Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Christmas Day!


GK didn't sleep well on Christmas night. We brought him in bed with us at about 1:00 A.M. So we didn't get much sleep that night. GK and Patrick were both up at 6:30 but they stayed in bed for about an hour. GK was so cute when he saw the tree, he pointed and said WOW. He wasn't in to the presents at all. He picked one and was happy with that. Why do we teach kids to be spoiled? Well it is fun! We made him open a bunch more but we did save a few for when he gets bored with these ones. We had German Pancakes for breakfast because the big breakfast wasn't until 12:00. It was really fun to watch GK get a hang of the whole Christmas thing.
Vickie and Scott have quite the spread for Christmas breakfast. They were so sweet and invited my parents and brother to come. There was so much food and it was so good. I wish I could eat that every day! (notice no Patrick..)
We opened presents and had some candy. Poor Alyssa was so tired, she woke up at 4:00 A.M. and was paying the price dearly by early afternoon. (still no Patrick..)
Then GK had to go down for a nap, he was SO tired poor kid! I went to my Mom and Dad's house. I missed Wendi and Dennis and their family but I made it just in time to see Dane and Jodi and their family. Peyton and Riley are so cute! They are really good kids. They were in a hurry for Dane's big Birthday party. It was nice to spend some time with my parents and Dave before Dave is back in Vermont. (Where is he?)
Poor Patrick was sick with the flu all day! He missed Christmas breakfast and all the presents from his family. All the screaming, wild, happy, enthusiastic kids on Christmas day! Poor Patrick had to spend all day in bed. Wait maybe that was what he wanted all along...

Christmas Eve

We had such a fun Christmas Eve. Patrick only had to go to work for a few hours so we had lots of time to play together! GK found his new favorite hiding place, he crawls under here all the time. Patrick will even climb under there too to check in on him!
Then it was off to the Astle Family Christmas Eve Party! Uncle Reynold and Aunt Fawn were in charge of it this year and they did a great job, we didn't run out of any food! My favorite is the potato leek soup! Carson was a sweetheart and played with GK most of the night so we could visit with family. We had a talent show and a pinata. The kids were really cute, you could see the excitement in their eyes!
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Temple Square

We made it to Temple Square for Family Home Evening last night! I really didn't think we would but I am so glad we did. I was crazy in thinking that if we didn't go on the weekend it would be less crowded.. Crazy! And I was crazy for not using the bathroom at Wingers, the lines were really long. But we made it and GK was so fun. We didn't use the stroller because they can be so hard to direct in a crowd. GK loved to run around like he'd been bit by a dog with rabies! It was fun to chase him around. The lights were so pretty, and my favorite tree was all lit up in red (again my favorite). It is the bottom left pic. in the collage. It wasn't too cold, but the air quality was really bad. I am so glad that we made it though! It really feels like Christmas now!
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Lights from the Car

We had high hopes last week to see the lights at Temple Square, but Brandon was working late so we looked on KSL and they will give you addresses in your city or zip that have really cool lights. We had just as much fun and got to stay warm! We all found a new favorite Christmas song called Dominick The Donkey! It is pretty fun!

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Jazz Game

Patrick got some tickets for the Jazz game last week. It was so fun to go out on a date with him. Jenn and Brandon watched GK and he was so sweet and tired when we got back he didn't wake up at all and he took a really good nap the next day. I think we will be fighting who gets to hang out with Jenn and Brandon when GK gets older!
I think Kyle Korver (I don't know how to spell his last name and I am too lazy to look it up.. Sorry!) it such a cutie!
This kid on the right looks like he is 16! Patrick and I are getting old.
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Hand Dipping!

Every one in Patrick's family always talks about the times when they use to dip chocolates. I have never seen it or been invited, I have tasted some of the caramels, centers, and even had some of the chocolates. This year Vickie really felt she needed to pass the trade on and I was so excited. First Michelle and Vickie made the centers: penuche, mint, rum (artificial & real), cherry, orange, lemon, and caramel. I think I may be forgetting some... Then we all got together and rolled them into little balls. They are so good plain, I ate way more than Vickie knew.
The room, the chocolate, the centers all have to be at a certain temp. It was really a lot of fun! I had an inch of chocolate all over my whole hand. I ate it off, I think 3 different times. DON'T worry, I washed my hands really really good in between. I was not very good at writing the letters on top of the chocolates. Vickie is really good at it. I need a lot more practice.
Patrick was so good to watch GK all weekend for me. I thought it would take Saturday morning and afternoon. (On Saturday night we had our annual trip to the Old Spaghetti Factory, it was so good and I wish I had taken pictures because Jason, Adam, and Patrick had gone to Cabela's and bought the same style shirt. It was really cute!) But we were dipping all day Sunday too. It is really hard work, your back gets pretty tired from leaning over. I had chocolate everywhere! I was a mess. I am so glad we did it, I hope we continue dipping!
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Friday, December 11, 2009

Some Happenings

I think GK has more fun with his Dad than he does with me.. I'm pretty sure of it! WHile I was in Vegas they had a fun time, but I know they worked hard too!
When I got back I swear GK had grown up SO much! I think this picture captures how big he is getting.
GK and Patrick got the tile ALL finished! SO we were able to get the Christmas Tree out and decorate for The Big Day!
I think I have posed this poor little kid WAY too many times. He loves to sit in the weirdest places! And he LOVES to play with his belly button!
It was hard to leave Las Vegas, especially knowing that Snow was on it's way. If only Vegas was warmer I might have stayed. It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas! YAY!!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Vegas Half

I am so lucky!! I got to go to Vegas with an awesome group of fun girls and we all ran the Rock 'N Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon. We drove down on Saturday morning and had a fun ride. I think we covered every topic there is. When we got there we had to hurray and get our packets from Mandalay Bay. The place was a zoo. The NFR Rodeo competition was the same weekend and Mandalay Bay had a Cowboy Convention there too. It was fun to pick out the ones going to the Running expo vs. the cowboy expo. It took us 45 minutes to get out of the parking garage. We headed to the Venetian to make sure they still had our reservation because last time we all shared a room they lost it and it was not good! We went to dinner at Olive Garden, I've never had better breadsticks!
Here we are all trying to unwind and relax so we could get some rest!

The morning of the race. Before
Vegas is the best place to run. The half went up the strip one side and down the other. There was SO much to look at. There were a lot of flying Elvis's, fireworks, bands, and a lot of interesting people to watch. I think my favorite people to watch are all the bride and grooms. They actually have a run through wedding chapel! I think that is so cool. They don't wear full on wedding attire some just had the veil on the bride and the groom was wearing a bow-tie. Seriously I never got bored. My friend got a charlie horse so I walked the last little bit with her, I really didn't want the race to end!
It was nice to come home. I missed my boys a lot! Thanks again Patrick!