CHRISTMAS!!! 2012

We exchanged gifts with my siblings a few days before Christmas. We had a nice ham dinner and then opened gifts from each other and then watched a nativity movie. It got us in the spirit of Christmas.

 

Christmas Eve

 

We headed over to Grandpa Brent and Grandma Kristi's house for the day.

The boys went sledding. 

 So much fun in the snow!

 

 

 Link

 Corgin

 Eisley slept while the boys enjoyed the snow.

 

We had another delicious ham dinner and played some fun games. Then...

 

Time to open some presents!

 Corgin

Eisley (yes, Clint is sporting a Holiday mustache)

 Link

 Here they are in their new Christmas jammies.

 Family pic (I shaved my Holiday mustache)

 Eisley in her new hat

 Link in his new hat.

 Corgin in his new hat.

 The kids got a fun new sled!

 Link got hungry hippos.

 Corgin got perfection.

 They also got some more cool hats that Aunt Janelle made.

 

Christmas Day

 

 Santa found our house again this year. Corgin was so excited and so sweet. When he saw what Santa left him he put his arms around Clint's leg and said "He brought me just what I asked for!" Link was excited too and he went right for his present.

 Corgin going through his stocking.

 Link going through his stocking.

 Opening presents.

 

After we got through with Christmas stuff at our house, we headed to Grandpa Dewey and Grandma Merri's house. And then opened more presents.

 

 

 

 Corgin got a remote control car.

 Link got a guitar.

 They both got another fun sled.

 

 Corgin showed Eisley her gift.

 She's a happy girl!

 Silly Link.

 Goofy Corgin.

 Grandpa hooked their sled to the four wheeler and pulled them around the yard.

They had a lot of fun.

 

This Christmas was one of the best ones yet! So much fun and we enjoyed all the time with family and all the festivities!!! Merry Christmas!

There's something in the air!!! Christmas is almost here!

We are busy preparing for Christmas around here.

 

 We let the boys decorate and put a tree in their room. They loved it!

 Corgin told me I had to take a picture of our tree too.

 One night, for family home evening, we popped popcorn, made Kool-Aid, and then loaded up in the car and went in search of Christmas lights. We saw a lot, but the boys favorite was our neighbor just two houses down who had an FM transmitter and had his lights set to go with music he played. The boys kept asking to see the dancing lights every night after that.

We also got a little crafty for Christmas gifts. Clint made this shadow box and we painted it and put an old window we painted to match on it.

 We also took on this big task. Clint cut this out on the scroll saw (each figure has anywhere from 5-9 separate pieces to it) and then I painted almost all of them and then glazed them. Yeah, we don't think we'll do that again, unless we forget how much work it was.

And here are my three kiddos. I can't believe how fast they keep growing up.

Picture Dump!

We had a little Halloween decoration that danced with music. Here is Link copying it.

 Eisley falls asleep anywhere.

 This is what happens when I let Corgin choose his own clothes.

 Link drew this ladybug. Both he and Corgin are starting to draw quite well.

 Another picture of my little Eisley.

 And another.

Corgin wanted to see how food coloring tasted and so he put a drop in his mouth. I thought his mouth would be blue for a week, but we had him swish and spit and then brush his teeth so it only lasted a few days.

Halloween and Other Festivities

Our first Halloween celebration was at the Robertson family Halloween party. The highlight of that party was the pinata for the kids 5 and under. Here is Link taking his turn.

 Here's Corgin. He was a little more aggressive so all the pics I took were blurry. Anyway, he was the one who knocked it down and then he just went crazy for a minute and was hitting it like a mad man. I didn't know that he had all that pent up rage, but he made everyone laugh.

 Then, on Halloween we hunted down some pumpkins and headed to Grandpa Brent and Grandma Kristi's for a little Halloween party. Here we are carving pumpkins.

 Link didn't try to eat too much this year.

 Corgin (Optimus Prime) and Link (a little raccoon) by their pumpkins.

Here is Eisley when she wasn't sleeping.

 After carving pumpkins we went trunk or treating. Eisley hung out with Grandpa and Grandma while Clint and I took the boys around to all the trunks.

 When we got back it was dark enough to light the Jack-o-lanterns.

 Happy boys!

 We had to make one stop at their swim lessons teacher and she gave out a full size candy bar and a 2 dollar bill. We have so much candy now, it'll probably last until Christmas and I'll have to throw it out and start again with all the x-mas treats.

 Sunday we blessed our little Eisley. Here is a family picture on her blessing day. We had a lot of family that came and supported us and we missed those who were unable to make it.

 I attempted to get a picture of Eisley in her dress, but she was a little upset.

 Here she is in a calm moment.

 And I find that I end up taking a lot of pictures of my babies when they sleep, and Eisley is no exception. Here are a couple pictures of her sleeping.

 So sweet.

 Corgin has become quite the little artist lately. He has also taught himself how to write most of the alphabet. This is one of the pictures he drew the other day and then asked me how to spell it out and he wrote all the letters by himself.

 My boys love their little sister. Here is Corgin comforting her one day when she was crying. He was the one who brought her the pillows and put the blanket on her to make her happy.

 Yesterday Clint and I took Corgin to lunch and a movie while Link and Eisley stayed with Grandma. We took him to see "Wreck it Ralph" and he loved it. Here he is being a cool dude on the way there.

Soccer and Introductions

Well, yeah, I've been a big blog slacker lately, but here it is. Finally. A few pictures of what we've been up to.

 

Corgin got to play soccer this fall. He had about as much attention for this as he did with T ball, but I think he liked it a little bit more since he got to run around more. Half the time he wasn't after the ball, just running.

 Link liked watching the games. At the last one he was cheering for the whole team from the sidelines. Yelling, "Go Corgin! Go Green! Get the Ball! Go Josie!" and anything else he heard other people hollering.

 And cheap mother that I am, here is a team picture that I took, and of course my phone had to be weird that day.

 Union Pacific had a family day and had a passenger train that employees and their families could ride on. They boys loved it. See how happy Link is about it. He still talks about it.

 AND INTRODUCING.....

Eisley Kate Simonson

Born on October 3, 2012 at 2:12am. Weighing in at 6 pound 12 ounces and measuring 19 inches long. Our family is so happy to have her!

 Three days old and all dressed up for a wedding.

 Almost two weeks old here. My cousing Courtney took some awesome pictures for us. Shout out to c.p.r. photography!!!

At her two week well check, she weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce, so she's already growing like a weed. We love our little Eisley Kate!!!