December 2013

December went by so fast. I wanted to do a lot of Christmas activities to bring the Christmas spirit into our home, but the season just went too fast. 

Levi and I put together a cookie train. He was nibbling at the cookies the whole time we were putting it  together. He just kept wanting to tear it apart and the only reason I pushed him to finish it was to take a picture. After the picture he immediately tore it apart. And he doesn't like sweets so he only took a couple nibbles of the cookies. He was so sad when Adrian got home and he wasn't able to show Adrian the train we put together because it was destroyed. He wanted Adrian to help him build it again. Adrian was a good sport and tried his best just to piece things together, but nothing would stay together.

These boys love their papa! They cuddle with Adrian and love to be around him. They both prefer Adrian if we are both around.

Malachi got his first major haircut. We have trimmed it here and there, but Adrian buzzed his hair this time. It was getting long and wild, it doesn't lay flat, it just sticks straight out (just like Adrian's).

We went and saw the Temple Square lights. They were pretty and both boys enjoyed seeing them.

We went to Cedar and spent Christmas with my family. We had Christmas Eve dinner with my dad's family and white elephant gift exchange later that night with just our immediate family. It was a fun enjoyable time.

Due to being up late Christmas Eve the boys slept a little later than normal Christmas morning. It was our family, my parents and Cari and Neal. Stacia and LeAnn's families came by later that day.

The boys are spoiled and got way more than they needed.

After opening a few gifts Levi did not want to open any more. He wanted to save them to open later. I ended up opening them throughout the day. The morning after Christmas Levi woke up and wanted to open more presents. I felt bad, I should have not opened his gifts and he could have taken a few days to open them all. He would open one gift and play with it for a while because he wasn't interested in anything else.

Malachi loved the wrapping paper more than the toys.

We went ice fishing the day after Christmas to Navajo Lake. We snowmobiled in and were there for just a few hours. Adrian tried fishing for a good half hour getting nibble after nibble and only getting his bait taken. He never did end up catching a fish. After he tried I took over his hole and immediately caught the biggest fish caught that trip!! We tried to get Levi to tube down a hill while we were there. After bribing him with pretzels he finally got on the tube and smiled and laughed the first half down, then he all of a sudden started crying and screaming the second half down. Not quite sure what happened there, but he never mounted the tube again. We then roasted hot dogs for lunch and headed home. It was a fun outing.

I had to work the weekend after Christmas so my mom kept the kids for a few days and Adrian and I took off home and had some time together without the kids. Our house was very quiet and we missed our kids a whole bunch.

We did absolutely nothing to celebrate the new year. I had to work at 6am new years day so we were all in bed by 9:30pm new years eve.

It gets a little routine being home all day with the kids and they, (I mean Adrian), was getting restless. We ended up going bowling one night. It was fun, but what Levi loved the most was when they turned on the disco lights. Levi was rolling/dancing/hopping all over the floor where the lights were shining. I think we have a natural break dancer.

Another night we took the kids to the Clearfield Aquatic Center. Both kids were playing and splashing around like they were fish. Levi loved the water, but he did not care for the water playground they had there. He loved the most jumping off the edge to Adrian or I. Malachi lasted a lot longer than I thought he would. He loved the water too.