Week Before Christmas

The pictures in this post are completely out of order for some reason, but it will be fine.  :)

Bentley has been practicing his climbing skills and loves to get up on things, even if they just raise him off the ground an inch.  Haha.  One morning I didn't shut the shower door all the way apparently, because when I came out of the closet he had found his way into the shower and was having the time of his life.  :)

 Friday, the 19th I think it was, we had the Himes over to decorate "gingerbread" houses.  The kids had such a blast and loved decorating them! Brady called them stables since I didn't make them correctly and the roofs didn't meet the walls.   Haha.  But the kids loved them nonetheless.  :)

 Our boys looked so stinking handsome on the Sunday before Christmas!! I couldn't stand it! They are just the cutest!

 For Kolton's birthday I wanted to make him a Thunder blanket.  I spent many a days working on it.  I wanted to make sure all the squares were exactly the right size and that they all lined up perfectly because I wanted it to turn out and look nice.  Overall, I'm happy with how it turned out.  I messed up on the binding, but all well.  My friend Sarah Landrum came and helped me tie it and thank goodness she did because I don't think I would have finished it before Kolton came home from school if she hadn't.   

 Kolton's teacher helped them make these snowmans that are made to be the exact height of each kid.  They are so cute!

 On Friday I surprised Kolton with pizza for his class for his birthday.  It was a total last minute decision that morning to do it and I am glad I did.  He thought it was SO cool and the look he had when he saw me with all those pizzas was just priceless!

 

 We got introduced to the crazy helium app and the kids had a blast doing it. 

 Brother selfie! These two are too cute together. 

 One night our elf drew a mustache on Kolton.  Haha. 

 The Sunday before Christmas in Primary they did a nativity.  Kolton was asked to be an innkeeper.  These were his lines: "There's NO room!".....(joseph begged) "Ok, I guess you could stay in the stable." He did AWESOME at it even though he was so stinking nervous.  I was also asked to sing for it and sang "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!" It was fun to participate in that. 

Monday night my dad came in to town and we exchanged presents.  He met us at Teds and we ate dinner and then he came over and gave us presents from Utah and we gave him presents to take back to Utah.   

Tuesday night we went to the Downs Family Christmas Light show.  Bentley fell asleep on the way down there and slept all the way through it.  Haha. 

 Tuesday we also had Kolton's end of season soccer party.  We all met at Braums and ate dinner and then they gave out medals.  Kolton had fun sitting with all his teammates and chatting it up.  It was fun listening to little boys talk. 

Left to Right: Beckett, Kolton, Miles, Gabe, Brody, and Evan (we were missing two players, Brody F. and Nolan)



Santa 2014

Poor Bentley developed this really bad rash the first week in December.  It started out as just little white bumps and then by Friday it became these big red splotches.  It was mostly on his right thigh and right side of his stomach but it ended up spreading to his arms, hands, his left leg, and his forehead.  We never did figure out what it was from, but I am suspecting it is either from apple juice or a new brand of his lactose free milk I bought.  I'm not a very good scientist because I stopped giving him both of those and then it went away so I'm not sure which one (if either of them) are the cause.  He had also been on an antibiotic for an ear infection and had had a really high fever so it could have been from either of those.  It now is back to the little white bumps on his thigh and right side of his stomach and doesn't seem to bother him anymore so we are good for now! :)

Friday night, the 5th, Brady and I went out with some friends to go see Mockingjay Pt.1 and then to a friend's house for dessert.  I thought it was a pretty good movie, but Brady thought it was pretty slow.  I'm sure since I read the book it seemed a little more exciting because I have more of a relationship with the characters, but regardless we had a great time together and with our friends. 

Saturday morning Kolton had his first basketball game of the season.  On our way there he said he was so nervous but then once he got out there he got in his groove and did awesome! We ended up winning 42-30 and Kolton had 20 points.  

Sunday was the Christmas devotional and the Elders came over to watch it with us.  I made some treats and we enjoyed a great message about Christmas and then we showed the Elders Pentatonix's version of "Mary Did You Know?" They loved it!
Monday, the 8th, Kolton had his class pictures at school.  I had do document just how handsome he looked.  :) 

Monday evening for FHE we delivered treats to a few families.  We doorbell ditched them and Kolton thought it was so fun! Unfortunately only two of the five families we did were home, so that took away from some of the excitement, but it was still fun! 

One morning I was getting ready to vacuum and so I put the ottoman up on the couch.  I had my back turned and Kolton was brushing his teeth when all of a sudden I hear Kolton say "oh! oh! oh!" so I turn around just as Bentley is pulling the ottoman down on him.  I can't really explain what it looked like but it was scary! I moved so fast and literally threw that thing off of Bentley.  He was screaming (of course) but wasn't too badly hurt besides a couple marks on his head.  

Friday was my work's Christmas lunch.  They treated us to a lunch at Vast (the restaurant at the top of the Devon tower).  

Unfortunately it was foggy and the clouds were really low that day, so this was our view.  :(  

Their lunch is a buffet, so that was nice! They had delicious food and I really enjoyed myself.  

Brady's parents watched Bentley for me and after we left from there to go home, he fell asleep pretty quickly! 

Saturday morning I went grocery shopping and then we all went to the Thunder court so Kolton could play.  After that he and Brady went to do some Christmas shopping and then went out to lunch at Teds for some stud bud time.  

That afternoon Kolton had another basketball game.  He did amazing!! He had 36 points and several good assists.  We recorded his game and went back and watched it on Sunday and it was so fun to really see how talented and smart he is out there! 

Oh, Friday after school I was getting in my car to leave to go take Jeff and Vanessa's family pictures when the Himes pulled up in the driveway.  Jill had surprised me with a nativity! I had wanted to make one but could never get myself over to her house so she decided to make one for me! I absolutely love it!! 

Sunday evening the elders showed up at our door to visit.  Elder Thompson is leaving on Wednesday to go home after serving in our ward for several months.  He is an amazing missionary and we have really loved getting to know him! 

Brady has been going to physical therapy for almost two weeks now, three times a week.  It has done wonders with his ankle! He now can sometimes walk without crutches (with the boot on) which is amazing.  PT is pretty painful but he can tell it is really helping him and he is getting better way faster than he would on his own.  Monday morning he had to go before work at 7:00 and they started his day off with electro shock therapy and heat.  :) 

Monday evening we went to Bass Pro to go see Santa!! Kolton was super excited! But, oh my! When we got there I couldn't believe the line!! We've never waited more than 15 minutes to see Santa there but last night we waited for over an hour!! The Himes and Storeys went with us and so the ladies all stood in line and the men took the kids over to go play with all the cool things they have set up.  

Bentley was pointed to the carousel so I took he and Kolton on it.  At first when I tried to sit him down on it he was not happy but once he got on there and the carousel started moving he loved it! Every time we'd go around he would be looking for Brady and then get all happy when he'd see him.  It was cute! 

Kolton made sure to pick the tallest animal to ride on.  :) 

We were all tired of waiting in line by the time we got close.  ;) 

Kolton was adorable up there and asked Santa for NBA 2k15 and Just Dance.  

Bentley however was not a fan of the big man.  At first when I put him on his lap I thought we might be able to get a picture without him crying but that quickly changed and he was horrified! 

My friend took this picture and I think it totally embodies visits with Santa.  Baby screaming and older brother trying to calm him down.  I love it.  

Today I watched Esme and Rigdon so that Vanessa could go eat lunch with her friends for Christmas.  Bentley and Esme had a good time together and were cute to watch!