Your HIRED!

Meet "Mr. and Mrs. Dishwashy"! Britten and Sarah spent over an hour the other day washing the dishes! They had so much fun and I told them they were hired! They then proceeded to clean my whole kitchen floor on their hands and knees with wet rags. It was so cute to watch them play together and wash the dishes! I did not tell them I put them in the dishwasher while they were not looking!

My Man with all the MOVES

This is seriously some of my daily entertainment! I love to watch my kids dance! Check out Britten's mad moves!

My little hair dresser!

This was the inspiration!! Nana and Papa got Sarah this darling hair salon chair with a doll to go with it! Along with the chair comes a comb, brush, rollers and little plastic pretend scissors.

Here is the doll! She is adorable and comes with clothes to change! We opened her up and Sarah said, "Mom I can cut her hair with real scissors because she is my doll!" I then told her no she can't cut the dolls hair with real scissors and can only use the play ones! After we opened the rest of the presents I had a feeling to pick up all the scissors lying around from cutting into the toys. Note: Sarah's cute hair I think it has just grown out from when I had to cut the comb out that Britten got stuck. When dinner time rolled around I was looking for Sarah and found her in the play room with hair all over the place. She had found more scissors at Nana's kids craft desk! Watch the video to see her new do! I called it the Rosie O'Donnell cut which she sported for a few days until I could get her into get a real cut!

Here is an after shot after her hair cut! The gal did a pretty good job for what we came in with! It is really short in the back with an a-line in the front!

It is a good thing Sarah is so cute because she even looked good with her mullet! yeah right!

Christmas FUN!

We spent the holidays in Houston this year and have had such a nice and much needed vacation! Christmas Eve was great - my brother Bill and his wife Nicole came over with their kids!Britten, Caroline and Sarah eating a sugar cookie!Bill and Grandma Jess!Christmas pj's! We started this tradition years ago and I love it! Ian went to bed so early so i was not able to get a pic of all the kids together! Nicole gave me this cute cupcake stand and Sarah was very excited to put it together and leave some treats for Santa and his elves! She set it up all by herself!Britten was so excited to get Big Daddy from Santa!My little Lego man!Sarah with her stocking goods!I love this picture of Sarah in her new dress ups!

My mom has a new dog named Lucy and Sarah just loves her! When we leave and come back home Sarah announces, "Lucy I'm home!" She has been feeding her several treats a day and loves to hold her. Santa brought Sarah a dog in a bag with a leash and Sarah took the leash and put it on Lucy and said, "Now you can't run away!" She also told my mom she could bring Lucy to Utah next time she comes to visit!

Santa brought Sarah a cupcake maker for Christmas! YUM! You actually need a cup of water to wash down the cupcake and the frosting so does not look like the box. go figure...

Ian had a fun time too! I love this age because they are so much more interested in the wrappings than in the actual presents! If only they stayed that way...
Here is Ian Christmas day over at Nana and Papa John's house! He got lot's of presents from his Nana and Papa! We had a yummy dinner with Jeff's parents and a fun filled Christmas night!

Stay tuned for pictures of Sarah's new haircut...

My little DANCER!

Sarah had a dance showcase tonight at her studio. It definitely was the highlight of my busy week! She did such a good job and it was comical to watch! I thought she would get stage fright in front of all the parents but she didn't! I was such a proud mommy tonight!

My COLLECTOR!

Britten always seems to amaze me! I love the way his little brain works! He is always asking me questions and they are ones he has put a lot of thought into. Something that Britten has done since I can remember is collect things. If you come into his room you will find his collection of pirate ships, or coins. He also has a nice collection of transformers. Before Pompa passed away he offered Britten a few boxes that he had some coins in. Britten was in heaven and LOVED the boxes. One sits by his bed with some of his treasures! I love this box because it contains some of his favorite things. And if you happen to take something out or move it somewhere else he will know!

Ian's first time to EAT some grub!

I know these are blurry but I had to capture this cute moment! Jeff likes to change my camera settings on me and then not change them back! I think this was the action/night setting. Anyway, Ian was so happy to finally eat some food! The kids were excited to watch him! It it is so cute how he has little cheerleaders at all of his milestones!

You mean Thanksgiving has come and gone?

We drove down to Arizona for Thanksgiving and had a fun time! Dinner was the best! I wish I had taken pictures of the feast! We got to visit with Jeff's Nana we call Gran-Nana and with Aunts, Uncles and cousins. We also got to visit with Jeff's Grandma Bullock too! It was a long drive but worth it to see family! We went to play mini golf with cousins Porter, Emma, Hunter, Stockton and Emma! The kids had FUN!

hUNTER and sTOCKTON! mini golfing ninjas!

When Britten and Emma got a hole in one they would say, "yeah, I got a HOME RUN!" It was pretty cute!

Here is Britten with his cousin Jack!

Girlie cousins dressing up!! Kate, Sarah, Ellie and Emma!

Having fun!

We visited this old mine town there in Arizona! It used to be a GOLD mine where they found a ton of gold! Britten was in heaven and totally hoping to find some gold!

They had all of these cool old tools and machines they used in the late 1800's early 1900's. It was pretty cool!

Here is an old elevator they would send down in the mine.

An old windmill!

We went on a little train ride and got a good history of the place!

tICKeTs to rIDe!

Ian had a fun time too!

Friday morning while Britten was in school Sarah, Ian and I went to Wallymart to do a little shopping. On the way out of the store I was in a bit of a hurry because Ian was starting to get fussy so Sarah was trailing behind me a little. As I was heading out the door I hear Sarah announce very loudly "I don't have ANY money". I turned around to see her talking to the salvation army coin collector from a distance. I looked at him and he started laughing so hard! It was such a funny moment and I am sure she made his day...