Tooooo Busy Sheeeeeeeeeesh!!!

So we have a few months of updates to catch up on .. here goes ...

The Metallica concert was AWESOME!! Avry and Chloe had a perfect first concert experience -- except for Avry wanting to pick fights with the people smoking "funny-smelling stuff" around us :O Chase and Dylan were able to crowd surf some, not as much as they wanted cause they actually had to come down a few times .. bummer.

Then Thanksgiving .. Von and Beth came down and hung out with the fam, played Dirt, watched Twilight and chilled. We had a great time and definitely stayed busy! It went by too fast and was definitely busy. Then we all spent Thanksgiving at Chance and Kara's (Price's first Thanksgiving!!), ate waaaaaaay too much and had fun relaxing and visiting with everyone there.

Then Kaylyn had 2 cheer competitions that we crammed in there somehow .. still not sure how we fit THAT in! In both comps, they took first place in their division as well as Grand Champs (Grand is highest score over all competing teams). They were definitely stoked on winning the top awards in both comps!!

Before we knew it .. Christmas was right around the corner and we hadn't even STARTED getting ready. So off shopping we went! I couldn't believe it when we were able to get just about everything we needed in ONE Saturday!! Talk about speed shopping!! We were definitely exhausted by the time we got home that nite .. not sure if it was the shopping or fighting our way thru the crazed maniac Christmas shoppers UGGGH!!

Christmas came (and went) too quickly. We spent last weekend at my mom's and had a great Christmas there Saturday .. it just went too fast! Then came home and had Christmas at my dad's Monday evening with "chicken stars" for dinner LOL The kids painted and baked cookies ... and then the games began. After "cards" and "dirty santa" ... there was the "lifesaver" game. This one I wish we had on video!! oh wait .. maybe I'm glad we don't. We split up into 2 teams, the guys and girls, each had a toothpick (yes, in our mouths), and had a relay race passing the lifesaver between us from toothpick to toothpick! The guys won, of course, cause us girls couldn't stop laughing long enough to pass the toothpick to the other player without jabbing each other or dropping the lifesaver.

Finally, it was time for OUR Christmas which we did Tuesday evening. We had told the kids that we were going to wait until Thursday after lunch and they were definitely NOT HAPPY. The negotiations began immediately, and took them awhile to realize they weren't in a position to negotiate. Finally we told them that we were doing it then and the bouncing and present hunt began! By the time it was over .. the house looked like a wrapping paper bomb had been set off inside the house. The trash men did NOT like us this morning.

I guess thats about all of it. Everything else has been the not so fun stuff .. work, school, etc.

Now it's time to plan for our road trip in February to Utah!! It's only a little over a month away!!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and has a FUN New Year!!!