we got a snow storm and shaun shoveled the yard into a big pile and made an igloo, the girls loved it!
So i went out and helped after he had finished the kid one
he built a tunnel,but then it was cooler if it was a fort
Shaun getting into it
So Jacob, Shaun and I built a grown up fort!
needless to say it was AWESOME!
Carter was drawn to the race cars
Kailey watching Jacob defeat Andy in Air hockey
Jordan would rather play around than actualyl bowl
This is a pregnant lady bowling.. notice where it is headed.. gutter ball!
Can you find Kailey and Jordan?? I convinced Shaun and Clyde to build some shelves under the stairs for all their toys.. this is all the toys my children own. (besides the legos of course)
Clyde waiting for Shaun to rip him some shelves. This is the only place a grown adult can stand
The finished product. its hard to get a full picture because the space is so small. there are shelves directly behind me as well
Our Christmas tree
Shaun and Clyde went to the Jazz game and me and the girls played with their glow sticks and my camera!
Carter was excited about waking up! Shaun was the first one up and got all 3 kids up at 8
Kailey and Jordan showing off their new toys! Littlest pet shop and My little ponies were a hit!
The aftermath... I got a AWESOME new camera. that is why there are tons of pictures from today on.. practice!
My happy kid. this is the face i see everyday!
They played so well and shared all day. gotta love that these two get along so well
Kailey gave Jordan a stylist kit, they took turns doing each others hair and make-up
Carter got a tool set. we are trying to give him other tools besides princesses and dolls
I wonder if this problem is fixable with his tool set
Christmas Dinner we went up to Mike and Wendy's and spent it with clyde and Wendy's family. She is lucky enough to have her birthday AND Christmas on the same day.
tyring to get mom to lift him "uppy" he sure is one cute kid! Merry Christmas!
Carter taking a peak at all the present under the tree, I'm surprised he never tied to open any. but he did ruin about 75% of our Christmas ornaments.
Clyde spent Christmas with us this year. it was fun to have our own little Christmas Eve. Shaun made dinner and it was delicious!
Christmas Eve Shaun got a little excited about his present. Spoiler... it was PJ's!
All of us got Pj's! who knew!
Grandpa and the kids in the Christmas Pj's. Santa came early at our house. He had everything set up by 9pm! it was awesome. 
Carter got his first 22.. ok its Shaun but this his idea of good parenting. hand it over to the 1 yr old
We had Cami, Craig and their kids over and make gingerbread houses and had two Jacks
It was a fun and messy ordeal
Deidre and Jacob came in town on their way to Idaho for Christmas and did a little checking of our teeth. Lucky we don't qualify for her boards!after the show Kailey cam home and did a special number just for us. I love the movements they were so funny! she wasnt even shy, i was so proud of her!
Kailey was excited for her big debut
Jordan was an excited audience member
Dad and jordan waiting for the show. Carter watched Kailey and kept pointing to her saying "kaykey, kaykey" it was pretty cute. he would try to escape and go see her.. that part not so good
So I'm sitting on my couch thinking of where the heck a Library book could be... and I think. "oh i REALLY need to do this" then i call my sister -in -law because she is pertinent to the solution and while its ringing i forget completely what i really needed to do just 2 seconds ago, so i hang up, and am still trying to remember what i had to do that was really important... I mean i called her immediately upon thinking about it. I don't get it, how can something "important" just fly the coup (which is my brain) I swear this is happening more and more. The other day Kailey was banging her head on the wall, for kicks and giggles, why else? I told her to stop because that of course kills brain cells and makes you dumber (did anyone else learn this?) so in the end I'm thinking I must have hit my head to many times as a kid because my memory is getting worse, my brain is getting dumber and I am turning into a blob of motherhood... with a notebook attached to me to write down the things i need to do or don't want to forget, also filled with recipes and other random useless information my brain is computing. (by the way the notebook was at the computer when i thought of my "important" thing, therefore, did not get written down upon thought process.)the end
Journal entry- kinda boring:
It has has been snowing for 2 days now, luckily it is over the weekend where we don't really have to go anywhere. I mean come on, who really needs to go to church?? jk. we did leave the kids home with runny noses and I'm pretty sure they will pick something up there so i went and Shaun stayed home. Shaun shoveled the walkway and about 10 minutes later was fully covered again looking like it had never been done.
Last week was great, we were able to stay up to date on all our calendars, and "Buddy the Elf" showed up on our doorway addresses from the North pole to be Santa's helper here. Kailey was like "i better be good wherever Buddy is" I told her elves are magic and can pretty much be anywhere and hear anything. She has been a great helper to me, but then again, she normally is. She asked to organize the kid drawer and unload the dishes. Santa is definitely noticing that stuff! The love opening their advent calendars and it has helped Jordan with her numbers, who knew it served a dual purpose?
We started secret Santa and Kailey has been running up to the door to drop the gifts off, I'm surprised we haven't been caught, as sneaky as she is, her fast isn't the fastest, but its cute. The first day she got in the car and laughing she said "that was so much fun, Mom you gotta try this!" she was so excited about making someones day. I am hoping to teach her the real meaning of Christmas before she gets all caught up in the presents. we'll see... so far its been really fun trying. Although yesterday Kailey told me a few things she wanted from Santa: a stuffed elf and 2 other things that she wrote at school and her teacher "mailed to Santa" i am relay hoping i get that list. I told her Santa only get 1 thing and she said " mom don't worry about I already told Santa" then she asked Shaun how many presents Santa gets people. Apparently he believes in Santa because he said 17. Jordan replied "17, WOW THATS A LOT!" i agree with her, and don't know why he would say that but Jordan response ans face was hilarious.
I'm back to babysitting today, luckily i don't really have to leave. we are looking forward to Mike and Wendy coming over to frost sugar cookies and Kailey has asked if we can pretend and act out the nativity scene with Tyty as baby Jesus. I figure why not.
Wendy was excited to be decorating at my house and not hers
Wendy and Preston
Kailey was into putting on sprinkles
We created the Nativity scene with all the kids, some weren't too into it so Wendy was roped into being Joseph. Jordan is the angel in the background. Kailey is Mary and wanted TyTy for baby Jesus. and Preston, Tanner and Emily were the 3 wise men. they all had NO idea what they were doing.
Shaun decided to Shovel some snow... on Mike and Wendy's car.
