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Getting "Greg"

Every year we go to the Christmas tree farm to pick the perfect Christmas tree and this year was no different. We love to go take the tractor ride, pick the perfect tree, chop it down, drink hot chocolate and cider, and see the real reindeer. It's a fun tradition we started just last year and hope to do every year.

After getting lost (like always), Hart fell asleep, and had just woken up from a nap. I guess that's why he's mean muggin in this particular photo. All the others, I just don't know, I guess that's just his face.

So many choices...

Found one! I attempted to take this tree down all by myself. My saw was sharp and I was determined!
...I was unsuccessful.

Grayson decided to step in and handle this monstrocity (7 1/2 feet tall). And while he was at it, he named him Greg, Greg the tree.

We then went to see the real reindeer. He only wanted to show us his butt....


Got Greg all tied up and ready to go!

The end. Oh look at Hart's shirt. Perfect.

FHE: Nativity

I LOVE Christmas. We are trying our best to have Christ be the center of this Christmas season while still having fun with the gifts and Santa and all that other fun stuff. Anyway, we did our own little Nativity tonight for Family Home Evening. It was pretty awesome...


Mary and Joseph (yes those are snuggies. don't hate.)...

Joseph kicking Mary off the donkey for a little fun of his own...


The Wise men or mad man in Hartley's case


Baby Jesus..


See the "wise man" in the bottom left corner. All he wanted to do was go "night night" under the blanket which was supposed to be his robe. He is a silly little fella.

Day 3 New Moon challenge...take a pic with a wolf!

For your enjoyment...

so fun to have nerd friends

Me and some friends of mine have a private blog that we use to keep up with each other. It is so fun and we do some crazy stuff sometimes. Since new moon is coming out in 3 days, 3 hours, and 13 minutes we all decided to have some fun. We had the challenge of taking a picture with/of something related to new moon every day until we can all get together this week and go see it. We are seeing it at midnight thursday, friday (with our husbands) and saturday with a big group of girls. Here is our latest challenge- to dress up as a new moon character. This was really fun! (click on the names for more info)

Here is Jane




And Aro...




And my personal favorite, Laurent...



Ahhh, so nice to have geeks for friends!

how you know you are obsessed with New Moon...

1. When your child tells you they don't have to eat because they are Edward and vampires don't eat.
2. When your child has his whole class choosing a side...vampire or werewolf.
3. When both boys, even 18 month old Hartley, crawls around the floor roaring. Being werewolves of course!
and lastly
4. When your child make this face cause it's how Edward looks...



Only 16 more days til I get to see it at 11:58pm!!!!!!!

18 months old!!

I can't believe it. Only 6 month til he is 2. Kinda makes me sad, but then I think about how fun it will be when he is out of the scream-as-much-as-i-breathe stage. I conned Brad into taking Grayson with him to visit his youth for church so that I could take some picks of Hartley and they turned out much better than I thought. I envisioned only getting those famous screaming shots, but I got some pretty cute ones. How bout I let you see for yourself...





Daddy came back! This was taken in the dirty garage, but you can't tell can you?

A bonus from the other day...