Friday was our five year anniversary. Jimmy and I take turns planning what to do each year. This year was his trun, and he surprised me by taking me skiing. We left the kids with his mom late Thursday
night, spent the night in Frederick MD, and got up early Friday morning and drove to the ski resort. It was so much fun. I had not been skiing in years. Jimmy is the greatest guy, and the last five years have been the best five years of my life! I love you babe! Thanks for the fun time.
December is always packed full of fun stuff to do. It always ends up being the busiest (and best)month for us. We have Jimmy and McKartnee's birthdays, our aniversary, and then Christmas.
I put together a slide show of some of the fun things we have done this month: We made gingerbread houses,which the kids loved doing. McLean city's Fire Department does a fun thing every year where Santa rides on top of the firetruck and drives up and down each street. He hands a candycane to each of the kids. They look forward to him coming every year. Walker started rolling over this month, and also started eating cereal. We went to the temple visitor center to hear Jimmy's mom sing, and to see the lights and the nativity. When we were at the nativity, McKartnee had a huge melt down, because she wanted to go and hug the baby Jesus, and I would not let her. The lights were beautiful, and it is always good to be reminded of the true meaning of Christmas.
Monday was McKartnee's second birthday. She got a baby doll that she loves, and a dress up that she won't even touch. Atleast she liked her doll. I guess some success is better than none right?
McKartnee is such a fun little girl. She has the cutest personality, and she is always making us laugh. We feel so blessed that she is part of our family.
It is the funniest thing, but for some reason, everytime that we sing to McKartnee she gets shy and almost cries. (I have probably traumatized her with my beautiful voice) I thought this video was cute, because she does the whole shy thing, and then when she can't blow her candle out, she does the classic "spit it out".
Happy Birthday sweet girl. We love you!!
Now that Wyatt is a big 4 year old, he decided that he wanted a four year old 
haircut. I was sad, because I loved his long hair, but it will always grow back. He loved the mohawk we did while we were cutting it, and now every time that I do his hair he says " Mom make it stick up in the middle like when you cut it". Usually when you cut kids hair short I think it makes them look younger, but Wyatt looks alot more grown up to me. He is such a fun kid and a joy to have around.
So, ever since I watched Christmas Vacation as a kid, I thought it would be cool to go to a Christmas tree farm and cut down your own tree. We have had a fake one that we have always used, but last year Jimmy said "next year we are getting a real one", so this year we 
set out in search of the perfect tree. Being as frugal as we are, we traveled about an hour away to the cheepest farm. It was only $25 for a pine of any size, and $35 for a spruce of any size. WHAT A GREAT DEAL. It didn't take us long to find the perfect tree. Jimmy and Wyatt cut it down, and then they had guys that put it on a trailer and took it back down to the main part. Being the amatures we are, we didn't bring a measuring tape or anything
with us. Well let's just say that the trees look pretty small being out in a big field, and when the guys went to bail it, they said " I don't know if this one will fit in the bailer. It took three of them, but they finally got it through. The next challenge was getting it home. It was to big to strap on top of the van for as long as we had to go, so we had to illegally put all three kids in the middle seat, fold the back seat down, and stuff the tree in the back of the van. We were laughing the whole way home and wondering if it would even fit in our little house. It is bigger than we had planned on, but it works. I love having a real tree and the smell of fresh pine. It was a fun thing that I think we will have to make a tradition.
We decided to surprise my mom this year for Thanksgiving, and just show up at her house. We had so much fun. The kids just loved it. We were able to do alot of fun things. We went to Cabella's, went to the dinosaur and bean museums at BYU, went to the Park City outlets, and we were able to see alot of family and friends that we wish we could see more of. My only regret is that I didn't take more pictures, I am the worst at remembering. The memories are great though. It was so much fun to spend time with all of you again, and for those we didn't see this time, we will have to get together next time. Hopefully during the summer, but next Christmas for sure. Here is a slide show of the few pictures we took.
