Best Ever!

We had a blast sledding up at Nicc's parent's house! Nicc had the 4-wheeler and was pulling an old car hood behind it. He pulled 3 or 4 kids at a time and did everything he could to knock them off. We were sledding around on the pond one time when all 4 kids went flying off. Karissa even did a somersault. Finally, Davin decided that he would give it a try. He and I rode together and he only made it a short way--he didn't like the snow spraying his face.

After that he decided that it was more fun to help dad drive the 4-wheeler (one of his very favorite things to do). He loved that much more, until Nicc was busy watching the sledders and ran right into a bunch of cattails!! They all had fuzz all over themselves. Davin was spitting it out forever!

When we got back to the house Davin came running in with Randon and after he threw all of his clothes off in the garage he started jumping up and down yelling, "that was best ever!" (one of those phrases we have never heard him say before but sure got a good chuckle out of)!

Bowling!!

The day after Christmas we all decided to hit the bowling lanes (partly because it was just too darn cold and windy to go ice skating)! Davin had a blast. The whole way there he kept talking about the bowling pins and he was going to throw a ball (it took a bit of convincing for him to understand that bowling balls are rolled and not thrown). When we got there we were so surprised that they had a pair of bowling shoes for him to wear--he was SO excited! They were a little big because a couple of times when he was running he ran right out of them!

He bowled pretty good but it took his ball FOREVER to get down the lane. He insisted on doing it himself. One time the ball just stopped about 3 feet from the pins! We had a great time!!

Christmas Fun!!!

We had a pretty fun-filled Christmas! Lots of food, people, toys, and good times! Davin was in heaven with all of his "friends" (aka cousins). He hated to leave them to lay down for a nap or do anything. He always "needed" his friends.

We got here after a long trip Tuesday and some adventure with a deer outside of Worland! We knew we were going to hit it. The darn thing went clear off the road and then came right back on--CRUSH!! Not enough damage to even stop us but a little damage to the right front light and the front passenger door. I guess there is a first for everything! We are just glad that it wasn't any worse that it was.

Wednesday we just PLAYED! Wednesday night Santa Claus came to visit and all of the kids got to sit on his lap! Davin was so excited, he even sat on his lap twice. He never told him anything he wanted for Christmas but he LOVED the candy cane that he got! Randon told Davin that he saw Santa fly away in the sky with his reindeer and Davin was eating it up!!! He talked about Santa ALL night.

We also did a Nativity and Davin was a shepherd! He was so funny--he loved his crook, loved being with Randon and Zach, and he even stayed there the entire time!!!

Thursday morning we were up bright and early (with 20 kids there is no hope for anything past 5:30, I was sure)!! The one morning in the past 3 weeks Davin hasn't been up that early, we had to littlerally pry him out of bed! Davin was a little overwhelmed by everything happening Christmas morning, so he showed little emotion! He was mainly interested in his candy!! He got a little trampoline from Santa since his big one outside is out of commission for the winter! He is LOVING it now!! He is quite the trickster! Everything else was fun as long as he had time to play with it. His Magna Doodle entertained him for a LONG time while we went through everyone else opening a gift!! He got lots of GREAT things and is enjoying each of them more and more as he has time to realize what he has been given!

I gave Nicc a trip to Atlanta for a Braves game for our Christmas/Anniversary present! His face was priceless! He kept saying, "Are you for real?" I am just so excited because I can never pull off very big surprises!

We are just enjoying lots of the white stuff--planning on sledding today but the crazy wind that exists in Lovell has put a hold on that! We are headed bowling now so more pics later!!! Hope you all had a GREAT Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!

I just thought I would post our Christmas card on here and wish all of you a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Countdown to Christmas!

I had a friend that posted several of their families pre-Christmas traditions on her blog. I thought it was a great idea and fun to remember some of the things we do each year in preparation for the big day. We never spend Christmas at our own home, so most of the traditions we have in our small family are in preparation for the big day!

We start by getting a REAL Christmas tree as soon as we can after Thanksgiving. This is a tradition that Nicc insisted on and has ended up being a LOT of fun! The nice thing about living where we do is we only have to travel about 10 minutes before we are in prime Christmas tree country!

We all decorate the Christmas tree together and add a new ornament each year. This year I added one for our family and Davin helped make one of his own.

I love to decorate our home. I can not believe how much stuff we have accumulated over the past few years! I actually had to start putting decorations in many rooms!

We of course go see Santa, although it is not a tradition that we are all fond of! Davin is slowly warming up. When we went to see Santa he wanted nothing to do with him, however, he and I were in the mall in Idaho Falls and he asked to go see Santa, so we did. This time he walked up to him and stood next to him all on his own but refused to look at him or talk to him (until he gave him a candy cane)!

We have just recently started making treats! I hate to cook, bake, or do much of anything if it requires a kitchen, however, this year we made some simple yummies. One of our favorites are chocolate covored pretzels, in fact we seem to make these for most holidays now!

I have to pu up my Nativity set! I have been collecting it piece by piece since I was quite young! I didn't even pu all of the piece out this year! Davin enjoys looking at it over and over again--he will climb up the piano to do so, I am just scared to death I am going to lose a piece as he picks it up to examine it for the 40th time!

Nicc and I love to read a story each day of December from this book (my mom gave it to us several years ago). We still bawl in all of the stories even though we know how they are going to end.
Hope you all have a wonderful time celebrating Christmas with your own traditions!!!

Potty Mess!!!

Just to let you know, this is mainly for my own records, someday Davin's wife will get a kick out of this (maybe me someday too)!

So, I am wondering why I didn't run the first time I heard the toilet flush. Instead, it wasn't until I heard him continually trying to flush many times in a row. When I got to the bathroom I would have gladly traded motherhood for just about anything at that point. Davin's underwear were off, there was poop in places I would have never imagined and he was trying to flush an ENTIRE box of wipes down the toilet! We have been working on the toilet training thing for about a month and a half now. He does great as long as we remind him to go and he usually will not poop in his underwear, he waits until I put a diaper on him. Well, he has been a little on the sickish side today with two poopy diapers already so that should have been my first reason for not putting underwear on him! When I found him, he was totally calm and just told me, "it won't flush, mom." I asked him if he went poopy and he told me, "It's in the potty now." Well, you guessed it, my dear sweet boy put it where it was supposed to go, just like we had talked about (hence the mess everywhere)! Well, he is in the tub now, and I have finished cleaning up. I am really hoping that some day I look back and think this is funny! As for now, Davin will not have unders on for the rest of today!!!

Sorry no pics to accompany this one--I think it is better that way!

Davin's Prayers

Davin loves to say the prayer whenever we pray, the only thing is he gives thanks for the food no matter what. Well, tonight we were guiding him and Nicc reminded him to give thanks for mommy and daddy and from there he went on to say thanks for everything from the Christmas tree, lights, presents, pillows, slippers, anything he saw (this was his longest prayer by far) and then when we went to his bedroom for bed he just started saying "Thank for cars, basket hoops, animals," and went on again naming all of the things he saw. Nicc and I were just laughing! I guess we too should be grateful because he finally seems to have a little better grasp of what a prayer is! I am grateful for a small child that loves so much to pray and understands the importance of it!!