I just sat down and remembered that I have a family blog now and that I have been neglecting it for far too long!! I don't think that I really have the energy (or time) to update on all that has happened in the last couple of months so I will sum it all up with the word FUN! We have had so much fun during the holiday season! Halloween was a blast, Maddy was Rapunzel and Li-boy was a Lion. They were freaking adorable!! Chris even decided to dress up this year as an 18th century citizen. It was really well put together. I was the mom with the flu who stayed home and handed out candy to the kids...
Maddy had a dance recital at Murray High School. Her class was dressed up as the cutest little snowmen and danced to 'Let it Snow'. She also had a music concert with her school. They sang 'Ringing Joy for Baby Jesus' and 'Cancione De La Navidad'. It was very sweet and Liam sat still the whole time watching his big sissa on the stage.
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| Maddy and Caitlyn backstage before the dance recital |
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| Mwende, Haylee, and Maddy at their school music concert |
Thanksgiving was very impromptu for us. We decided very last minute that we would have Christopher's parents and my parents over for dinner. I was not interested in botching the turkey so I called Harmon's and ordered a precooked one from them. Seriously. All I had to do was show up at 2 to the grocery store and there it was sitting in a giant box all cooked, basted, and waiting. It was yu-umy. Our little Liam tuckered out right when it was time to sit down and eat so he kinda missed his first Thanksgiving :( After dinner, we all played Beatles Rockband (much to my dismay). Saw everyone off and raced back to the kitchen for leftovers!!
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| My attempt at a posed picture. It turned out to be impossible with the worlds wiggliest baby! |
Christmas was absolutely delightful. We pretty much had three straight days of Christmas activities. Christmas Eve Eve we had my family over for the annual 'Pajama and Music' night. My parents brought over a glorious dinner then we all snuggled around in our new Christmas jammies while Christopher played holiday songs on his guitar as we sang along. The next day we spent it all up in Park City with the Bogus clan at a 'mansion cabin' as we like to call it. Seriously, words cannot describe this place. It is fan-freaking-tastic. Our favorite part is the ginormous theater it has in the basement. Of course all we watched was Disney Channel and later a little Bourne Identity. We all ate the traditional curry dinner and said our goodbyes. Headed down the canyon and over to Chris' parents house for our Christmas Eve presents! 2 hours later we headed home with two very sleepy little children in the backseat and a trunk full of loot. Christmas morning arrived far too quickly (Santa was up way past his/her bedtime, setting all the presents up in the living room). Maddy was too excited to wait another minute after she got up, so we woke poor little Liam to come enjoy the morning with us. After all the presents were opened we headed out to my parents house for round three of gifts (my kidlets are SUPER spoiled)! We didn't get home until late that night and I believe that we all crashed in bed the minute we walked in the door.
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| Presents at Grammy and Umpa Bogus' house |
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| Presents for Liam from Santa |
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| Presents for Maddy from Santa |
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| Presents for Liam from Yaya and Umpa King |
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| Presents for Maddy from Yaya and Umpa King |
New Years Eve was fairly low key. We all stayed in and snuggled in a pile of blankets. We watched movies and popped fresh popcorn. Li fell asleep around 9 o'clock while Maddy was determined to stay up until midnight. She made it all the way to 11:45... bless her heart! We let her stay asleep until the countdown. Then Chris and I woke her up, gave her New Year's kisses and we all went to bed. It was perfect.
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| The Bogus family in matching Christmas jammies and 2011 tiaras. Chris is not thrilled about me posting this pic of him : ) |
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