It's 2016!

Yay I am finally blogging in the same year that I am in :) and I think after this post I will be all caught up, an even bigger wahoo! :)

We had a pretty low key New Years Eve, we had chinese and played a game with Jason's parents and brother's family.  We were home and in bed long before midnight, just how I like it. Then we ended up being up a croupy Kyler.  

Jason ended up going into work for a couple hours but before he went in, we got some exciting news.  (I'm only sharing this on here for journaling purpose, I'm pretty sure no one reads this and if you do....surprise :)) We found out that we were expecting baby #4, needless to say we are excited :)

After Jason got off, we took Kyler to instacare to get him some steriods and then we just rested at home.  

Jason got tackled

The next day was Duncan's birthday and luckily Kyler was feeling better so we got to go to Duncan's party at the jump zone.  They were having this deal on the big balls you get in, we rented 4 balls for a half hour for $6, we all enjoyed them and were completely wore out by time our time was up.

Korbin wasnt the biggest fan of getting in them but he loved pushing people around in them.

Kyler loved them!

One of the rare moments Korbin was in one.

Even Kaezli enjoyed some time in them.

Kaezli's favorite part of the jump zone was this pink goat, she dragged the thing around the whole time we were there.

The next day was Sunday and we switched to 9 oclock church, which I definitely prefer over 1 oclock.  Korbin also started primary, I cant believe he is a sunbeam! He was so excited to go and ran to sit down.  Then he noticed that mom and dad were still in the room so he just wanted to sit by us. We got released that week so hopefully he continues to love it!

Our big sunbeam!.

The boys went back to school so then Kaezli and I got our alone time.  She is miss independent and doesnt think she needs to hold mom's hand...ever!

Kyler has been begging us to take him to the new star wars and mom finally agreed to it.  We took them that Tuesday for $5 tuesdays.  Kyler LOVED it so much.  He was so estastic the whole time and loved when people he knew appeared. Korbin disagreed....

He crashed about half way through from boredom.

Kyler keeps asking when we get to go see it again. 

The next day was a busy day for us, well for Jason.  My awesome sister in law watched the kids for us as we spent the whole day at the U of U hospital.  Jason has been going through the process to see about donating part of his liver to his day.  He had a full day of testing and appts with doctors, social workers, dieticians, etc.  According to the liver surgeon, he is a perfect speciman (Jason has been loving that phrase and has been reminding me often).  He still has a couple more tests but the surgery is scheduled for February 16.  (I'm trying no to freak out too much....)
Other than that we have just had a normal January.  We are sick of the cold and all of us have had colds so it's been a fun adventure.

Everything is a phone to this girl!

We try to make it outside on warm days, they love it!

Christmas break!

I love it when the boys dont have to go to school.  It's kinda rough getting back into routine but we love the extra time we have to play with them.  They were home for two weeks for Christmas break.  Duncan and Bobbi Jo's daycare was closed for the second week so They came and hung out with us.  We all enjoyed ourselves.

I had to run an errand at walmart and ventured in with 5 kids.  Thank goodness for the big carts, they were packed in.  Korbin loves to play with his little sister.

Korbin loves pushing Kaezli around.

I actually won a day pass to wiggle worms and Kyler really watned to go with Duncan so that Tuesday we went.

There is a tube thing that sends air and tissues flying, the kids love it.

What a cute cowboy!

She is such a silly girl!

Shopping boys!

Korbin loves to make music!

A picture of the tube thing.

Lots of smiling faces!

Wednesday we hung out at the house as some of the kids werent feeling the best.  Thursday we wanted to get out of the house again so we went Mcdonald's.  It was a little chaotic as we waited close to a half hour for our food but we all survived!

Kaezli loves her baby!

Kyler insists on being a grown up at mcdonalds, he grabs his own number and tries to sit at his own table. oh boy!

Bobbi Jo is Kaezli's favorite baby! 

We miss the boys now that they are back at school but we are glad to get back on schedule.  We definitely had a fun break with them :)

Christmas!

