Sunday, December 7, 2008

holiday cheer!

this week has been so crazy busy. i feel like i haven't even had a moment. so now i finally do and i wanted to document some holiday fun! as i've said i LOVE this time of year, but i'm reminded how quickly this time flys by. it's so fun to see more and more people getting into the holiday spirit and we've been taking drives to find more houses w/ fun lights up and the kids love it! i saw on someone's blog a reminder though that "this is christ's birthday not ours", so it's good to keep things in perspective and to be mindful of our savior at this christmas time.

so i forgot where we lived for a sec and had the kids all bundled up to go get our christmas tree. haha they were sweating bullets like no other so the jackets lasted about 5 minutes before i noticed sweat dripping down savvy's face!

playgroup was at our house this week and i wanted to be a super fun mom and let the kids decorate sugar cookies and it was hilarious to watch these boys try and decorate. carter poured a gallon of frosting on his cookie and sprinkles everywhere (didn't have a bite), gunner put a drop of frosting on his (and had a bite), and sam frosted it and ate it all up! so cute these little boys!

so we were in a fight w/ our tree this week. we bought it on monday and after an hour and a half trying to get it straight we gave up and thought we would have a crappy looking tree this year. but tuesday brought new light and we put books under the tree and now it's sitting pretty! so finally by thursday we put the decor on!


christmas tree 2007


sat night we did a date trade w/ the smiths and the kids were so cute all sitting on the couch watching "shrek the halls" and eating popcorn. they all had such a fun time playing together. it's good to be close to some family living out here :)!

7 comments:

Saunja said...

Cute pictures. It's such a fun time of year!

Kari said...

I love your tree! i love Savvy's jacket too by the way! Super cute and super savvy!

dustin and amy said...

Sounds like such a fun week! Thank you so much for letting Embry come for Play Day. She did not want to leave, a sign she had a great time, you must be a fun mom! The cookies were excellent also, I think I ate three, yikes!

Suman Family said...

cute! i love this time of the year too! there are always so many festive things to do. it makes me happy! thanks for the picture text last night! cute pic.

dana said...

Your tree looks great! Cute little pics of the kids too, and the one from last year. Savvy's hair has grown so much! She's such a cutie.
Enjoy the fun season!

Kelly said...

Hey Rach, Cute tree!! It was fun seeing you with 5 kids @ the christmas party! ;) Im sure it was very fun for you! Haha... Your kids are such cuties! And we are greatfull to have you as our friends! -kelly

Britty said...

i was laughing b/c you said you had the kids all bundled up, but they both had bare legs. funny, even when we think its cold it's still warm here!

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