Friends Christmas Party

We had our annual Friends Christmas Party last week. It was a lot of fun, we went to dinner at Olive Garden and then over to Gretchen's for some yummy dessert. No matter what we do or where we go we always have so much fun. Just sitting in a restaurant and chatting with good friends is my kind of party! We really missed Allie, Syd, Heidi B. and T.K. Next year we are going to have to have our Christmas Party in July! We have a busy bunch of friends! 

I love you girls, thanks for sticking together for what 12 or 13 years now!! Good Times. 

I have to write this stuff down!

This morning we were eating breakfast before church. I asked Landon what he was going to get Gavin for his birthday on the 22nd. Landon said he knew and he would tell me but not Preston because he always tells... Preston begins to beg and beg to know what it is. Landon finally tells him, making him promise not to tell Gavin. 

Gavin asks Preston what Landon is going to get him, and he says "a KNIFE."

 Without even hesitating he looks at Me and Landon who are stunned that he just told his dad and says, "What?! I am dads tell-anator!" 

So FYI, don't tell Preston anything.. he is the TELL-anator!! 

Our Little Addie!

Our little Addie has started crawling! It took her awhile to get the hang of it, but now she has finally got it!  There for a long time she did the army scoot, but she has been really crawling for a week or two. She loves to go to the Christmas tree, finding wrappers or candy that is left on the ground from the boys and the fact that she can crawl anywhere she wants! 

The other big news is she finally got a tooth! Yesterday I felt her bottom tooth had broke through. I was shocked because she really hadn't been cranky, I am so grateful she is a good little baby. Hopefully all her teeth are this easy! ;0)

NFR

Gavin and I were lucky enough to go to the NFR on Sunday night and then the plan was to take the boys on Tuesday. Well, on Monday in the middle of the night, Gavin got SICK and I don't just mean a little stuffy nose, it was the full blown FLU! He was shivering and then sweating and he had a bad fever. I couldn't believe it. He wanted to go to the rodeo with the boys so bad, but he couldn't even get out of bed, let alone drive to Las Vegas. 

My dad volunteered  to take Gavin's place. It turned out to be a great night, we went to dinner at Applebee's and then on to the big show. You can see we took Brax with us. Ever since he went with us to the Dixie Roundup, dad said he is a true fan and he is going to the NFR! Both Landon and Brax sat in there seats for the whole rodeo and never really said a word. Preston had a little breathing problem at the first because of all the smoke, and fireworks. We had to take him out a few times, but he LOVED the Bull Riding! 

We even  made it on the jumbo tron, twice! The first time we all waved, the second time it was of Preston dancing to the music! I was laughing so hard, it seemed like he was up on the screen forever because the bull rider was taking so long... we were running out of dance moves! (His dance was me moving his arms.) The night was awesome, thanks mom and dad for those sweet tickets! Good Times!! 

Just a note, my dad was really worried that people at dinner and at the rodeo thought I was his wife and all the boys were his children! He told the people behind us at the rodeo he was the GRANDPA and they were all relieved! ;0)

Gavin is feeling better finally, he was in bed for two full days. He is still doesn't have much strength, but is on the mend. Hooray! 

Santa!

 Do you think Addie liked Santa?!?! 

The TREE!!!

The stockings are hung, the lights are up and the tree is trimmed!! This year was especially exciting for me because we bought our very first artificial Christmas Tree!! For 8 Christmas' now, we have had a real tree. The first few years of our marriage we went and cut it down out in the mountains. But now that we are so busy, it seems like we can never find a time to got out and cut one. This means we get a tree that someone cut and didn't want. They always turned out to be Charlie Brown trees! Gavin loved the real trees. I on the other hand loved artificial, the ones where the ornaments hung properly, don't tip over and not to mention come Pre-lit!!! 

I bought our tree the Saturday before Thanksgiving. I was so excited to get it out of the box that I put it up the next day! Then on Wednesday I found all our boxes of ornaments and the boys(mostly Preston) helped me put everything on the tree. Needless to say this is what our tree looked like... 

Preston put all the ornaments on the same branch! Then both Landon and Preston draped the berries and the wood garland all over the place. They loved it! I on the other did not!! I tried to be a good mom and leave it all where they put it, but it was driving me nuts. I left it for a day... then had my mom come over after Thanksgiving Dinner and help me fix it. I told Preston "that the branches at the top of the tree were lonely and needed some of his ornaments from the bottom." He bought in to it and let me move them up! 
Here is our finished tree! (Preston wasn't in the mood for his picture taken tonight, so its just Landon and Addie.) I think it (the tree) turned out really cute! It is so fun to turn the lights on and not worry that our house is going to burn down, or that at any minute the whole thing going to tip over. This tree has made my Christmas Very MERRY!! (Thanks Gav for caving in on your tradition!) 

When I was a kid...

When I was a little after I got out of the bathtub each night, I would make a hut with my towel. The funny thing is Landon and Preston in the last few weeks have started doing the exact same thing. They make their little hut to stay all nice and warm and just like when I was kiddo it takes lots of coaxing to get them out!!