Blake's Second Ever Basketball Game

Blake had his 2nd game of the season. The little boys are fun to watch. They almost never dribble, or they stop, dribble, run, stop, dribble, run. Blake's team is pretty good and they have won both games so far. Griff had 4 games today. I couldn't make it to the first 3, but Ben said he did really well. The last game of the day I thought he would be way tired, but he rocked it! (I forgot my camera, but I'm sure there will be other games) Once they are bigger and get the dynamics of the game, it makes it more tolerable. (for me) Griff is also getting more aggressive, and it's funny to watch those older boys trash talk each other and get all mad. grrrrrrrr.

Blake lost another tooth at school. I think this is supposed

to be a necklace, but he thinks it's much more

awesomer as a headband cuz it gives him the power.

I was making fried rice with ham in it and Blake was helping me. By helping I mean eating the ham faster than I could cut it. I had "good" ham in one pile and "bad" ham in the other. He went to eat one of the bad ones and this is the conversation that ensued;

Me: Don't eat that! It's all fatty.
Blake: Why can't you eat the fatty ones?
Me: Because it's disgusting, you don't want to eat fat because then the fat just gets in your body.
Blake: Oh, so, that's what Dad did.

:)

The stars in the planets have aligned

because.......

THIS. NEVER. HAPPENS.

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!