was amazed at the effort the Preschool put into it. There were several booths. We were there for almost 2 hours and didn't get bored. I really love that she is growing up and we can enjoy time together like this. It was really so much fun to play games with her. She even went down a giant inflatable slide ALL BY HERSELF! WOW! I also have to give high fives to me b/c usually I stress out bringing Wyatt and Carma to a public event like this, but I wasn't stressed at all, it was really fun!

Wyatts bday

Wyatts bday party was last week, so I am a week behind. But that is better than a month or more, like I have been. We had fun. The theme was BYU football "tailgate" theme. We got him a BYU football jersey .. he looked SO STINKING CUTE). We invited all of the T family over and most of them made it, so that means we had a pretty full house. All of the cousins. It was so fun. I love doing parties... until about 30 mins before..then I love it during the party.

I made a football cake. I again have sworn off cake making, but I know I am lying b/c I end up doing one every birthday. But I have to say that it was DELICIOUS! I did a chocolate/white chocolate layer, a chocolate layer w/ ganache in between the layers, then mouse in between the football layer. Sour cream chocolate icing on the football and cream cheese icing on the field. It could have looked better but it was So yummy, if I do say so myself.. and I DO!

Wyatt had fun playing in the cake, it took a little convincing and Michael had to give him a spoon and help him dig in. Once he tasted it he LOVED it. Imagine that.