No Coal For this house!

Well we did it we all made it on the nice list this year, so there was no coal delivery here! Some times I wonder how my 3 kids stay on that nice list they must be related to Santa or something, he must have a soft spot when it comes to my kids( doesn't every parent).

Well like I said it has come and gone but we sure had a great Christmas. The kids didn't even wake up till about 8am( what good children) well Mik got up about 2am and started shouting " it's Christmas, It's Christmas" I told him to be quite and go back to bed and he did, no problem(if the girls would have heard him it would have been over). Later I found out he had already been out and seen that Santa had already come, sneaky kid!

I think the kids got everything on their list's and then some! Kinzie & Halli got bikes so now we can retire the little trikes that they still ride and there poor knees hit the handles with every peddle, but they sure have been good little bikes, they said baby Preston( sorry Amy) can have them, they always want to give him everything, well if you want one you can have one at least they are not pink!

Retired Trikes

They also got puppy's in a bag or as Scott calls them doggy bags. They play with them all day and I think everything they got for Christmas is in the bag with the toy dog, excluding the larger items of course( bike, scooter, board games).

Our little stud got a real Basketball hoop this year so move over little tike's this boy is in the big league now! This is what he really wanted even over the Nintendo DS I was shocked! Hey any day I will take that answer! He also got a telescope( NERD) A paper air plane book and more I think one of his gifts is my favorite gift and I am always stealing it from him and that is Cosmic catch, you have to try it is is the funnest game ever and the family can play it is kinda like Simon but with a ball, check it out at the store it is so worth the money! Me and Scott didn't do much this year but we got each other a few things I got some ugh boots and some other fun things and Scott got a Cabela's gift card and his traditional things from the kids DR. Pepper, cookies, and so on. That has become a tradition for the kids to wrap some Dr. Pepper and things and put them under the tree it is just something silly!

We are so lucky that we got a perfect white Christmas this year, to bad it all had to be shoveled and snow blown because that snow blower just about took of my Dad's finger, YUP ER visit on Christmas day, well it made for a memorable Christmas! And it was gross! We won't go in to detail because I will probably faint just writing about it! Note Snow blower vs. fingers snow blower wins that is why there is caution stickers all over it! The ER saw a few that day, so my Dad doesn't feel that dumb!

Oh I forgot Christmas Eve, of course we did the P.J. thing and then watched a movie and popped home made popcorn! YUM! oh and we had to make more sugar cookies for Santa since the 3-4 dozen we had made 2 days before seemed to vanish! Seems we have to little cookie monsters in our house. Hint they look exactly the same. * Kinzie & Halli

And down Comes the Ginger Bread House!

Fa la la la la la la la laaaaaa!

Where do I start? Well I guess I better start off with a Merry Christmas, and for those of you that are expecting your annual West Family Christmas card edition 2008 I am sorry but they are coming just a little late this year I have them done and just need to get them sent out. I know a little late this year! Oh well. So maybe you will get them a little after Christmas but it is the thought that counts right! They got put on hold during finals then those were over and then the whole house was sick except for me.

OK so yes I have turned one year older ( and wiser?) On my birthday I got the opportunity a couple times to have the honor of cleaning up throw up, and doing laundry, what more could I have asked for! The flu or what ever it was circled through our house a few times, I think it is finally gone, just in time!

Mik had his 1st grade program, it was the Grinch that stole Christmas I couldn't see or hear anything, good thing we took the video camera so I could watch it later, there were to many little kids crying and running all over it was crazy( And rude) He was so excited for it and it is so fun that he knows all the songs in the movie. The kids are getting so big I love to hear the girls just bust out a Christmas song, right words or not it is fun to hear them get in to the spirit of Christmas.

We have done a few Christmas activities we went and saw the lights at the Salt Lake Temple Which is a tradition the kids find it fascinating year after year. This week we made a gingerbread house and they all had fun licking there fingers and eating the candy.

Here in Utah it has been snowing the past few days and the kids are having a blast playing in all the fluffy snow and eating it! They were so excited to get out and go sledding finally since they have been asking for weeks when they were going to be able to go sledding it was nice to finally tell them they could! Mik and Halli could live in the snow Kinzie she would rather the snow be warm but she will get out there for a few minutes. Mostly she likes the things that come along with the cold weather, like scarfs and gloves and boots and anything that goes along with fashion.

The kids have been so crazy about there list to Santa I can't tell how many I have printed off because they have either gotten lost or to wrinkled. We mailed some off to Santa and now we are finding all sorts of things in envelops in the mail box from the girls seems they are trying to send Santa everything they can. Well this has paid off today we received a letter from Santa even Stamped from the North Pole. Wow Santa sure is nice to take the time and send 3 kids a letter.

Well as we get ready for the big day we hope you all are well and blessed with the spirit of Christmas in your homes, and remember the true meaning of giving and what we have been given in this life! Merry Christmas

Puzzles

The girls are crazy about puzzles right now here is one we found.

Quick note

I am almost done with school for the semester just finished my final projects and now I just have one final left. I just thought I would Show of few pics I put in my portfolio for my final it was on Downtown Salt Lake City. It was really yucky outside every time I went down there but they turned out OK. Well I will be breathing normal by next Wednesday. Tiff I hope yours are going well to I will talk to you soon, Miss you!