Christmas 2010

 Christmas morning waiting on the stairs. Jake always goes down the stairs to see if Santa came...

 Looks like he did. THe boys got an xbox 360, MP3 player ( for Dylan with his favorite songs loaded on it) and a bunch of other cool stuff

 Ryann got her own kitchen.

 They were all very excited!!!

THe boys also got a bunk bed. Jake and his friend Matt put this together and we tricked the boys and told them that their beds were getting fixed ( we sold them).  They had to sleep on their mattress until they were "fixed." Little did they know, their new bunk beds were waiting for them in their room. So on Christmas Eve, we told them they could sleep in our room.  Once they were asleep, Jake carried them into their room and onto their new bunk bed. THEY DIDNT EVEN WAKE UP! But at about 2am Brooks woke up and then Dylan and they were so excited! 

 Ryann with her new jewelry.

 My new nail table Santa brought me. YEAH!  My camera was wigging out when I was taking Jakes Santa gift pictures so I dont have a picture of it. But I promise he got some cool stuff. :)

 Brooks was so sweet. He made Jake and I this card that said he would clean his room and then he put one of his Tooth fairy dollar in there for us to spend. I cried of course! We loved it. So very thoughtful.

 Once we were done with our Christmas morning, we headed over to the Wrights. Brooks and Dylan are admiring the gifts.

 Ryann and her new wheels!

 Jake and I got an iRobot which is so cool. I turn it on, go do the dishes while it vacuums my house.

 Mary and Gary

 My Dad

 My Mom

 The boy cousins...most of them.  This is such a cute picture.

 Seth

 Brooks and Dylan rockin out with their guitar.

 Ryanns "concerned, Ahh cute" face.

 Me

 Hunter jumped on for a ride. ha ha!

 Oh, this present had Jake jammin out too!

 It was so cute. Brooks was playing his DS with Noah and then Hunter decides to hang out on Noahs shoulder and watch.

 Ryann and her cute Aunt Mary

 Wherever the DS is, you will find Hunter watching. ha ha!

We had such a fun Christmas. We love you Mom and Dad. Its always nice to spend time with family. Thank you all.... Halversons, Wrights, Wrights, Wrights, and Stringams.  It wouldn't be Christmas without my family.

Christmas Eve 2010

 This is seriously my favorite picture out of the Christmas holiday. My kids are stinkin cute! We have a tradition that on Christmas Eve we get a Christmas Eve pajama gift. And it was perfect because on Christmas eve we were having a pajama party at the Binghams. So they are opening their pajamas before we went over there.

 Iron man pjs for the boys

 And my cute little Ryann has little doggie pjs

Jenica, Justin, Ellie, and Logan

 Jase and Megan

 US!!!

 THe boys figuring out their marshmallow shooters... wrong end Dylan. ha ha!

 My cute new ring

 Miss Ellie and her hat we gave her

 Me-ma opening her Christmas gift from us

 Grandpa opening his Packer shirt from us.

 Super cute sleeping bag sets for the boys

 

 Ryann is showing me the mouth of her new hippo sleeping bag.

Cute Jake

 Grandpa Bingham ending our party with a Christmas book!

Thank you Binghams and Whitworths for a wonderful Christmas Eve party. We are so grateful to have you all in our lives.

A few randoms

 Brooks had a cute little Thanksgiving assembly where he sang some Thanksgiving songs. It was really cute. Then after, you go and eat a Thanksgiving feast at the school cafeteria. It was fun!

 My cute Brooks!!!

 His biggest fans!

 This is the cutest story. Ryann wants to be just like her Mommy. She watches everything I do and wants to do it. WHether its when I put on my makeup or wear my shoes. Well, she has been watching me file my nails a lot since I am in nail school. And I am so glad that I caught this on camera.I had a file on the couch and she grabbed it, grabbed the closest hand to her, Dylan's, and started filing. I was so proud! ha ha!

Ryann loves to color. I try not to give her markers because who knows WHERE she will color. I finally gave in after she threw a big fit. I was occupied with something when I heard Ryann calling me. I looked over... she put  lipstick on using red marker. ha ha! It was so funny. I was pretty impressed that most of it got on her lips.

 I graduated nail tech school! WOOOOOOT! I am so happy to be done. I still have one more test to take at the state.  I take that on the 6th of January. I did really well in school. It was pretty stressful at times... many times... but I stuck it out and did it! Thanks to so many people that supported me and helped watch my kids so I could go to school at night. I was also really touched by how many people helped me out and came to be my models. You have no idea how much that meant to me. I have some pretty dang good friends and family.

 We had a little luncheon at school to celebrate. I invited my parents and in-laws to come and celebrate with me and my family. I couldn't have done it without them.

This is my instructor Holly and our class. Chelsea ( the girl with the blonde hair) went to school at night with me. We became really close friends. I cant wait to get started and to do nails out of my house. I will let everyone know when it will be. It will be soon! I am going to be doing gel nails, axxium soak off gel( which is like a really strong nail polish that doesnt chip. I have a lot of fun colors.), glitter nails and glitter toes. I also have a special price for those little girls, 7 and under, who want to get some glitter nails or axxium soak off gel.
Thanks again to everyone who made this possible. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! :) Lots of love!