Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

White Elephant

The Young Women had a White Elephant gift exchange. Only rule was that the gift couldn't cost more than $5 bucks. This is what I got..

That's right a 5 Dollar Foot long. (Dance was not included) Classic. Love those girls!

All I want for Christmas is, this thing taken out of my mouth..

Warning: Graphic picture below!

Kanyon has had this Cyst under his tongue for months now. Poor guy, I honestly don't know how he has been able to eat or talk with this. The Dr. told us he would need Surgery to get it out. Kanyon was such a trooper! Needles don't bother him and he was willing to let all the Doctors and Nurses do what they needed too without any trouble at all! The Nurses told us he was the "sweetest patient" they have ever had. The Surgery didn't go exactly as planned but they were able to get most of the cyst out. After he received a shot of Morphine where he had an allergic reaction. They fixed him up but next time he will not be receiving Morphine. He is home resting now and is slowly recovering.







































Waiting for Surgery.
Kanyon of course chooses
to watch the news..
































After it is over.
Heading home.
Kanyon just wants a bed!

Impressive

This Saturday Russ had to be the Medical help at a Wheelchair Basketball game. We decided to take the kids because we thought it would be something great for them to see. I tell you what, it is pretty impressive at what these guys can do in a wheelchair! As we were sitting there Eli looked over at a guy in the audience watching the game (who was also in a wheelchair) and said "Mom look, a real guy in a wheelchair that really needs it" I said "Eli, all these guys playing really need the wheelchairs." and Eli said "WHAT?! I thought they were just doing it for fun!" So funny!














































Another Impressive thing is that we actually got our Christmas lights up on our house. Not all of them but we are making progress. Maybe by Christmas Eve we will have the time to finish it..

So much for that...

After listening to General Conference this past Oct. We thought that the idea President Monson mentioned in his talk "What have I done for someone today" read the talk here.
The idea of the Warm Fuzzy jar sounded like a great idea for our family. Every night at dinner we discus what warm fuzzies we have done that day, it can be saying a nice thing, helping someone out at school or home or just smiling at someone who you think might need it that day. Then we put the warm fuzzies in the jar.. Until last night. Our little Ivy took it off of the shelf and as I was cleaning up dinner I hear a crash. This is what I find.. Poor Ivy kept saying "sorry Mom", "sorry Mom", "Tape fix it", "make better". (not to mention I had just moped that floor 2 min earlier) We may just have to make a new one.. But this time I think I will get a plastic jar!

Traditions

Every year since we have lived here we have gone to this awesome little Christmas Tree farm the Saturday after Thanksgiving to cut down our Christmas Tree. It seems that we are either traveling during the holidays or have Family visiting that it is hard to have our own Family traditions. This is one that we have been able to keep the few years we have been here. We are going to miss this little place!
















After finding the "perfect" tree twice. (Other people thought it was the Perfect tree also and they were the ones that ended up taking them home) Russ was afraid I was going to fight one lady. I assured him that if she would just put down her saw I could totally take her. We ended up walking away and finding this little joy. I didn't have to fight anyone for it. The kids were not having fun anymore and just wanted me to pick one so they could go get more free hot coco.















































Kanyon was our Lumber Jack this year.















































They are thinking
"don't look at our tree
we cut it down fair and square, hurry Ivy sit on it!"













































Santa even made a visit in the barn.

My Girl...

There has been talk.. Talk that my blog is basically a "scrapbook of Ivy". So, maybe it is..
















I took these yesterday spur of the moment. I can't resist. She is only this little once right?!

The Weekend

It was such a beautiful weekend, instead of getting done the numerous things we have to get done around the house we went and hiked the "Devils Icebox". We went into the cave and had a great time. The boys saw a bat and that was the end of the cave for Eli. It has been so nice to have such nice weather.

For Sale

No refunds or exchanges!

Haloween

So, after Kanyon's incident the rest of Halloween went well. We had a great time at the ward party. Russ and I dressed up as the Swine Flu. (We were in a hurry and that was the best we could come up with) Ivy took to Trick or Treating like a pro. Elbowing out all of her competition on her way to the doors.











































Old man, Kate Gossilin, Billy Mays, Napoleon &Deb, Workout duo, Swine Flu

Embarrassament!

When you are in Fifth grade; and you Accidentally grab your First grade Brothers Costume thinking it was yours and realize it moments before you have to parade around your school is a Nightmare. Well, That happened to Kanyon today. Kanyon and Eli both have the same costume's but one is much smaller than the other. Kanyon was changing into his costume at school and realized when he couldn't fit his pants into it that something was VERY wrong. He didn't know what to do so he took his pants off squeezed himself into the costume and made the best of it. When I saw Eli parade by in a costume three times his size I knew what had happened. I ran to find Kanyon (laughing so hard I thought I was going to pee my pants) he was already parading in front of the whole school. I thought I should just take pictures to document this horrible moment in Fifth grade for him.























Here is when I noticed Eli was definitely wearing the wrong costume
























Kanyon is hunched over because he can't stand up straight. Look at those ankles. Classic!























I wish you could experience it in its full glory like I did. Poor guy. His Teacher and I had a good laugh. He is still a little traumatized.

Family Time

I made this desert for Family night the other night. It was a BUG hit. (Thanks Angela for the idea) They are just chocolate bowls with ice cream in them. The kids thought they were SO fun and SO easy to make. Then on too Pumpkin carving. Our house is pretty scary this year. I will take a picture of the outside and post it sometime.