Christmas Eve

I love Christmas Eve at my Grandma's! There is no place I would rather be. We do many of the same things each year, but that's ok with me and probably why I love it so much.

Although there was some fighting going on this year. (Just for fun though). My Grandpa was a boxer and we got out his old gloves and had some fun.

Kylee and her famous funny face.

We played Pictionary this year for prizes instead of bingo, and it was fun. Although I kind of missed BINGO. Cannon and Kylee liked drawing though.

Of course we sang lots and lots of songs. Man I love my Grandma.

It's always a great Christmas Eve when we get to spend it with Grandma Hebdon.

We also did the 12 days of Christmas like always and here was our own
version.

1. A Fender Bender on Christmas Eve (Cody and Shantell-she rear ended someone on her way to pick up Cody)
2. 2 probable spouses (Donny and Emilee - both seriously involved with 2 great people)
3. 3 pounds gained (Taylor and Holly)
4. 4 months of Scrooge (Terrell and Katie - both were in Scrooge this year)
5. 5 soccer teams (Brecken, Darla, and Cooper)
6. 6 bottles of pain pills (Curtis and I ---Curtis broke his foot and we all know I have had many a bottle of pain pills this year)
7. 7 boyfriends calling (Spence and Shannon)
8. 8 missed hours of sleep (Heidi and Olivia)
9. 9 dollars left (Mom and Grandma)
10. 10 sore fingers (My dad ---he had played guitar so much that day his fingers were sore)
11. 11 (dang I can't remember this one already. I should have wrote it down. It was Joy and Sophie)
12. I can't remember either. My brain is retarded. Hopefully someone will remember and I can add them later.

It was a great Christmas EVE!

Annoying or Adorable...You Decide

Kylee got this doll from G&G Cosper on Sunday that she LOVES. She's always been my little cheerleader and I think it might be in her blood to grow up cheering. I'll admit, I smile every time I hear these cute little cheers (that she's already memorized after a day) coming out her mouth. Although, they easily get stuck in your head and after hearing them 20 times in a row...can start to get maybe just the slightest annoying. I'll let you decide though...ANNOYING OR ADORABLE?

Hair Cut

Thanks to some kind of horrible sticky candy and a mom who was sick of fighting to brush Kylee's hair every night...Kylee got her first MAJOR hair cut today. I kept telling myself we would cut it next summer, but we both had a break down trying to get it fixed this morning and I decided to get it cut ASAP.

Here's a picture showing how long it was before...about mid-back

(although when it's wet it would go down to her bum)

and here's a picture of after the cut.

(barely below the shoulder)
She got about 6 inches or so cut off, which isn't all that much, but it sure does make a difference. I was so worried about her losing her curl, and it's getting more lose it seems, but there is still lots of curl left and she is still as cute as ever.
What a goof.

She seems to have grown-up instantly or something. I know it's sounds weird but it just makes her look so different to me. It makes me a little sentimental because she is getting too big too fast and I feel like I'm missing it all.

Dang I love that cute little face. I hope she knows how much I love her!

Family Christmas Party

Family Night before Christmas (or usually the Sunday before) is always spent with my family having a Christmas party. We sing songs, eat delicious food, and exchange gifts. It is guaranteed to be a great time.

My kids sure have an awesome Grandpa. They both love him so darn much, and he is VERY fond of them.

Grandpa's are the BEST!!!

My mom is the BEST cook!!!

Mom doing what she does best.

I told Kylee to smile pretty for me so I could get a cute picture with the tree in the background and this is the face she gave me. What a stink!

She did smile when I told her to show me her present for Aunt Em. She was SO happy she got her name in the drawing and wrapped her present all by herself. She was so proud of it. She also picked out the present all by herself. She is go darn cute and I can't believe how big and grown up she is.

Trying to get a picture with Cannon. He was not cooperating either.

HA HA! What an awesome picture.

Tonya and Daniel.

We are glad they could come home for the holidays.

Cody and Shantell "snuggling" much to Mom's dismay.

Singing songs. Cannon danced and clapped and sang along. SO CUTE!

Sabrina enjoyed the music and fun too!

Cannon loved helping Grandpa strum the guitar.

I hope he gets some of Grandpa's musical talent!

Watching Sabrina open her present. My kids were so excited for each present to be opened. They were well behaved and so fun. What a great present to me. :)

Cannon was so happy to get some new SHOES and a Cookie Monster doll. He slept with the doll last night. So cute. Uncle Jon spoiled him.

And Uncle Travis made Kylee SO happy!

