SNOW DAY!

We woke up on Wednesday to find snow covering our grass and trampolin and so since it doesn't snow much you play with what you get.........

Then today Darren had his day off and we went up on Mingus Moutain to play in some deep snow!

We had alot of fun but did get really cold. We got on the mountain and played for about an hour and then were ready to go. It finally felt like Christmas with the snow every where.

Christmas Day December 25, 2010 Saturday

This year we decided to go away for Christmas since it fell on a Saturday and Darren wouldn't have to work the next day. Which only happens every 7 years.
MASON left a note for Santa (that he wrote by himself) it reads," Santa here are your cookies. love mason."
Mason must have been good this year because he got the drum set he wanted and Chase got a Fast bike....

Waking up at 5:30am and seeing what we got

Mason wanting to play his drum set but everyone was still sleeping.

FINALLY time for Presents

My Grandma & Grandpa Howard

This is my Grandpa Norton

All the cousins together

I was trying to get a picture of the boys at home showing off our tree and what they got for Christmas.

Mason got: Drum set, Lighting Mcqueen Laptop, Remote Control Helicopter,Punching bag & gloves, Scooter, Walkie Talkies, Puzzles, Clothes, View Finder, & The Mater Movie.

Chase got: a Fast Bike, Lighting Mcqueen Laptop, Remote Control Car, Woody & Jessy, Mickey Mouse race road, Puzzles, Clothes, View Finder, & Toy Story 3 Movie.

They also got a Trampolin!

Christmas Eve

We had this year the traditional Christmas Eve party at Derek and Becky Rapiers' (my cousins) house. Mason dressed as one of the 3 wise men and Chase was a Shepperd (which lasted 3 min).

Chase loves to give hugs and he is hugging McCoy his cousin. We have to tell him not to hard.

Here Mason is bring his gift to baby Jesus

We had enjoyed good mexican food before the Nativity and then we had a Pinata to finish out the party. The boys had alot of fun getting to meet new cousins. It also brought back memories for me as a kid enjoying these same traditions.

Zip Line

We stopped by Grandma and Grandpa Sparks on Christmas Eve to visit with them and their neighbors had made a ZIP LINE in there back yard. They were nice enough to invite us over to try it out. Mason getting ready to go............

Chase didn't want to go and then all of sudden he did. So Darren took him to the top....

Getting on......

Here he goes......

He went about 3 more times and then all of sudden he went and then just let go of the rope toward the end. Luckily he was almost to the end that it didn't hurt him to bad.

That was alot of fun for Mason and Chase. Mason said," I wish we had a big backyard to build one."

Meeting Santa one last time

We got invited to go to the "Wills" family house for a Special Guest! This time the kids did great!

Asking for a DRUM SET.....

We are all in SHOCK after the last time trying to see santa. Chase was a really big boy and sat on his lap!

He asked Santa for a "FAST BIKE".....

Then Santa gave them there presents and when Chase opened his and saw it was legos he said to us,"This is NOT a FAST BIKE!" We all just started to laugh.

It was alot of fun to have the boys be able to talk to Santa right before Chritmas to make sure that they were on the good list. Also nice to make sure nothing had changed with what they were wanting.

Things that have gone on lately

This month of December has gone by pretty fast... We had our ward party and they had the bishopric do a play about the 3 Wise Men. The primary kids sang Away in a Manger. Then it wasn't to long that we all have started to get sick. First it was Chase......

Then About the same time as Chase got sick I hurt my neck. It was so bad that Darren had to get my out of bed and help out alot. Mason wanted to try on the neck brace they gave me to help with not moving my neck.

He sports that brace alot better than I did. We also had Masons school do there Christmas program but we weren't able to get a good picture of him but he was dressed as an elf. We did get it on video. Now Darren is sick as I write this post and there is only 3 days till Christmas. I am just hoping that he is well and Mason & I don't get it so we can enjoy Christmas.

Chase and his scooter

Chase has started wanting to ride a scooter everytime Mason is riding his bike with his friends. Since Chase doesn't have a bike yet he is content to ride the scooter.

We are making him wear a helmet and this is the only one we have right now, which is a little big.