December means…

Temple Square (unbelievably cold!)

 

 

Deacon's preschool Christmas program (they sang. I died.)

Chasing Santa through our neighborhood after seeing him on a fire truck. We followed him for 20 minutes! He threw candy to all the kids. Syracuse City, you rock. (sorry, no pics. Hard enough to drive and look for Santa.)

Sitting on Santa's lap at the mall. The boys didn't cry!(again, no pics. They make you pay big $$ for those!) I couldn't even be sneaky and take one of my own. Good thing he comes on Christmas Eve to Grandpa's.

Driving to the mall meet my friend and see Santa and getting into a car accident (not my fault). We're okay, the car not so much. Thank heavens for insurance!

And the Christmas card. Merry Christmas!!

Thankful

I’m thankful for these two…

I love these two more than anything! They have made our life so wonderful. I wish you could hear all the cute and wonderful things they say and do all day. They make us laugh so hard!

And this guy. He’s working 3, (yes 3!) jobs to support us, so I can stay home with the boys. Pretty much love him to pieces.

And these people. My Aunts, Uncles, cousins and siblings. They are the best and I love them!!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

The most wonderful time of year

Happy Halloween, ya’ll! I hope you haven’t gorged yourself too much on your children’s candy (like I have, lol). I LOVE this time of year! The costumes, scary movies, candy, decorations, candy, parties, candy, candy… ok, I’ll stop. I watched two of my favorite Halloween movies, The Shining and Hocus Pocus,

and lots of Simpsons “Treehouse Of Horror”.

My ULTIMATE favorite scary movie is “Watcher in the Woods'”, but alas, it is very hard to find, especially when you cancel your Netflix account. Then we dressed up the boys and started partying!

Evan was a garden gnome and Deacon was “Plex” from Yo Gabba Gabba (I tried to sneak in an astronaut costume but Deacon saw Plex first. This is the LAST year for Yo Gabba Gabba!) Here is  their official Halloween photo. Inkley’s does  them for free!

 

First we hit up Black Island Farms for a good ol’ fashion hayride and some super slides

Then we went to Terry’s dad’s and had a “pumpkin hunt”

 

The family gets bigger every year!

Then we hit up the ward trunk or treat!

This guy had way too much fun…

Then we went to Maria’s. My Dad was loving the costumes more than the boys!

Maria works for the Chamber of Commerce, so we headed down there for a staff lunch with the other families.

And last but not least, we headed to Terry’s mom’s for some good soup and doughnuts and more trick or treating!

Finally the boys were able to devour their stash!

Don’t worry. I’ve already taken 3/4 of their candy for myself, hehehe. Can’t be a hygienist and let my kids eat candy! Don’t you know it causes cavities?! I’m so mean….

Family pictures

We headed to the train yard in Ogden for some much needed family pictures. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday!

It’s birthday time at the Rees household!  Maria and I turned 25, ha ha. But the biggest birthday was Deacon! He turned 3 on the 22nd. We celebrated by having a meltdown at preschool, going to the doctor and not having a meltdown (yay!). They were so nice and gave the boys a racecar.

Then we had lunch at Tucano’s (Terry’s favorite! All meat!) And a killer cheesecake for me. Deacon loves that place because of all-you-can-eat “cookies”, aka croutons (I have no idea where he gets these things!!)

Then we headed home for the big birthday surprise: A trampoline!! I loved my trampoline as a kid, so naturally we go Deacon one. Terry was a pro and had it set up in no time with minimal swearing

We had a party with the family, and they spoiled Deacon rotten. I decided to make the cake myself this year. It will be LAST time I do it!!

This is what it was supposed to look like.

Yup, nailed it.

Only 4 tries this year to blow out the candle!!

Deacon, we love you so much!! It’s been the best 3 years of our lives with you in them!!