Christmas!!!

We had such a great Christmas and hope everyone else did to. We stayed home this year then went over to my sisters that night and made ginger bread houses. It was a blast.

Collin was so excited this year, it was fun having all the excitement in our house. While he was at church he received a key. The key was just an old skeleton key, but it was suppose to let Santa in our house because we don't have a chimney. It was such a cute idea and it made Collin so happy that Santa could come in our home to drop off presents. When Collin was opening the presents he kept on saying: "Santa is so nice, mom" it was the cutest thing ever.

Maddie liked her presents to, i know she didn't understand but she still had fun. Her favorite present is a water baby doll that Collin gave to her. She likes it so much because she can take it in the bath with her. She wont let it out of her sight, she even wants to sleep with it.

Snow

It snowed a couple inches a couple days ago. The kids had fun playing in it. Collin was so excited he didn't even eat breakfast before he went out and played. Maddie didn't really know what to think at first she didn't want me to put her down but eventually got use to it. I would have to say she didn't like it, when i tried to make her sit down on her bum she started whining for me to out her back on her feet. She only lasted about 10 Min's. outside. Collin loved it he finally got cold close to lunch time and came in. The snow didn't stay for long it was mostly all gone by 4 in the afternoon but i like it that way. I find the older i get the less i like the snow.

This is such a classic Collin look, he does it when he is doing something he shouldn't.

I love this picture my kids are so sweet. This is after they played in the snow.

Also, on one of my friends blogs she had done her little girls hair in pig tails. It looked really cute, and i wanted to see if Maddie's could do it. I didn't think it would be long enough but after slick'in her hair down and maybe a whole bottle of hair spray i got it to work. This is how it turned out:

I think it turned out really cute. It makes her look so old it kinda makes me sad.

Oh, Christmas Tree

We (i really mean myself) put up our tree last Saturday and i am pretty proud of how it turned out. I just have to share it with ya all.

Just some fun!

While we were in Utah we took Collin, Maddie, an some of their cousin's to the dinosaur museum at thanksgiving point. They had a blast It was so fun to be around family. They both had fun with their cousins.

Michael, baby Zayne, Chloe, Maddie, Mary, and Collin

This is one of my favorites, i love Michaels face.

Collin and Chloe had a lot of fun together, Collin wont stop talking about her. :)

Maddie and her cousin Lydia with their favoriet person, Grammy.

8's tag
8 TV Shows I love to watch: We don't have cable, so we buy the seasons or watch it on the Internet.

1. Greys Anatomy
2. Desperate House Wives
3. Brothers and Sisters
4. House
5. I don't really watch anything else.
6. Nothing...
7. Any suggestions???
8. Jason would know he knows me better then i do.


8 Things that Happened Today:

1. Cleaned my house. We just got home from vacation. Jason was here alone for two weeks. It was clean but it needed a good deep clean.
2. Unpacked
3. Cooked
4. Put up Christmas Lights
5. Paid Bills
6. Went to the Post Office
7. I started school in Nov., so i did some homework and had a class tonight
8. Talked on the phone to my sister's and dad.


8 Favorite Places to Eat:

1. PF Chang's, I LOVE the lettuce wraps I could eat them every day.
2. Cafe Rio
3. Goodwood
4. Kneaders
5. AppleBees
6. Sweet Tomato's
7. Anything Jason cooks, he is a great cook
8. Taco Amigo


8 Adventurous Things We're Looking Forward To:

1. Christmas Shopping
2. Two Family Reunions in July
3. Going to Disney Land next spring with Jason's Family
4. Christmas
5. New Years Eve
6. Graduating from School
7. Jason says camping, but the older i get the less exciting it sounds
8. Collins birthday in February


8 Things on my Wish list

1. Be done with School
2. Jason to be done with school
3. To always have my family be Happy and Healthy
4. A house
5. A new Audi
6. A new Wardrobe
7. Jason to always have a job
8. My kids to do good in school


8 People to tag:
Anyone who wants to do it. Its a fun one.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. We sure did, we had a blast with our families. It was nice to be with them on the Holiday. We tried to wake up early and go shopping for black Friday but apparently we all needed our sleep. :) We did go out around 8:30 and found some pretty good deals. I am so excited for Christmas this year. I know what I am going to get everyone but Jason. He is the hardest person to shop for. I might just do what he does and let him buy his own presents. Haha.
We hope everyone has Happy Holidays.

