I will never ask Brian to give the boys a haircut...

Because if I do, he might follow what his cousin Aaron did to his kids.

Please see the video over on his blog... watch it until the end for his dear wife's reaction. Seriously worth it. (So sorry Catey! They're still adorable! It's just a little, you know... SHOCKING!)

Sometimes they just don't get along.

These are the signs I found on my children's bedroom doors the other day.

This is on Madison's door:



And this on Jordan's:


NICE.

A bit late, but here's our New Years Eve for 2008!

We had so much fun on New Years Eve with just our family. :)

We spent the evening playing Monopoly for the first time with Taylor and Jordan while Madison and Reagan watched "Snow White" over and over and over and over again.

After about 4.5 hours of the game (which actually was pretty fun and didn't drag on as much as I feared...) it was almost midnight and we bundled up to go outside and light sparklers. (Thanks to Heather for giving us theirs! It was totally fun!)

Reagan LOVED the sparklers.

Madison didn't want to do sparklers. We convinced her to hold one so we could take a group photo and one with just her. She's not a fan, but smiled for the camera anyway.

Jordan, Reagan and Brian

Brian and Taylor

This was the first New Years Eve that the kids have stayed up until midnight. We turned on the TV and watched the ball drop in Times Square. The kids enjoyed it, but were trying hard not to fall asleep.

Happy New Year! We're excited for all of 2009!

Our Christmas

Oh we were so looking forward to Christmas! Reagan has been wandering around for MONTHS talking about "presents". Seriously, I didn't think we would get her to sleep the night before! Turns out, she was the last one up! No harm - she needed the rest!

Our Christmas begins with dinner at my parents on Christmas Eve. All the kids are given their one present to open:


New PJ's of course!

Taylor enjoyed his "Dear Santa, I was FRAMED" pajama tops.


While Jordan enjoyed his "It's all fun and games until Santa finds out"... which is actually quite fitting for this little guy... *winks*


Madison had her little light up Rudolph PJ's. (And she does a little dance pose for me to take a photo...)



And we found Wall-E Christmas PJ's that light up for Reagan. She has a strange obsession with Wall-E and Eve-a. (Cute, but sometimes annoying. *winks*)


All the kids gather round the tree for a photo...


...and Reagan starts doing THIS:


So they all join in. Typical, so we found it fitting.

Especially Taylor. Gosh... He DOES look more and more like his Dad every day... *tee-hee*

We take the trip back home to spread our Reindeer food outside and hunker down for the night.




And despite everything that's gone on in this house over the last year? SANTA CAME.


He even left his BAG at our place. He must like the leg lamp.


But what we found in place of Taylor and Jordan's stockings ended up being SHOCKING. The stockings were hung, but replaced with two tiny little bags of coal. This could mean that they were only a *little* naughty.

That sneaky Santa was tricking them and hid their stockings in the Christmas Tree. *phew!*


He ate his cookies before leaving.

And the kids were excited to just dive right on in to gift opening!



This is Taylor's expression after every gift he opened.

Early in the morning, Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie and our friend Paul came over. Christmas doesn't feel right if you're not watching kids rip into gifts, right?



Madison opens the Rose Petal Cottage from Grandma and Grandpa:

And falls in LOVE.



Taylor is so excited for all his gifts he jumps IN the Santa bag.



And after all the madness, this is what I'm left with.

Family arrives a bit later for the traditional Christmas Breakfast at our home. Brian does a wonderful job of this and both families pitch in to help. Hash browns, eggs, sausage, bacon, Belgium waffles with syrup or strawberries and whipped cream, raspberry cream cheese crumb cake, biscuits and gravy... If anyone leaves here hungry? It's their fault.

Our Christmas was lovely and hope yours was too!

Happy New Year! :)

We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

From our family to yours: A Very Merry Christmas! Thank you for being such great friends and family! We *heart* you all to pieces! :)

Madison (age 4), Taylor (age 9) Reagan (age 2) Jordan (age 7) Leg Lamp (spending it's 2nd Christmas next to our tree.)

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas at Madison's Preschool!

Madison was excited to wear "Christmas Pajamas" to school yesterday. They were having their "night before Christmas" party, complete with pj's and hot chocolate. So, we made some special Christmas pajamas for her to wear:


And we decided that she needed a warm, festive Christmas robe as well!:



They had a little performance that parents were invited to. I told Brian about it, but since it was before he got off work we weren't expecting him. She was ready to sing and so patient sitting with her class waiting for all the parents to arrive:

When she saw her dad, her face was PRICELESS! (And I'll be sure to add the photos as soon as blogger stops having a brat attack!!!)



She sang the songs so cute and had so much fun.




This is Madison with her "BFF" Bailey. She says that she and Bailey will be best friends forever and ever and ever. Awww...


Madison wishes Ms. Janice a Merry Christmas


And then wishes Ms. Lori the same. Lori will be attending the Sugar Bowl as her son plays for the U of U. (GO UTES!!!!) I love that she wears something with a "U" on it every Thursday and that the Christmas party was no exception.


One short, cute little song that the kids sang for the program. :)