Christmas Picture

This is our Christmas picture for the year. We were just too crazy doing practices for the musical on the weekends and Scott gets home after dark so we never got a chance to take a real family picture. We will soon though! I decided to just have our cute boys pose for our Christmas card. Here they are...

Just for fun, here are some outtakes...




We wish all our friends and family a VERY Merry Christmas!

Noah's Ark

A friend invited us to go to an amazing place called the Skirball Center. They have a Noah's Ark room for the kids. They have tons of animals made out of random things-rope, purses, keys, etc., as well as puppets, science activities, a craft and a ropey climbing area. The ark has lots of parts. They can make all the sounds of a storm- watch leaves blow, lightning strike and rain fall. Then they can build and load animals onto the arc. Inside there are lots of stuffed animals to play with and an area to climb around. The kids had loads of fun. The best part was, it was FREE. You can't beat a free fun activity for your kids on a rainy afternoon.

A Christmas Walk to Rodeo Drive

We took a little walk last week to go see the lights on Rodeo Dr. It's so close that we just had to. On the way we passed a McLaren dealership that has a real race car (an F1?) on display. We pass it all the time and just had to get a better look!

The tree and decor were beautiful of course! It's cool to be near all these posh places you only hear about. I'll probably NEVER shop there. It was a fun family outing though.

The Toy Shop Musical

Our new ward did an interesting activity for our Christmas party this year. They put on a musical production called "The Toy Shop". Primary kids were invited to be in it. Connor and Haydn both wanted to so we started rehearsals. They had about a month to prepare. Connor was a school child and had to learn 7 lines and 2 songs for the play. Haydn was a teddy bear and had to learn 1 line and 3 songs for the play. It was super cute!!! They both were awesome. Haydn kinda stole the show at one moment when the bears were a little confused about were to be on the stage. My camera died but we got a video of the whole thing. If you want a copy I can send one, let me know. I did manage to take some pics of Haydn's costume. Connor was just dressed to look like it was cold outside(hat and scarf). There was dessert afterwards and Santa came to visit.

Setting up for Christmas!

I'm trying to get caught up on our blog and this happened almost a month ago but we did set up our house for Christmas. We had fun building our tree and stringing lights and hanging ornaments. Connor was very helpful this year with the tree and lights. Haydn was sure it was Christmas the next day and has been impatiently waiting ever since. Tristan is just in awe of everything this year. Santa visited our ward Christmas party and brought all the kids popcorn balls. So if you ask Tristan what he wants Santa to bring him the answer is popcorn. So cute. I love the holidays with little ones!

Dentist Visit

I took the boys to the dentist recently. Most of them had never been before. It was a superb experience. They explained everything they were doing, showed them videos of what would happen and how and why you need to keep your teeth clean and even let the boys help with the instruments (the water shooter and spit sucker). It really fun for them! In the end they got new toothbrushes and timers and got to choose a prize from their treasure chest.




Tristan got a little boredwaiting for his turn and by the end he was done being confined to a small area. The funny thing is we found a magazine that kept him riveted...Motor Trends. He looked through that thing for a good half hour! That boy LOVES cars!

Happy Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving we went to visit Scott's aunt and uncle, their kids and their kids kids. It was a full house with yummy food and lots of playing! It's fun that we live so close to cousins (even if they are second cousins). Of course, I forgot my camera but we'll be seeing them again on Christmas Eve. I brought all the fixings for making these cute turkey cupcakes for the kids. We made more later at home...



I couldn't feel more blessed this holiday to just be together again as a family and be settled in our new place. Three beautiful, smart boys and a wonderful hardworking husband. What more could I ask for? Oh ya, another sweet boy to join the clan, of course!