Monday, December 28, 2009
Christmas 2009.
Peter had to work Christmas morning so to keep the kids from completely revolting...I let them open their stockings. they got to play with those toys and eat candy all morning while we waited for dad.
Lexi got a stocking full of My Little Pony's.
and a giant candy cane. she gave up on it after a few minutes and gave it to the dog.
Devin's big gift this year was a new bike. He has been asking for one. I wasn't going to buy him one the same size so we went up a size..it's a little big still. He also got some GI Joe stuff and new games for his v-smile and a bunch of bakugan and a remote control helicopter.
Lexi's big gift was a kitchen...this is her opening it. she also got her my little ponies and a bunch of babies and a shopping cart w/ food to go with the kitchen.
She is so cute playing with it...makes me a little sad tho cuz she seems so grown-up playing with it:(
Hadley's big gift was a Nintendo DS. He also got a bunch of games to go with it and some bakugan. He was a little disapointed. I had explained to him that if he got a DS and games...that was pretty much all he was getting cuz they are exspensive. he said he understood but you could tell he wasn't sure when he was watching devin open more toys than him:) Santa also brought us a bunch of Wii games so he has been playing with those too.
but he loves his DS and this is all we have seen him doing since friday:)
Christmas was fun and we feel so blessed this year. to have a good healthy family, and a good job at a time in the world when they are scarse. we are grateful for our wonderful new neighborhood and all the awesome new friends we have made, and for the new house we were able to build. we have truly been blessed this year. honestly, all year little things kept happening that we have just been amazed at what the Lord can do. I don't know what we have done to deserve such blessings, but are grateful everyday for them and for the Lord in our lives!!!
Lexi got a stocking full of My Little Pony's.
and a giant candy cane. she gave up on it after a few minutes and gave it to the dog.
Devin's big gift this year was a new bike. He has been asking for one. I wasn't going to buy him one the same size so we went up a size..it's a little big still. He also got some GI Joe stuff and new games for his v-smile and a bunch of bakugan and a remote control helicopter.
Lexi's big gift was a kitchen...this is her opening it. she also got her my little ponies and a bunch of babies and a shopping cart w/ food to go with the kitchen.
She is so cute playing with it...makes me a little sad tho cuz she seems so grown-up playing with it:(
Hadley's big gift was a Nintendo DS. He also got a bunch of games to go with it and some bakugan. He was a little disapointed. I had explained to him that if he got a DS and games...that was pretty much all he was getting cuz they are exspensive. he said he understood but you could tell he wasn't sure when he was watching devin open more toys than him:) Santa also brought us a bunch of Wii games so he has been playing with those too.
but he loves his DS and this is all we have seen him doing since friday:)
Christmas was fun and we feel so blessed this year. to have a good healthy family, and a good job at a time in the world when they are scarse. we are grateful for our wonderful new neighborhood and all the awesome new friends we have made, and for the new house we were able to build. we have truly been blessed this year. honestly, all year little things kept happening that we have just been amazed at what the Lord can do. I don't know what we have done to deserve such blessings, but are grateful everyday for them and for the Lord in our lives!!!
Friday, December 25, 2009
Christmas Eve 2009.
Well, while we are sitting around waiting for Peter to get home from work so we can do Christmas...I might as well get my Christmas Eve post done.
Lexi really getting into one of the treats a neighbor brought by:)
With the craziness of the move, unfortunately, some of our traditions got overlooked this year. we usually do the gingerbread house about a week before so we can have it out all week...but we forgot/didn't have a chance and had to do it christmas eve morning.
this year we had all of Peter's family over for Christmas Eve dinner(minus his brother who did christmas eve with his girlfriend's family). we just did a casual dinner/game night. it was fun, thanx everyone for coming!
Our tradition is to open Jammies on Christmas Eve. Hadley remembered so when he told Devin they were opening jammies...devin looked at me and said, I will just open a toy instead. he had to do jammies...and wasn't thrilled...it's hard to be 5!
another tradion that I overlooked was cookies for santa:( normally I get one of those sugar cookie mixes and let the boys make them...all by themselves. I got the stuff but time just got away from us and we didn't get it done. so we just used some of the cookies that a neighbor brought by...and of course our traditional oats for the reindeer!
