Merry Christmas!

Okay, so these pictures aren't the best pics of Santa and the boys, but it's what I have for now :) This was at our ward Christmas party last Friday.

Brayden wouldn't say a word and Tyson was scared. Tyson also spilled a cup of water down him right before.

Family Update

Hello friends and family! Here's a little bit about us and what we've been up to:

Brent, works at RR Donnelley, a printing press company. He has been there for about 6 yrs. He runs the machines there. He doesn't absolutely love it, but it pays the bills :) He is busy working 12 hr. shifts, graveyard, but will be switching to 8 hr. shifts next year. He will still be on a graveyard shift, but hopefully he will get more sleep! He also watches the kids in the morning while I go to work. He is a very supportive husband and father, and I love him so much!
He loves to play basketball, and is looking forward to church ball when he can play more.

Kara, works part-time at Spring Creek, as a special ed. aide. This is my 5th yr. here, and I absolutely love it! I enjoy seeing the student's progress over the school year, and it is so fun to get to know them :) I also am very busy with two little boys, and try to keep up with church callings, blogging, scrapbooking and the daily chores and errands. I am on the Enrichment committee, and in charge of Activity Days with the 8-12 yr. old girls in my ward. I also love to read, and wish I had more time to do so.

Brayden, is turning 3 in less than a week! He learned to be potty trained this year, and is now sleeping without a pull-up! He kept waking up dry for 3 weeks straight, so we decided to go for it, and he is doing really well. Only one accident, in the past two weeks. He knows all his letters and is still learning colors and shapes. He loves the t.v shows: Super Why, Word World, Clifford and Curious George, and now he can't get enough of Thomas the Train. He loves playing computer games on PBS Kids, and would all day if I let him.

Tyson, is just over a yr. old and is walking around! He says a few words: momma, dadda, no, uh oh, please and thank you. He loves to mimic sounds and loves music. If he hears any on the t.v. or radio he will start swaying back and forth. He will even dance to the commercials :) He loves his brother and wants to be wherever he is. He is such a sweet little boy and is growing so fast!

We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season. Merry Christmas and have a very happy new year!

Birthday Weekend!

I officially turned 25 on Saturday! I know, I'm old. A quarter of a century! (When I put it like that, I sound really old.) I had a pretty good day. Friday, I went out with some work friends for lunch at Village Inn and got free pie. Yummy!
Saturday I worked at Sports Academy in the morning, then we got my parents to watch the kids later. We did the traditional dinner and a movie. We were going to eat at Hamiltons, but it was a 2 hr. wait, so we ate at Wingers. Then we went to the movie "Momma Mia" Brent told me I could choose, and I was thinking Twilight, but knew Brent wouldn't have liked it. I had no idea he would hate Momma Mia. He has seen musicals before and hasn't minded them, but this one, of course, was different. He even told me he would have rather seen Twilight! He said he liked Moulin Rouge much better than Momma Mia, and he didn't even like Moulin Rouge! I loved the music, but the movie wasn't that great. Owell, it was fun anyway, being together and laughing about how dumb the movie was throughout it.

Twilight and Thanksgiving!

Hello my friends. So what did everybody think of Twilight? Just curious :) I went to see it with a group of friends and sister-in-laws, Saturday the day after it opened. It was a lot of fun! I was so excited I couldn't sleep good Friday night! It felt like Christmas! I know I'm weird. A few of us even took a picture by the poster outside. It was awesome! I will have to post it when I get it from my friend.
The movie was good and all but it wasn't great. I thought the acting wasn't very good and Jake was cuter in my mind than he was in the movie and his "friends" (wolf bros) too. Edward was also cuter in my mind, but they did an okay job with him and Bella. I just feel like Bella didn't show alot of emotion, she seemed boring, but I guess that is how she is?
Well, the next movies should be better, now that they will be working with a company, instead of doing it independent. I just love the books! I can't handle it! I swear these are the best books I have ever read! She could totally expand and write another one. If she doesn't then I will!
In my book I would have a fight between Jake and Nahuel for Renesme, then somehow the Volturi decides to fight them and it would be a close one, but the Cullens would win and kill the Volturi totally off, and they would be the new followers and they would take care of the Vampires that break the rules. How cool would that be? okay sorry if you haven't read all the books and I gave too much info! I just can't stop talking about it!

Okay, Thanksgiving! we really didn't have much of a Thanksgiving this year. Brayden woke up with a high fever so I stayed home with him :( Brent and Tyson went over to be with his family and brought us back food. The next morning he still had a fever, but then went down by the afternoon. Everyone at Brent's still wanted us to come over so we went and ate food and played games. So at least we did that :) Then the next day Tyson was throwing up and had a fever too! So it has been a fun week! Now they both just have the cough and stuffy, runny noses. They also have a hard time sleeping. Last night was the first night I didn't have to wake up to take care of one of them! yeah! I am suprized I haven't got sick yet. My immune system rocks! Brent started getting a cold yesterday, bummer.
So Thanksgiving has past, even though I didn't have a blast. I look forward to next year when we will hopefully be there! :) (I felt like rhyming)
To end, I just want everyone to know how thankful I am to have such good friends as you! I am so thankful for a wonderful husband who puts up with my craziness, and for two beautiful little boys who add to the craziness :)