Ward Christmas Party

We went to Mom and Dad's ward Christmas party and it was awesome...short and sweet! We sang Christmas carols for about 30 minutes together and then they opened up the curtain to reveal a beautiful setup of candy and homemade sweets. Everyone was given a big bag and told to go for it! The kids were happy with their candy and the parents were happy it was sweet and short! Merry Christmas!

The Crawford's Come to Town

We were not able to make it to California this year for Thanksgiving, so instead most of the Crawford Crew made it up here for a VERY SNOWY weekend! Mom, Dad, Tab and Bec were all here for at least one day. Joel and family ended up not being able to come last minute due to some sick kiddos. We almost had the whole crew together, but maybe next time! We headed up the mountain to Midway and had a nice visit! Every year Grandma and Grandpa Crawford have gotten the boys PJ's for Christmas. Because they were up here Grandma wanted to enjoy seeing them in them so they were given them early! They loved them, especially Braxton since they were Toy Story!
We decided to take advantage of the beautiful atmosphere and walked around to take some family shots hoping for a good one for our Christmas card. It was a success...and we got some other cute shots too!

We decided it was time to get warm so we went and played some Basketball in the clubhouse!

It was the coldest it has ever been since we moved here to Utah, but the Californians survived! It was so fun to spend time together as a family and just enjoy one another!

Is he trying to tell me something??

I came up the stairs the other morning to find Braxton at the top with his changing pad down, a diaper out of the drawer and a naked baby doll. Is he trying to prove that he too can be a good big brother?? I guess only time can tell! Cute boy!

Brothers...Friends

I truly believe there is a reason Trenton was sent to us first...he really is a great Big Brother with a very tender heart. He wants more than anything for his little brother to love and adore him. Braxton....he is a stinker. He is stubborn and rarely takes the time to see how much his brother wants to be with him. But, on this night right before bed Braxton finally decided to stick around long enough to see that Brothy could tell stories, sing songs and rocky him before bedtime! It was really cute to watch!

Of course, Trenton started to get a little restless, as he was not sure what to do with Braxton paying this much attention to him...so why not stick his fingers up his brothers nose??? Really???

Once they realized Mom was around they both had to come and take some pictures with me!

It's a good thing they are so cute...otherwise I would be sent to the loony bin with how busy they are!

Mischief

Our little Braxty is very mischievous! We finally took his two year pictures and here are some of my favorites! Threw him in the make shift tree house in the back and watched him love it! Enjoy!

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was perfect! The kids were so excited to come find all their presents, and from there, I'm not sure all that went on. They were ripping through them so quickly it was hard to keep up!

Trenton left Santa some of his favorite "magical cookies"! He was left with some crumbs and a thank you letter. Braxton was not sure what to think when all the cookies were gone!

We started off with our stockings and found some little gifts and lots of candy!

Then on to all the presents under the tree! Braxton got so excited yesterday that he actually ended up opening some of Nickolas's presents before we realized he had gotten them! Oops!

Santa brought our whole family a really fun thing this year that Trenton was able to open....a Wii with two controllers and about 12 games!

Braxton loves guns...not sure I should be advertising that, but he does! So Santa brought him a couple of guns with three targets and a holster to carry them on his waste!

Grandma and Grandpa Cheeseman spoiled the boys yet again! Along with some coloring materials and play-dough, Braxton got Chuck the Truck and Trenton's entire Christmas dream came true when he opened his Big Foot! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

As much as the kids had fun, the adults had just as much fun! Paul thinks he is some type of body builder or something and asked for body armor to work out in! He was pretty funny...he wore the chest plate pretty much all the time for the first couple weeks after Christmas! I guess his aspirations really are to be Superman!

Josh needed some new work clothes, so he got three new outfits for work. I know...boring, but now he looks sharp!

In my stocking I found a "U" beanie! Dad didn't like it much, but I loved it! (Oh yeah...notice the new PJ's on me too! Everyone received new PJ's on Christmas Eve from Mom and Dad!)

Josh and some of the guys had disappeared the night before after dinner was finished. I started asking where he was and was told not to ask questions around Christmas. This is my reaction as I discovered where they had gone the night before. Inside the box is a remote and a picture of our living room with a new flat screen TV. Josh said we needed it for playing the Wii...but in all reality, he had been eyeing a new TV for sometime now. I had saved his lunch money and some extra money he had earned with some side jobs and had been stashing it for just this occasion!

Just as we thought all the gifts had been opened Josh and I were told to come into the other room and as we were heading in all cameras were on us. As I rounded the corner I found a very special gift hanging on the wall....the best gift ever.....a beautiful portrait of my cute family that we had taken back in June, but cost too much for us to purchase. Thanks Mom and Dad for this perfect gift.....our family!