Lexi really getting into one of the treats a neighbor brought by:)
With the craziness of the move, unfortunately, some of our traditions got overlooked this year. we usually do the gingerbread house about a week before so we can have it out all week...but we forgot/didn't have a chance and had to do it christmas eve morning.
this year we had all of Peter's family over for Christmas Eve dinner(minus his brother who did christmas eve with his girlfriend's family). we just did a casual dinner/game night. it was fun, thanx everyone for coming!
Our tradition is to open Jammies on Christmas Eve. Hadley remembered so when he told Devin they were opening jammies...devin looked at me and said, I will just open a toy instead. he had to do jammies...and wasn't thrilled...it's hard to be 5!
this is all the kiddo's in their jammies. Lexi loves her Dora jammies...she screams when I try to take the pants off to change her diaper.
another tradion that I overlooked was cookies for santa:( normally I get one of those sugar cookie mixes and let the boys make them...all by themselves. I got the stuff but time just got away from us and we didn't get it done. so we just used some of the cookies that a neighbor brought by...and of course our traditional oats for the reindeer!
(we put the plate on the floor by the fireplace, and the dog promptly ate it)
This is Peter's Christmas gift. We got it on black friday so he(we) has been able to enjoy it for a while now.
and this is my christmas gift. I love it!! it needs some breaking in...the cushions are still very stiff and un-sat on...is that a term?? I will have to have lots of people over and make them sit on my couch:)
Now it's Christmas morning. Peter is at work, at least it's not a regular 12 hour shift...just a 6. I let the kids open their stockings this morning and now they are so patiently waiting for dad to get home to open the rest of their gifts.
This is Peter's Christmas gift. We got it on black friday so he(we) has been able to enjoy it for a while now.
and this is my christmas gift. I love it!! it needs some breaking in...the cushions are still very stiff and un-sat on...is that a term?? I will have to have lots of people over and make them sit on my couch:)
Now it's Christmas morning. Peter is at work, at least it's not a regular 12 hour shift...just a 6. I let the kids open their stockings this morning and now they are so patiently waiting for dad to get home to open the rest of their gifts.
only 2 more years...then peter hits the 10 year mark at work and doesn't have to work christmas anymore!!!!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Cards.
howdy all! I am going to be sending out our New Year's cards (aka, I didn't get my butt in gear in time for them to be christmas cards)
anyhoo, I know several of you have moved this last year, and some newby's I don't even have your address yet. so if you fall into one of those categories...I need your address. you can email them to me at olsonfamily99 at q dot com. or message me on facebook, whatever works for you.
thanx so much and I hope you all have a great christmas!!!
anyhoo, I know several of you have moved this last year, and some newby's I don't even have your address yet. so if you fall into one of those categories...I need your address. you can email them to me at olsonfamily99 at q dot com. or message me on facebook, whatever works for you.
thanx so much and I hope you all have a great christmas!!!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
More SNL
I was talking with Susan on the phone about the earlier skit I posted and discovered she had never seen the Firelight skit that Taylor Swift did...so this is for you Susan:)
SNL
If you missed SNL this weekend, Taylor Lautner hosted. He did ok, this was the funniest skit of the night, and of course...being about twilight...you know I gotta post it:)
ps...you will have to shut off the music at the bottom of my blog to hear it.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Our Weekend.
friday night we went with our friends, the Willie's, to temple square to see the lights.
I tried to get a picture of the kids in front of the Christus but my flash wasnt working for some reason and so I just got the outline of my kids:)
This is my hubby, who can't take a serious picture, and lexi all bundled up in the stroller, warmer than all of us.
The red tree...always my favorite. you have to see it in person to really appreciate how many lights are on it.
Is it possible to get a bad picture of this temple? I think not.
The tree inside the Joseph Smith Memorial building. it was huge and georgeous. I loved the colors on it. they had the same color green that I picked out for my new tree and they also had cream and a burgandy color with it...I have decided that next year I am adding those colors to my tree too!
We went to the top of the JSM building to check out the view....and warm up:)
on the way back down all 10 of us plus one regular stroller and one double stroller CRAMMED into the elavator. Tanya said I needed a picture of all of us crammed in there so I put the camera up and took a picture....all I got was Tanya;)
then off to JB's for hot cocoa and dessert!
