Christmas Happenings...

We had a ton of fun over Christmas with family. These are some of the highlights...

Sewin' Up a Storm...

For another Christmas gift, I decided to sew my sister-in-law a nursing cover. It was my first time since 7th grade Home Ec. that I have sewn anything - and it turned out awesome! I had to take a picture...

 

 

 

 

It turned out so well that I sewed 3 pairs of baby legs for my niece and then an apron for my nephew. So I've decided that I really love sewing! Watch out kids!

Dr. Clark...

Ana has developed quite a passion for being a doctor. She practices on everyone... especially Sophie, she's a pretty easy patient. Funny story: Ana also has a super sensitive gag reflex to the sight of poop. So we literally can't change diapers in front of her, the reflex is instant. The other day Rob was changing Sophie and didn't realized that Ana was in the room, he starts to hear dry heaving.
Rob: "Ana, go in the kitchen quick!" Ana runs into the kitchen and watches from a distance.
Rob: "Ana, you're never going to be able to be a doctor if you puke everytime you see poop."
Ana, redfaced: "YES I WILL... I'm growing up EVERY day!"

 

Homemade Christmas...

My family's Christmas tradition is to make the gifts for the family that we have that year. This year we had my sister Kris's family (she has four boys) - we made them a Popcorn bowl set for movie watching. It turned out so cute that I had to snap a picture of it before I wrapped it and shipped it to them...

 

My sister Amy had our family for Christmas - she made this awesome puppet theatre for the kids. Thanks so much Amy, the kids love it as you can see...

And my Mom made this felt doll set for Ana, it has literally hundreds of outfits and accessories that she cut out by hand. Mom, you are awesome, thanks so much for taking the time to do that for Ana, she loves it!

Rob's Gingerbread Creation...

The young men made gingerbread houses for mutual one night, and as you can see, Rob got a little carried away. Rob is totally excited to be serving in the Deacons quorum now, he's been waiting forever to be able to go on scouting trips. He's more excited than the scouts are...

 

 

 

First snow...

We had such wonderfully mild weather this fall that we had to wait until half way through December for our first real snow. The kids wasted no time in getting out to play in it - such fun! And of course, every snow day deserves hot chocolate - playing in the snow is hard work...

 

 

 

 

Super Nona (and sidekicks) Save Lunch...

Every time we travel back home from Utah, Rob's mom makes us a super fabulous picnic lunch to eat on the way- she rocks! On our way home from our Thanksgiving trip, we forgot the lunch in our rush to get going. About 2 minutes down the road, she called us and we turned around to go pick it up. Half way there we met this racing to meet us...

 

Super Nona and her sidekicks Callie, Maggie and Becca, jumped in the Rhino and chased us down to make sure that we didn't miss out on our awesome lunch... as always, thanks sooooo much Wendy, for always making us lunch!

Building Batman and Bella...

Hayden and Ana's Nona and Papa (grandma and grandpa) took them on a special outing to the Build-A-Bear Workshop. They had a wonderful time building their bears and dressing them up, with underwear and all. Sophie came along for the ride and observed the chaos with Papa. Thanks Nona and Papa for a super fun time! Hayden named his bear Batman, of course, and Ana named her ballerina bear Bella Dancerella...

 

Doorbusting 101...

1. Obtain Black Friday ads
2. Scour ads for awesome deals
3. Plan out doorbusting schedule (this is a time consuming, but vital step)
4. Go to bed
5. Wake up at 3:00am - no make-up allowed
6. 3:30am - arrive at first store
7. 4:00am - rush into store with the rest of the crazy shoppers and run like mad to get the awesome deals
8. Repeat step 7 at 5am, 6am, 7am, etc.
9. Go out for breakfast (this is also a vital step)
10. Go home and take a well-deserved nap!

 

 

 

Thankful for Family...

We spent Thanksgiving in Utah - splitting the time between Rob's family and some of my siblings... which means - double the food, double the cousins, and quadruple the craziness...

Some of the highlights... making homemade ice cream, pumpkin pie playdough, coloring the Thanksgiving table cloth, princesses a plenty, 2 dinners with family and friends.

Dog Days of Winter...

Hayden and Ana love Rob's parents dog, Roxy, almost as much as they love ice cream. Over Thanksgiving, many sweet moments were spent playing, chasing and lounging with Roxy... (Roxy is not supposed to be on the couch, but she sneaks up there whenever the kids are around...

 

 

 

Welcome Home Hermana Lammers...

My little sister, Lindsey, got home from her mission to San Antonio, Texas, on November 15th. So of course when she came out to Utah for Thanksgiving, we had to give her a proper welcome. We love you Linds!

Moments that have to be archived...

One evening we sent Hayden up to his room to change into his pajamas - a few minutes later we heard whimpering coming from upstairs. We ran upstairs to see what was going on. This is what we found...

 

Hayden had started to get undressed, fell into his chair and got stuck. So of course we had to run and get the camera.

Cute Cousins...

Rob's family came to visit and to go to the BYU vs. Air Force football game. It was the first time that Sophie and cousin Katelyn met each other - their birthdays are only 3 weeks apart. We got them matching outfits and had fun laughing at how chubby Sophie is compared to cute little Katelyn...

 

 

They already love each other - sweet kisses.

Thankful Tree 2

 

Our thankful tree appeared again this November - with new leaves (and the ones from last year) and lots more things that we're thankful for...

Just a taste:
Hayden: Animals
Ana: Rocks and Pink
Sophie: Formula
Mom: Family
Dad: Snow