December 2010

We had such a wonderful Christmas this year! Full of family, yummy food, and tons of fun! On December 11th, all of the Pearson's got together for dinner and games. It was so much fun! We even went Caroling that night. It was so funny because Chase was so embarrassed to do it that he hid behind bushes! He's so silly. He's always worrying about what people will think. And I know that he probably gets that from me, unfortunately. Kids will pick up everything! I need to be careful!

Anyways, while we were there we did family pictures. They turned out so cute. James took them of course. He always does such an amazing job. I still can't believe we have four kids. We are so blessed. Hopefully we will have more! Yes, I want more children. How could I not. They are so stinkin' cute!! And they make me so happy, even though some days can be hard and I feel like ripping my hair out, my children make me happy. I know that being a mom is what I've always wanted to be in life, and a wife, but my children our my life and I know that it is the most important job on this earth that I could ever do and I hope I'm doing a great job at that!

Growing up, we had the tradition of going to my grandparents every Christmas Eve for dinner. Now that my grandparents are no longer doing that, we've decided to start our own tradition of taking turns with my siblings at each others homes for dinner. This year, we started it at our home. We had my parents and Kylee, and my sister Chelsie and brother-in-law Chad and their four adorable kids over. I made potato, cheese and broccoli soup with bread bowls for dinner. It was yummy. Then, all the kids opened up their p.j.'s. They all looked so cute! It was a fun, just hanging out and visiting. They didn't stay too late because "Santa" wouldn't come unless everyone was asleep!!

Here are a few pictures I took with my phone, so they aren't the greatest, but still cute.

I LOVE Anna's face in this picture! It is so silly!

Here's the kids waiting to open their p.j.'. Ya, and guess what, I didn't take pictures of them all wearing them! Crazy.

Here's what the kids got from Santa this year. Everything's all bunched together, but they do have their very own piles of stuff.

Christmas morning!!! It was so fun this year, to be in a new home too! The kids were so excited and happy with everything they got!

After we opened presents, we went to my family's house for breakfast and opened more presents. The best present I think for all of us was that we got to Skype with my brother who is serving his mission in Washington! That was so fun to see him! It was a.w.e.s.o.m.e!

These two pictures were taken at the Pearson Party we had.

Gracie, with two of her cousins! They have so much fun together!

So, I got some new make-up for Christmas, ALL of it cost me seven bucks at Wal-Mart! I love make-up! Anyway, I told Gracie we'd play dress up, so I put some make-up on her and she thought that was so fun!! That is all she ever wants... make-up!!!!

We went to our ward Christmas party and it was a lot of fun. We have a really awesome ward. We ate a really good dinner and then the Primary children did a program for us, except our children are too shy and weren't in it!! Oh well! Then, Santa came! Oh boy, they were excited!!

Santa is every baby's worst nightmare!! Priceless.

Here are some pics of our new home. Again, I took them with my phone, so they're not the best quality.

Here's our den. I eventually want to buy a sofa bed so when we have people stay with us, they have somewhere to sleep.

Here's looking into the family room from our entry way.

Family room, dining room, kitchen. I LOVE how open everything is.

Kitchen looking into family room.

Kitchen... where I'm at most of my day. Breakfast, snack time, lunch, snack time, dinner, snack time, homework with the kids!!! We love snack time at our house!!

Family room looking into the entry way.

Kids bedrooms. They're a work in progress!

Our room. I love it. I made the three ball lookin' things out of tissue paper. My talented and creative sis-in-law taught me how to make them. So easy and so cute. I love black and white.

There's also two bathrooms, but we all know what those look like. And our laundry room and mud room are right off the kitchen, which I love having everything all on one floor. Our basement isn't finished, but when we do finished it they'll be two bedrooms and a bath and a huge family room. One day. That will be nice.