SLEDDING

We took the boys sledding at the

park and they had a blast!

Cookies For Santa

They're all about it the first 5 minutes in, then I spend the next 2 hours alone in the kitchen.

Blake loves playing in

the snow. And eating it.


Blake lay there like a slug.......

Griff WILL NOT wear pants. EVER.

Unless I physically attack him and

make him. So this is his snow

shoveling attire.

After work yesterday, I took the boys to Hallmark to get their ornaments. They took forever to decide, and they were more interested in the Webkinz. They had little bird Webkinz that they wanted pretty bad, so I said they could get them, but they had to seriously work for them when they got home. So we left with 1 ornament, (one is coming from another store), 4 Christmas mugs, and 2 Webkinz. Then we were off to Wal-Mart for food for dinner. I figured it would be the only night we could get our Christmas dinner in. We always have steak, shrimp, baked potatoes, corn, salad (with special ranch) and rolls. By the time we got back it was after 6:30, and I thought everyone would survive on cereal, but tradition is tradition. Blake would only eat steak and salad, because he claims he is allergic to shrimp. Griff gave him one of his and Blake threw it back at him and it landed in his milk. This was the beginning of the end.

Griff didn't feel like eating because he lost the tag that was on his Webkinz. I always tell them to leave them on until after they have adopted them, but for some reason, they think I am a retard and dont't know what I'm talking about. So, everyone is looking for this little tag. I mean EVERYWHERE! Under the couch, rugs, stove, beds, in the washing machine, in all pockets, in the car, outside, in drawers, it was ridiculous. Griff then insists it's under the fridge. Ben pulls the fridge out, and I about died. So now, of course, I have to clean under there. We found lots of stuff, but no tag.

I had him go shower, think about it and maybe the next place to look would come to him. It didn't. We told him it was just time to move on, and maybe we would find it later. After Ben went to bed, the boys and I wrapped his present and put it under the tree. Blake picked up the big snow globe thing I have under there and VOILA, the tag! I don't think Griff will be as excited for anything he is getting for Christmas, as excited he was to have that tag.

Every Saturday before Christmas my

Grandma and Grandpa Hunsaker have their

Christmas party. This year we started off at their house

playing games, and visiting with Santa.

No matter how big you are,

you're not too big for Santa's lap.

I don't think Griffen knows

what to think about the big guy.

Before the party Blake said he would be

able to tell if this was the real Santa or not.

I asked him how he would know, and he told me the real

Santa has a red nose. Looks like the real Santa to me.


After the festivities at their house,

they take everyone to Maddox to eat.

This is my Auntie Sandra and Uncle Rick.

Casey and Brittni.


Blake was determined to eat ALL of this.

My dad, mom, Blake, Amber,

Chantell, Dustin, Grandma Babe, Sandra, Rick,

Jordon, Griffen, Ben and Ashley.

This is us with my Grandparents.

They're the best!

Gingerbread Houses!

Ben and Blake getting started on their house.

It was impossible to get a picture of Dylan when he wasn't texting.

Ashley and Derelict. Blake and Ben

They take this very seriously.

Griffen, Gordon, and Godi.

The finished products.




No get together would be complete without a Blake tourturing session.

And Jordon rearanging the decor.

It was a fun little get together.

We also celebrated Brittni's birthday.

Decorating the Trees

Every year I take the boys to Hallmark,

and they get to pick an ornament of their choice.

(we haven't got to that yet this year,

but it was past time to get the trees up!)

I have to have all control or none, so I choose none

for this particular Christmas event. They have so much

fun going through the boxes of ornaments, seeing what they have

picked out in the past. They do a pretty good job.

And it's fun to just sit back and watch.

This is an ornament Ben made

when he was little and it has

his picture on it. It always

cracks them up!

Blake likes using the zoom when he takes pictures.

These are a couple pics from my 29th birthday.

The one on top is the cake my sister made me and the

one on the bottom is Blake and I at breakfast.

Griff would have been there, but he was

in SLC staying with a friend.

These are 2 of my favorite Christmas pictures. Griff, coming home from church, opening the garage to new 4-wheelers and Blake opening whatever that is. I don't know what it is, but it must have been pretty good!

Bolt

Me and the boys went to see Bolt tonight. It was a really cute movie. Blake was cracking up almost the whole time. Griff liked it, and I laughed so hard at some parts it made me cry. It is so nice when you go to a movie and it doesn't suck! Six thumbs up, baby!

The Shining!!!

Last night Derilict called and asked if Griff and Blake would like to go swimming at a certain hotel my sista works at. I wasn't really paying that good of attention when he called, but it was something like, no one was really there so they could come and swim. I'm all sure. I had to go that way anyway to get some stuff for work, so it worked out good. I dropped them off, did my errands, and came back to get them. I was on the phone with my other sista when I got there and the signal failed. I was so freaked out, because all there was was this big hotel, and the forest, and the dark. BAAAAAAAAA! I hurried down to the door. Alas, it was locked! And, there was a sign on the door that said "Hotel Closed". How the heck do you close a hotel? I thought, well, I'll just walk around and see if I can see them. Then I was like *@&# that! I ran back to my car managing not to pee my pants out of fear and got in and locked the doors and prayed for a cell phone signal. I had one freakin bar. I tried calling Derilict and Ashley, but neither of them answered. It's a good thing I stopped for sushi, or I may have starved to DEATH! D called me back and said they were just finishing up, and that Ash would come and let me in. So we get in there. And it was so freaky! Just halls and doors. So of course, I'm thinking "The Shining"!!! We walked down to the pool, and it was so weird to be in a hotel with nobody else there. I asked them if they had ever seen The Shining and they both said no, and I couldn't believe it. So, I told them a little bit about it. Blake and Griff heard us talking about it and Griff says, "Oh, ya, that movie is scary!." I'm all, "When have you seen it?" and he says, "Mesquite." Ok, that's news to me. So then Blake starts saying, "RED-RUM, RED-RUM" because Ben's brother Troy used to think Blake sounded like that kid on that movie and always made him say it whenever he saw him. It would be awesome to watch the movie in the lobby or something with no one there. It was kind of cool to be there alone, but it was really freaky too. I can't explain it. Anyways, the kids had a blast. So, Tanks, guys. Wou, wock!

