Missing You

I've come to realize that I have an extremely difficult time being away from my husband! (even when it's only just a couple of days) I can't sleep w/o him, that may sound like an exaggeration but trust me it's not. I've probably had about 4 hrs in the past 2 days!
Kurt went to Utah for his brother Lukes wedding. He left Friday and has been gone for 3 days now. We decided not make the trek together because we had just done a trip to Utah for thanksgiving, and money is scarce in the winter. So we bought him a ticket to rep for us. Guarantee we will NOT be doing this again anytime soon! I would rather suffer my kids to be out of their element then to suffer through w/o him! To make matters worse.....I woke up very excited that he'd be home in a few hrs, to get a call from him telling me his flights been cancelled and he won't be flying out till tomorrow morning. Apparently the weathers not so good and all the other flights have been booked for the day.
AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! It probably sounds incredibly pathetic but 3 1/2 days alone is not my idea of good times. Anyway I will look to the bright side and just look forward to tomorrow morning. I miss you my love, come home to us soon!

Raindrops from heaven

That's how I like to think of my children and those ever so sweet moments. Little raindrops from heaven- and every once in a while a drop will hit you. Like a warm hug, or a "mommy I love you", or a giggle while playing. Those are what make this job so worth while! I just wanted to share a few cute pics that show some of those "raindrops".

Happiest Place On Earth

YAY we made it! I have been telling Kurt for the past week that I'd like to go to Disneyland before Christmas, to see the lights and decorations! Today 12/20 we were able to make it there! I just LOVE Disneyland and will forever love it! It's definitely my fave theme park!And...we're off! It was a nice day, somewhat cloudy, and cool. When we first arrived we saw Mickey and Chip N' Dale.Alaina gets so distracted by the characters she doesn't want to look at the camera! This trip was by far the most we have done in one day with the kids. We usually can only wander onto one or two rides and eat by the time the kids get fussy. We had some lunch and headed over to Honey I shrunk the audience. (That was quite an experience!) For those who don't know this ride is a 3-d experience movie. Emmitt had a pair of 3-d glasses so he could see what was going on, and boy did he get scared! There are a couple parts in the movie where things are flying at your face, Emmitt was jumping back in his seat! He started crying when a cat changed into a lion that was roaring and clawing in his face! Poor Guy!! He was reluctant to put the 3D glasses back on after that! But he left happy and talking about how scary it was! LOL!! (Kurt and I were laughing!) Our carousel rideThe kids had fun in fantasy land riding the carousel, dumbo, and face painting. We also watched the christmas parade with santa and other disney characters. As Santa came by Emmitt yelled, "HI Santa, I want a scooter for christmas!!" (he got the idea from his stinker dad) Face painting! This little man loves to get his face painted! I was hoping they'd have some christmas ideas for his face but they were the same ol drawings.Hat Dress Up We had so much fun, Disneyland is definitely a "magical kingdom"!

CAUTION...gingerbread under construction

Wednesday night- 12/19, we decided we'd make our gingerbread house as a family activity! I have never had the experience of building a gingerbread house. On a trip to costco I was super excited to find a gingerbread house kit and thought it'd be fun! So we have had the kit for a little over two weeks or so and decided it's about time to test it out! The above pic is Alaina and Emmitt ready for the construction! "Kit includes all you see here" The kit was really cool cause it took all the really hard work out of it and left the fun stuff! No baking and cutting pieces and no mixing together frosting! (My kind of gingerbread experience! lol) It just had a bunch of pre cut house pieces and tons of decorating candy, and icing! Emmitt was super pumped to get started and helped form the sides of the house by putting the icing on the pieces. He made a gingerbread kid covered in funky candies and exclaimed, "Look Daddy this is YOU!!!" He was very proud of his creation! We did our best to get Alaina involved but she was more interested in eating her gingerkid then decorating it. Her piece was soon demolished! My fave part was decorating my ginger girl (seen in front of the house) with the red skirt, blonde hair, and green eyes. Mainly it turned out to be Kurt & I doing the work and the kids eating it! LOL!! Kurt assembled the house and I decorated most of it. Kurt had to throw in a side yard and a fence with the rest of the candy. It was really fun and we'll probably do it again next year!

Naughty or Nice?

SANTA!!!!!! We finally got around to taking the kids to see santa claus! Man you should've seen my daughter! She was not having it! Poor girl was terrified of santa, plus she was not having a good day to begin with. Emmitt was super excited! He told santa what he wanted for christmas and everything. Kurt tried just holding Alaina and sitting on the ground next to Santa and she was still crying. So we were only able to get a pic of emmitt with santa this year, hopefully next year she'll get over her fear.

2 by 2

I can't believe how quickly my kids have grown and changed. Emmitt is going to be turning 3 come March, and I keep wondering what happened to my little baby boy. Alaina is now 16 mos and so dang smart! I swear everyday she says something new, she talks alot! She's started telling us when she has poop or pee! She wants to be a big girl. This pic is from this morning, when Emmitt goes to the bathroom she starts saying she wants to also. We have put her on the potty a couple times and believe it or not she has actually gone once! Potty training her should be a breeze! LOL!! Emmitts become quite the helper and is pulling out of the tantrum craziness! Thank goodness! He still has his moments but he's pushing past the terrible twos! He loves playing his vsmile video games with Kurt and I am amazed at how he can match things up. He is very protective of his sister! He likes to tell people (very sternly) that it's "His lai lai" and he told my neighbors girl the other day "you don't touch her that's my sister!" LOL!! They play together so well! Of course there's the occasional "beatdown" from emmitt to alaina, I can tell you this much....she's one tough cookie! I'd say that we are at a good stage in our lives and we'll just flow with it for now. As for having more.....who knows what the future will bring, for now I just want to enjoy my 2! (and enjoy being a smaller size....lol!)

Are you ready for christmas?

I'm sorry to say that I have been slacking on our little family blog. It's been awhile since my last post, so I figured I would post something quickly and when I get more exciting things then I will post again. We have finished decorating our home with christmas things. Kurt got all our outside lights up, which was actually kind of a long process because we couldn't get very many boxes at a time. It seems our lights that we chose were pretty popular! LOL!! But they are up and they look beautiful (white and blue twinkle icicle lights). And our tree is fully decorated now all I have to do is keep it well guarded till it comes down. Alaina has got to it a couple times but thankfully no ornaments have perished! I recently discovered that we have no stocking holders so I purchased some the other day that I love so that completed our christmas decor! Now if I could just get the shopping done and we'd be all set!