So much happens during the holiday season, I love it! 

The day after Elsa & Paul left, Kyler lost his first tooth!  It had been wiggly for a few days and he was so excited that it finally came out so that he can be like Duncan.  

My boys loved wrapping presents and I would often find them wrapping random toys.  Korbin wrapped up Max for the reindeer and Kyler wrapped up donuts for his baby. I love how sweet they are.

So we had planned to take the kids to Wiggle Worms while Elsa was here but sadly we never had time.  Kyler was so excited about it so that following week we made sure to go there. It is definitely one of their favorite places.

Shopping buddies

I died over the cuteness of Korbin as a cop

All in a day's work

putting on a show for mommy

Jason made these cute santa sleighs for his team at work and the only picture I took was in the box. oops.  random funny story, we bought the bags for the candy and when we opened the package it reaked of dead fish.  We drended them in fragance.  It was horrible!

On Christmas eve I watched Duncan and Bobbi Jo for a little while.  Duncan and Kyler thought it was funny to dress up in Jason's clothes...Jason was not amused. lol

So I love Christmas time and the spirit of Christmas.  We were blessed this year.  I was at walmart with Kyler a few days before Christmas as I had forgotten to buy diapers earlier. This guy handed me this envelope, saying I had dropped it and then bolted.  There was some cash inside.  It was really nice to randomly get blessed and we tried to pay it forward. 

Christmas eve we went to my dad's to celebrate but sadly I did not get any pictures.

Then we went home, left two plates of cookies out for santa (both boys wanted to leave a plate) and then the kids hurried to fall asleep.  After the kids were asleep, Santa visited :) 

Kyler kept telling me how he was going to wake up so early and wake everyone up.  Well Kaezli woke up first and we ended up waking up the boys after making cinnamon rolls and trying to distract her from what santa left.  We read our Christmas story and ate cinnamon rolls. Then we opened presents.  We made sure that the kids opened up their big presents last, and Kyler honestly believed that we didnt get the zhu zhu pets he had requested.  He was so excited when he opened them.

I kinda failed at getting pictures that night or the next morning. 

Christmas is always so messy! 

Korbin threw us for a loop for Christmas.  We had found this space rover on an incredible deal and bought it knowing he loved it.  We showed him videos and he was all excited for it.  Then he decided that he wanted papa's truck (a little tike truck) for Christmas and that's what he kept asking Santa for.  Thank goodness once he saw his space rover, everything else was forgotten.

She loves to play with her brother's castles so she was so excited to get a princess castle!

My dad got the boys' disney infinity for Christmas and they have loved it so much.  I keep having to drag them away from it.

Papa gave her Elsa a few days before Christmas and she was so excited that she also got Anna for Christmas.  Kaezli loves her Frozen.

My dad was so excited when he found this jacket for Jason and it's safe to say Jason loves it.

Christmas night we went and had dinner with Jason's family after we got to talk with Ben.  Only one more phone call and Ben will be home! Wa hoo.

My mom got all of us cowboys jerseys (Jason's favorite team)and he loves that we can all cheer on teh cowboys with him.  Kaezli loves to read!

The day after Christmas, we went and had brunch with Jason's family and celebrated Christmas.  The kids definitely got spoiled this year and they love it!

I swear whenever my husband is around a wrestling match gets started....and boy do the kids love it.

After opening presents we were deciding what we were going to do.  Jason and I had talked about taking the boys to star wars, but I still wasnt sure if I felt comfortable with them seeing it before I did.  so then we talked about going to the good dinosaur and then everyone decided to come along.

Movies with the cousins are the best.

Jason's parents got them matching pajamas and the kids love them! So far they have to wear them all together when they wear them.  It's much better matching.

Kaezli got this hat from Jason's parents and she is obsessed with it, she wears it all the time!

Korbin never gets to wear sweatshirts as his head is usually too big  and he gets stuck.  I have had to cut a sweatshirt off of him before.  He was so excited that grandma found a sweatshirt big enough for his head. 

We hope you all had a very merry Christmas as well!