Lego Mania

My children are OBSESSED with Legos! I think the Lego store would go out of business without us. The last couple of months, the boys have been die hard Lego fans. I set up a new rule that there's no t.v., or computer before 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday. (Am I turning into my mom???) The kids love to play video games, computer, and t.v. In fact, they were doing it hours and hours a day. I fear that eventually their eyes are going to bug out! So, we started this rule to help them remember there's other things in life besides electronics.
Austin is the ring leader of legos. They have wars and build entire cities with legos. You should see our house. The family room and guest room are taken over. Now we even pushed out the trains and used the table for legos. I have to admit, their creations are pretty cool. I would have loved this when I was little. Every time the boys get allowance, they want to head straight over to the lego store. There's not too much they can buy unless they pool their money together.
Thank goodness Santa brought lots more legos for us. Austing spent the entire Christmas day building his starwars ship.

Brandon's Baptism

Brandon got baptized on December 6, 2008. He is an official memeber of the church. Way to go Brandon. We are so proud of you. Brandon has a special way about him. He is so kind, loving, and always looking out for others. He is also a very spritual little boy. He has a lot of faith and never doubts. If he is ever sick or in need of something, he always remembers to say a little prayer. We love you, Brandon!

Suzie and Christian's Wedding

Tom's cousin Susie got married this month. The wedding was in Arizona so Tom didn't take us with him. Boo hoo. Tom, Dave, and his dad flew in that morning and left the next day. Talk about a fast trip. Anyway, I got a hold of some pictures from Aunt Barbara (thank you!). Susie, you looked beautiful! Of course Tom and Dave were pretty handsome too.

Away in a Manger

Our ward Christmas party had a photo shoot with baby Jesus. I saw some other families do it and they all said it turned out really good. So that was my goal at the party...get a family picture! the dreaded family picture! Of course mom was the only one excited about this. (Sorry Dad, I hope I wasn't so horrible in years past.) We ended up liking the picture so much that we sent it out in our christmas card. Yes, it was two weeks late getting to everyone. Be patient.

Gingerbread Fun

We made our traditional gingerbread house this year. But this time we made two. Initially I was trying to make three. I rolled the dough out as much as possible. I even shrunk the size 50% so there would be more. Oh well, Austin made one and Payton and Brandon made the other one. The next week I heard that the librarian at Rosa Parks made a beautiful one. So I went and took some pics for next year. It was so incredible. She said it took the whole family about three hours to make. But...it is not made out of gingerbread! How offensive. I love the smell of gingerbread when I'm walking by the little houses in the kitchen.
Next years goal is to make one for myself too. It was too cute.

Christmas Pictures

Ok, every year we try to take a family picture and it never turns out quite like we want it. Of course we need uncle mark to fly down and do it for us. Anyway, my dream picture would be at the beach with the blue sky and sand in the background. I love those kind of pictures. Someday...