Christmas and Alysson's 4th Birthday

I'm finally getting around to these photos. We had a great Christmas. Scott had to work in the morning, so Alysson wrote a note to Santa to take the kids presents to grandma and grandpa's house. Then when Scott got home about lunch time, we all went over there and did the santa thing. I was kind of sad about it, because I love seeing the kids faces on Christmas morning, but at least Scott got to spend the rest of the day with us.

Then 4 days later, it was Alysson's 4th birthday party. She wanted a dinosaur party. The kids each got dinosaur masks, and decorated a bucket and dug in the sand for eggs to put in their bucket. And we had a pinata and did a volcano. My mom made the great cake! I love the cookie cakes she makes!

Then 2 days later we left for two weeks. More on that in the next post. Anyway, here is a slide show for anyone who has time.

Cracking up

It's been a while because it was Christmas and then Alysson's birthday and then we left for almost 2 weeks. So, we are finally winding down from the holidays, and I have tons to report, but I'm very tired, so one quick story.

I really try not to laugh when Alysson says things that are funny because I don't want to embarrass her. But this made me laugh out loud on a plane full of people today.

She was talking about how she doesn't remember when she was a baby like Carson. And then it led to asking if Carson remembers when he was in my tummy. I reminded her he never was in my tummy and told her the adoption story again. Then she said, "But I was in your tummy, right." And I said yes. And then she says, "Yea, until I cracked out." Like an egg! So funny. I love her view of the world.

Hair

Alysson hates to have me do her hair. She always cries, so we usually just do a headband to keep it out of her face. But this past week, I've tortured her into doing her hair a few times. I'm so proud of the results, so I'm posting pictures.

These are some curlers my mom got called curlformers. You put them in wet like sponge curlers.

This is the end result. So cute!!

I found a blog from a friend's blog that shows hair styles. So I tried this one on Sunday.

SNOW DAY!!!

Because the city has no snow plows or trucks to spray de-icer stuff on the roads, we are shutting down tomorrow. Gov't workers and schools are cancelled. We are having a snow day!! 11 years in Utah and not one snow day. I really hate the snow worse here. In SLC, it was expected and we put up with it, but here it's just wrong to see snow on palm trees, so it makes me mad.

Global Warming?

So today we woke up to snow. It started out typical for here. A few small flakes and nothing sticking. Then the flakes got bigger, and it started to stick a little. Alysson was freaking out. She has been asking when it was going to snow, and I keep telling her is didn't snow here. So when she saw this, she had to call daddy and grandma Marty to make sure they heard. We went outside ASAP to build a snowman because I assumed it would melt quickly. Then it snowed for 8 more hours straight. NO JOKE! I bet we have 4 or 5 inches. I have never seen it like this here. So, of course we had to go back out, and this time Alysson wore snow pants so she could make snow angels. And before I get any comments, I know our snowman is pathetic. We made him earlier when there wasn't as much snow. Everyone is so funny here. It seems like everyone was outside taking pictures of their houses in the snow, and I could here all the neighborhood kids playing outside when school got out. I wish I got as excited about the snow. But I did feel at home with all the snow covered roofs.

Wise four-year-old

For whatever reason, Scott's hours have been especially hard on Alysson the past couple of weeks. I think because he is on home call at the VA, so she thinks he's home to play, and then he has to go in to the hospital. Who knows. Anyway, when Scott has to go in, she always asks why daddy has to go to work. I say things along the lines of "people are sick, and he needs to help." Today she said she was sick (not true) and needed help so daddy should stay home. So I told her daddy had to go to work so we could have money to eat. To which she replied, "But we don't eat money; that would be gross."

I'm back, for now

So, I've finally decided to blog again. I don't really know why I stopped. I think I got so caught up in having to blog everything that was even somewhat noteworthy that I got overwhelmed. Plus, I'm just so tired by the end of the day. But oh well. I really want this to be a way to look back at our lives in this crazy time when Scott was in residency and our kids were little.

Anyway, here is a quick update, and then I'll include some photos. Alysson started school in September. There are 5 other kids her age in the neighborhood and ward. So, the moms decided to organize a little preschool that rotated houses each week. It was at our house this week. I was pretty hesitant when we got invited to do this because I really didn't want to have to teach. But, the first half of the year is winding down, and I've only had to teach 3 times, and it's free and close. Half the time we can walk. Plus, Alysson has really bonded with the other kids. I'm really happy we did this now. Alysson's birthday is in a few weeks; she'll be 4!!! She wants a dinosaur party, so I'm working on that. Here is a picture to show off how cute she is. We went to a Christmas thing at the park and the greatest face painter of all time was there.

Carson is walking now. He gets into everything. We even had to put a gate around the Christmas tree so he won't break anything or unwrap presents. He turned 1 on Oct. 11, and we had a little family party for him. He doesn't talk yet, but everyone says boys and second children talk later. The craziest thing he does is crawl through Yoshi's doggie door. We have to lock it now, or else he just go outside and play by himself. This is a picture of him after he got out.

Scott is still working hard. I don't know how he does it with the lack of sleep. Most of his colleagues aren't even married, let alone have kids. My mom asked me the other day if I would trade places, and I said I'd consider going to work, but never in a million years would I go to medical school or do a residency.

Nothing new in my life except I have this weird guilt about santa. This is the first year Alysson has asked me questions about him, like where does he live, how does he get in the house, etc. I always thought I would love playing along, but I feel like I'm lying.

So, for Thanksgiving, we went to the Provo area to be with family. My aunt reserved this jumping/gymnastics place for everyone. It was tons of fun. I included this picture of my dad because it makes me laugh every time I see it. There was a huge track to run on and jump over some blocks into a foam pit. So, my dad tried a flip in the pit, but only completed about half of it.

Anyway, here are ton of pictures. Everytime I've take pictures, I think, I'll blog now because I want this one to be seen. So here is a slideshow of the past few months.

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