Oh Christmas Tree

We finally got our Christmas tree Friday night and I seriously thought Rusty was going to die from excitement. He LOVES it and is so excited we finally have Christmas at our house. He even had to call my dad to let him know he got a Christmas tree. Here are a few pictures of Rusty bonding with his tree...

I thought Rusty was hiding from me, but when I asked he what he was doing he said, "just hanging out with my tree".

He was also very enthusiastic tree decorator. He put some of his "good tools" on the tree for the extra WOW factor, but they didn't last too long because he needed to go to work.

Then he was afraid the ornaments were getting thirsty so he carefully gave them each a drink.

After hydrating them, he started screaming "Oh no! Mom I'll be right back, I have to hurry". He ran up to his room and returned with a bunch of swim diapers. He said the ornaments were pooping on his tree and he needed his swim diapers to catch the poop. He cracks me up! I love how excited he gets for the holidays!

*We went to the zoo a few weeks ago and Titan wanted his picture taken with the gorilla, so this is for Titan.

Brody and Rusty, the food loving cousins.

Fall

Rusty "helped" me make some cute turkey cookies for his friends and the ladies I visit teach. Thanks for the idea Melissa!

We still have the pile of leaves in our front yard, so if anyone wants to join Rusty, just come on over.

Rusty's turkey face (or scary face, surprised face, angry face, sad face...they don't really change much but they sure are cute!)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Boonanza

Here are a few pictures from one of my mom's most stressful work days of the year, but a lot of fun for us:

The creepiest part of the night was the reptile show....disgusting!

We found out just how competitive Rusty was on the inflatable obstacle course. The kid on the left was the group in front of Rusty and the side he was suppose to climb up. He was so focused on winning, he yelled at the karate kid to hurry when he came to the wall and saw he hadn't made it up yet, then he jumped ship and went up the other side.

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

I was pretty shocked to wake up to so much snow this morning, but at the same time very excited. This will be the first winter since I was pregnant with Rusty that we will hopefully be able to do a lot of snowboarding/skiing as a family. Rusty is already asking for his own snowboard or ski's, so we'll just have to wait and see what Santa brings him.

Trying out my snowboard
Our super cool snowman...
that turned into Rusty's castle.

Nate is 29!

Happy Birthday Nate!

Nate is 29 and still going!!! I however am struggling with this and admit to shedding a few tears at the thought of how old we are getting. I know we have no control over this, but frankly I do NOT like it nor approve of it. With that being said, Nate had a very good birthday yesterday! Here are a few pictures from the festivities...

This was probably one of the best ice cream cakes we have ever had - "A Cheesecake Named Desire" from Cold Stone, I HIGHLY recommend it.

Nate flying his new pocket size RC Helicopter...
and crashing it. It's a lot harder to fly than it looks.
Cute little Titan playing Wii Fit surprisingly well... Big Doug trying to ski jump...

Emilio's Birthday

Rusty went to his first friend birthday party on Saturday and had so much fun. Emilio and Rusty are best buds in nursery and sacrament meeting and always have fun hanging out. It's so cute to hear my little red-head say "Emilio" - it reminds me of a Night at the Roxbury.

Here's the birthday boy trying to whack the pinata...
and here's Rusty hording all of the candy.

Happy Birthday Emilio!

Bed Time Stories

I came home from the store last night and cute little Rusty fell asleep in my bed reading stories to Curious George. Now I know why my parents have so many pictures of us sleeping as kids!

Brady Bunch Tribute

We finally got new carpet - YEAH!!! During the install Rusty and I got stuck in our kitchen for a couple of hours giving me lots of time to think while tuning out Bob the Builder and the "super cool" music the installers had going - if I never hear another tuba again, I won't complain. During this time I realized what a charmed, okay fabulous, life Mrs. Brady had. Think about it, her only job was to be a mom and be able to say, "Oh Mike". Not too hard if you ask me. But then I started to think about why her life was so good and realized it was because of Alice.



They always portrayed Alice to be so happy, and maybe she was, but lets face it - her job/life was kind of crappy. She had to wear the same hideous outfit every day, cook with lard, listen to 8 people whine about their lives and then do all of their laundry! As if this wasn't enough, she was in a dead-end relationship with Sam the Butcher who just couldn't commit. Poor, sweet Alice. I've always loved the Brady Bunch (you can watch it Monday-Friday at 5:30 on KBYU, the movies are pretty funny too) but I now have a special appreciation for all the Alice's in the world - those who can make the worst situation look glamorous. Rock on Alice!

*Here's our new carpet and tile in the bathroom. Thanks to my brother, Big Doug, for tiling it!

Sleepover

Thanks to the arrival of my cute little niece Abby, Rusty had his first sleepover with his cousin Caden. They had a lot of fun with only a few minor bumps and bruises along the way.

They played with the trains...

Practiced golf...

Rode the "tractor"...

Dug a few holes...

Fed their hungry bellies...

Got all clean (they were pretty dirty)...

and they were so tuckered out Caden could barely keep his eyes open for 1 more picture... so cute!

Little Nate

Here's what Rusty, aka Nate Junior's been up to lately...

Attempting to blockade his closet so he doesn't have to get ready for church, like father like son.
Practing his golf swing in the front room because "my daddy does".
Doing yard work - just like Daddy.