This was the Willie's first trip to temple square for the lights. it was cold and the kids were a little rowdy. it was REALLY crowded. there was a MoTab concert that night and Elmo live that night..it was insane downtown. I could tell Tanya was thinking she would never do this again so I told her that it's like childbirth...by next christmas you will have forgotten how bad it was and you will do it again:)
I tried to get a picture of the kids in front of the Christus but my flash wasnt working for some reason and so I just got the outline of my kids:)
us, in all our bundled up glory.
An attempt to get a picture of our hubbies and all the kids. Lexi is walking off and who knows what Hadley and Spencer are doing??
This is my hubby, who can't take a serious picture, and lexi all bundled up in the stroller, warmer than all of us.
The red tree...always my favorite. you have to see it in person to really appreciate how many lights are on it.
Is it possible to get a bad picture of this temple? I think not.
The tree inside the Joseph Smith Memorial building. it was huge and georgeous. I loved the colors on it. they had the same color green that I picked out for my new tree and they also had cream and a burgandy color with it...I have decided that next year I am adding those colors to my tree too!
We went to the top of the JSM building to check out the view....and warm up:)
on the way back down all 10 of us plus one regular stroller and one double stroller CRAMMED into the elavator. Tanya said I needed a picture of all of us crammed in there so I put the camera up and took a picture....all I got was Tanya;)
then off to JB's for hot cocoa and dessert!
This was the Willie's first trip to temple square for the lights. it was cold and the kids were a little rowdy. it was REALLY crowded. there was a MoTab concert that night and Elmo live that night..it was insane downtown. I could tell Tanya was thinking she would never do this again so I told her that it's like childbirth...by next christmas you will have forgotten how bad it was and you will do it again:)
I know that most years it seems like alot more work than fun...at least for the parent's. but I know that my kids will always remember this tradition and they love it...so until the day it actually does kill me:) we will keep doing it!
Saturday night Peter and I went to the Jazz/Laker game. It was horrible...if you are a Laker fan:) the dang Laker's just couldn't make their shots and the Jazz couldn't miss. they beat us by 8 points and we had to do the walk of shame out of the arena in our Laker gear....always fun:) we still had a blast tho!
Earlier that morning we had the ward breakfast, which was yummy and fun. then we went with the Merrell's to the clubhouse to see santa.
Hadley thought he was too cool for santa. I did get him to kinda sit on his lap though.
Devin is at that age where he just loves santa and really get's into the whole thing. He is convinced, and telling everyone, that santa is bringing him and ipod touch. I keep telling him that santa knows he is only 5 and would like toys better...but he wont be swayed. hopefully he wont be too disappointed christmas morning cuz I really doubt santa got him an ipod!!
And Lexi HATED it:)
the kids had some late nights and a long weekend. it caught up with Lexi after church on sunday.
Lexi sat on the counter while I was making dinner. she had a pile of frozen peas that she was eating and for some reason decided to eat like a dog.
Peter putting some final touches on my shelves that he built in the garage.
Good job dear! I love them. we filled them with christmas decorations and camping stuff, and other random things that we only use like once a year. now they are neatly tucked out of the way.
We may or may not have taken a couple truck loads of garbage over to the other Richmond subdivision and put it in their dumpsters:) Oh well, I have more room in my garage now and Richmond owes me for making me handwash my dishes for 2 weeks!
Saturday night Peter and I went to the Jazz/Laker game. It was horrible...if you are a Laker fan:) the dang Laker's just couldn't make their shots and the Jazz couldn't miss. they beat us by 8 points and we had to do the walk of shame out of the arena in our Laker gear....always fun:) we still had a blast tho!
Earlier that morning we had the ward breakfast, which was yummy and fun. then we went with the Merrell's to the clubhouse to see santa.
Hadley thought he was too cool for santa. I did get him to kinda sit on his lap though.
Devin is at that age where he just loves santa and really get's into the whole thing. He is convinced, and telling everyone, that santa is bringing him and ipod touch. I keep telling him that santa knows he is only 5 and would like toys better...but he wont be swayed. hopefully he wont be too disappointed christmas morning cuz I really doubt santa got him an ipod!!
And Lexi HATED it:)
the kids had some late nights and a long weekend. it caught up with Lexi after church on sunday.
Lexi sat on the counter while I was making dinner. she had a pile of frozen peas that she was eating and for some reason decided to eat like a dog.
