Christmas Cookies and Santa

We did Christmas cookies the other day and let the kids decorate them or at least help, it was lots of fun and is becoming a tradition in our house!

Livvy showing off her pretty cookie!


Me helping Livvy spread the yummy cream cheese frosting!


Okay so Chris wouldn't give me a normal smile so this is what he gets for not smiling nice I'll just post the pictures on the blog!

The kids also got to see Santa at our ward party and I got lucky somehow cause both of my kids love him.


Ryan making sure Santa knows he wants a big Lightening McQueen for Christmas!


Now Livvy looks scared here but that is just cause she knows we are going to make her get off of his lap she kept trying to go back to see him again. She told Santa that she wanted a sucker! (I think we can do that one!)

My Crayon

You Are a Red Crayon

Your world is colored with bright, vivid, wild colors. You have a deep, complex personality - and you are always expressing something about yourself. Bold and dominant, you are a natural leader. You have an energy that is intense... and sometimes overwhelming. Your reaction to everything tends to be strong. You are the master of love-hate relationships. Your color wheel opposite is green. Green people are way too mellow to understand what drives your energy.

What Color Crayon Are You?

I found this on a friends blog and I thought it described me pretty well at least it does today I tend to change day to day!

Holiday Card

So since I only got 20 Christmas Cards this year 98% of you all won't be seeing them (we have a lot of family) So I thought I would post it on here so you could see how cute it turned out! Our scanner is having issues so this isn't the best copy but that is all we have!

Christmas Tree

We decorated our Christmas tree tonight! I love having a real Christmas tree this is only our 2nd one since we have been married! I love the smell it is awesome and it is so big. Now I just hope the kids don't ruin it we have had the mantra going all week long, "we don't touch Christmas trees we just look at them" and then I let them decorate there by killing my no touching the tree rule!

Ryan and Olivia helping decorate!


Ryan and Olivia in front of the finished tree!


Mom helping Livvy put on the first ornament!


Dad helping Ryan put the Angel on the top!
So there you have it our pretty tree. We did go buy it this year as Chris ended up sick one of the days we were supposed to go get one and working to make up for the sick day the other day! We could have waited until this weekend but there is no snow so we couldn't even make a sledding day out of it so we just went to Lowes, and really I don't think they grow them like this out in the wild it is so pretty!

Stitches for Livvy

Well we have had our first experience with stitches (crazily enough Ryan hasn't ever needed them) We have a ward play group up at the church building in the nursery and Olivia walked into a table and split open her eye. It was one of those that may or may not have needed stitches but the Doc said that it would heal faster and leave a smaller scar so I decided to do them. The girls at the church let me leave Ryan with them and so I just took Livvy to our pediatrician and he stitched her up the worst part was he didn't want to give her a shot to numb her for only 2 stitches so I had to hold a cotton swab on her cut for 20 min to numb it up a little and she screamed and fought the whole time. To do the actual stitches they wrapped her up in a sheet so she couldn't move and a nurse held her head while I held her body but she actually did really well for that part and even told her doctor thank you when he was done it was super cute! And our Pediatrician's office does stitches so we didn't have to go to the ER thank goodness! Here are some pictures of her "boo boo" as she calls it!

as you can see it looks like she may have already pulled it out a little! Now all I have to do is keep her from walking into stuff for a little while (she is a little bit of a klutz!) just too much else going on to possibly pay attention to where she is walking!

Cheap Christmas Cards

So I got an email the other day with this offer from snapfish:
Get your first set of 20 4" x 8" photo cards for just 20¢ -- that's only a penny each! Choose from over 100 holiday designs that are completely customizable.Just use coupon CARD08 at checkout to save big on your season's greetings. Hurry, this offer ends November 23!*
just go to snapfish.com
I have used them for photos before and they are really great anyways if your like me and don't send out more than a few cards this is a great buy. And since I have finally found my camera (okay so Chris found it) I can take a cute picture of the kids and make some super cute cars! Unfortunately since my camera was gone for a month and a half now I can't find the transfer cord which is completely typical, but we will figure something out and soon I will stop posting boring pictureless posts and get new pics up!
PS Our current tenants are moving out Dec.1 so we need to new tenants so if anyone knows someone that is looking for a place in this area we have an awesome 2 bedroom apt. it is $575 a month and that includes all the utilities and it is a really big apt!