Wednesday, December 26, 2012

God Jul!

Here we are after decorating our Christmas tree!

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Silly faces!

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Our little Lucia and Gingerbread man.

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We went to Temple Square to see the lights, it was cold but we had a great time. Luckily we found some yummy hot chocolate to warm us up.

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Christmas morning with our matching pajama pants.

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We had an amazing Christmas. The kids got fun presents, I managed to surprise my husband with a new coat from my parents, we had fun playing all day and enjoyed our Christmas Lasagna with Colin's mom and her husband. Merry Christmas everyone! 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Happy Halloween!

The Once-ler and Cinderella had a great Halloween. We started the Halloween fun with our wards party and trunk or treat on the Saturday before Halloween. Then on the actual day, we went trick or treating down Center Street with grandma and the cousins followed by a birthday party and trick or treating at another cousins house. Xander had a blast, and would not go to sleep when we finally came home. First he had to sort his candy, then line it all up. Finally he crashed close to our bedtime. The funny thing, he only had or two pieces of candy, so it was not the sugar keeping him awake.

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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Happy Birthday Sophia!

Since we're already on birthdays, I figured I might as well add Sophia's here too. My little girl just turned two! She's always happy and loves playing with her brother, but knows how to tease him too. She's doing a great job potty training and recently went a whole day with only one accident! She's a talker and a singer; she's been singing Happy Birthday ever since Xander's birthday and loved that we finally sang it to her.

Because we had a bit of a crazy morning we weren't able to do our traditional singing in bed routine, but she got her presents and Happy Birthday in the morning before daddy headed our for school.

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We decided to have a party the Saturday following her birthday.

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Of course she got her Blues Clues cake!

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Love the face!

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She was not afraid of the candle this year and carefully turned the cake until she could easily blow out the candle.

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Happy Birthday Princess!

Happy Birthday Alexander!

My little boy turned 4 this summer. Time does go by fast. He's such a sweet boy who loves to learn and is always asking questions about everything. He's learning to read and that will open up a whole new world to him.

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Of course he got some new "Cars" cars for his birthday!

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Everyone wanting to know what's in the bag... (It was a soccer ball)

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He also got some new airplanes from uncle Trevor who happened to be here for a visit.

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Smiley girl!

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Xander showing off his new Angry Bird pajamas along with little sister.

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A Trip to the Zoo!

 Colin took a few days of work when we got home so I could have some help adjusting myself and the kids to the jet lag. We were also able to spend some quality family time and that included a trip to the zoo!

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Sophia loved the bears, especially because one was sleeping right next to the glass!

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Daddy's favorite was the new polar bear.

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Say "Cheese"! 

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The yearly family picture by the gorilla statue. Sophia did not like it at all.

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But Xander did!

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Sweden Part 2

The kids enjoying the only really nice, warm day during our trip with their uncle.

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Xander loved going on all the rides at the amusement park.

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And there's a lot to look at there as well. It's even more fun when you get to walk with your little cousin!

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Mormor and morfar waiting with the little kids while Adam, Xander and I went on the water ride, which was Xander's favorite.

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At least I didn't get quite so wet the second time around.

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Xander going on a kids ride all by himself. What happened to my little boy?

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We found a fun playground to explore!

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Xander taking on the climbing wall.

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The kids do love their morfar (or molfal as Sophia now says it).

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Xander's a lucky boy and got an early birthday party.

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Of course the theme was Cars!

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Sophia's first "fika"! 

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Xander loved it!

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I actually ran a 5k race, it was fun!

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The three cousins with uncles/dad.

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Loving the fish!

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Driving around!

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Rocking the outfit! (Let's just say that mom used to rock the same boots...)

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We had a great time in Sweden, even though we missed daddy a lot. Thankfully there are phones and Skype, so we survived the distance. Xander picked up the language super fast and at the end he spoke perfect Swedish, my challenge now is to keep it up. The kids also loved spending time with everyone there. Then flight home went alright. It's much harder to fly back home with kids, because they don't really sleep at all. We made it thought even if our luggage did not. (Don't worry, it came a few days later and nothing was missing).