Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas this year and we were so grateful to be here to celebrate with our families! Last year we weren't able to come home for Thanksgiving or Christmas due to Bridger's medical condition so it was extra nice to be able to be here. Christmas Eve we spent the evening with Russell's family. Christmas we just stayed home and enjoyed our time together playing with all the fun things the boys got. Friday we had my family party in the afternoon and one with my extended family, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc on Friday night. There are so many pictures so I just put them in a slideshow. Enjoy!

Christmas Candy Making Day!

Every year we get together with my mom, sister, and sister in law and make candy plates for neighbors. We make dipped pretzels, caramels, sugar cookies, chocolate dipped gummy bears (my favorite!), chocolate dipped cinnamon Santas, peanut butter cups, you name it, we probably made it!! This is the first time in at least 5 years that I was able to be there and it was so much fun! The kids love to help and are getting old enough that it is fun for them, but I'm sure they ate more then they made! But so did I, so o'well! Bridger and Addison also loved to empty out the cupboards and the older kids had to take a break after a while and go outside to do some sledding.
*Disclaimer* A lot of the pictures have the children licking there fingers and eating while they were making the candy and to the best of our knowledge we made them wash their hands every time we saw them = )!!!

Why we didn't decorate our Christmas tree!!

I'm finally trying to get caught up on our blog so i will be posting all of our Christmas pictures. These pictures are of Bridger knocking down our Christmas tree! It happened a number of times so I was really glad that we don't have many decorations and that I didn't put them all on there! I was in the kitchen making dinner when I heard Bridger crying in the living room. I went in there and this is what I saw.....

Random Pictures

I just had to post a few pictures of the boys. I usually try and get up and get showered and ready before the boys wake up and I sometimes don't make it since they wake up between 6:00 and 6:30, but Braxton is so excited to see Bridger in the mornings that he likes to climb in the crib and play with him while I finish getting ready... This particular morning Braxton had my MP3 Player and they were sitting in there listening to music!! It was so cute I had to take some pictures. The other pictures are of Bridger and this is how I found him taking his nap this afternoon. He was sitting up in the corner of his crib sound asleep so I had to take some pictures. Isn't he so sweet! I love spending my days with them! He also likes to empty drawers out and sit in them.. One of these days I'm hoping to post a video of him walking but he's not quite there yet. He is getting close and will take about 3 to 5 steps at a time so I think it will be soon! Oh and just so you know half the pictures are of Bridger without pants, because he's to skinny and they are to big in the waist and he crawls right out of them so I decided that unless we are going somehwere he will be pantless until he starts walking!!! It gets to be a pain putting them on a million times a day!!!!

LIA SOPHIA AND SCENTSY PARTY

Hey Everyone! I just wanted to let you know that my sister and I are doing an open house this weekend on December 6th for Lia Sophia Jewelry and Scentsy... If anyone is interested check out www.liasophia.com and www.scentsy.com/tenellet and let me know if there is anything you would like to order. The special for Lia Sophia is buy two items and get 4 half off and if you buy all six she will give you an additional $15.00 off. The two full priced items can be the cheapest and the 4 half price items can be the most expensive. This is a great time to get awesome jewelry at a great price! I will also have most of the Scentsy stuff in stock so get it in time for Christmas! If you live in this area and want to come to the open house leave me a comment and I will get back to you with the address! Thanks and Happy Holidays!!

I'M GOING TO BE AN AUNT AGAIN!!!

I just had to share the exciting news!!! My brother and his wife are expecting again! She is so good at keeping secrets and is already 20 weeks along, so she is due the end of March!! They don't find out what they are having so it will be a surprise to all of us! They have a 9 year old and a 6 year old, both girls. I am so excited that we are going to be close to them when the little one arrives!!! YAY!!!!!!

LIVING IN IDAHO...."GOING RIDING WITH DAD"

So the last two Saturdays I haven't seen Braxton or Russell for most of the day. Since we are living in Idaho, Russell's brothers go riding every weekend and Russell and Braxton have been going with them and loving it. Russell's brothers have these side by side machines called Razor's and Rhinos and they have been going to the mountains while the weather has been nice. It's all braxton talks about and Russell and his brothers are amazed that Braxton isn't scared... Apparently it is a good thing that I am not there... Every time they get home Braxton comes running in saying "Mom we went really fast and we went up some really big mountains!!! It scares me, but he is enjoying having his dad around to do things with, so its good for them, plus it gives me a much needed break!!! I only have two pictures of them before they left, but I thought they were so funny. Braxton had to wear his hat backward's like his dad!!