She got her own "cedar chest" (at least that's what she calls it) full of Princess dress-up clothes. She seriously is in love with them.

Bailey got what he deserved.

And so did Gabby.

This picture is SO cute to me. Kylee is telling Aunt Em that she wrapped the present ALL BY HERSELF and that she picked the present out ALL BY HERSELF. While we were shopping some of Kylee's ideas for presents for Emilee were:

A Big Girl Bike

A Barbie Jeep

A Princess Keyboard (toy with princesses on it)

A Skateboard for her and Jon

I had convinced her to just get Em a gift card because I thought that would be the best and we were walking towards the front to check out when she noticed this display of pajama pants. There was a bright pink pair with Tinkerbell on them. (Emmy loves Tinkerbell) Kylee SHOUTED and literally was so excited about them and really wanted to get them for aunt Em. It was so cute and precious. I had to let her get them and Em loved them.

Kylee didn't wait to try her present out.

Here she is as Cinderella (her favorite).

And here's Sleeping Beauty...

And here's Snow White.

My mom got a gorgeous afghan from my sister Tonya.

It's the American Flag and it is awesome.

Cannon thought it was so great. He even tried to convince Grandma it was his.

My parents gave me this gorgeous piano book with awesome LDS Songs Children love and these wonderful pictures with them. This is "I Hope They Call me on a Mission." It's really awesome and I love it.

I LOVE MY FAMILY! I am SO thankful for them!

Christmas in Boise

My kids are SO lucky. They actually got 2 Christmas Days this year. Since we couldn't make it up to Boise to celebrate with the Cosper's on Christmas, we went up the weekend before and got to have a lot of fun with family. I wish these sweet cousins lived closer and that we got to see them more. Kylee and Cannon both have SO much fun when they are with their Boise cousins.

These 2 always make me smile.

They have loved each other from the start.

Holding hands on our walk to pick the older kids up from school.

Waiting for the kids to get out of school

(so cute..Camdyn's arm around Kylee)

More holding hands and fun on the walk home.

Reading with cousins...

Being silly with cousins...

making popcorn with cousins...
(look at Cannon's face. He thought the popcorn popper was so awesome)

Watching a movie with cousins...

playing computer games with cousins...

coloring with cousins...

opening presents on "Christmas" day.

Grandma and Grandpa Cosper spoiled both Kylee and Cannon. I'm so thankful too, since I can't spoil my kids nearly as much as I wish I could. :) The kids had so much fun in Boise and I wish we could have stayed longer.

I had the chance to visit a dear friend from High School while in Boise as well as attend my sweet cousins baby shower.

Check out this awesome cake. It was delicious too.

Along with the yummy food and desert. It was such a fun shower.

SO FUN!!!

(Me, Heather-mom-to-be, Grandma H, Nikki, Tab, and Leslee. Tab's M-I-L is in the back and I don't know her name.)

The trip was a lot of fun, except for the very last few minutes of it. As Curtis was loading up the truck he tripped on a toy and fell down the stairs. Ended up going to the ER in Meridian and having X-Rays and a cast put on his ankle. He of course can't work for at least 2-3 weeks...unpaid leave. Not a very fun Christmas present. It could have been worse though and we made it home safe despite some really thick fog. So we are counting our blessings and are thankful.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

LET IT SNOW!

It has been a great winter here in Utah. This past week has been nothing but snow storm after snow storm. I'll admit it's getting a little tiring shoveling and trying to keep my little Honda on the road, but for the most part I LOVE IT. And my kids love it too. They always want to go out and play in the snow.

Kylee LOVES to make snow angels.

And she is getting really good at it too.

I know the picture is a little hard to see, but here's my little angel's snow angel.

He has such a cute face. He had to borrow a hat and I hope Santa can find him some gloves and a hat of his own. Poor little guy always just has to take whatever hand-me-downs I can find for him. Most of the time it's sister's old hat and it's pink and girly. :) He doesn't seem to mind though, bless his sweet little heart.

Kylee was "following in Cannon's footsteps."

They thought it was so fun to have our footprints in the snow.

I am grateful for a nice big back yard for my kids to play in.
Trying to get one of the both of them.
Not too successful.

Me and my buddy!

As you can tell the walkway had been shoveled once before. Sadly it was just maybe 4 or 5 hours earlier. We have really been dumped on good this weekend, but it wouldn't be as fun without all the snow. Besides, other than going to work and my mom's (which are both only 7 miles from my house) , we really have no other place to go, so like the song says...

LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW!