Merry Christmas!!

We had a Fabulous Christmas! I just hate that is flies by so quickly. Months of shopping, all the anticipation and excitement, and it’s all over in the blink of an eye. On Christmas Eve we always get new jammies. This year we got slippers too!

Gavin got Camo jammies with a dinosaur on the front and moose slippers. Me and the girls all got pink jammies with monkeys on them and the girls got monkey slippers. Dallas did not want any more jammies because he never wears them so he got a movie instead.

It looks like Santa found us!

We also woke up to one last surprise from our friend Mr. Elfman. He was gone- he went back to the North Pole with Santa but he got into the sugar bowl and left a “snow angel” on the kitchen table.

Yay!! Chapstick!!

Avery got chapstick-of course, her drinking baby, a new comforter for her bed, a plasma car, a v-tech computer, play dough, and a bunch of other little things.. Unfortunately, Santa couldn’t find a candy spider.. Luckily she forgot about it once she saw her chapstick!

She would have been happy with just the chapstick. She ended up with 31 total.

Here’s Gavin with most of his things. He had taken some into his room so they didn’t make it into the picture. He got an mp3 player, a gift card for music downloads, a banana chair (he is sitting in it so you can’t really see it), a pogo stick, a sled, the skylander wii game and lots of characters to add to the game from Grandma Sill, 2 webkinz, a nerf gun, a little guitar, and bunch of other little things. He was pretty happy except for when he opened the pogo stick. It was in a long white box and was heavy so he instantly thought it was a gun.. Out came a pogo stick and he didn’t even know what it was or what to do with it so he was a little disappointed. He got over it pretty quick though!

Mackenzie got a new comforter for her bed, a sock monkey, a Barnes and Noble nook, and a rock board scooter. It’s a pretty neat little thing. I didn’t get any good pictures of it so I will have to remember to take one later. Plus she got also got 2 webkinz, art stuff, and a bunch of other little things.

The kids all got towels from Grandma Anderson. Avery loved hers!

I even got spoiled this year! I got a Kindle Fire and some cooking stuff. I got the new pans from Dallas’s company Christmas party. They had an auction fundraiser and I got the pans there. I LOVE my kindle. I have already almost finished a book! 

For once, I was even able to surprise Dallas. He had bought himself a new backpack for hunting and I told him that was his Christmas. Every time I have bought Dallas something, he has snooped and found it. He didn’t snoop this year and he was pretty surprised when he opened up his new Vizio VTAB. He has been pretty happy with it. These little electronics sure are entertaining!

The day after Christmas, we took the kids sledding. It was pretty fun. The kids keep begging to go back!

They had several wipe-outs but I didn’t get any pictures of them. Gavin went flying into the air at one point- It was hilarious!

Avery loved it till Dallas took her down the big hill and she got covered in snow. She wanted to go home after that.

If you want a good workout, go sledding and pull a 3 year old up the slippery hill a couple times!

Time to go home!

Happy Christmas Eve!!!

Christmas Eve is here! The kids are so excited and can’t wait for Santa to come!

Mackenzie and Gavin both had Christmas programs for their school. We went to Gavin’s but were asked not to take any pictures using a flash. At least we got it recorded with the camcorder! He did a great job and looked adorable! Mackenzie was so funny. I had her hair all done up and at the last minute she had a total meltdown because she said with the santa hat on, she would look like a boy. So after 30 minutes of crying and fighting, we took her hair down and brushed it out. And she was happy!

We had the Anderson Christmas party last weekend. We had lots of good food and fun games.The kids always have so much fun together! It was a great day- until Avery spilled bright blue fingernail polish on Mark and Sherin’s carpet that is…

We went to Layton yesterday and had a little Christmas party with Dallas’s family and the kids got spoiled rotten as usual. Avery came home with 13 chapsticks and Santa hasn’t even come yet! She also got a bunch of art stuff, a cute hat, and a little bowling game. Gavin came home with a movie, a little guitr, a firetruck, a nerf gun, and some skylander video-game accessories. Mackenzie came home with a ton of art stuff, a cookie/cupcake maker, some bath stuff, and a very cute pillow. It was good to be able to see everyone!

We have had a room-mate for the month of December. Meet Fred Barry Elfman.. He is one of Santa’s elves. Santa sent him to stay here to help remind the kids to be good. His job is to watch the kids and report back to Santa. I need to have a talk with Santa though because he sent us a naughty elf! I think he must be really excited for Christmas because at first, he did a good job of just hiding in different spots in the house and watching the kids. But- the last week he has been causing all sorts of mischief.  

He made himself a ladder and painted a Christmas tree on the wall in my living room, He made snowmen out of marshmallows, and today when we woke up we saw that he had toilet-papered the kitchen and had gotten stuck in a roll of toilet paper. I will be glad when he goes back to the North Pole!

The kids did see santa the other night and I had taken my camera to take some pictures but my battery was at home in the charger so the camera didn’t do me any good! Avery has been asking for the same thing for months and has not changed her mind once. She wants chapstick, a candy spider (WHAT??) and a drinking baby… Mackenzie wants a kindle, a sock monkey, and a webkinz. For a long time, Gavin didn’t ask for anything. He didn’t know what he wanted. The last few days though, he has asked for a dsi, a new ipod, an x-box 360, and the skylander game.. hmmm… I guess we will have to see what comes!

It’s almost here!

Christmas is almost here and I still have pictures I have not posted from summer. It’s just too hard to find the time to do all of the things I want to do. my goal for the holidays this year, is to get caught up on the kids’ scrapbooks. I am so far behind! I also need to get my blog all caught up so I can get it printed!  Here are a few pictures from when we went to the zoo a few months ago.. Looking at these makes me miss the warm weather!

and here are some pictures from the girls’ Christmas dance performance- which was also Avery’s very first experience of being on stage. She was so excited. Mostly just because she had been dying to wear her costume! She looked adorable in her little pink tutu (especially when paired with her boots lol!).Avery danced with her teddy bear and Mackenzie actually smiled a little bit while on stage- first time ever! She usually looks like she is bored to death while dancing.She was so proud of herself!Avery and her friend Camryn. Cam did not want her picture taken!

Mackenzie and her best friend Jaydee.

The kids got an early Christmas surprise this year… His name is Chester and he is a Welsh Corgi. Dallas has wanted one forever and I finally caved. 2 weeks later, and I am already regretting it though. I guess I had forgotten how big of a pain puppies are. The kids love him though and Tucker- Dallas’s other dog- is thrilled to have a friend.

From old to new!

After Avery broke the glass in my coffee table, I didn’t know what to do with it! I priced a new piece of glass but I didn’t want to spend over $200 on a piece of glass that would probably just get broken again so I came up with another idea!

I turned it into an ottoman! I cut a piece of plywood and put it in where the glass went, then I covered it in several layers of batting (6 I believe).

I then had Dallas cut about 3 inches off the legs, then covered it in a leather-like fabric.

Finally, I covered some buttons in the fabric and put the buttons in and voila! Our old coffee table is now a new ottoman!