Merry Christmas & Happy Birthday JJ

I hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas. Don't you feel like this year came and went- and especially Christmas. We have been really busy. Last Saturday Ryan and Jessica Pratt arrived from North Carolina. It's been really fun to have them around, JJ is getting reacquainted with his Aunt and Uncle. And they got to meet Eva for the first time.

Christmas Eve we open a present, which happens to always be pjs, but this year Spencer got a special surprise... Footsie Pajamas. Wow, was he excited, his face lit up with excitement, it was like he was 5 years old again.

Christmas Day JJ opened his present from Santa and got his prizes out of his stocking and that was that. For hours he played with Zurg, Buzz Lightyear, and Woody from Toy Story. He wants to take them everywhere, he even took Buzz Lightyear to bed last night.

We were able to spend time with both of our families on Christmas, that was nice.

JJ turned 3 years old yesterday. Happy Birthday! We took JJ and his cousin Lily to Jungle Jim's, he had a lot of fun. JJ couldn't quite figure out the bumper cars, but he had made friends with some older kids. He was riding in the car with this older girl. Spencer commented that the cougars are already after him. We're in trouble. :)

We also went to the annual Christmas Party with Grandpa John's family. It's always nice to see everyone- even if it's once a year.

Eva started eating cereal this week, until she got sick... again. She got her second ear infection. Which I'm still loosing sleep over.

We all had fun in the snow on Saturday. JJ helped Dad shovel, then they made snowmen and snowmonsters together.

Another cute pic.

trees!!!

Ok so I didn't even take a picture of our Christmas tree. But here is a picture of our Festival of Trees- tree. It sold for $800.- yeah, and every penny goes to primary children's hospital. We have only had to go to Primary's once- thank goodness. JJ had a serious reaction to ammoxicilin. He had a condition called Erythema multiforme. This happened a year ago June, but I just got thinking about it. Thank goodness for Primary Childrens. The pediatricians weren't really sure what he had, but the doctor at Primary's was so smart, helpful, reassuring, ect. Looking at these pictures still makes me cry.

On a lighter note, we got our tree up on saturday. When we got out the decorations I found our Santa hat and reindeer antlers. JJ loves hats so he's all about the santa hat. I just love this picture. :)

It's the holiday season.

The holiday season started with a bang this week. Wednesday we celebrated Grandma Pratt's birthday. We went to dinner and took a ride on the Polar Express. JJ had so much fun. Today he asked if we were going to go on the Polar Express soon. I just told him, but we just went. It was fun to watch him- he's really excited about Santa Clause this year, and he got to meet him aboard the Polar Express. Eva cried almost the entire time we were on the train, so Spencer and I took turns dealing with her.

Thursday we enjoyed two Thanksgiving Dinners. We went to my Mom's in the afternoon. My sister Didi announced she is pregnant, congrats! After we went to the Glen and Maryann's. It was nice to see all of Shauna's family- we don't get together all that often.

Friday I did do a little shopping- crazy, I know!!! I didn't wake up early though, and it only took me an hour.

Monday is Decorating Day for the Festival of Trees- I think this will be the sixth year my family has participated in the festival. If you've never been you should go, you can check out the website for info: http://www.festivaloftreesutah.com/

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12-0 Baby!!!

Last night was the Big Game, the Holy War. Well the Utes prevailed. And now we're headed to a BCS bowl game. Yeah!!! We had a fun time watching the game at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We love watching the game with the Truman's- that has become a tradition of sorts. Tim is neither a BYU or Utah fan, so this year he showed up wearing red, but underneath he wore his BYU wins t-shirt. HA!

This week was really nice for November. We tried to take advantage of that. These are a few pictures taken at the park. I love the way the playground is a light source for taking pictures- they are so bright and cheery. Thursday we went to the Zoo. When we left for the Zoo there wasn't a lick of wind, but at the Zoo there were 50 mph winds. Apparently they was canyon winds from Emigration and Parleys Canyons.

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

Finally- a moment to myself...

yes, it is after 11:00 and the kids are finally asleep. Eva has not been sleeping very well, so I'm going to make this brief, or else I won't get any sleep. Lately, JJ has been into fishing. He makes the couch into a fishing boat, he'll get anything in sight and put it on his "boat". He also pretends to reel things in with his hanger (or fishing pole). JJ will play fishing for hours. And when he's not fishing he goes "campinger". He found a corner in our front room, fills it with pillows and all sorts of crazy objects and pretends to go to sleep- fake snore and all. Then he insists that you go campinger with him. It's fun for a little kid, but when you are about the size of the corner he's put you in, you loose the appeal. I love his imagination, so I roll with it as best I can. :) Well time for bed!!!

Go Utes!

Last week was very busy for me. I've been playing church volleyball, and our regional tournament was tuesday thru thursday. I'm sad to say that we lost, but we had so much fun. Spencer was kind enough to watch the kids every night. Thursday the Utes played TCU, and he took the kids out to Grandma and Grandpas house to watch the game. I got them dressed up in red, so those are the pictures for this week. Saturday we had Thanksgiving with the Pratt Fam. YUM! Thanks for all the hard work Shauna. The best part is we still have 3 more Thanksgiving dinners to come!