Winter in St. George

Haven't posted for a while, so thought I'd do an update real quick. This will be mostly via pictures, and will (hopefully soon) post pics from Christmas, as these are all pre-Christmas pictures.
First off - we woke up one morning - after a night of wind storms and all the leaves were on the lawn. Of course the kids had to play in it and had a blast doing so. Then just a couple days later we had a big snow storm, and again - the kids were so excited and had to play with it. Okay, the adults did too. :) Charly got to parade around school in the Polar Express - she was SO excited to be able to wear her pajamas to school. Then we have Mason having a sweet moment where he was just being calm and hanging out on the couch. It was precious and I had to capture that moment. And Porter, had somehow gotten a hold of some brownies (I'm sure handed to him by his brother or sister). Charly begged forever to go see Santa. We stood in line and the kids were fine - then, the moment of truth. We put Porter on his lap first, he screamed immediately. Neither Charly or Mason would go over to Santa, so we had to lift them and put them on and snap our picture. Funny kids. Finally, dressed up for church, the Sunday before Christmas - oh so nice!!!

BOYS FOR SALE!!!

BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE . . . . two wild, hyper, very busy boys for sale. They will get into everything you own, destroy your most important papers, unload the dishwasher for you (even when you're trying to load it), sit on each other, write on each other, make forts with ALL your couch cushions and pillows (including those on every bed in the house), make beautiful art work on your walls with crayons, markers, pencils and pens, dump out all your dirty clothes from the hamper, climb on the counters and get into the sweets that you thought you hid so well, and more, much, much more. Warning: a short circuit in their wiring may cause them to wake up several times a night - at different times than the other, to ensure you are up ALL night, and they will most likely come into your bed. You may wake up to this in the morning:
In their waking moments - when you think you can quickly take a couple minutes to maybe make yourself look presentable, so you don't feel like you are SERIOUSLY letting yourself go with the more kids you have, you may come to find this:Every good once in a while - you will get the sweetest kisses, hugs, cuddles, loves, affectionate moments from either one of them - without any notice given. They will make you laugh, cry, love, fear, worry like you have never done before. They can give you a look, a smile, a smirk, a snort that will make you feel like you are the most important, fun person in the world. They can make you feel so much love. And come to think of it, if I were to sell them, I'd miss out on those sweet moments, even moments like these:


No, I take it back, I want to keep these guys - I guess you can say they play a big part in making me who I am. And besides - they must have felt pity for me last night - neither one ended up in my bed the entire night - don't even think they made a peep. Thanks guys - I love you both (and Charly too.)
Happy Holidays everyone . . . . .