Peter putting some final touches on my shelves that he built in the garage.
Good job dear! I love them. we filled them with christmas decorations and camping stuff, and other random things that we only use like once a year. now they are neatly tucked out of the way.
We may or may not have taken a couple truck loads of garbage over to the other Richmond subdivision and put it in their dumpsters:) Oh well, I have more room in my garage now and Richmond owes me for making me handwash my dishes for 2 weeks!
(if you didn't know, they installed our dishwasher wrong and it didnt' get fixed for 2 weeks)
It was a fun/busy weekend. eventually we will be unpacked and settled into this house and Peter can actually have a day off on his day off. I feel so bad putting him to work as soon as he has time off....but there is just so much to do still!
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Getting ready for Christmas.
We were driving the other day and the boys said "mom, are we going to put up a tree this year?"...oh yeah...christmas! I kinda got so wrapped up in the move that I didn't think much about it. so we spent the weekend getting ready for christmas.
Saturday we headed out to the annual Christmas parade in Tooele. it was cold, but the parade was short and sweet...and they threw candy...(unlike lame Oregon parades!):)
This is Lexi getting out of the car...still warm and happy:)
all of the kiddos waiting in the back of the car for the parade to start.
We met up with Tanya and her family there. these are my kids and hers before the parade (lexi, hadley, devin. spencer, amber and megan)
Here comes Santa!
Lexi got cold pretty quickly and spent the whole parade crying. but when she saw Santa she tried to be excited...while crying:)
this is all the kids after the parade...notice Lexi in tears.
After the parade I took the kids out for breakfast. and of course, hot chocolate!
The boys begged for their own tree this year so I got them a little 3 foot tree for their room. I let them use my old ornaments to decorate it.
They love it!
Lexi helping hang ornaments.
All finished! I finally got myself some new ornaments this year. When we were teenagers, my aunt had us pick a "theme"...she was all about the themed trees. well, I picked snowmen & mittens. it was a great idea and it was awesome to have all those decorations for the first few years of marriage when you can't afford that kind of stuff (I hated getting them as gifts as a teen tho!!:)) anyway, it is hard to pick your "theme" at 15 and hope you will still like it when you are 30. needless to say I am a little sick of snowmen!! So I decided to start getting some new ones. I only got a few this year but will build up the stash over time:) My aunt had the most beautiful blue and silver tree and so I thought about doing blue and silver cuz I had always loved it so much...but then I found these bluish-green ornaments that I loved and went with that and silver instead...I know, a HUGE difference:) what can I say, I think outside the box:)
you cant see the color great...I definately have more silver than blue so far.
Saturday we headed out to the annual Christmas parade in Tooele. it was cold, but the parade was short and sweet...and they threw candy...(unlike lame Oregon parades!):)
This is Lexi getting out of the car...still warm and happy:)
all of the kiddos waiting in the back of the car for the parade to start.
We met up with Tanya and her family there. these are my kids and hers before the parade (lexi, hadley, devin. spencer, amber and megan)
Here comes Santa!
Lexi got cold pretty quickly and spent the whole parade crying. but when she saw Santa she tried to be excited...while crying:)
this is all the kids after the parade...notice Lexi in tears.
After the parade I took the kids out for breakfast. and of course, hot chocolate!
The boys begged for their own tree this year so I got them a little 3 foot tree for their room. I let them use my old ornaments to decorate it.
They love it!
Lexi helping hang ornaments.
All finished! I finally got myself some new ornaments this year. When we were teenagers, my aunt had us pick a "theme"...she was all about the themed trees. well, I picked snowmen & mittens. it was a great idea and it was awesome to have all those decorations for the first few years of marriage when you can't afford that kind of stuff (I hated getting them as gifts as a teen tho!!:)) anyway, it is hard to pick your "theme" at 15 and hope you will still like it when you are 30. needless to say I am a little sick of snowmen!! So I decided to start getting some new ones. I only got a few this year but will build up the stash over time:) My aunt had the most beautiful blue and silver tree and so I thought about doing blue and silver cuz I had always loved it so much...but then I found these bluish-green ornaments that I loved and went with that and silver instead...I know, a HUGE difference:) what can I say, I think outside the box:)
you cant see the color great...I definately have more silver than blue so far.
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