HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Joel and I rang the New Year in twice once at 9pm and then again at midnight. Around 7:30 we went with JoEllen and Kyle to McArthur's RV Park to their Rockin' New Year's Eve Party! Surprisingly we weren't the youngest ones there. But if it weren't for the McArthur family we would have been. Ira McArthur's Dad started the RV Park 25 year's ago and now Ira is running it. He is amazing with the retiree's that live there and throws one heck of a good party. We danced and played bingo and danced and played more bingo and had a great count down at 9pm with balloons and glitter falling from the ceiling. It was really fun. I hope we get invited back next year. Then we went back to JoEllen's where we had left the kids up to no good and broke out a board game called Wits and Wagers. Joel won and I lost. It was Jillyn's game and I'll need to find it somewhere and buy it because it was really fun and the kids loved it. We ate everything you can think of and we even popped some popcorn that our neighbor gave us for Christmas. She gave us 3 cobs and told us to put them in a brown paper bag and microwave them and it really worked. But they were plain so Kyle buttered and salted the cob to see if it'd work and it did! It was so funny. Then we played Just Dance 2 on the Wii and made complete idiots of our selves. It was AWESOME! The next 3 hours flew by and we counted down again at midnight, popped poppers and went home. It was really the funnest New Year's I've had in a long time. Thanks McArthurs' and Wells'.

SNOW!!!!!

Yep it's true. Snow in Washington on Dec 30th. It started around 10pm last night and at 10:30 I had to go out to the storage shed to find the tote with the snow clothes in it so they could go out and play. It was AWESOME! This morning it snowed a little more and Josh was able to make a little snowman. I bet we got about 2 inches in the backyard where the little kids didn't run all over. I LOVE the snow. LOVE IT! I wish Washington got more of it but we are truly lucky to get it to stick like this. It always snows at least once. But that means falling from the sky and melting as soon as it hits. Very rarely do we get a snowman out of it. Even if he is only a foot tall.

David and his first fillings

Today I took David back to see Mason to get 2 of his cavities filled. He wasn't excited but about 15 minutes into it he fell asleep. Not just a little bit asleep. Dead Asleep! Mason had to use a bite wedge to keep his mouth open because he kept closing his mouth and biting him. It was pretty funny. After he was completely done Mason even carried David out to my van for me. It was awesome! The best part is that he now LOVES the dentist because he has an appointment next week to fill the other 2 cavities.

Sophie's Hair

Another blog about hair. This time there are bangs involved! Oooooh.

We decided to change Sophie's hair and cut some bangs and about 5 inches off the back just for something new. I think it looks great. We did it the night before Christmas Eve and when we went over to Mike and Elaine's for Christmas Eve Elaine didn't recognize her and thought she was someone else. It was pretty funny. Then for Christmas we got some Curlformers and tried them out. They worked great! Here are pictures of Sophie but we even used them for Shayne and all of her hair was curly! That's a little miracle because she has a TON of hair just like JoEllen. (My hands cramp up when I braid their hair it's so thick.) The curl even stayed and it was so cute. The curlers didn't hurt their head at night and they made gorgeous smooth curls. My Dad always loved ringlets and now they are making a comeback. He'll be so happy.

Sullivan Home Run Derby 2010

Every Christmas Day at 11am the Sullivan cousins all get together to have a Home Run Derby. We get to tag along because the Wells' are Sullivan's. So it ends up being Kyle, Mason, Spencer if he's in town and all of their cousins on Jillyn's side plus our family. This year's winner was Kyle! Joel and Mason struggled this year but their cousin Eric rocked it! He had 10 in one round. But Kyle made a come back to take the coveted baseball bat. The kids always have fun shaggin' balls and climbing up onto the scoreboard. The sun is always shining and fun and memories are always made every Christmas in Dixie. Feel free to click on any picture to see it closer. My favorite is Kyle. His face tells it all.

Christmas Day!

In our house it is very hard to keep the kids from peeking upstairs to see what Santa left. So I wrap the stairs and banister and it still doesn't work. They'll always find a way. They all got new p.j.'s from the Shelton grandparents so they wouldn't look like ragamuffins for these pictures. Joel and Shayne both got new jackets. (I like Shayne's better) Sophie got a karaoke machine because she's ALWAYS singing, Josh got a couple air guns, Ben got a BIG FOOT and David got a Leapster Explorer so he can do some educational games and feel grown up like his big brothers and sisters. And I got my blog made into a hard bound book. It was awesome! The cat even got all the boxes she could jump in. All we needed was some snow and it would have been a perfect morning.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve is always spent doing a puzzle, eating a big dinner and with the little kids reenacting the nativity. Whether we are with the Shelton's or Beckstrand's it is always the same. The same story with the same songs but I guess with little kids it can never really be the same. Different Wisemen bringing different gifts (candle, soap, a can of tuna, etc... this year it was a pencil box, cologne and a star ornament). Different Shepherds with different towels and robes. Different doll used as baby Jesus but same sweet spirit that we love to feel.