Merry Christmas!!!

A brand new Big Wheel of his very own!!!!!
J so excited to be trying out his new skateboard from Santa Claus!

O helping Spankie with his stocking.......

At Grandma and Grandpa G's house




At Grandma and Grandpa R's place

Zoolights - Phx Zoo


Merry Christmas to everyone! I hope it was a great Christmas for all and I hope this coming year will be healthy, happy and prosperous!!
This past year was so crazy, I decided this year to not write a Christmas letter with our cards. I would rather move on, and not relive this past year's crazy....... haha!!!

So here are some pics from this past week and of course Christmas. Starting in January, I will be posting a regular picture from my day- it will be either here- or on Snibbles- so check back often in the New Year. One of my goals, is to get back to my photography of nature and my surroundings. I will strive for a daily picture to post, may not always happen but I will try. I must get back to some creativity. I did receive a Cricut from my parents for Christmas- and I am excited about that too- to get back to my love of scrapbooking and cards.........

where has the time gone??

Who's the creepy dude looking out the window???

Decorating Mr. Gingerbread Man--- much easier than the train....... the train, well, it had issues.....
So happy ; )
GusBus hittin' the desert......


I love to eat ice cream outside in DECEMBER !!!!!!!
A sad state of affairs, that train was..... it would not cooperate, but the kids still enjoyed it!
"I'll tumble for ya"

they enjoyed playing with the candy and luckily, no one ate it~
We are saying goodbye to 2010 in our own special way


Downtown Chandler- the boys just left San Tan Brewery...... just kidding..... we came to see the famous Tumbleweed Tree

I am in need of some serious time!!! I still have to bake, shop, write out cards, shop, wrap, make toffee, make cookies for Santa, go see the Zoo lights, shop, address my cards, write a Christmas letter??, all between working, kiddies, and our 3 y/o potty training- ( yea- did I tell you, he is wearing underwear --- Go O! ) I need to have lab work, a Xmas party to attend, you get the picture.

Christmas snuck up on me, and I have never been this behind. I have 10 days to get it all done!

In the meantime, this is what we have been up to.........

Santa came for a visit by helicopter

playin' trains


Breakfast before the surprise at Millie's Hallmark
It's a bird, a plane, no it's........
Santa Claus!!!!






Firetruck- you can rent it- has built in grills and flat screen TV's



After sitting on Santa's lap they were happy about their candy canes and toys

Carolers
Santa's elves


There is a local Hallmark store that put's on a little festival for the kids every year the day after Thanksgiving.
We took the boys and did not tell them that Santa was flying in via helicopter!!!

They had a bouncy house, a firetruck, carolers, face painting and also balloon animals. Once Santa arrived, the kids waited and got their picture taken, and then they each received a free candy cane and a toy. The best part of all is that it was all FREE!!!

Riding bikes.....

He decided to pull it for a bit....
Bark Park

We went to a park/ bike path that is near our place to ride bikes, walk and then go to the playground.
The weather is finally cooler now and on this path we do not have to worry about cars and can see the kids when they get way ahead of us while we walk it. The path goes around the entire park.
Poor O, his legs could not get him around that far. At one point, he got off of his big wheel and walked it........