So many things, so little time...

So it's been a crazy month and I haven't been good about posting, so I've now done a ton, we did our tradition of the scavenger hunt on Christmas eve-eve tonight. I took the kids out to run some errands and while we were gone Ryan put together the hunt with all the clues. He likes to send them up and down the stairs and outside and all over so they are panting and tired when they finally get the prize. This year it was a dvd for the family to watch together. Tomorrow we will do the hunt for the pickle on the tree and whoever finds it gets an extra present to open before bed. I love this time of year. We spend so much more time together doing fun stuff...

Gingerbread houses every year, we all get our own! Aaron made it snow all over his and covered the whole roof with frosting. Fun times at the Memmott house, the floor was a mess of candy that kept falling off...

So many things, so little time...

My sister and her baby Keenan came to visit for a week. Man I LOVE it when they are here. I miss them terribly, Keenan will be 2 in March but is already talking in sentences, he reminds me of Kyle when he was little. Strong willed and a bit naughty. But instead of being frustrated, I get to laugh and laugh...

I guess all that laughing she did when Kyle was little is coming back around, I reall dig payback ;)

So many things, so little time...

We finally got our dinner with Mark & Kaylene in, this is the icecream we had on the way home. Mark almost finished it AFTER he had dinner...

So many things, so little time...

We did our annual Chistmas angel night, we go to the mall and pull a couple of tags from the Angel tree, buy what's on the list, and donate it. We always try to pick one boy and one girl, this year the little boy was 4 and wanted everything to be green, how cute is that?? Green clothes, green toys, it was fun trying to find everything on his list in green...

this is a pic of the kids in front of the tree at the mall

So many things, so little time...

Ryan took me to the Coldplay concert on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. He said he had to punch a corner on his man card for even going. It was all for me, what a sweetie!! Here's my awesome t shirt. We went with a few of our friends, the Jensen's, the Bradfords, and the Barrett's. Ryan actually like the show (because it was AWESOME) and then said he had to punch another corner of his man card for liking it and only has two corners left now, what to do what to do...



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Not a great picture of the shirt, but it was the best one Taylor took so....

Ryan putting up the star

Deck the Halls

We decorated the tree Monday, our tree is kid friendly with decorations that are all mismatched, but we love it :)
why can't I have a picture of myself that is at least somewhat flattering??

Santa

So it all happened yesterday...
I was driving Kyle to school listening to Christmas music on the radio.
here is the whole conversation:
He innocently turns to me and says,
"Mom, is Santa real?" (now he has asked this question before, and always asking him "what do you think" and having the answer "I think he is real" has been enough. But this year he was adamant...)
"Well do you think he's real?"
"Mom, just answer me"
"I want to hear what you think first"
"I think Dad and you get up really early and wrap the presents and write from Santa on them"
"Hmmmm"
"I'd like to think he's real, but I think you and Dad do it"
"well then just keep believing"
"but I really want to know, I want you to tell me"
"tell you what, when you get home from school, we'll sit down and you can ask Dad the same question"
"but I want to know now"
"after school, ask Dad"
"ok fine"
Nothing like throwing your spouse under the bus huh??
Needless to say after dinner last night he sat down with us and asked again. Ryan kept telling him there are some questions you don't really want the answer to, so you should stop asking the question. But he said he would rather know even if it meant that Santa wasn't real. So Ryan told him, and he was a little sad but ok with the whole thing. We told him not to talk about it with anyone and not to ruin it for anyone who may not know yet. He said we could still pretend that he was real. Now I just hope he really doesn't say anything at school...

Game Time again!

Ryan and Kyle went to the Sun's game again, and Ryan called ahead and scheduled Kyle to be a high five kid. That means before the game they take them down on the floor and let them shoot some baskets, they get to hang with the group that does all the entertainment during time outs, ect. and they get to meet the "Gorilla" who is the mascot. Plus they got to high five the starting lineup as they were announced to come on the court. They gave us an 8X10 picture and a DVD as well. All for free!! Kyle loved every minute of it. Ryan also got 2 extra tickets to the game so he let Kyle's friend Brayden and his Dad Kory go to the game with them. It seems like Kyle gets to do all the fun stuff but honestly Aaron isn't into the games and Taylor is impartial. Ryan is just happy he finally has a "sports" kid.