Christmas Clothes and Sledding

The day after Christmas we went up to Landon's parents in Flowell for the weekend. We had a good time. The kids really love being able to play with their cousins. One day we went sledding. When Chloe got to the top of the hill she was so excited she just took off a little before she was supposed to and hit right into a huge bush. It kind of hurt her, and it took her awhile to want to go again, but once she did her and Saydee had lots of fun. We had the most of the kids from Landon's side there along with my sister, and husband and her two kids. Someone had built a jump on the hill, and Tanner hit it over and over. Later that afternoon when we were back at Grandma's Landon hooked the sled to the 4 wheeler and pulled the kids around. They rode until they were all frozen. My camera died so I don't have alot of pictures but I do have a few thanks to Mandy and Taryn.
On Sunday the kids all got in their Christmas Clothes from Great Grandma Robison. They look so nice. I'm really glad she gets them these nice church clothes every year. It's fun for everyone.

Monster Muley Madness

If you can't tell Landon got ahold of my camera while I was out shopping this morning. He infiltrated my blog and added these picts of his deer. He is still just so happy about having it.

CHRISTMAS

Yesterday was a great day. I fill like we had a really wonderful Christmas. If you have seen Drake and Josh's Christmas (which my kids have watched like ten times this year) I would feel like voting Yes This was the best Christmas ever! It's not because I gots tons of great stuff (however I did get some nice things). It had more to do with watching the excitement the kids had and the surprise on Landon's face (I really got him this year). The kids both started out on a Treasure Hunt from Santa. Tanner had requested that he hide their presents. It was so fun to watch they were both so excited. While Chloe was opening her presents she kept saying "just what I wanted" every time she would open something. She was even so excited about the orange in her stocking "look I got and orange!". When she was all done she said "I must have been a really good girl this year because I got everything I wanted." The two things she wanted most her Barbie computer and her doll were played with the remainder of the day. Tanner got his Wii and couldn't have been happier. He got some other little things to. The good thing about him is that he was also saying thanks and ready to give a hug to whoever gave him something. He later told Landon I just got to much, more than I asked for. He had to versus everyone on the Wii and saying he is good at it would be an understatement. He beat us all. I did knock him out in one boxing match finally, but he beat me overall. I think my mom finally did beat him on a game of golf. Even Chloe gets into it, but it was kind of sad to see her face down in the boxing ring after Tanner got through with her. The biggest surprise was for Landon. Thanks to the help of my dad for making the phone calls, and the use of my neighbors garage I was able to pull this off. Now he was supposed to be getting what he got, but not until like June of 09 so imagine the surprise on his face! First of all he walks out into the living room and there is a huge box in there. Well when he finally opened it up there is his deer that he was supposed to have mounted staring back at him. It was finished. He was speechless and near tears I think. Ha Ha. I got the whole thing on video. He had no idea. All day long he just kept saying how great it was. Well Merry Christmas Everyone. Hope it was Great!

Twas The Night Before Christmas

For those of you who went to Millard High remember when we had to memorize and recite the poem "Twas The Night Before Christmas" for english. We'll the funny thing is I can still practically recall the whole thing except for the begining of a couple of lines. The other day at preschool I picked up the book to read to the kids, and was suprised when I only had to glance at it a couple times while reading it to them.

Well it's finally here, and boy am I glad. I don't know if I could have lasted another day of Chloe asking if she could open a present. They are both so excited they can hardly stand it. I don't know if they will ever go to sleep tonight. Tanner has been tracking Santa on NoradSanta.com since about 3:00 this afternoon, he would go in about every five minutes and give us an update on where he was in the world. It was actually kind of fun.

We read the Christmas story, and the kids opened their Christmas Pajamas. The Stockings are hung. Now it's just time to wait for Santa to come, but the kids will have to fall asleep first.

2nd Place Gingerbread Train

Well remember that gingerbread train I briefly mentioned in an earlier blog. The one my mom helped Tanner make one weekend. Well my mom got the call yesterday that Tanner's train had taken 2ND place. His prize-$50. They are mailing him a check. He's pretty excited about it. So I thought I'd post a few more Pict's of it, to brag a little.

(Laying out the track-it was made of licorice.)

(Decorating one of the train cars. They put so much detail into each one.)

(The finished product. Looks Awesome!)

Thanks Mom for doing this with him, he had so much fun. But beware you might have started a tradition he'll probably want to do it again next year.

The Giant Snowman

Well remember that giant snowball Tanner was rolling it turned into this. Landon ended up getting off work early yesterday so he was able to help Tanner finish it. The middle was so big that he had to have me come out and help him lift it on. You can tell a guy helped build this though with the boards for arms and the antler. Tanner was so excited everywhere we went he was making sure his snowman was the biggest in town. It is just over 6 feet tall.

SNOW DAY!

So today was officially a snow day in St. George and not just the one the schools usually take in the spring because we never use it in the winter. They actually closed all schools due to snow, because St. George City doesn't have any snow plows. So that mean the kids and I had the day off. The kids were so excited. I thought Chloe would be a little sad because it was supposed to be her Christmas Party at school today, but she said she would rather play in the snow, and make snow angels, because all she did at school was learn and learn and learn. Tanner was glad for the snow, but said I hope they don't close school tomorrow because school is like the funnest thing on earth, and plus I don't want to miss my class party. They are both so different.

They had me out at 8:00am to play in the snow. The temp wasn't actually that bad. They both made a snowman, and a snow angel, then Chloe started working on a snow baby, while Tanner set to work rolling the world's biggest snowball. It got so big he finally couldn't push it anymore even with my help.We were out there for about an hour, and we saw a few neighbor kids and their families out too.They had so much fun and when we got back in they wanted to know when we could play in it again. My Grandma and Mom said the last time they actually remember the schools being closed for a snow day, was the year they moved down here 30+ years ago. They said there were like 100 or more accidents that day, because nobody knew how to drive in the snow, or else the teenagers were spinning broadies and then lost control. Maybe I'd better stay home today. ha ha