Wishing you...

...and a very, merry Christmas!!

Gingerbread Houses '09

Once again, we decorated gingerbread houses. Hudson was a little bit more into it this year, he helped put the skittles on the house. Other than that, the boys pretty much just wanted to eat all the candy. Boston kept stealing things off of other people's houses:)

Here is Hudson putting on the Skittle's. I am surpriesed that he used more than just the green ones.
Our finished house. Talen made the fence out front.

All of us with our house:)

I really like this tradition in our family. It seems kind of hectic at the time, but I think it will be even more fun as the kids get older and are able to do most of the work themselves.

Welcome Home Unlce Bull!

Talen's brother, Trumbull, has been serving a mission for the last two years in Argentina. Yesterday, he finally came home!!

We were all at the airport a little early and the kids were so excited. They loved seeing all the airplanes and running around with their signs.
They kept waiting and watching the sky for 'Uncle Bull's' plane to fly in.

Coming in from the airplane.

There was quite the large group there waiting to mob him the second he walked through the doors!

He still looks pretty much the same to me:)

We've been prepping the boys for quite a while now...but I was a little unsure of how they would react to him. Hudson ran right up to him and gave him a big hug...he says that he remembered who he was.

I was even more worried about how Boston would react. But, when we woke up that morning to him saying "Uncle Bull, Uncle Bull" over and over in his crib, I wasn't quite as worried. He also went right up to him and gave him a big hug.

The kids with their signs, waiting to leave the airport.

Trumbull with all of his neices and nephews. As Ashten would say...Holy Moly too many kids!!

WELCOME HOME TRUMBULL!! WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK HOME!!!

I'm a Worker!!

One morning while I was getting ready for the day, Hudson came into the bathroon and told me, "Look mom...I'm a worker man!" He'd put on all of Talen's work clothes that he hadn't worn to work that day. He sure loves his dad, and always wants to be doing just what dad is doing.

The 1st Snow of the Season

It wasn't much, but the kids were sure excited to see it!

I'm just glad it happened on a day Talen was home so he could go out with them...it was much too cold for me:)

Hudson's 1st Visit to the Dentist

Hudson finally had his very first visit to the dentist office. At first I didn't think it was going to go very well. You can see by the first picture that he wasn't too thrilled.

But, the dental assistant, Ashley, was so great with him and she got him to open right up. He was excited to learn that he has 20 teeth and that he is not supposed to let dad use his tools on his teeth:)

I'd have to say the highlight of his visit was the new green toothbrush and green bouncy ball he got to take home. He also loved going to see grandma at her work! I'm glad he had a good experience for his first time...I'm hoping that he won't have to have too many visits! I'm crossing my fingers that he gets Talen's teeth and not mine:)

Family Pictures

Back in November, Talen's aunt Margie took some family pictures for us...and I think that they turned out great. There are some I put over on the right side of the page...the rest of these are just others I liked or funny ones. Enjoy!

I Need Addresses!

I know that I haven't been the best at posting for the last couple of months, but I promise there will be more posts to come.

But for now...I am getting my Christmas cards ready to send out, and if you haven't gotten a card from us in the past but would like to get one this year, I NEED YOUR ADDRESS!

I do need to say that our cards this year are very cute...Talen's Aunt Margie took our family pictures last month and they turned out so good! She always does a really great job. I will get our family pictures on here at some point...I promise:)