Crazy Kid

(Christmas pictures are a little too overwhelming right now, so this is what I'm posting for now.)

Since living with my parents, Caleb's room has been in the storage room.  Poor kid has been sleeping in a crib amongst stuff.  We cram all kinds of crap in that room.

A while ago, he learned how to climb out of his crib, so I stopped that by putting a blanket over it and making it so he couldn't get out (yes, I would consider myself white trash!)  That worked for a while.  Then I decided to take the blanket off.  He didn't climb out of his crib to get out of going to sleep, but for 2 days, this is what I would find him doing shortly after taking the blanket off.

(You can see the top of the crib, that's where he climbed out of.)

Usually, Caleb will cry for about 2 - 5 minutes then realize we aren't coming to get him out of bed, so he'll lay down and go to sleep.  But he kept crying.  And it was really loud crying.  So I went in and found him on top of all these boxes..... completely stuck.  He couldn't get down.  I couldn't help but laugh.  What a little fart.

Then 15 minutes later, he cried again..... really loud.  I couldn't wait to see where he was this time.  Little chubs was stuck again behind these boxes.  Oh, and to top it off, he likes to take all his clothes off. That's why he is in his diaper.  He won't leave them on during his naps.  You can't see it, but his diaper has duct tape on it so he doesn't take that off.... once again, WHITE TRASH!  Boy am I glad those 2 days are over.  He hasn't climbed out of his crib since then.... (fingers crossed)

Elli Singing In Primary

For the little Sharing Time in Primary on Sunday, Elli got to sing Silent Night all by herself.  She did such a great job.  You can see in her face how much she loved being in front of everyone.  She's so BRAVE!!

We "ELF"ed OURSELVES

My kids saw an Elf video of their cousins and BEGGED me to make one of us.  So here it is.  Merry Christmas ya'll!!

San Tan Flat

Last weekend we went to San Tan Flat which is in Queen Creek.  It's a pretty fun place.  They have a band playing, dancing, fire pits and marshmallows, and great food!!  But note to self:  Bring your own bag of marshmallows.  I bought of "bag" of marshmallows for $3.  But there were only 8 marshmallows in it.  But the kids loved it and had a lot of fun!!

Caleb had so much fun walking and dancing around.  He didn't want to be held or picked up.  I love when this kid is happy.  He is soo stinkin' cute!!

Phil Vassar / Lucky Blue

Lucky Blue opened for Phil Vassar earlier this month.  We had so much fun watching the guys up there.

Braeden absolutely is THE NUMBER ONE FAN of Lucky Blue.  He has made his own posters of LB and knows all the songs and thinks one day he will be one stage with them playing the guitar like his daddy.  He was on the edge of his seat the whole time clapping his hands.

When the guys were done on stage, the kids sat on the chairs waiting for their dad to come down and see them.

Then Phil came out, flipping his hair ALOT and drinking "something" out of the little red cups.  Not sure what it was, but he definitely was on the tipsy side.

Halfway through Phil, I went backstage with Mark to watch the show.  I had to get a picture of the backside.  But he was such a great performer.  He blew me away on the piano.  I was a little confused why his piano had zebra print on it though.....

LB with Phil.

And I had to get a picture with him as well!!

A couple nights ago, they guys and I headed to Toby Keith's Bar & Grill to talk to Ben & Matt (KNIX's morning guys)  They were doing this fundraiser for the United Way called the Pay For Play.  If you donated money, they would play anything for you.  So..... we had them play "The Wrong Dress"  It was so fun hearing their song on the radio.  Ben & Matt said they really liked the song.  The next morning, they played it again for us!  Now if we can only get them to play it on the radio without giving donations..... someday!!  :)

Gingerbread House

Grandma Dianna and Grandpa Bob came the week of Mark's concert and boy did we get Christmas early!!  They brought all of us presents for Christmas.  It was so nice of them.  They also got us this fun Gingerbread house.  So we made it for Family night last week.  It ended up being ME finishing the rest because the kids decided they would rather jump on the wet trampoline because it was raining!!

Mark made us some YUMMY hot chocolate because it was cold.

And the final product!!  It turned out soooo cute!!

Temple Lights

We have already taken a trip to the Mesa Temple for the Christmas Lights.  It was soooo cold that night (remember, I have Arizona blood)  This was the day Braeden got his Lucky Blue shirt and was VERY proud to be wearing it and he kept opening his jacket so people would look at it.  He even tried taking it off all together because he was very determined to show it off.  Such a funny boy.  But the kids had a lot fun there. We went inside the Visitor's Center and watch the Luke 2 movie and look at the Christus.  

How did I get so lucky to get such cute kids??

Caleb has decided that he is not a big fan of the high chair (sometimes) and he'll come sit by Elli and they'll eat on this chair together.  It's kind of delicious!!!

Thanksgiving Fun Run

Is it December already???  Geez, where did November go??

Well, Braeden's school did a little Turkey Trot.... and I mean little.  The kids probably ran for a whopping 30 seconds.  Maybe a minute.  But it was fun.  I went and ran with him.  He just thought it was such a workout.  Thank goodness they gave them a popsicle to help cool down!!

AR Designs Giveaway

AR Designs is having a very tempting GIVEAWAY of the cutest jewelry there is right now!!  Anyone and everyone can enter.  And if you know me well, you know that I have already done my part to get the most possible entries I can to enter.  So just letting you know about this.  Entries need to be in by this coming Monday (the 7th)