Loving Christmas

I love Christmas. I love everything about Christmas. But I think one of my most favorite things about Christmas is the Christmas Parties. I love getting together with our families and seeing everyone. This last week we had 3 Christmas Parties. They were all so much fun. It was so fun to get all caught up with cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles. We have such great families. We love them all so much. Such fun memories we will cherish forever. I love Christmas...

Grandma Glenda's Christmas Party

My sweet Grandma looks forward to the Christmas Party all year.She starts planning it in October. She loves her family more then anything. I know I have said it before, but she is the reason we are all so close. She is such a wonderful example. Everyone that knows her, loves her.

Our family at the end of the night.

SANTA CAME

Santa even called my dad to come up. He told everyone that him and my dad were friends. The boys thought that was pretty cool.

Both of my boys were so excited about Santa. Last year they were both afraid of him. This year is a different story. They were both so excited when he walked in the door. It was pretty funny to hear what all the kids wanted. Hadlee my niece said she wanted a PUPPY. That was a surprise. My cousin Jake wanted a BABY. We all laughed pretty hard. He has been begging his mom for a baby for years. It was to cute. Even my boys came up with different things. Jayce said he wanted a Dinosaur and Cole said he wanted a Sailboat. That was news to us :) Then for some reason Jayce thought it was Christmas Eve. I think it is because he saw Santa, he thought Santa was coming that night. He woke up the next morning and we were all still in bed. He opened our door and said, "SANTA DIDN'T COME. THERE ARE NO PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE." It was so funny and a little sad. He really thought it was Christmas and was so disappointed.This year has been so much fun. The boys are so excited for Christmas.

Varney Party

We had the Varney Party. It was alot of fun. My cute Grandpa has us all play BINGO. I remember when we were little playing BINGO. It was one of my favorite memories. He gives the winners money. It was alot of fun. I love my Grandpa Varney.

Grandpa Varney

Grandpa Varney with his Great-Grandkids

Our family.

We were waiting for Mike to get Jayce for a picture. Jayce was running and he was pretty quick, so Heather took a picture of me and my little buddy. I love my boys so much.

Making a ginger-bread house with Grandpa. Cole loves his Grandma.

Grandpa calling out the Bingo. Jayce was so cute. He thought that was pretty cool. He just watched and Grandpa even let him help turn the wheel.

Cole showing us his money he won. He loves BINGO.

Christofferson Cousin Party

On Sunday night we had the annual Christofferson Cousin Party. It is with all Mike's Cousins 16 and older and their spouses. We had such a great time. We ate a yummy dinner, had a gift exchange and just laughed and visited. Earlier that day we had Mike's cousin Nate's Missionary Farewell. He did such a great job and will be such a wonderful missionary. It was a great day. Mike has such a neat family. Love you guys..

A group picture of us all. Not the best quality or the best picture, but it works. It is all of us together.

Jayces big day

Jayce had a wonderful Birthday. He thinks he is so big being 3. He is a pretty cute 3 year old :)

We celebrated his Birthday both Sunday and Monday. We had his big Party Sunday night. He wanted a Batman Party and wanted a Batman cake, so I tried it. It was really fun and he was very happy with it. Everything had to be Batman. He loves Batman.

The Party

He loved his Party. We had both sides of the family over. It was so much fun. The kids had a blast playing games, being together, opening presents, eating and just laughing.

We danced and the kids really know how to shake it. Jayce loves to dance and he loves his cousins.

The Pinata

Mike was very brave and just held the pinata this year. We had no accidents.

Opening the Presents

Jayce got spoiled rotten. His Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins sure know what he likes. We are so grateful for our families. They are always there for us and we hope they all know how much we love them and appreciate all of them.

The Big Day

All weekend Jayce wasn't feeling his best. He had a bad cold. Isn't that just timing. We planned a big day on his Birthday. We were going to go and see Santa, go to dinner and just do a bunch of things together as a family, but he woke up and didn't feel good at all. So we spent most of the day just cuddling in our P.J's. He started feeling better the evening, so we did presents that night.

Cole was pretty excited for his little brother.

What I love about Jayce is you could wrap up a candy bar and he would be so excited and think that is the best present ever. He loves surprises and gets so excited about anything. He is already talking about when he turns 4. I told him to slow down, lets just enjoy 3.

Happy 3rd Birthday Jayce..

Seriously- How do you get from this

To this???

