More Christmas

On Christmas Day a couple of guys that came over the night before, came over again and one of them made us dinner. Then we played some more Wii. A busy day but I think the kids had fun playing with their new presents.





Lately it seems that Kylee is getting quite the little personality. We will call for her and she'll say "what?" it is so cute. She also loves to say "uh oh" when she does something naughty. She is getting to be more opinionated, but still so sweet and cute.
The other two are still up to their usual craziness. Driving me crazy and making me wonder when school will be back in session. But what parents don't feel like that over the break?
I almost forgot to mention. I got a new camera! YAY! Our old one went through batteries so fast and it had the longest delay when taking pictures. The new one is slimmer and has a rechargeable batter like a cell phone and takes pictures without the 5 second delay. I am loving it and hopefully it will help me get some better pictures.

Christmas Day

Christmas has come and gone and it feels (and looks) like a whirlwind has hit our house.
On Christmas Eve we had some people from church over for dinner. None of them have cars so we had to go pick them up. The weather was a little trecherous, but we made it without any problems. We had a yummy ham dinner and then Jeremy read the Christmas story from Luke while the kids acted it out.
After we got done taking everyone home it was late and the kids were tired so we forgot to leave cookies for Santa. Price did remember to put out the reindeer food out on the lawn. But I guess Santa still came even without a treat and left a mess of gifts for us.
The kids slept pretty well and we didn't get up until around 7. Then we had fun opening presents and talking to most of our families.
The big gift this year was the Wii. We got a TV for the basement and now our downstairs is Wii central. Price loves playing it, but was a little disappointed that Santa didn't bring him a Nintendo DS.
Brynlee got lots of princess/girly stuff. She loves to sit at her new makeup vanity and do her hair.
Kylee got a little bike to ride around, a beanbag (just like the other two have) and a little tent to play in. I think mostly she likes playing with the other kids' toys though.

Christmas

We've had quite the week here getting ready for Christmas.
We had our last playschool of the year. We dressed up and acted out the nativity story. The kids were so cute and had so much fun. We also frosted some cookies and played some Christmas Bingo.


On Wednesday we were hit with sickness. I had it first and felt horrible. It reminded me of how nauseous I feel when I'm pregnant and I am so glad that this year I am not pregnant. Then Brynlee and Kylee got it on Thursday. So we did a lot of laundry and ate a lot of crackers and juice. Luckily everyone got feeling better by the time Christmas came.

Christmas Pics

I took some pictures of the kids today before church. The individual ones turned out way better than the group ones. Maybe if I had Photoshop I could get one great picture of the 3 of them, but I guess I'm left with the imperfect ones. Oh well, then I will be able to look back and see how things really were.

Goings on

I am sure glad I got all my Christmas shopping done, it has been a busy few days.

Kylee is definitely a Hodson. She loves to chill on the couch and eat some cereal.


Last night we had our ward Christmas party. We had dessert, music and at the end Santa made a little visit.
Kylee cried when I put him on her lap and Jeremy wasn't close enough to get a good picture. But the other two loved seeing him. Price asked for a DS and Brynlee said she wanted some princess stuff.

Price sang some songs with the Primary kids.


Earlier this week the kids had some friends over to play with. Brynlee had her friend dressing up for a parade and playing with dolls. Poor kid is the youngest of 4 boys and then he comes over here and gets bossed around by Bryn. But I think they had a good time anyway.

