Normal?...I think not!

Easton may have an
Identity Crisis

During the course of 12 hours
he changes from...

A Cowboy

To a

Baseball Player

And Then to

Peyton Manning,

Some people have told me this is

Perfectly Normal

However there is nothing

"Normal"

about

Easton!

Not So Magical Laundry Room...

When we were building the house I thought for sure that having the laundry on the main floor for the first time in our marriage would solve all of my laundry troubles.

I would have to keep up on the wash since I would walk by it many times a day.

RIGHT?

(side note, Jason will be totally embarrassed for airing our dirty laundry in public.)

Well, needless to say. I didn't realize that just because it's on the main floor the clothing don't just jump in the washer and do itself. Nor does it fold up magically and fly into the closet or jump on the hangers.

Oh well, I guess next year for Christmas I'll ask Santa for laundry service for the rest of my life.

Until then.......It's off to the

"Not so Magical Laundry Room"

Wish me luck! Who knows what may be lurking in there!

Out of the mouth of a Babe.

Bryn Leigh talks so much now that we spend most of our time just listening to the funny things she says. Here are just a few with the translation of what she means.

In Bryn Leighs Words-Translation in English
No Mooches Daddy- No Smooches Dad
Dotton Danny-Diaper Dandy as said by the great Dick Vitale
No Singing Daddy- Please stop that noise that you call singing Daddy
"No Wan It"- Her way of telling us whose boss
Nuh Uh- Depends on her tone, this phrase could mean yes or no. She doesn't know how to say YES
Don't Know- The answer for where everyone and everything are located.

Jason insisted that I write all these funny little things down before we forget or she starts talking more clearly.

Gingerbread House Fun!!!

Jason and I had this great idea to start a new tradition with my family.

We had the first annual Gingerbread house contest and were amazed at how creative my family is. Everyone was divided up into teams and given the exact same amount of material. They had a time limit and the rest was up to them. The only rules were no eating the candy and all the candy had to be used on the house. We had a blast! Next year is sure to be bigger and even better! I am so glad that my family was such good sports and everyone participated.

This is Toby's dog house to go along with the barn theme. Go figure it was made by Grandpa's team (Baylee, Shannon, Paula and Grandpa Warner)
This was the "S&W Christmas" (sorry the picture is sideways)
Yes they do celebrate Christmas in a double wide! Made by Guppy, RJ, Trent and Kenzie.

This is the guard dog for the S&W double wide. RJ made it out of one piece of gum and some royal icing. Oh and a lot of patience.

This is Christmas at the OK corral. Complete with a stream and yes a corral with a horse. This house was made by Dori, Graig, Tristan and Jaycee.

This is the Christmas Cottage. Made by the "Master Gingerbread House Maker" aka MOM and Jackie. Raynee was on the team for moral support. This house won the award for most "Christmas Like"

This was the winner for Best Construction. Made by Karl, Toni, Bo, Brek, Easton and Xander. Yes we stacked this team with most of the little kids, being that Toni and Karl have the most patience we figured they could handle it. This house was amazing, Karl even cut the pieces of graham cracker to make a chimney and dormer.

Team Grandpa. Making sure the animals aren't left out.

Trent trying his best to focus while Guppy constructs the house.

Shannon eyes up the house to make sure its all in square. Yeah Right!

Jackie and Mom look lost. Good thing they've already got the house up and standing.

Karl and Easton concentrate while making the cuts for their house.

Xander spying on the competition while Shannon attempts to assemble the barn.

Raynee is just here for the Candy!

Dori and Tristan are all smiles now that they have a original idea for their construction.

Guppy, Kenzie Trent and RJ are trying to improvise after the roof collapses on their house. Thus comes about the S&W Christmas, Double wides=Flat Roofs.

Thanks everyone for making this new tradition so much fun! Can't wait to see what we all come up with next year!

Small Town Christmas

As is the tradition this time of year,

The kids participated in the annual

Pine Canyon Town Christmas Program

This year Bryn Leigh was in it as well,

She was a doll, I know we say that all the time

But this time she was playing one on stage.

The boys were Santa's elves

They did so well and knew their parts perfectly.

I am so grateful that my Mom and Brandy Palmer go through

the trouble to put this on every year so that my kids can experience it too.

The Prayer of a 4 yr old.

Easton

Dear Heavenly Father,

thank you for this day, thank you for our house that we could live by grandma and grandpa. Please bless us that we could be big and strong. Please bless us that we can sleep good tonight and I could be a baseball player in the morning. Please bless me that I can ride my horse with my cowboy boots. Please bless Murphy (the dog) Please bless that Santa's elves will find all the ones who are on the noddy list, bless me that I will be on good list. Please bless that when we play football Trent won't tackle me anymore. Bless that when we wake up in the morning the toy room will be clean and that we can get a drink of water. Thankful for all of our blessings.

Say these things......

Afterwords, Jason and I were laughing so hard that we almost cried but yet it was the most heartfelt prayer ever. He wouldn't accept any help with it. He wanted to do it all on his own. He makes me so proud and laugh so hard all at the same moment. Only my Easton, can't help but love him.

No Flu Shot for Trent....Almost.

Last week I took the kids to get their flu shot. Unfortunately, Trent overheard me talking about it on the phone so he started dreading it early in the day. As we were waiting for our turn Trent tells me he has to use the restroom, which is just in the same room as we were in. Just as he goes in the bathroom the nurse tells us that she's ready. So first up was Easton, he did great, no tears. Then Bryn Leigh got poked. A little fuss but she was still pretty tough. We have one last shot but no Trent out of the bathroom yet. This is the conversation that followed.

Mom: "Trent you need to come out"

Trent: "I'm not getting a shot"

Mom: (thinking I could outsmart him) "Easton needs to go potty, please come out."

Trent: Tell him to find another bathroom.

Mom: tries not to laugh.

Trent:"I don't want a shot."

It just so happens that the health dept doesn't have a key to this particular door, or at least not that anyone can find. So for the next 20 min the nurse is frantically looking for a key. I try my best to persuade Trent that we can "talk" about whether he will still have to get a shot after he comes out. Not that I'm a talk-it-through kind of mom but I tried that tactic. All the while trying my best not to let on how humored I am by this little incident. Finally he comes out. I threw him over my shoulder and while he kicks and screams about not wanting a shot the nurse pulls down the waist band of his pants and gives him the shot. As I set him down after all was done and he says to me,

"Mom I really don't want a shot".

I said "Trent you already had it.

To which he gives me a puzzled look and says

"I did?"

Get your Christmas shopping started off on the right foot.

This is going to be so much fun. Lots of different vendors and refreshments. Bring your girlfriends and have a good time!

Nap Time?

Yesterday afternoon I put Bryn Leigh down for a nap,

About a half hour later I went into her room to put some clothes away.

She usually naps really well, she sleeps great while I put clothes away and straighten up her room.

Usually... I say, this day was different.

Apparently she figured out how to get out of her bed, and how to open up her closet doors.

She had a onesie on her head and a pair of pj bottoms on her feet.

All I could do was laugh. She is obsessed with dressing up. Maybe she will become a great clothing designer someday.

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