Making Candy Canes

Tonight we went over to our friends Scott and Sarah Moss' house to make candy canes. It was really fun. I have never made them before. Hailey really enjoyed it. It was also fun to be able to hang out with our friend Cherae and her kids before they move to Colorado for two years. Her husband Brandon missed out on some quality candy canes. (We are sad they are leaving, but excited to move into their house while they are gone :)

Cherae's daughter Maddy

Christmas Party

We had a great Christmas Party at Dave and Katie's house. We have been so blessed to have such incredible friends in our lives. Thank you so much for organizing it all Katie. I wish I would have taken more pictures. (Amber, Beka & Katie: I want your pics from Saturday.) Of course our husbands spent most of the time in the garage gym talking about crossfit etc., the kids caught on quick and started working out:

I can't get this picture to turn upright. It's rotated correctly in my iphoto library, who knows, you'll just have to crank your head to see cute Lincoln

Here is Hailey, she is so so tough

Scout Chase (Colby's betrothed)

Trip to see Santa

I took the kids to see Santa and Mrs. Clause at Lakeview Hospital. I loved her response to seeing him. She started jumping up and down and with as much excitement as she could muster, she said, " Mom, look, it's the REAL Santa!" These moments remind me why I love being a mom so much. I totally expected Hailey to be shy, but she sat on his lap for a few minutes and told him what she wanted for Christmas. Her list is as follows: A pink t.v. for her room, a pink bicycle, a pink scooter, and a pink suitcase. She was very distraught when it occurred to her about five minutes after she saw Santa that she forgot to tell him about the suitcase. I told her we could write him a letter. Colby wasn't really phased by Santa, he was too busy eating a cookie. :)

Like Father, Like Son

Colby adores his daddy. He asks for him repeatedly throughout each day. I tell him that Daddy is at work, and Colby says "erk." I seriously love this age. They are so much fun. Colby's adoration doesn't stop at just playing with dad. He wants to do everything daddy does, including daddy's "dangerous" (Doug says its not dangerous, but my opinion is yet to be changed) hobbies. Here are some pictures of Colby helping Doug sharpen his crampons for ice climbing.

Hailey and Colby's Christmas Pictures

My Little Artist(s) Vol. II

I think its great that my kids like to color/draw so much. However, I wish there was a way to limit it to PAPER! :) Luckily, markers are washable and for anything else, I have a magic eraser. I just had to share the artwork of Hailey & Colby on my kitchen floor. Hailey obviously knows better than to draw on the floor (I can't say the same for Colb, although he has been told that it's a "no no.") Hailey tried to blame most of it on Colb, but he can't draw letters or people, so that statement wasn't too convincing. :)