Jingle Bell Rock!

It was a "rockin'" Christmas at our house this year. Santa brought the kids Rock Band 2 for the wii! My headache a few hours into this game made me want to have a little chat with Santa. But the smile on the kids faces, and the hours of entertainment that it provided made me think otherwise. They absolutely love it, and played until they "rocked" themselves to sleep! We also got another storm today, Christmas Day, which brings our total snowfall in the last week to at least a foot and a half! The kids got snow gear for Christmas so we had to go sledding to try it all out. They had a blast...again, THEY had a blast. Brian and I froze in our "not so much snow gear." We are supposed to get another 6" tonight..so maybe we'll have to go out again tomorrow. The kids would have stayed out all day long, had they not noticed they were losing their parents to hypothermia! But don't worry, they all complained that they were "burstin hot" as Tyson' says. Grandpa Wade made our favorite dinner Muchaka...it was as delicious as always. We ended the day by watching the new Gordon B. Hinckley movie. It was a great movie...and everyone went to bed happy. It was a very Merry Christmas 2008!



Getting ready to hit the slopes! It was a VERY white Christmas!



Tyson and Sydney built snow caves. Nice work!



Hang on tight Kylie!



Go Tyson!



Now that is some deep snow!



Taking turns opening presents



Kylie and Sydney jammin! Grandma and Grandpa cracking up!


My apron Sydney made with her hand and foot prints! CUTE!

Tyson's Birthday party was a real "knockout!"

Tyson being Tyson


Tyson 2 min later..and after the blood was wiped away


Daddy makes everything better!


Seriously...Tyson's party was a real knockout! Or should I say Tyson knocked out his front tooth at his party? Here's the story....Tyson decides it would be real fun to go to Jump on it for his party. It is a place with like 50 trampolines all lined up for the kids to get out any energy dying to escape. Last time we went to Jump on it Tyson pulled a muscle in his neck and couldn't move his entire head/neck for at least 2 days after that. But no...he begs to go back. It's his 8th Birthday...the last thing I want to do was ruin his fun...so off we go. We had been there seriously 2 min ( I had taken 2 pictures) when Tyson jumps straight into a jumping block and knocks his front tooth out. Two more teeth are knocked very loose! Luckily they were all baby teeth. Guess it pays off to be 8 and only have lost 3 teeth! He is hysterical and wants to go home. I'm sure it hurt bad...his whole mouth looked beat up! Anyway...the nice people at the place give us a coupon to come back for free anytime...and we headed home and ate cake and ice cream with the cousins and Grandma and Grandpa. Tyson was exhausted after everyone left and he fell asleep at 6:30. Poor guy...I am sure this is NOT what he had planned for his birthday but we tried to make it up to him the next day. I am still not convinced I am ever going back to that place to use the free coupon...somehow that trip will have a injury and end up being anything but free, when we end up at the emergency room!

8 on 12-8-08

I can't believe my baby is 8!! How time flies when you have a energetic little boy to keep me busy!! Today is Tyson's "golden birthday." 8 on the 8th in 08!! We are soo unbelievably lucky to have this little boy in our family. He brings so much joy, energy, love, game cube, and laughter to our home. Top 8 things about Tyson:

1. LOVES wii or any video game available. Favorite game right now is Mario Smash Brothers Melee
2. LOVES sports. Swimming, soccer, baseball, and is starting basketball for the first time this month!
3. LOVES his pets. Especially Ruby. Doesn't like to take care of them...just play with them!
4. Likes to sleep in on school days...get up early on the weekends!
5. Is SOOOOO excited to get baptized. He can't decide who to pick for talks though!
6. Is a GREAT student. I have never heard a negative word from any of his teachers. They all unanimously say he is a joy to have in class. (Don't ask me...I don't get it either!)
7. Never, EVER holds still. I remember when my Dad offered to pay him $5 to hold still for 5 min. It was torture for him!
8. Tyson is a homebody, unless he gets to chose going to Wesley's. Then it is Wesley's every time!