Uh Oh

Apparently we are loud. We got a notice on our door this morning reminding us that we have neighbors and we need to keep them in mind and that we signed a lease that states that we should "refrain from loud or boisterous noise...". It states the they have "received several complaints regarding banging and constant stomping..."
Ummm, have any of you met my three crazies? They are the ones in this picture.


There is a reason I call them my crazies.

Here they are playing Ring Around the Rosies.


And falling.


And then wrestling.


Any wonder why they hear banging and stomping!? I guess we won't be playing this game anymore.

And it doesn't help that I gave birth to this little one.


She is constantly falling. I mean it when I say that I have NEVER seen anyone be as clumsy as she is. Half the time she falls into the wall and so she always has bruises on her forehead.
What am I suppose to do with a toddler who likes to fall on a regular basis? What am I suppose to do with two 4 year olds who like to jump around, wrestle, dance, and be crazy?
I think our neighbors hate us. What do you think?

My oh My....

....how I love my little crazies and my man. They make me so happy!!


They had some fun sitting on the counter tonight. Of course there were Nila Wafers that drew them there in the first place. Ty didn't want to share, but she soon realized that she had to share to get some herself.



And Ty loves her vest and hat. She wears them with everything and anything.

What We've Been Doing

We have finally found a park that we love. I haven't gone through the whole list of parks, but I think we just might stick with this one. It is somewhat close and has some cool things to play on. It has been awhile since I have seen a merry-go-round, but this park has one. The crazies loved it and they talk about going to the park with the "round" all the time.



Ty likes to lay down.


We went to In-N-Out for dinner one night and Ty had some fun with the stickers. (More on her head later.)



We went to Breakfast with Grandma, Grandpa and David and the girls found this water wall that they had to play with.


The girls made their own cheese sandwiches the other day. Grandma and Grandpa got them their little aprons and they love to wear them.



Ty loves my shoes and is always in my closet putting some on.



Miss Z is here for a couple of days. The girls and her are "trying" to get along. They have their moments of fighting, but for the most part they are playing good together. They watched some movies, went to the park, played games, made brownies, and saw some fish.




Dan wishing we could leave and wander through Bass Pro some more.




We have been having some fun times!

2009

As 2009 has ended, I have been thinking of goals that I could, should, shouldn't make for 2010. I went over the goals that I made for 2009 and I was only able to complete half of them. They weren't all that hard, I just didn't do them. I haven't been able to think of any goods ones yet, but when I figure out what I would like to do, I will write them down for all to see.
2009 was a good year for us. Dan got a new job. We moved to Vegas. We hiked 21 miles in 13 hours. Two of my sisters had babies. My brother got married and had a baby. Dan's brother and his wife are finally expecting a little one. My sister and her family were sealed together forever! We took a vacation to Mexico. I had to do jury duty. We had many good times together and that is really all I can ask for.

Our New Year's Eve wasn't much of a party this year. Dan got pepper sprayed and so he ended up falling asleep at 9:30. You can kinda tell in his eyes!

We did go over to the Roper's early and had some food and played some games and then we came home, so the crazies could go to sleep. I watched a movie and ate some yummy ice cream.
I'm excited for a new year with new things to come . I hope that everyone had a good 2009 has a terrific 2010!

Christmas

Kinda late posting, but better late than never! I haven't had much time to do anything since the fun day.
We were able to go up to Delta for the occasion and I'm so glad that we were able to go. I'm not sure if it will be the last one with them or not, so it was fun to be with family. We got there a little late, so we missed the Christmas Story, but the girls opened their Christmas Eve presents and got pictures with the cousins who were there.



Christmas morning the kids all looked through the things that Santa brought. The twins got bikes and Ty got a sit and spin.



We then opened all our gifts. The kids had a lot of fun and loved all their gifts. Papa was able to sleep through the whole ordeal! Pretty impressive. He did work all night, so I guess it was okay.




Miss Z got a car from Santa and it was by far Ty's favorite present. She was in it more than anyone and would get upset if she couldn't get in it.



The rest of that day we just played, relaxed, watched movies, ate a yummy dinner, and enjoyed each others company.








These are the dresses that the crazies got for Christmas. Aren't they the cutest crazies ever!?!?


Ty has only two words that she uses more than once and they are: Cheese and Papa. She said Papa for the first time while we were in Delta and kept saying it. She was in love with him and only wanted him to hold her and if he put her down she would cry.


We left there on Sunday and came home to another party. Grandma and Grandpa came down and we opened more gifts. And then Monday we had Dinner with everyone and opened a couple more gifts. I didn't get any pics of the excitement so that is a bummer.
It was a really good Christmas and I am so grateful for everything that I have.

I don't know what to say.

This article makes me so completely sad, sick, upset, hurt, mad, etc... I can't believe that people can actually be this way and that we have let our country make stupid laws like this!

Christmas Spirit

Our Sunday School lesson yesterday was basically remembering the true meaning of Christmas. (I have a seventeen month old little crazy and so I wasn't there the whole time.) There was a list on the board:

Gifts
Food
Family
Friends
Decorations
Christ

Then there were columns that said:

Most Excited

Most Important

We were to number them in order in both columns. Mine of course were not in the same order, as I'm sure some of yours aren't. We then discussed why that is. During this discussion is when I left to do my job being the "Hall Monitor", but before I left some people mentioned things like: the stores have Christmas up at Halloween and is too commercialized, we are suppose to be politically correct and therefore, Christ is taken out of Christmas, we love the food and the parties, etc...
I didn't think much about it until later that night when I realized that as a parent I have been the biggest reason why it isn't more about Christ in our home. I have tried to let the girls know the reason that we celebrate Christmas, this morning when I said Christmas is Jesus birthday Jo Jo just laughed at me and told me that it wasn't. And when I tried to tell them that we should give Jesus a gift (of being nice) she almost started crying and told me that she didn't want to give him her presents. I obviously am not doing a very good job! :)
Now the reason that it is my fault of why Christmas isn't more Christ centered is because, I have been the one telling the girls to be nice or Santa isn't coming and that if they aren't nice they will get their presents taken away. Now I'm pretty sure that most parents have threatened their kids with this at one time or another and I don't know about them, but it doesn't really work. Kids will do whatever they want, whether Santa "sees" or not.
Since I've come to this conclusion, I've decided to act differently. Instead of saying that Santa isn't going to bring their presents I tell the girls that Jesus wouldn't want us hurting each other and he really wants us to be nice, to give, and to be happy. There will be no more talk about Santa not coming if they aren't good. It needs to be more about Christ and being friendly, kind, gracious, and giving.
One other thing that I've started and I hope will be a good tradition to help the crazies is that I only buy them three presents. (Of course they will get their stocking and Santa gift, but from Dan and I there will only be three gifts.) The meaning behind the three gifts is that Jesus got three gifts when he was born and so to help us try to remember him more that is what we get. I also hope that it will teach them not to be greedy children and know that it isn't just about them.

Sorry if this is all jumbled, but I needed to write down how I was feeling. Since I have started this blog, it has become my journal and I haven't been as good writing about my feelings. I think that I do well in preserving the things that happen on a daily basis with the crazies, but I need to do better at writing my feelings and thoughts down.

I hope that you all have a Merry Christmas and try to keep Christ in your homes!

Our First Snow

For my birthday I received this....


It is from my wonderful and thoughtful sis-in-law, Sarah.


This morning the girls played, for the first time this season, in snow.



SB even tried to make a snowman.


It was a mess.


But they had a blast!


Thanks Sarah. We love it!