Caught Red Handed

"Uh . . . Where’s Siesa?" “I don't know. You should find her" “You better come take a look!"

Siesa was sitting in the dark, very happily eating stolen chocolates. What next!

A little about our Christmas

We have had a very busy month. We went to Utah for a few weeks to visit family and had a great time.

Jensen LOVED the snow, he wanted to play in it everyday. He keeps asking me if we can go back to Utah to play in the snow. Siesa on the other hand enjoyed it the first time but did not like it much after that.

Enjoying our Christmas gifts.

Siesa getting her first real hear cut by Grandma. I always thought Siesa’s hair was too short to fix but really I just needed to learn how from the professional. Thanks again Debbie.

While in Utah we left the kids with Grandma and Grandpa for the night and we went for a night on the town to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary. We had a very relaxing trip. Five years and still in love!

Ten days and counting

I can’t believe that Christmas will be here in 10 days. So much to do, so much to do! Here are some of the fun Christmas activities we have been doing.

Thanksgiving Entertainment

We had a few friends over to eat Thanksgiving dinner. When we were eating dinner Derek noticed someone walking around the house behind us with a flash light. No one is living in the house so the boys went to investigate. It looked like they were steeling stuff from the house so we called the cops. We kept peeking out the window to see what would happen. When the Cops showed up we saw them shine their flashlight on the guy in the driveway who was getting in his car to leave. The police man got back in his car without talking to the man and came over to our house. We explained to him our reasons for being concerned. Just then, the car that was in the driveway of the house made a speedy exit. The police officer asked us if that was the guy. When we told him that it was he looked to his partner and said, “Oh, we should probably go ask him some questions.” The police men got back in their car and tried to catch, the man, but by this time he was long gone. I don’t know why they didn’t talk to him the first time. The police officer told us that maybe the guy was just looking to buy the house…on Thanksgiving…in the dark…with no “for sale” sign in the front yard…yeah right. At least we did our part.

Happenings

Here are some of the fun things that we have been up too.

Last Sunday I walked into the living room and Derek was quietly rocking the kids. Too cute



We made a Thanksgiving decoration today.
The finished product! Yes, I know Siesa doesn’t have her pants on. If she could have figured out how to unbutton her sweater she probably would have been naked, keeping her clothes on can sometimes be quite a challenge.

We have already corrupted our kids and shown them how much fun the stairs, a sleeping bag and a mattress can be (thanks Toni).

We went to the High museum of Art. Siesa and Jensen loved playing on this table putting blocks through the holes in the table.

Bug Fun

Here are some pictures of our Halloween costumes. Jensen was a cockroach (yes, a cockroach, that was his request and he would not be talked out of it, it’s a good thing I have some experience in sewing), Siesa was a dragonfly, Derek was a spider and I was a butterfly. We went to a ward Halloween trunk or treat. Jensen was running around the whole night hissing at people being a scary cockroach. He enjoyed the Trunk or treat a lot but about half way through he said “I am done getting candy my bag is getting too heavy” I was thinking, great, less candy I will have to throw away so we stopped. Siesa on the other hand just wanted to eat everything she got as soon as she got it.

I forgot to put on there antenas, oops

Sunshine State

Now that busy season is over, Derek took the whole week off work (last week) and we had a nice long vacation. Sunday, right after church, the car was packed and we set off for the Florida beaches. The kids were superstar travelers and did awesome on the 6 and a half hour drive. They just sang songs and read books, and it was a nice relaxing Sunday drive. When we got to our campsite we realized that it was not exactly the type of camping we were expecting. There were no trees and just one gravel path which you drove your car on and pitched your tent on. We were also only about 200 yards from a major highway which we could hear all night long. The next morning we packed up our things and transferred to another state park with a campsite that was beautiful. The weather was perfect, 80s in the day and down to 70 at night. The kids were so excited to be on vacation, we just hung out and played. The first morning Siesa woke up at 5:30 am and would not go back to sleep so we took a stroll down to the beach to watch the sun rise. She loved the sand but was totally freaked out by the waves. At 6:00 am when Jensen and Derek woke up we packed up our breakfast and had a lovely morning picnic on the beach. Jensen loved everything about the trip. He is a natural born camper and loved sleeping in the tent. We asked him what his favorite part of camping was and he said it was eating the s’mores. He also loved the ocean and enjoyed standing in it and letting the waves “smack” into him. Siesa was not as keen on everything about camping. For a girl that is so messy at home she was sure concerned about everything being “dirty” camping. She also didn’t really like sleeping in the tent. When she realized it was bedtime she just kept standing by the door of the tent saying, “out, out, go, go.” By the last night she was doing much better. She also slowly got used to the water and by the third day she really liked the beach, but her favorite things were to chase the birds and squish the jelly-fish washed on shore. Derek and I didn’t do much swimming because it was jelly-fish season and there were lots of large jelly-fish swimming around. Most of our time at the beach was in the early morning hours because once the weather got a little warmer the dog flies started swarming us. For those who haven’t experienced dog flies, they are biting flies that are very annoying. It was great though, because no one got a speck of sun burn and we didn’t even wear much sun block.

On Wednesday we drove over to Alabama to visit my friend Jill and see her daughter. On the way we stopped at an Air Force museum which was another highlight of the trip for Jensen. They had a ton of planes you could walk right up to and a couple of cockpits they actually let the kids get inside. We ate a picnic outside by the planes and had a great time. We also had a good time hanging out with Jill. We went to a great seafood restaurant which was so fresh and so good because they catch the fish right there below the restaurant every day. There was also a playground underneath the restaurant where the kids got out their energy before we put them in the car for our long drive home.

It was a wonderful vacation!