Slacker

Man, I've been a slacker lately about posting. I guess I've just been trying to get Christmas stuff done. That combined with the dreaded pink eye I haven't felt much like writing on the old blog.
As for the pink eye it is finally gone. The kids recovered quickly. As for me it went from one eye to the other. So it took awhile, but I'm hoping it has left our house.
On Saturday we ran around like crazy. Price had his last day at basketball. He loved it. They just worked on skills like dribbling, passing and shooting. They did have a little scrimmage on the last day, but it was a joke. Price did really well, he doesn't have that killer competetive instinct, but he had fun and he's getting better everyday.
Then we went to the church for a baptism. Jeremy gave a talk on the Holy Ghost and did a great job. He thought he was giving the talk on Baptism, but plans changed at the last minute. So considering he didn't have anything planned he did awesome.
Later in the afternoon Price and I went shopping so he could get some presents for his sisters. Everything he saw he wanted to buy, but we did manage to find something in his budget that I think the girls will like. Plus it was fun to have some one on one time with him, it doesn't happen very often.

We had a bit of a storm on Saturday, but that didn't stop me from going to Bunco night with the girls. It's a once a month thing where the girls get together to play this fun game and eat treats. Any excuse to have a night out right? It's a great time and just nice to get away for a little bit.

On Sunday it was cold and the roads were icy so church was cancelled. Normally this would be a good thing, but I'd just finished getting ready for Sharing Time when I got the call. After lunch the day just seemed to drag by. I swear that there were about 3 extra hours added to the day. But we survived and I'm hoping we don't have too many more snow days like that this year.

Today Brynlee was at playschool, Price was at school so I did the final push and got the rest of my Christmas shopping done. Everything is bought. Presents are wrapped. Packages are mailed and treats are cooked. Now I can sit back and relax and enjoy the holiday season. Especially since we have a few parties coming up in the next few days.

Getting ready for Christmas

We've had a busy few weeks here at out house. We (well mostly me) have been getting ready for Christmas. Mostly all the presents are bought and I only have to brave one more trip to the post office. I've also been cooking a ton of goodies to give to people. I'm glad I've gotten so much done because recently we've been hit with the dreaded pink eye. Price was starting to come down with it on Friday. A friend recommended some over the counter drops (Similason Pink Eye Relief) and they have worked wonders for us. Price only needed the drops a few times and was feeling better. On Monday I woke up with crusty eyes. In all my years, this was my first case of pink eye and it sucked. Luckily the drops worked and I am all better now. Brynlee started getting it yesterday, but is doing much better today. I feel like the worst mother ever when I have to pin her down and pry her eye open to put the drops in.

The weather has been frigid of course, but the kids have still gotten outside and played a lot. It'll do them good to get out and about and away from the house for a little bit.

This is one of the pictures we took when doing our yearly family picture. The kids are at the age that it is getting hard to get all three of them looking good in the same picture. Plus Jeremy has an aversion to smiling. But I guess it just shows how we really are.

Winter Crafts

Winter has decided to come. The temps have been a bit frigid so I've had to think up things for the kids to do to keep them occupied.
If your house is anything like ours you have a load of broken crayon pieces that are pretty useless. This was our pile.

We took them and peeled the paper off them and put them in a muffin tin. It would have worked better if I'd had muffin wrappers, but I had to improvise with some wax paper.

We then put them in the oven at 350 for about 6-7 minutes. You take them out and let them cool. After peeling off the paper you have a cool rainbow crayon.

I remember making these as a kid and having fun with them. Plus it's a great way to get rid of all those crayon pieces that no one is using.

I also thought of doing each cup in the same family of colors. Like doing all different shades of blue, green, red, etc.

Tree Decorating

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas here. We decorated the house on Monday and for Family Home Evening we decorated the tree.
The kids were so excited to be able to remember all the ornaments we've made through the past few years.

Even Kylee got in on the action.

Nothing says Christmas like doggy jammies and a tiara

Price showing off our Logan temple ornament.

Jer did a great job helping the kids decorate. I was so pooped after putting the tree together and putting the lights on.

It's funny how our tree decorating has changed over the years. It started with the ornaments perfectly placed. Now we don't have anything on the bottom 2 feet so Kylee won't break anything. We let the kids put their homeade ornaments wherever they want. The glass balls are only on the top 1/3 of the tree. It isn't picture perfect, but that's what makes it unique and ours.