Christmas take 2

We had our Christmas with my brother and sister in law and nephew yesterday. We had such a nice time, my parents came over and we did our traditional Subway sandwich and my moms homemade macaroni salad (YUMMY!!!). We had a great time, and now I can official say CHRISTMAS IS OVER! Phew, I'm pooped and ready for all the Christmas stuff to come down, I'll be doing that tomorrow after I get home from work.

Auntie and Uncle got the boys some awesome clothes

They got Amanda some great painting supplies, I don't have a picture of Amanda with her painting supplies because she was always holding her baby cousin Jimmy!

Kelly and Bryan were bonding...lol

While Amanda, Cody and I were bonding...lol

Christmas Day was my mom's 70Th birthday, so we celebrated it last night...Happy Birthday Nana! We love you!!!!

And if after everything my brother and sister in law bought the kids wasn't enough, my brother just had to go out and buy the kids Nerf helicopters...he's trying to show Amanda how to control them...he is still such a kid! Nothing wrong with that!

Then he was trying to teach my kids some wrestling tips...LOL When we were growing up we used to LOVE to watch wrestling!

We had such a great day with them, but to be honest, I'm glad that the holidays are over so things can start to get back to normal! I LOVE Christmas, it's my favorite holiday, but when it's all said and done, I'm glad it's over! We had a WONDERFUL holiday with all our family and friends. For those of you that we weren't able to be with, we missed you and hope that next year we can be together! Here is to a great 2008 and an even better 2009!

Merry Christmas!!!!!

I hope you had as good of a Christmas as we did! I warn you now, there is going to be A LOT of pictures, if you're ready.....here we go!!! LOL

Here is what our house looked like BEFORE the kids got home and they started opening gifts ...
This was Jacob's nice neat pile of gifts from Santa

This was Amanda's (now I know what you are thinking OMG it looks like Amanda has WAY more than Jacob, but behind her presents is a HUGE gift basket that one of my agents gave us! So it's making it look like she got a lot more, but I PROMISE you they ALL got equal amounts!!!

Then we have Cody's presents from Santa...

Then Bryan's main gift...It was driving him CRAZY not knowing what it was. We picked up his gift last night at my parents house and he couldn't even begin to imagine what it was....lol

Then the fun began with them opening all their presents...

Amanda got a lot of makeup, a ton of clothes and a lot of art supplies

Jacob and Cody got a skateboard ramp, tech decks, and a ton of other toys

My Parents were so great to us (like always) and bought each of us an annual pass to Knotts Berry Farm! We can't wait to go!

I think/hope Bryan was excited about his Telescope that we got him!

And then my sweetheart completely spoiled me, he bought me this beautiful diamond necklace and a beautiful diamond bracelet this picture doesn't do the necklace justice!

There was a lot of kissing and smiling going on throughout the day in this house!

Seriously how much cuter can Cody get, his spider man costume and cowboy boots on, oh plus his skateboard gloves my parents gave him! LOL

I just went to check and see what everyone was up to....

Amanda was painting in her bedroom

Cody and Jacob were already in there new jammies, Cody said he was being a soldier in this picture...lol

And then I found my loving man....looking and trying to figure out Star Wars Legos he had started with Jacob....

LMAO he's still out there trying to figure it all out!

Well I sure hope you and your family had as nice of a Christmas as we did here! Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday Mom! We love you all!

From My Family To Yours....

I can't believe it's Christmas Eve already! Where has the time gone? I am loving the weather this year, it actually feels like Christmas with it being rainy and cold, it's GREAT! Tonight we are off to have dinner with my parents (Bryan and I), we are going to Claim Jumpers. This is a VERY different year for us. My kids are with their dad tonight and will be coming home tomorrow around 1:00pm. Usually my brother and sister in law come over tonight, but they are going to my sister in laws families. Please say a prayer for my sister in laws dad, he's been battling cancer, so they decided to go and spend this Christmas with her family! Kelly we love you and wish you and your family the most blessed Christmas ever, we'll see you Saturday! So tomorrow is when our Christmas will begin, and I CAN'T WAIT! I am so excited to watch my kids tear into all their gifts and watching the joy on their faces when they see their presents! There is nothing better then seeing all their smiles!!! I LOVE IT!

Well I just wanted to pop on real quick and wish all of you a VERY Merry Christmas, I hope Santa brings all of you everything you want! Are you on his Naughty or Nice list??? LOL Merry Christmas everyone, enjoy your family and friends!!!

