Randon acts of Sillyness

Here a few random pictures from the weekend. Saturday night the children made sugar cookies and as you can see they are ALL sprinkles. Also, yesterday I was upstairs vaccuming and Brandon walks into the living room to find the children covering Will with presents. He was hiding under the tree covered with presents. If you are getting a present from us, I am not sure how well it is going to handle being in our house. Before church yesterday morning, Walker stacked up a bunch of gifts and was jumping up and down on them. They have been trying to unwrap them too. (and we just put some under the tree Saturday night)

Our Newest Friend

Meet our newest friend... Eli.... that is what Emma Tucker named him. Our children love getting up every morning to find out where Eli is hiding. When Eli flies back to the North Pole at night all the children hurry to bed so Eli won't catch them still up. Eli hasn't gotten into much mischief yet. He did eat daddy's snack the other night, but that is all.

Gingerbread House

This year I got smart and bought the foam gingerbread houses at Michaels (thanks Julie for this idea on your blog last year). Last year, we tried making a gingerbread house and it was the biggest mess I have even seen. We might try again when the children get bigger, but this year we decided to make the foam sticker houses instead. The children had fun putting the stickers on the house. Here are the pictures of us putting together our house.

Christmas Performance at Church

I am so PROUD of my children right now! They all sang in church for the first time and survived! Last week at the rehearsal Walker cried and didn't want to be on stage. Tonight, Both boys stood on stage and didn't cry! That was an accomplishment in itself. Of course, Emma Tucker who has NO fear sang and performed her heart out. If I have to say so myself, they looked adorable in their Christmas clothes too. Afterwards, Santa Claus came and they ALL 3 sat in his lap for a picture! Yeah! Here are a few pictures from tonight's performance.

Emma Tucker's Dance Recital

This afternoon, Emma Tucker had her first dance recital. She wasn't scared at all and smiled the whole time! She did great! Unforntunately, my camera didn't wouldn't take pictures from that far off. :( Of course, our DVD recorder was dead too. Brandon was able to record with his parents recorder, but it is tape and I am not sure how to transfer to a computer.

Picking out a Christmas Tree

We went to Berry's Tree Farm last Tuesday to get our Christmas tree. We are not the picky type so the first tree we saw Brandon cut down. The children and I didn't even get out of the car. It was too cold and easier to stay put. Brandon had it cut down in no time and off we went. Afterwards, we took the children to get pizza which has become our tradition when we cut down our Christmas tree.

Mama's Holiday Wish List

Mama’s Holiday Wish List MemeTodaysMama and Provo Craft are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.
1. What 5 items are on your holiday wish list this year? boots, sweater, sleep, a clean house and to stay healthy
2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received? a baby blanket for E.T.
3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle? anything that is sewn
4. What was the best Christmas gift you received as a child? doll
5. What items are on your kid’s wish list this year? bike, laptop, guitar, fishing pole and footballs
6. What is your favorite holiday food? desserts
7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays? Christmas Cards
8. What is your favorite holiday movie? Polar Express
9. Favorite holiday song? The First Noel
10. Favorite holiday pastime? looking at Christmas lights