11-1
Blake is raring to go, dressed in one of Griff's old Disneyland shirts, "jeans", and his R&O hat. We made it to Mesquite and stayed at the Oaisis. We were walking back to our room after dinner and Blake was trying to prove that he could get us back all by himself. We were walking down the corridors and a guy came out of his room, and Blake screams, "Monster!" and takes off running. It was so funny. The guy was all, "I didn't think I was that scary.

11-2
At DelTaco (for breakfast), they had a NFL sticker machine that the kids get stickers out of. Blake went first and got a Cowboys one! Then Griff went and he got a Broncos one! It must be their lucky day.

Blake puked. So much for lucky day. He puked in the Cheeto Puffs. Bummer. He thinks it's the shrimp he ate last night. I think it's from the TV. When we got off the freeway and onto HWY 76, Blake machine guns every car that drives by. It's his own little tradition. Griff can't wait to get there so he can boogie board.

11-3 Disneyland!
It was perfect weather, and not at all crowded. Griff's favorite rides were Space Mountain and Splash Mountain. Blake's was Mr. Toads Wild ride. He said, "I liked the part when we were all in hell and it was all hot." Ben liked Space Mountain, and I love it all! We watched the Jedi Training camp while we had lunch. We watched the parade at the end of our day. FUN!

11-4 California Adventure!

Today Blake said he is never taking his kids to Disneyland because it's way too expensive. We went to the Bugs Life 3-d show and it scared Blake to death. I forgot about his little rear of bugs. Oopsie! Everyone loved Soarin Over California, The Hollywood Tower Hotel, and California Screamin. I also had my first conversation with a celebrity. It was Travis Barker. I said hi to him, and he said hi to me. It was so weird! Griff loved the rides from Toy Story that you shoot at. The boys liked getting pennies from the penny smashing machines. We rode everything at California Adventure, and hardly ever had to wait in line. After that we went back and rode our faves at Disneyland and did some shopping.

11-5 Pool and Beach Day
Griff and Blake had fun collecting shells at the beach. Griff only wants to keep the whole ones, but Blake insists, "A good man never leaves a shell behind."

11-6 Pool and Beach!
There weren't very good waves for boogie boarding unless you went way far out. Griff didn't go all the way out. I think it has something to do with Shark Week. Blake usually wont get in the water, but he did this year. It was fun. We went to the Farmer's Market that they have there every Thursday night. It was kind of like the fair, but with way better booths. Griff said we should "bring our canopy and all the stuff we don't want because we might as well make some money while we're here". Ben and I went to Harney Sushi for dinner, and the boys had their Mac & Cheese served to them poolside. They thought that was awesome. While they were in the pool they kept fighting, so Ben told them if they didn't stop, they would have to get out. A while later Blake goes, "Griff pinched me!" so Ben says, "K, then get out." And Blake goes, "But it's ok. It felt good."

11-7 Fishing/Beach
Ben and Griff went deep sea fishing and Blake and I had another relaxing day at the beach. Loved it! After Ben and Griff go back, we all went down to the beach. I wanted Griff to come look at something so he came over and jumped over a rock. He apparently didn't jump high enough, because he caught his little toe on it and broke it. It was so sick! Ben took him to the hospital, and while they were there they must have gave Griff some good meds, because he was pretty wasted when he got back. He talked and talked and talked. He tried to shut off a lamp 4 times before he gave up, and he was trying to wipe fingerprints off the TV with his sock. He was the only one who could see them.

11-8
The last day. We spent it at the beach. Later that night, we went down the pier and had dinner at Ruby's. A guy that was fishing there caught a starfish, and it was pretty cool.

We had the best time and we are so glad we were able to go. We heart that place!

These are just some random pics we took on our trip. For some reason it takes a few times before it shows all the pictures, but if you wanna wait, ENJOY! If it doesn't load, just click "view all images".

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Make a Smilebox photobook

We took the kids to Frightmares today. We actually went down last night but it was so crowded we just went back home. It wasn't really that bad today. We went early so we could ride all the rides before Frightmares started. We even went on the Merry Go Round. Blake went on everything. His faves were the Colossus and the Wicked. I was more scared for him to go on those rides than he was. Griff likes those rides the best, too. We went through one of the haunted houses. (The line was still pretty long. We probably waited for an hour.) They had a little haunted junkyard that the boys walked through about 100 times while we waited. Blake led the way. He was scared but thought it was fun. They liked being chased by the chainsaw guys. As we were leaving we ran into Kevin, Windy and Keaton in the parking lot and they had Griff stay later with them. It was a fun day.