My sister in law, Megan, told us about how the San Tan Mall has snow from 6 - 9 every night until the end of the year. So we thought it would be fun to take the kids. Well, I went there thinking it would be snow the kids could play in.... but nope, just the little soap droplets that look like snow. But the kids thought it was fun.... for about 3 minutes. 

Caleb and Carter hugging it out.

Elli and Andrew stayed by each other's side the whole night. 

And held hands while we walked

We were crossing the little street and I told the kids to hold hands while they crossed. I also told them walk on the same foot!! :)

We headed over to Barnes & Noble for a little book time. They were reading the Polar Express book so we got there a few minutes early... and waited......

And waited.....

Until Bryan noticed that were reading the book in a different spot. I guess they forgot to mention to about 30 people who were sitting the usual reading spot that the book would be read in a different area. We got the right area just as they lady read the last page. So they read the book again for us.

While walking back to the car, we HAD to make a stop at the Apple Store. I guess Elli was standing in that position waiting for me to take a picture. Not sure why my kids LOVE pictures so much!!

Caleb likes to be read to before bedtime, And Elli asked if she could read to him last night. 

I'm sorry, but I think my kids are the cutest out there!!  :)

A week with a gazillion kids

Well, only eight kids.

We watched my sister in law's kids last week while they partied in New York City and Philly. This is their little girl Sarah. She is quite adorable!!

We had fun making a gingerbread house! I had absolutely nothing to do with this house. I let them figure it out and all I did was take pictures. They are funny kids though.

And the final product 

Elli loves reading! She is really good at it and Logan loved listening to her.

Caleb was wiped out and fell asleep on his daddy's lap while he played Modern Conflict on his phone. I think I need to take Mark to Addicted to Modern Conflict Anonymous. (OK, that was dumb, but he is way addicted to that game.)

This is where my jealousy comes from. Look at those two. She is totally in love with her daddy!!

The kids had fun being crazy on the trampoline.

Caleb likes shoes. So he put on Elli's boots and walked around the house in them. Too cute!!

Thanksgiving!

We traveled to California for Thanksgiving this year! We had fun hanging with family and eating a ton of food!!

This is what the guys enjoyed doing, watching football. That is little Sarah Lyn in Mark's lap. She kind of likes Mark. She will go sit in his lap out of the blue.

Then here's Caleb causing havoc. Wish I understood what went through his mind. 

Then these little guys played football ALL WEEK!! Literally, they were either playing football in the backyard or at the park with their dads playing football. 

They did get tired out football once in a while and when they did, they were playing Wii Just Dance. I absolutely LOVE this game. Takes me back to my younger days of dancing. Wish I could move like I used to!!

Then here's Elli who shakes her hips like no other. She is really good at this game. 

Aunt Stacy got the kids some place mats to decorate. Elli (being the artist she is) spent a lot of time on hers. 

 Here's Caleb again being independent and creating trouble! Everytime I would call his name to see where he was, he would yell back, "NO!" Because he thought I was trying to get him to go inside. He would stay outside all day if I he could.

Climbing up the stairs to the tree house.

At the bottom of the treehouse

I was downloading these pictures and realized I took very little pictures. None of the Thanksgiving dinner or anything like that. Kind of bummed about that. But we had fun!!

Foose Ball

We have a USC Trojan football player in the making. Braeden made an interception in his football game on Saturday! He was super cute about it! (I personally was looking over at my sister Kara when it happened, but I hear it was amazing!) The coach's wife got a picture of it, and I will need to snatch a copy of it. He was so close to getting the touchdown when the other team grabbed his flag. But he was as happy as a fat girl eating sugar when he caught the interception!! 

GO BRAEDEN & CADEN!!

And Braeden takes this game very serious, he never lets his eyes off that ball!

LOVE THIS KID!!!

Ca-Cub

I love this little guy!! He is such a stud. He calls himself Ca-Cub. So we all call him that now. He is soooo much fun when his brother and sister are at school. I love his personality.... and boy does he have one! 

He never stops moving. He is always on the go. He LOVES kisses. It's what gets his mind off the sadness of going to bed. All we have to say to him is, "Go give Braeden and Elli a kiss." And he is off running to find them to give them kisses. Then he runs to bed himself. He is now sleeping in a toddler bed and loves it!! 

I love it when someone sneezes because Caleb will say, "Bless you!" EVERYTIME! He'll say it when I forget to or if I hear someone sneeze, but something else is on my mind and I don't think to say it. All of a sudden I'll hear Caleb say, "Bless you."  Today when he sneezed, he said, "Bless you, dank you!" Because he always hears us say thank you after that. I couldn't stop laughing!!

2 weeks ago we started potty training him and I don't have to buy diapers for a while now!!!! Woot Woot! He ran around naked for the first 2 days and it just came to him. Now he tries to squeeze anything out just so he can get a treat. It's so funny!!

I just had to give a shout out to my favorite Ca-Cub!!  I love his cuteness and am enjoying every little thing about him! Even the annoying parts. It's a good thing he is so DAMN cute!! And yes, I said that... I'm a mom, I'm allowed!

HedBanz

My kids want this game for Christmas. It looks like a fun game.

But I guess I don't need to buy it for them..... Elli made her own game.

 She made this and came to me and put one on my head and said, "Let's play Hedbanz" Her first question to me was, "Am I a ballerina?" Hmmmmm, that's exactly what she was. But she made me ask a million questions for me to figure out what I was. I love it because she even drew pictures. Funny Girl!!

Her first tooth... GONE

I'm not sure who allowed this, but Elli lost her first tooth. It's really kind of cute.... as of now. But now she is going to have these huge, big teeth grow in and her cute little smile won't be the same. I'm not too fond of how fast these kids are growing.

But Elli couldn't wait for the tooth fairy to come and wrote her a note that she lost her tooth and asked her what she was gonna get for it. Well, the Tooth Fairy almost forgot, but remembered in the knick of time to leave $2 under Elli's pillow. Elli asked her dad if he put the money under her pillow.  Ha Ha!!  But how could Dad take the Tooth Fairy's job away from her. I love how they believe the silliest things!