Road trip to San Diego

This year we finally made it down to San Diego for the Holidays. 

Christmas was wonderful. 

We stayed with my In laws. They are the best hostesses EVER! 

Dinner time at the Everett home is something special. Every and I mean EVERY night the table was set perfectly followed by a delicious home cooked meal. 

It was so beautiful. 

Its these little things that really get me and I love it. 

I don't think my MIL realizes how much I have learned from her while being there. 

The boys were so good on the road and we never hit traffic so that was a sweet deal.

Basically we decided that we were not going to find reasons to be stressed out. 

We counted our blessings ( one which is getting to spend time with family in San Diego)

and made the decision to be happy! 

It made all the difference on our vacation. especially when Will was at his poor little worst. 

Team work, people. team work. 

that is the recipe for a happy marriage and a great vacation to San Diego. HA HA.

i'm kidding. kind of. 

New Years was super low key this year. mainly because Will had a fever the night before and Sam was not feeling good new years eve. I went to bed around 11pm and Kent stayed up with his brother playing video games.

                                                                           20lbs

Why do they have to grow up so fast?

Please stay like this forever!

Tummy time is not that bad anymore.

He is getting better at lifting him self up. 

He doesn't fit in his little bath tub so we give him baths in the kitchen sink 

or with his brother in the bath.

12 to 18 month is what he is wearing

his hair is always bananas, especially in the morning.

He can pick things up and they immediately go in the mouth.

he drools so much and has a little tooth coming in. 

He tried banana today. 

he loved it. 

Of course he did. 

He loves to hear himself

He talks/sings all the time.

socks and shoes are usually kicked off after 5 seconds of being put on.

I don't know what I insist. 

He wears same size diaper (4) as his big brother. 

He doesn't fit in his swing and I predict that he will need a new carseat by 1 yrs old.

He is always happy and content.

WHO WANTS TO GO WITH ME?!

FHE in December

WEEK 2: SYMBOLS OF CHRISTMAS


LESSON:
               ADULTS: GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS
                                 FOLLOWING CHRIST AT CHRISTMAS TIME

              CHILDREN: TALK ABOUT THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS

SONG: HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
             PICTURE A CHRISTMAS


ACTIVITY: SCAVENGER HUNT AROUND THE HOUSE.
                   
                      made this felt christmas tree for Will and hid the ornaments around the house. as we  found each ornament, we talked about what each thing means.

William loved this.

PS: this felt tree was super easy to make.



A friend of mine shared a little story about Santa telling a father to teach his children the true meaning of Christmas.
Ex: The star represents the sign given to all mean that Christ was born.....


TREAT: Leftover yogurt pie with whipped cream

Wekend highlights

Spent the day with my boys at home while Kent was at work. 

Later that night we went over to our Wards Christmas party. 

Kent joined us there after work.

 Will was so excited to see the primary kids go up on the stage that he 

decided he wanted to join in on the fun. 

He immediately ran up to the mic but then saw that he needed to stand with the rest of the kids. 

he loved being on stage even though he didn't know the song.

I felt so proud of my little guy. 

Since we don't get to spend much time with Kent these days, we left the party early and went out to Target for some popcorn and icee. 

He was happy as a clam.

I asked Will to smile.
This is what I got...

I love this kid. 

Ramblings from a poor film wife

I had the hardest time coming up with a title for this post.  

I'm having a hard time doing a lot of things this week. 

The house is a mess. 

Toys are in every little nock and cranny.

one thing is certain. 

both boys are feed, dressed, bathed, and given attention. 

AND that to me is a huge accomplishment. 

Kent is working on a huge and I mean HUGE project for the church.

He is on day 14 of work with no days off. 

The last time he had a day off was Nov. 24th.

He comes home extremely tired.

Both boys are usually in bed by the time he comes home. 

I really hope he stays health through this because he will not have a day off till this project is over.

Its 11:08am right now. 

We ( the boys and I) are in our pajamas still.

Will is still working on eating his breakfast and is watching a 1965 Godzilla movie.

He is sucked in.

He loves watching classic sci fi films.

Sam is laying on the floor, happy as a clam. 

He doesn't need much.

I am as you can tell writing a post avoiding the loads of laundry thats sitting on my bed.

Sitting here contemplating whether I should pack the kids in the stroller and walk the 4 miles it takes to Kents work and pick up the car.

you see, we have to get somethings fix on the car before the snow hits AND before our much anticipated trip to paradise. 

Lets hope it stays nice and warm today. 

a little trip to the park is much needed around here. 

I know, I know. very cheesy. But thats me!