Gingerbread Houses!!

Okay...so I know I totally skipped over Thanksgiving and went straight to Christmas, but I just love Christmas so much! For Thanksgiving we went to Talen's grandparents house. We ate way too much, but it was soooo good! I didn't take any pictures, hence no post about it. But we had a good day. Today, we went over to grandma and grandpa Bundy's house to make gingerbread houses. Talen's mom is so great to assemble the houses before we come and spends the whole time making frosting for us.

Hudson really wasn't much help. He just kept shoving candy at me (and eating more than his fair share) then lost interest and went and played with his cousins.
Poor Boston was stuck in the high chair for a lot of the time. He was very happy when we let him out to play too.

Our house.

It took so long to put the 'shingles' on that we didn't really do much else. Hudson requested a snowman (on the left side) and I had the idea to make a tree out of an ice cream cone.

The big kids and all the houses.

The little kids with grandma and grandpa.

Random

So, if anyone has been wondering what we have been up to for the last couple weeks...these pictures will show you. A whole lot of not very much! The boys and I have been pretty bored with Talen being gone. This is Hudson's break-dancing picture:

He yelled at me from the other room and said 'Look mom...LOOK MOM!!' So I came running and he said 'I'm so tricky!' He was very proud of himself!
Boston is definitely still being a momma's boy. Any where I am he is there trying to climb up my leg. He gets mad when I won't pick him up!

The boys have been playing together a lot...but not really. Boston would really like to play with Hudson, but the second Hudson sees Boston coming for him he grabs all of his toys and puts them on the couch so he can't get them. This was a rare moment when they were kind of playing together.

Sadly, this is how much of our nights are spent. By the time we're done with dinner and all cleaned up I am completely worn out, so I'll let Hudson watch a movie on the computer. That is, until he dropped the computer behind the couch...now I can't get a movie to run on it! So, now I have to let him watch on the tv:

As for me, I'm starting on my second book and I plan on finishing a throw that I've been quilting for way too long now. I'm also hoping that I'll be able to completely finish my Christmas shopping!! I'm just hoping the rest of this month will go by quickly...and who knows, maybe we'll get lucky and Talen's hunters will get their deer early. Then he'd be able to come home! I'll keep my fingers crossed but I'm not going to get my hopes up!!

Trick-or-Treat!!

We had a fun Halloween again this year. We got the kids ready to go after their naps and headed to grandma and grandpa Bundy's house to meet up with their cousins to do a little trick-or-treating down Bundy Lane. Hudson had a blast and was ready to go to the next house as soon as he got some candy in his bag from the one he was at.

Hudson was a scarecrow and did really good at keeping his hat on and not touching his face. I told him he couldn't go trick-or-treating if he did...what a mean mom!
Boston was a lion and he hated his hat, so he spent most of the time with out it. I had to snap pictures fast so I could get a couple before he grabbed it and pulled it off.

They look so excited don't they?! They were both so done with pictures before we even started!

All the cousins. Back row: Hudson the scarecrow, Treyson the knight, Bladen the indian, Ashten the renaissance princess (I think?). Front row: Boston the lion, Oaklee Pocahontas, and Traxton the dragon.

After we left the grandparents, we came home and Talen got called out to work (yes...Talen was on call last Halloween too). We were going to take him trick-or-treating a little bit around our neighborhood, but I didn't feel up to taking him and Boston by myself...so the neighborhood thing will have to wait until next year. Hudson had fun anyway answering the door and handing out candy to all the kids.