A little cheer....

Well, it's official. The holidays are upon us.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with some delightful people from our ward, and our kids were in heaven. Xander was asking to sleep at their house and he and Blayne have been asking to go back every day since. I don't blame them because the Hunts are just the coolest people around. I think Zach and I had just as much fun as the kids, if not more. It's always nice to be able to go were people treat you like family. THANK YOU HUNT FAMILY!!!

Now, for those of you who know me, you know I am one of those sticklers when it comes to Christmas music. In my book Christmas music starts on December 1. I mean, there's a reason it's called Christmas music people. However, last year my sister gave me Mindy Gledhill's Christmas album and the kids and I loved it so much that I think it was played every day on a continuous loop from the day we got it, till the end of December. As an added treat one of the main songs Winter Moon  had a bonus video that my friend Jed Wells was involved in making. To say that my kids enjoyed the video would be a major understatement. They adored it and would even get their own puppets and sing along (yes, the video has puppets to add to the entertainment). The hours of entertainment and adorable moments the video provided was priceless, and although it is usually against my will -us being a few days away from Dec. 1st after all- we have begun listening to the cd and watching the video and will probably do so all month long. I love this time of year and love the spirit that Christmas music brings. I guess it might be beneficial to listen to it all year long to always feel that spirit, but let's not push it folks. A few days early is all I'm ready to do for now.

Sneaky...

I got on the computer this morning and discovered that....

 we either have poltergeists living with us, or two sneaky little boys getting up in the middle of the night to take endless pictures of themselves on our computer. (*Seriously, I found about 60 different pictures of them with all sorts of backgrounds*)

It never ceases to amaze me just how bright and clever little ones are. We've never really been able to truly baby proof our homes because Xander has always managed to figure out all the different baby proof contraptions within a day. When we bought our new fridge I was thrilled that the ice/water/control panel had a button to lock everything, then not so thrilled after Xander figured it out and taught Blayne how to work it in less than 40 minutes. Let's not even mention how intelligent they are when it comes to our computer, because every time I think about it I cry a little inside with the realization that it's likely they already know more about how to use it than I do. Zach and I  really can't spell out words to each other while talking because Blayne immediately tells us what word we're spelling.
 "What do you think, should we give them some C-A-N-D-Y?"
"Ohh! Candy?!? Yes! I would love some!"

And little miss Kendell? Yeah, she's much too smart for my own good as well. She definitely has already figured out that one little cheesy grin, shy little smile, or sad little cry face to daddy will get her anything she wants. Yep, she's already got him under her spell, oh the teenage years should be fun.

Although their clever little minds cause me worry (and sometimes frustration) I feel so blessed to have such wonderful, brilliant, loving children to love, teach, and more often than not... learn from.

I LOVE YOU, MY LITTLE NUGGETS!!!!