Time goes by way to fast.

Dear Jayce,

Today is your 3rd Birthday. I can not believe you are 3. The last 3 years have gone by so fast. You came into this world so fast and I feel like you have never slowed down. My water broke around 3:30 a.m. We called Grandma and Grandpa to come and stay with Cole. I called your aunt Heather so she could meet us there to be my nurse. We pretty much just took our sweet time. Not thinking you would come anytime soon.
We got to the hospital around 5:00 a.m and they needed to get me hooked up to some antibiotics because I was positive for strep B. But you were wanting to come. It all seemed so fast. They told me to try to rest, so they could get the medicine in, but before we knew it you were coming. I think I pushed 2 times and out you came. 6 lbs 12 oz 18 inches. You were such a beautiful baby. You had dark hair, and the darkest brown eyes. And since the day you were born, nothing has slowed you down. You are always going. You have taught me so much. You are so sweet and even when you are sick or sad, you are always trying to make us laugh. You always have a huge smile. I really feel like this last year you have gone from a baby to a little boy. You are always wanting to be like Cole. You wanted to sleep in a big bed like Cole, You wanted to be potty trained like Cole, You want to play with Cole. I am so glad you guys are so close and are best friends. You are my little cuddle bug and a Mommy's boy. I love it. I love that you want me to tuck you in and put your blankie up around your face like you did when you were a baby. I love you so much Jayce. Daddy and Cole love you so much too. I am so thankful to my Heavenly Father that I am your Mom.

Happy 3rd Birthday. Love you, Mom

Some things you love. Batman, Dogs, Horses, Four-wheelers, Trucks, Wrestling with Daddy, Swimming, Hunting, Cousins and anything to do with a ball.

Your favorite Food- Pizza, Pancakes, Hamburgers, Yogurt, Popcorn, Bananas, And most of all Chocolate and Root beer. (Just like your daddy)


Some pictures of the Birthday Boy from this last year.

HOME

10 days in Mexico= Hot, Wonderful, Beach, Family, Thanksgiving, Swimming, Fun, Fun, Fun

Coming Home= Cold, BYU Won, Christmas, Unpacking, Own bed, Nice shower, Love being home.

We just got home from a wonderful vacation with my family to Mexico. We loved every min. But I have to admit it is always nice to come home. There is no place like HOME. We got home late Friday night got up Saturday morning unpacked (that is the part I hate) and then hurried and got ready for the big game. It was a great game.. So exciting. GO COUGARS..

It has been a busy, fun, wonderful past couple weeks. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family. I love them so much.

More pictures to come..

Our Halloween

I am so far behind with blogging, it is hard to catch up. It has been a busy few weeks and alot of unexpected things that have came up.I feel like we have been stressed, happy, crazy and everything in between. But we did have a wonderful Halloween. We had lot's of fun Halloween parties and 3 Birthday Parties. It was a PARTY WEEK...

HALLOWEEN

Halloween afternoon my mom and dad had a party. It was so much fun. We ate yummy soup. Then my mom had the cutest games for the kids to play. Bingo, Fishing, Ghost toss, decorating sugar cookies and alot more. The kids had so much fun. After we got ready to go visit all the Great Grandparents and trick or treating.

We all dressed up as Super Hero's. The boys loved it and looked so cute.

This is about the most Mike will dress up. He isn't a big fan of dressing up, but he was a good sport for the boys. They love Super Hero's. We even took 2nd place at our ward Halloween Party.

The cousins all ready. We were missing Hanks. He had a ear infection and wasn't feeling great.

Pictures from the PARTY

Thanks Mom and Dad. We had a great time.

Carving Pumpkins
For Family Night we carved pumpkins. The boys were so funny. They didn't love digging in and getting out the pumpkin guts. Cole even started gagging.

Our finished pumpkins.

Pirates

Our niece Brooklyn had her Birthday Party and it was a Halloween Party. The boys had fun at that. The dressed up as Pirates.

Such Cute Pirates.

Pumpkin Patch
And we can't forget Pre-school. Ms. Tina ( Cole's Teacher) is the cutest teacher. She always plans such cute things. We went to the Pumpkin patch. So many things to do and the kids loved it. Cole has such a cute class. He just loves school.

Pictures of Cole's class. Jayce thinks he is part of the class.

That was our Halloween. The boys were at such fun ages.We loved every min and every party.