Halloween and Leaves!

Halloween was so much fun. Collin was Batman, he doesn't sit still for pictures so this is the only one we could get. Maddie was a princess. We went to a pumpkin patch on Halloween, it was really fun. You could walk through and pick your own pumpkin, then you could go through a corn maze. We didn't go through the maze Collin thought it was a little scary. :) Then we went to Santa Fe and stayed the night.

Collins Pumpkin

Maddie liked them all.

They had this fun sandbox full of corn. The kids loved it. I did to, i would put one in my backyard
We went back to Utah with my parents for Thanksgiving. Jason has to stay and work until the 21st. We really miss him. I tool these pictures a couple days after we got here. It was so much fun to play in the Leaves. Maddie wasn't to sure of them. She had fun playing on the fence.

After coming home from one of his friends house, Collin told me he was tired. (He tells me this only once in a while but he will never lay down and take a nap) I didn't think anything of it, so i started fixing lunch and when i told Collin to come eat i found him fast asleep. I love these pictures.

Maddies 1st Birthday!

Maddie is finally one. I cant believe it. The time has gone by so fast. Things have really changed in the past year, we are so glad she has been apart of that.
For Maddie's Birthday we had a little family birthday party. It was allot of fun. She got so many gifts. (thank you everyone) She is such a joy to be around. Maddie has a great personality. She is always smiling and in a good mood. She says a total of seven words. She loves to play patty cake, and peek a boo. She also loves to dance. She is very active ahes not walking yet but i think she will soon. She will take a couple of steps. She loves baby dolls, puppies, her daddy and Mommy, and of course her big brother Collin. We love you Maddie.

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The Ballon Fiesta is Here!

Today was the first day of the fiesta. It was amazing! We woke up and drove down the street a little bit and saw all of the BALLOONS. It was so great. We are going to go to the "shapes" one on Thursday morning. It should be really neat.We have been waiting for the Fiesta ever sense we moved here. We are so excited.

There were hundreds :)

This is my Favorite Picture

Collin Loved them

If you look close the black one is actually Dark Vader

They were everywhere, it was cool to look up and see them

This is the Ladybug

Hair!!!

The last week or two i have been really frustrated with my hair. It needed to have the roots highlighted again. But, I am very picky about who does my hair. The last time i had it done, i was not very happy with it. So i decided i would just go brown, it is close to my natural color only a Little bit darker. It turned out very good, i love it.

I don't like to post pictures of just my self, especially close ups. But i was really happy with the way it turned out. :)

Before

After

Where does he come up with this stuff?

Yesterday i was getting ready when all of the sudden i hear Collin come running into my room yelling: "MOM, Maddie made a big mess. You need to wash her hands. Come on mom, come wash her hands." Well i knew i left Maddie in her high chair after her breakfast playing with some spoons. So i didn't think anything of it. I told Collin to go play.
So after i was done getting ready i went in to get Maddie. And i saw that her high chair had been pushed all the way in the other room. I walked over and saw that there was a spill on the carpet. As i stood there a little confused, I realized this is what Collin had been talking about. Only Collin was the one who spilled his strawberry milk and he was trying to blame it on Maddie. (what are little sisters for?) So i had to ask Collin what happen.
Natalie: "What happened?"

Collin: "Maddie spilled her drink."

Natalie: "But she didn't have a drink. How did she get over here?"

Collin: "A truck pushed her."

Natalie: "Who was driving the truck?"

Collin: "A Fish"

Natalie: "Collin a truck cant fit in our house, and fish cant drive. Did you spill your milk?"

Collin: "Oh yeah i spilled it."

HAHA, this little guy makes me laugh so hard. I don't know where he comes up with stuff. I would love to get in his head.

Later while we were cleaning up the milk, he starts yelling: "TREASURE, MOM, I FOUND TREASURE." He had found a little bead from Maddie's bracelet that she broke. I thought i picked up all the beads but apparently there was one left. :) Collin really loves to find little things that are sparkly. He thinks there are all treasure. My dad took him on a treasure hunt once and now that is what he thinks they are. It is quite funny.

Collin what would we do with out you? We love you so much, you bring allot of laughter into our home.

She probably had a fun ride :)

The little stinker

Strawberry Milk, you would think it would be easy to clean up

Collins Treasure