Christmas Eve...

I'm working... and have over 5 hours left.
my dear fammily is at home.. Mike baked cookies,, yes,, he really did and they are watching christmas shows and enjoying this merry night. While I sit at work, blogging and answering the phone for ridiculous people that are drunk and crazy!
& Fireworks! oH THE FIREWORKS CALLS! Since they are now legal in Az. people who dont know of this new law yet are calling in Gunshots everytime they hear one go off.
We made fun cookies,
Lori at work found these melted snowman cookies on a website. They are so cute,.
I did the very easy cheap version. I started with..


then once the cookies are done you frost them in all white icing, then you



put marshmellows in the microwave for about 25 secs.. till the bottoms start to puff up.



then you.. put the marshmellow on top and decorate something like this,


what I did wrong.. Should have made the cookies bigger. and flattened them out more.
then I should have melted the icing a bit to make it slide on.. I used a regular can of icing.. yay betty crocker.



then they would have been perfect! Here is me and mike :) arent we cute,
and they were yummy!


Here is our Tree, and the Presents. Riley wrapped a few of his old toys and shoes for gracee, and baby kingston. it was cute. He is a giver.



here is Rileys ornament this year.. If you know him, it fits him well..



here is Brady's 1st ornament, I made it on artscow. its awesome.. The dang postman put it in the wrong mailbox, some nice lady brought it to my house.. she was my angel today. :) thank you unkn neighbor.



Here is our family one.



Some pics of the boys I took today.. I couldnt get a good one, but they are cute anyways.








It started pouring rain the other night.. it was cold but Riley and I really wanted to go outside and play in it. Riley started off in just underwear.. he ran in, put on sandals, then ran back in to put on a shirt.. A Button down Polo, which he put on backwards. :) It was cute,

we had fun



I love our new umbrella



I love this crazy Boy!

Temple lights, family visit & a bday party.

Here is our pretty house :) with star lights, that rotate flashing on and off, they are rainbow.. I adore them :) wish I could get a better pic. Big thanks to my father in law for putting them up, he made my day!


We went to Target and it was Raining!! I love the rain. Brady hasnt really seen rain yet, so he seemed a bit confused. I kind cut part of his head off in this pic, oh well.




We went to see Aunt Deb, Jay and Hannah! & then out to dinner with Rose! It was so good to see everyone! I wish we could do it more! my goal next year is to make more time to see the people I love!
Riley had a great time! Aunt D got him a giant truck full of little cars, He LOVED it! He races the big truck around the house and even found out he can ride on it!
Then Serranos.. which is my favorite, Im in love with their bean dip :) I forgot to take pics.. bummer

Last week we went to the Temple lights. They were Beautiful! The kids had a great time running around. there were tons of people & my camera sucks in low light situations, but here is what I got.

Then we went to Dennys. I was great! I forgot how yummy a moons over my hammie was! woohoo!

We went to a Birthday party today for Olivia, who is the daughter of one of my officers. She is such a sweetie & a cutie as you can see below.

Her little sister Claire is due anyday and Im sure she will be just as beautiful as her mommy. I cant wait to meet her.

Riley had a good time running around, I pushed him on the swings for a bit and then right before we left he threw a fit.. a crying.. i dont want to talk to you fit. and went to the car.

this is my camera on full zoom, pouting...

when I get to the car he says "all those people I dont know ruined my whole LIFE" lol he is SO Dramatic! but after 5 mins he was fine . :)

Turtle sat up most the night, and he learned how to make that clicking sound with his tongue. Its so cute.

learning something new

Brady is Finally starting to sit up!,,Not that I want him to move around quite yet, but its nice to see him sit up and play with his toys. Aunt Deb got him this little cookie jar with shapes and it sings. he loves it and was his motivation today to get him to sit up :) His top tooth broke thru a few nights ago. Poor little teether. I love him so much Riley.. Oh my! I love him so much too ..... he is driving us up the wall!!! he had his christmas party at school and now is out for two weeks. I cant believe the New Year is just around the Corner.

Pictures

Just a few pictures I have been meaning to post.....

Candy Houses

I think I will just get Turtle a pack of hangers for Christmas! It's his favorite toy!

I love the holidays!





we made Graham Cracker houses.. Those dirty rats at the graham cracker company changed the way they make and package them. 2 different kinds! insteac of the long rectangle pieces, they are just smaller squares! Meanies, Its nearly impossible to make a sturdy wonder edible house with them being so small, But we tried.


I didnt do the best job decorating it, but it was fun, and YUMMY and thats the whole Point anyways :)


Riley did good! & he looks cute with his rudolph nose!




We even wrestled it on Brady! He looked so cute!


We all had tons of icing & graham crackers! & I suppose riley will be eating the houses for a week!


Thats all have a jollly day.

I better blog...

Turtle.. he is a laid back baby :)




Riley made reindeer hat, its cute.. he is what is making it cute.




decorated the house and tree..


My father in law put up Christmas lights, He is great! My house looks great, pictures to come next week.
Threw my back out... Ouch for about a week!
Christmas party at work, :) Not many people are there, but it was fun.



At the beginning of the week. or end of last week.

Brady sits up :) Finally!! he could before.. he just didnt, not really sure he does yet.. but we will see.


Turtle is teething! this is his sad turtle fuss face :(




You can see his top gums here were in a few short days there will be a little white tooth, how I will miss him just having those 2 cutie bottom ones. He is growing to fast.



School ends this week, So many activities coming up.

The end..