What a week!

My sister and her family came into town from Oregon for christmas. It's always fun when they come since our kids are the same ages. My cousin Lindsey was also in town from Iowa so we got all the kids together and had a good time. We had a cousins christmas party on Sunday which turned out to be a disaster for me! Eric had to work so I had all the kids. We ended up leaving home a few minutes late then we had to stop so Kylie could pee. Then I had to get gas then Tyler threw up everywhere in the van. I had to call Eric and have him come early and take him home. By the time we got there it was an hour late and everyone had already eaten. Some days, it's just easier to stay home!


We spent Christmas eve's at my parent's. We ate, played bingo, sang songs, and the kids made reindeer cupcakes. We also watched some home video's of when I was 13 and let me tell you, it was scary! We came home and the kids are allowed to open a present from Eric and I. We always get them new pj's so they cute christmas morning! I started to not feel good and I knew what I was in for. All of the kids have had the flu all week and I'm so sick of cleaning up throw up!







This is what our tree looked like after santa had come. I will try to get pics of all of the kids presents and post them later this week. It was a rough night. Eric stayed up until 2am putting a kitchen together. Tyler and Kenadie both threw up in the night and we had to stop opening presents so I could. It was fun to see the kids faces but they are so spoiled! I got eric a movie, "tap out" shirt, and a work stool for cars. He got me slippers, a robe, 1/4 carat diamond earrings, and a digital frame.





I had to work christmas evening but I was still sick. I knew that nobody was going to cover for me so I went anyways. We were supposed to go to slc and Eric's mom and sister had got us hotel rooms. I wasn't going to go but Eric begged. I spent the whole time in bed while they went swimming. We were going to go to Spaghetti factory but we decided to come home early. I felt really bad that I had gone and ruined the whole trip. Thankfully, after three days I'm starting to feel better. I almost went to the emergency room last night because I was in so much pain. I have never had the flu so bad! Eric and I decided next year we are going away for christmas! Hopefully somewhere warm.

Work

Here is our work picture that we took-isn't it cute? I'm on the left side in the white labcoat. Dr Duke is behind me-he's the best and our medical director. Can I just say how much I love my job? We had our work christmas potluck today and it is always so fun. The food was wonderful and we ate until we couldn't stuff anymore. We did white elephant gifts and played christmas bingo with prizes. Then everyone put their name in a hat and got money. It started at $10 and went up to $50. I got $20. I love the people that I work with. Everyone gets along and we just laugh and have a great time.

Yay!

We got some good news this week! Do you remember the basement flooding incident? We got the bill for $7500 and we were starting to wonder how we were going to pay for it. The manufactor of the part that broke was examining it and finally came up with the conclusion that it was put on too tight. Our landscaper friend let up bill through his liability insurance and they are going to cover it 100%. They are even going to reimburse us for the bed that got ruined. Thank goodness.

Merry Christmas

new dog

Here is our new dog Duke. Isn't he cute? We finally decided to get a dog after many years of contemplating. Eric always wanted a dog but I'm more of a cat person. Our cat of ten years left one day and never came back so we decided to try a dog. We found Duke on ksl. He is ten years old and his owners had to move into a condo so they couldn't keep him. He is house trained and will walk by you without a leash. He sleeps at the foot of our bed all night which is nice when Eric is at work. He is great with our kids and even our cat Gabby.





Here are some pics of my kids in their fort this morning:

SLC

We took a overnight trip to Salt Lake just for fun. It was one of the weeks that Eric had four days off so we took advantage of it. We did a lot of shopping in Park City and Layton. On the way home we picked up a dog! His name is Duke and he is ten years old. He is a yellow lab and extremely mellow. Last night he slept at the foot of the bed all night long. The kids just love him already. Here is some pics of our little trip:

We took the kids to the Mayan. The food was ok but the kids really thought the divers and waterfall was cool. It was nice because it wasn't crowded and we were able to stand close.




After we ate, we went down next to the water and watched the divers. Eric and Easton stayed off to the side as not to get wet. Then, a girl dived right by them and they got soaked! I just had to take a picture.






We stayed at the red lion in the middle of slc. The funnest part for the kids was the pool, of course. Well, it was really a hot tub outside but it was nice because we had it all to ourselves. The only bad part was that Kylie coughed all night but the other kids slept well. The beds and pillows were so comfortable! I wanted to take some pillows with us but decided that a good mother wouldn't do that!






We went to Clark's Planitarium at the Gateway. Tyler especially loved it because he's really into the planets right now. We let them get some astronaut ice cream and they really liked it.

christmas time

It's been forever since I've posted. Our thanksgiving was quiet but fun. I had to work in the morning and early afternoon and Eric had to work at 7pm. We just went to
my parent's and had a quiet dinner. Here are some pics from Sunday:









We went to Crystal's baby blessing yesterday. He is so cute! We went to Crystal's parent's house and had yummy soup and desserts. (By the way,if Mandy reads this I want her recipe) My kids loved playing with Val and Kenny even called him "grandpa" I swear people think my kids don't get any attention at home because they want to play with everyone. After the dinner, we went to my parent's and ate a little more and the kids played with cousins. Easton didn't have a nap all day and by the time we got home we were exhausted! But, it was fun!


We had so much fun tonight! One of our christmas traditions is to go see the lights in Preston. We ate at "Big J's" and went to our favorite house, the Hollingsworth. They have so many lights and the kids love all of the disney characters. We especially liked the lights at the park that is set to music. On the way home we got ice cream and then watched "Charlie Brown's Christmas." Now I'm getting in the christmas mood.