Christmas 2009

We spent the entire Christmas week in Albuquerque!! My WHOLE family came in to town and it was soooo much fun! Take 10 adults, 3 preschoolers, 3 dogs and only 2 bathrooms and what do you get?? Tons of fun! It was such a great holiday and it was so hard to come home. Not to mention that we got to spend so much time with the Rich's too! We feel so blessed to be able to see everyone as much as we have. There is nothing like Albuquerque at Christmas...I think I will always miss it. The house ready for Santa!
The snowman my niece and nephew made in the backyard. Grandma Lavella gave Jaxon a 188 piece toy...it took 4 adults to put it all together! Grandma Shelley reading the kiddos a bed time story.

Grandpa Dad...ready for Santa.

Under Construction...

Okay...new year...so I need to revamp the blog. Will soon be updated!! Stay tuned!

Mother's Morning at preschool

Today I had the sure pleasure of going to preschool with Jaxon. They had a "Mother's morning" where we made crafts and had our pictures taken together. It was so fun to do so many craft projects with Jax, so I had to post my favorite one. He made this and I got to help him assemble all of the pieces. I think it is adorable. It is made of toilet paper rolls, tissue paper, and pipe cleaner.

The Wise Men Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus The Angel

A Tiger in the Nativity play???

Well...I bet you didn't know there was a tiger in the nativity scene! There was...and his name was Jaxon. At Jaxon's preschool, the presented their annual nativity play. All of the kiddos got to choose what part they wanted to be and Jaxon wanted to be a tiger! There were all sorts of animals...bears, giraffes, lions, and elephants. They even had a "builder" and a "cowgirl". I thought it was so adorable! The whole event was very secret, so all of the parents were surprised. Jax got a little stage fright, but we were so proud of him for standing up there!

Catch up!

Oh my goodness!! I have not posted in FOREVER!!! I will try to do a quick run through!

Halloween: Jaxon insisted on being Spiderman for Halloween...even though I tried my hardest to steer him a different direction! But...he was thrilled, so that was awesome! We went to our Ward's Halloween party...and it was awesome! They did an entire haunted house and a spook ally. The kids loved it! Then, the big night came, and Jax got ready to Trick-or- Treat! We thought that this year he would be ready! Well...he didn't like it...again! He hit a couple of houses and said he was done! However...he LOVED handing out the candy to the kids that made it to our door.

Preschool: Jax has been goingt to a FANTASTIC little preschool that is just down the street from our house. He has homework every night, which he fights me on every night. But, he loves to put this pencil behind his ear while he "works"!

Haircut: My sister Sarah gave Jax and my nephew Sevrin haircuts. So handsome!

I am Spiderman!!

So every year when Halloween starts creeping its way into the stores, my mind begins racing with ideas for "the perfect costume" for Jaxon. Since birth, he has allowed me to choose his costume and it has been so fun! Well...this year I was convinced that I could talk my shark costume into his heart as I had done in years past. To my surprise he put he kiabosh on that idea. He expressed to me over and over again that he was going to be Spiderman...no matter what! Where did my Halloween power go?? Is it gone forever? Do little girls do this to their mommies? Anyway...we found a Spiderman costume that he LOVES. Actually, I think I will have to hide it or it will be trashed by the time the spooky night rolls around! Chceck out Spidy himself...looking in the mirror!

Bike Rider

Jax decided he wanted to ride his new bike out of nowhere 2 days ago. I was a little nervous...but he picked up it and he was off! He is getting so big!