Not a whole lot..

Ryan's brand new big boy bed!

This is Abigail's funny face and we love it!

going on this week or so. We have just been couped up in our house because it is cold everywhere and the kids get sick pretty easily. We made sugar cookies, kind of went sledding, made a lego building, and colored a lot!:) Abigail shakes her head no when she means yes, and when the front door is open she yells for her "papa!" She has been such a goof lately it just makes me laugh.

We just re-booked our vacation to Disneyland because Derrek's boss told him other people had requested the same day off as him before he did so I canceled our reservation and then come to find out she was looking at the wrong month! I was so mad I was swearing up and down, but only because I could not get my reservation back! So now I have a bigger room a longer stay and a babysitter coming with me....my parents! So after that was settled I felt dumb for acting that way, oh well. So I am making up an itinerary and everything so that I don't forget all the things I want Ryan to be able to do. I just hope our condo is nice and our trip is nice and that nothing goes wrong. My parents will take Abigail on a flight with them and Ryan will drive with us, he is so good at driving. We went to california last year and he was awake the whole trip watching his shows and we left at like 6 pm and got in at like 4am. He is a trooper and know he will do fabulously!

Now my older sister, Tara, is sick again and they don't know quite what she has but they off to a better start than before. So since our family is a bunch of sickies Tara had to give her doctor the whole run down of everbodies illnesses and come to find out that the thyroid cancer that my mom had is very hereditary. So Tara emailed all of us kids and told us to talk to our doctors about when we should get a blood test to see if we have it, so that is next on my to do list. Since we just found this out I told my mom thanks for possibly giving us all this nasty thing to deal with, then I laughed. I don't mind if it happens to me because I have a good example to live up to. You just have to learn to laugh at things like this.

Ryan gets to have a sleepover with Grandma and his favorite cousin Brooklyn tomorrow and they are going to go see Disney on ice with winnie the pooh, handy manny, little einstiens and more. He will have so much fun I won't be able to wait for him to come home and tell me all about it.

That's about it for this household.

The many hairstyles of Abi:)

after

before

Well my mom thinks that I am funny because of all the things I do to my daughters hair. She laughed at me when I put her in pig tails and when I thought I could do a pony she thought that was just not going to work at all. So I tried it at her house one day to prove her wrong, however I had no product for her hair so it was kind of all over the place. So the next day it was church and I did a fun up dew pony with two very cute clips in it. Her hair has a natural curl too so that made it look even better. After church I took pictures to prove that her hair can do a pony and be adorable, but then I also just went over because I was bored and wanted to play with my dad. I hope that I can soon do braids in her hair. She is such a patient girl and loves to get her hair done and combed, what have I created!:)

Happy Anniversary to my Hubby!

Well I don't have time to scan a picture of us when we got married because we have a lot to get done today and I want to try to look good at least once a year! So I will do that another time.:) Derrek and I have been married for FOUR years, yep four years! It goes by fast. Four years and two kids later we are still in love and enjoy each others company. I am very blessed to him as my husband. He does anything I need him to do and more. He has taken on a second job so I can stay hoe with the kids, he works on our car late night, he watches the kids when I am sick, he changes diapers when he walks through the door, and he will always play a game with me. I love him and all he does for me and our kids. We aren't doing anything fancy or out of the ordinary for our Anniversary just dinner and a movie, but when you have kids you never get to do either so I very excited to get out. Derrek has always been into the history stuff and surprisingly I have too, so we are going to watch Valkrie and I am taking him to Madelines steakhouse for his surprise dinner. Derrek usually plans our outings and they are fabulous when he does. He has taken me to Tuscany in Sandy I think and it was beautiful and he also took me to Beavercreek Lodge for a weekend, which we will definitley do again. That place was awesome! This restaurant we have wanted to go to for a long time but it is a bit pricey so wanted to wait for a special occassion and what can be more special!:) Hopefully all goes to plan:)

SNOW much FUN!!!

So Ryan and I made a fort awhile ago and since it hadn't snowed for awhile it turned out to be pretty pathetic so we went and fixed it up yesterday while Abi was taking her nap. We always have so much fun together outside and haven't been able to go out as often because I get so sick so easily. My parents gave him this shovel that is just his size and super durable that I even use it to get those ice patches off. Now mind you I am not a fort builder all I used to do was the wall to protect you from flying snowballs!:) Today I decided to go out again but to bring Abi with us. She was not happy. She just stood on the cement crying while Ryan and I built us a "just our size" snowman. The only time she stopped crying was when she was eating the snowmans face!

it's been too long!

The kids presents


Ryan opening his favorite present

Abigail with her twin babies

Mine and Derrek's presents

Letter to Santa

I am so excited that I finally have my internet back and it's better than ever! A lot has obviously happened in the past month and hopefully I can get it all in, but I am sure I will miss something and have to fill it in later.

So this year we had Thanksgiving at my in-laws and we ate a lot of yummy food and went and saw the movie Bolt in 3-D. We have had many Christmas parties to go to as well. Derrek's older brother graduated at the academy and now is a SL police officer, now I have hook-ups all over the place!:) There oldest boy also just got baptized, it was very fun to see how excited he was.

Abigail has just been growing and becoming more of a gilr and more like me. She squeals all the time and yells at people. My parents have always told me that I was good at that age, so I guess she is becoming an adult already! Just kidding. She is so sweet most of the time, and she gives the best hugs and kisses.

Ryan is too smart for his own good. He always has something new to tell us before bed like, "one more question" and "I have to tell you something." He is really cute and I just love him!:)

So the first pictures are at my family Christmas party and Ryan was a wise man and Abigail was the angel, but her cute slip was not down, trust me she was the cutest! Isabelle was Mary.

We had an awesome Christmas and maybe spent too much on the kids but they loved every minute and every gift.