Happy 12th

12 years ago I married the best guy ever.  He's my rock, my sanity, my partner in crime and my best friend.  He's an amazing father to our kids and an even more amazing husband to me.  I can't believe it's been 12 years.  Time has flown so fast and as I look back at the last 12 years it's been a sweet ride. I can't imagine going through this life without you by my side. 12 years down and eternity to go!!!

Love you babe!!

Christmas fun

It was another great Christmas for us. We were able to surprise our kids with their presents this year. They didn't really ask Santa for anything too big so Cale and I took advantage of that and got Elle an iPad mini and the boys 3d Ds XLs. They were floored when they opened those presents. It was awesome to surprise them and very humbling that they didn't ask for the moon this year.  We had an awesome day with Cale's family. We chatted, ate and enjoyed each other's company. We also got to chat with Brandon through Google hangout. It was awesome to get to chat with him, he's only got about 6 months left til he comes home.

 The next day we  went up north to be with my family. Becca watched our kids that night so Cale and I could celebrate our anniversary. That was awesome and a huge thanks to her for watching our kids. We had a big Gibson party on Saturday. We played all the old games like pin the tail on the donkey, duck duck goose, extreme twister and so much more!! After all that we headed to Grandpa Jones house for our ham dinner. We played card games ate good food and had a blast. Thank you family for hosting us!

 The kids had so much fun playing with the dogs and in the snow.  

Crazy with a capital C

So this past week has been crazy for us so here is the breakdown
1-Brex had his preschool program this week and he did awesome!  He did the rock on sign with his hands during the middle of it and played the guitar above his head.  He said his line perfect and even got to sit on Santa's lap.

2-Lucky the elf is back and he has been busy.  He gave the kids the materials to make their own Christmas count down chains, elf kisses, was swinging from our kitchen light, decided to swipe daddy's shaving cream to shave, and blocked our door to the bathroom.  He is quite the jokester and the kids love it.

3-Basketball has started and both kids did amazing at their games.  We are so impressed with how each of them played. They were where they needed to be and got their hands on the ball quite a bit.  Each had a few shots at the basket and almost made them.

4-It has snowed and snowed and snowed.  For the first time ever the kids got to get their Christmas tree while it was snowing.  While getting the tree we got to see Santa and that was fun.  Grandma even sat on his lap. He wouldn't take "No" for an answer.

5-We also got to make about 3 different snowman while it snowed.  There have been multiple snowball fights and loads of fun.

6-We finally decorated our Christmas tree tonight and it's always fun.  The kids have a blast putting on all of their ornaments and candy canes.  They love to turn off all of the lights and see the tree all lite up.

I'm sure I've missed a bunch of stuff but this is good enough for now.  We are in full Christmas swing at our house and love it!!

Santa videos

I can't believe that it's already Dec 1st.  We went up to Midway for Thanksgiving and spent a few days with Cale's family up there.  We ate a delicious dinner and had a lot of fun.  We even ventured out and did some shopping "gasp!" I know I'm shocked that I went shopping too.  We had some fun bowling with the kids and they even got to make a couple of snowballs.  Elle and I got to see Elder Holland while out shopping and that was pretty cool.  Thanks Cobi and Burt for having us we had a blast!

Today the kids were surprised by videos from Santa and guess what, they are all on the Nice list.  I know it was a huge relief for the kids to know that they were on the nice list. Thanks to the portable north pole feature the kids get to see Santa and together they go through the year to see how they've been.  He noticed that Brex was Brave after he broke his leg.  Elle was a huge team player in soccer and Trey performed amazing on his first 5k.  The kids were so excited. Santa's videos are something they look forward to every year.  He doesn't disappoint. :)  The kids credit Lucky their elf with informing Santa on all their good deeds.

We also got to do our annual JibJab video.  jibjab click the link if you would like to watch our video. We laughed and had a great time and we are ending the night by watching The Grinch. Bring on the Holiday Season I think we may be ready for it!

Grandma

Happy Birthday Grandma! I miss you everyday!

Goofy

Brex played his last game of soccer on Saturday he did great.  His little team is gearing up to play again together in the spring but until then he gets a little bit of a break.  To bad the rest of us don't.  Trey and Elle start basketball practices next week with games starting the Saturday after that.  We don't know what their schedules are yet but I do know that we are not coaching this year :) We had SEP's yesterday and Elle is at a 40 reading level and can read 121 words per minute. By the end of 2nd grade they want the kids to be at a level 20 for reading.  I'm thinkin' we don't have a problem with that. She's our smart little whipper snapper. She also finished her goals that she set in Sept. and made new ones.  Trey is doing great too. He's where he needs to be which is awesome! 

Hamming it up for the team photo.

 The other night the boys found one of my swim caps and couldn't wait to try it on.  They are so goofy. I love how it's pink!

End of Fall Soccer

Trey and Elle had their last soccer games on Saturday and both did an amazing job.  They've both improved so much this season that it's been fun to see them get better. Cale got to coach Brex's team last week and that was fun to see him coach the 3 year olds.  Brex really has a super cute team and he scored 2 goals right off the bat.  Brex has his last game this Saturday and I'm sure it will be fun to watch.  He's loved soccer. He likes to go to practices and games.  We are thinking of signing him up for spring with the other 2 kids. Guess we will see how that goes.
 In other news the kids are doing great in school.  Trey and Elle both went to see the play Shrek at the high school with their classes and Trey went to the symphony at the college.  He really enjoyed it. Today he got to eat lunch with his teacher and friend Blaine. It's part of their rewards program. Brex loves preschool and gets upset when it's not his day to go. I get to go into his class every so often and that's been fun for me.  One day all the kids came running out with purple hands. I went to help them wash their hands and after we washed the purple off Brex said "mom my hand is pink!!!" The purple paint left their hands pink after it washed off.  All the kids thought that was so crazy!
  It seems like time is flying right by and I can't believe that we are already getting ready for parent teacher conferences again and for Thanksgiving. Not to mention that Brex's Christmas program in the first week of Dec. It's nuts to think that Christmas is right around the corner. Maybe it will slow down a little bit now that we have our Thursdays and Saturdays back than again there is always something else to fill the time.

 Brex and Trey going for the ball

 Half time for Brex. Trey going for the ball

 Elle sure knows how to boot the ball.

 Daddy and Brex with Elle going for a goal