Live, Laugh, Love: January 2012

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Christmas Activities 2011

Christmas time is always my favorite time of the year. I love the everything about it and so do my kids. They were all very excited this year and we all loved getting ready for the festivities.

Tyus and Peyton were in the school play at their school and also in the church. Both programs were so cute and they both did really well.

Peyton and his class at the School Christmas Program
(This picture didn't turn out very good and I guess I didn't get one of Tyus' class. OOPS!!)

Tyus got to play Santa Clause at the Ward Christmas Eve Program. He did such a great job and Grandma Tracy did an excellent job making him the cutest Santa Clause ever!!

Peyton was a Robot at the Ward Christmas Eve Program

Chad's family had a Christmas party on the 23rd of December. I was a lot of fun having his whole family together. We had dinner and exchanged gifts. Then we all just enjoyed each others company and the kids all had fun playing. We also got to have Chad's mom come stay with us on Christmas Eve this year. She stayed the night and got to spend Christmas morning with us. It was a lot of fun having her and I think she enjoyed herself too. We went up to my mom and dad's house Christmas afternoon and spent the rest of the day with my family. We had our traditional Christmas Lunch of Sub Sandwiches, Salads, Dad's Famous Fudge and a lot of other yummy goodies. The kids had fun playing "the present game" and opening their gifts from grandpa and grandma. We had a great Christmas and hated to see it go by so fast.

Bailey waiting to open her presents from Santa Clause on Christmas Morning

Tyus has his first present ready to open

Peyton also patiently waiting until it is his turn to open a gift
(We usually start with the youngest first but this year we decided to start with the oldest so he had to wait until last to open a gift. He was so patient and didn't mind at all that his sister and brother got to go before him)

As you can see they all got spoiled and had a great Christmas. They got most everything they asked for and probably even a little more. We hope everyone had as great of a Holiday Season as we did and hope that 2012 treats us as good as 2011 did.

Tyus Turns 11

I can't believe how time flies!! Tyus turned 11 a couple of days before Christmas. He is growing up so fast. I wish that I could just slow time down a little, but I know I can't so I will just enjoy every second I have with him and my other 2 kids. We are very proud of Tyus. He is growing into such a great young man!!

For those of you who know our family, you will know that we are BIG Denver Bronco fans!! Chad has been a huge fan since he was a little boy and now he gets to share his love of them with his family. As much as we all like them..... Tyus seems to love them about as much as his dad. He has a Bronco bedroom, Bronco clothes, Bronco footballs and it goes on and on. This year for his birthday he asked for a Tim Tebow Fathead and a Denver Bronco Cake.

He pretty much asked for a Denver Bronco Birthday and that is what he got!!

These are the 2 cakes that one of my friends and I made for him
(I was a little nervous about the Bronco head turning out so I made the football one as a back up, but thanks to a really good friend of mine, Casey Gibson, she pulled it off)

Make a wish!!!

Opening Presents

Proud to be a Bronco Fan!!
Go TIM TEBOW #15

Tyus posing with his Tim Tebow Fathead that he got for his birthday
It goes very well with his bedroom decor..... ALL DENVER BRONCOS

Monday, January 2, 2012

Family Pictures

We finally decided to get our family pictures taken again after a few years. Everyone cooperated very well and we got a lot of great pictures. These are just a few of the many that were taken. I think they turned out really well. I just can't believe how our little family has grown!!