I found selfies

 

 Can you tell me who has a problem?

Logan likes taking pictures!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

This was our first Christmas on our own and I gotta say it was...boring.  It's funny how quickly they can open presents and then the clean up begins.

On Christmas eve we had a turkey dinner with one of our neighbors, ate pie, homemade candy cane ice cream and opened stockings. 

 Have you ever seen someone so excited for fuzzy socks that he picked out himself?

 Or these?

 At the same time?

I had to throw this one in that James took of me and the little boys on Christmas Eve just to prove I do exist. 

 Christmas jammies!

Hoping that someday he will learn how to just smile and not be a goof. 

 Our little tree that we brought home in the back of my tiny car smashing my boys.

 My boys before they saw that Santa came!

 And so it begins!

 The boys were able to have Curtis on the computer (Skype) while they opened presents.  It did make me miss my family and our traditions, but it was fun to have my boys with me.

 Enoying their spoils

Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam...

My sweet baby is a Sunbeam this year!

  Its hard to believe that these boys are getting so big and I will be planning a baptism in 4 months. So many milestones that we get to watch and celebrate together!

Carson was such a big boy when I dropped him off in Primary.  He was one of 11 new Sunbeams this morning and it was like he's been sitting in that seat for months! His teacher said that he told her his name was Tyson and his class agreed with that until he noticed that his hat didn't say his name at the end of class.  She was so embarrassed, but I was proud that he was able to recognize his name was wrong!

Logan's Class Party

 I had the chance to help plan Logan's kindergarten class party and although I didn't get a chance to take a ton of pictures it was a blast! The kids pined a star to the Christmas tree (blindfolded), decorated foam ornaments and Christmas trees, decorated sugar cookies with LOTS of sprinkles and then topped it off with a gift exchange

 Carson was lucky enough to attend 3 class parties for Christmas!

 The face of PRIDE

It's a Spiderman flashlight!

Taking pictures

Look who I found at the park!

the Oliverson Family

 Just look at these melt your heart eyes!

 Such a stud muffin!

These pictures need to be edited, but I love this family and I wish I could figure out how to edit on my own...maybe that's my next class (NOT).

My boys

 So maybe I shouldn't give my kids cookies right before church...

but they are so cute eating cookies.

It's a Christmas tree

Living in Utah is a learning experience for this Island girl.  At home you buy a Christmas tree and they trim the trunk so that it's fresh and then they tie it to the roof of your car (for free) with twine.  Here in Utah they look at you weird when you ask how tall they are, laugh when you ask if they have twine and just stand there when your shoving it into your little car.

  Anyways, the boys had fun sharing the car with our 6.5 foot perfect Christmas tree.  The tree was covered in snow and left beautiful pine needles and the Christmas aroma in the car.  Now the tree is sitting in the corner of our living room with a lifetime of ornaments to remind us why we do all this crazy stuff.  It was fun watching the boys and 2 neighborhood kids put up the ornaments and telling them the stories of how they came to us.  I still have ornaments from my grandmother and her mother; ornaments that I remember placing on my tree in my parents living room.  I can't wait to continue to expand our collection and then share with my kids.

Carson is a dancing fool!

 Carson's class had a sweet little Christmas Program to celebrate Christmas in Hawaii.  The kids sang Christmas songs, danced and each one had a line about Christmas in Hawaii. Carson was really cute in his sunglasses and for one song they even had little blow up guitars. 

 I love that cheese-ball smile of his!

 Classic nose picking picture!

Santa?!

 At the end of the program the kids were shocked to have Santa come.  Carson was so patient (he was one of the first people in line, but everyone else had more family then he did) he was the last one on Santa's lap and asked for a Dinosaur for Christmas.  Santa tried to convince him that he wanted cars or Legos, but Carson stayed firm on those dinosaurs (hint, hint mom!).

I am so grateful for the program that he is in.  He might not be learning a second language, but he sure is having fun!