Ho Ho Ho

We have 3 of the most adorable Santa's helpers that live with us...lol

Amanda told me to tell everyone....milk.... it does a body good...lol Isn't she adorable with her milk mustache!! LOL

Jacob looking adorable like always

Then Cody, how can you not smile when you look at him, he's always smiling and making everyone laugh!!!

These were the hats that Nana bought them so they could wear them to school before Winter Break. They all had party's in their class, so they were excited to wear them! Well Amanda didn't have a party, her and the choir were singing for the teachers breakfast.

While our helpers were at their dads this weekend Bryan and I decided to START the wrapping of ALL the gifts from Santa!!! YES I know....I know..... I over did it..... AGAIN!!! But you have to remember I have 3 kids, so YES it looks like a lot and it is, but still it's for 3 kids (did you believe me on that one???!!! LOL )!!! Growing up my family ALWAYS over did it at Christmas, I'm just keeping with the tradition! LOL Just wait until you see the pictures that I will take before the kids open all their gifts!! LOL

Well here is what the living room STILL looks like since we still have a TON of wrapping to do tomorrow!!! LOL LOVE YOU BRYAN!!!!!

Well I'm off to get some sleep so I have some energy to wrap and wrap some more! LOL

Sweet dreams

Fah La La La La

Well today was a day of singing. Cody started the day with his adorable singing program. They were so cute! Sorry for the blurry pictures I don't know what is wrong with my camera, but I couldn't get any clear pictures today! I know it wasn't just the operator of the camera...lol...Bryan tried to take pictures for me at Amanda's singing program and as you will see they are still blurry! UH I need a new camera, but I guess we'll start first with a new battery. Anyways, here's a picture of my handsome little guy singing his lungs out! LOL

Then tonight we had Amanda's singing program. I know I have told you before but I am SO amazed at how good they are! Amanda is in the advance choir! They sound so beautiful. I love listening to them sing, even Bryan was surprised at how good they were! LOL

Well I wish I had better pictures for you, I'm going tomorrow to get a new battery. In time I want to get a nice camera, not just a point and shoot one, then maybe I can get some really good pictures!! All in time! :)

Christmas in San Diego

We had a great weekend in San Diego. My cousins live there(Lani, Dick, Alisa, Cam and Bryn), and we went down there to celebrate our Christmas with them. I can't believe Christmas is next week?!?!? How did that happen?? The tree is my cousin Lani's Christmas tree, she always has such a beautiful and big tree. Of course she has the room in her house for this tree too! LOL You would never think that we would be able to fill up all that space under the tree with all of our gifts but we sure do! :) (and that's just Christmas in San Diego, that's not including all the presents from my parents, brother and sister in law and especially from Santa! No my kids aren't SPOILED!!!!! LOL

My parents went down with us, this is my dad aka Papa, bundled up like always, although it was pretty cold down there. They live in Alpine which is up in the mountains for San Diego. It was cold and rainy. So much nicer for this time of year instead of the 90 degree weather we usually have. Just makes it feel so much more like the holidays!

This is Jacob with his Nana aka Kim's mom

We had such a YUMMY dinner, this is our traditional Christmas dinner. Nicole, stop reading for awhile, you don't want to see how BAD I was while I was down there!! LOL Alisa made the most WONDERFUL garlic bread, oh it was so good! I can still taste it!!!

Lani makes the BEST lasagna...MM GOOD!!!!!!!The only kid we were missing in this shot was of my adorable nephew Jimmy. I can't wait to see him and love him up! The little girl is my cousins daughter Bryn. Cody and Bryn always pretend that they are going to get married, and my mom pretends to marry them all the time! LOL

You are NEVER going to believe what my cousins got all of us for Christmas...

OMG I am so excited!!! I couldn't believe that they bought each of us a ticket to Disneyland! YIPPEE I can't wait to go!!!! I seriously think I am more excited then the kids. Cody has never been to Disneyland (I know ....what a bad mom am I???!!!) Thanks again Lani, Dick, Alisa, Cam and Bryn, you will never know just how special of a gift that was to us!

We also have another traditions at Lani and Dick's house when we go down there. On Sunday mornings Lani makes us yummy waffles. Although I don't have a picture of waffles, I do have a picture of my beautiful daughter taking her own picture of herself drinking some yummy hot coco!!! LOL

We had such a GREAT time down there. We always do! Thanks again my buttercups for a wonderful Christmas! We love you

Tomorrow it's off to Cody's singing program at school (hopefully it won't rain on us!) and then tomorrow night Amanda has another singing program! Pictures to come! :) Have a great night!