What we have been up to...

We have had some fun times lately with the holidays and everything else going on. For Thanksgiving we stayed here and my parents drove down to spend a week with us. They watched the kids for us so we could go to the Transiberian Orchestra. Ty has always wanted to go and it was an amazing concert. There is nothing like rock and roll Christmas music to get you ready for the holidays. We had a nice turkey dinner for Thanksgiving and I braved the crowds and did some Black Friday shopping. I will never go to Walmart again, it was CRAZY, too crazy for me. I went to Target and it was so much better. After Thanksgiving the kids and I went to Zoo Lights and that was really cool. They decorate the whole zoo with lights and animals made out of lights. The best part was there was an alligator that opened and shut it's mouth and Alex was staring at it and she asked me if it was real (I was standing behind her). I said "No, if it was real it would go GRRRRRRRR" and I grabbed her arm. She proceeded to scream and I started laughing. I can't help it, my dad did things like that to me all the time as a kid :)

We stayed home for Christmas for the first time since Ty and I have been married. I got to put up my Christmas tree and the kids helped put the ornaments on. For Christmas morning I made these huge cinnamon rolls that were delicious. The kids opened their presents in 45 minutes. Logan would open one, take a look at it and move on to the next one. They got all sorts of cool stuff for Christmas. We made a small ham and all the fixings for dinner and just hung out at the house and played with the kids.

Logan and I started a parent and child swim class this week and he loves it! He has always loved water and they hold classes at the local community college. It's a half hour long and they hold it in a smaller pool that is nice and warm. He told me afterwards that it was a "great swim class today." Alex is a little jealous and wants to take swimming now too. I told her she has to wait until her dance class is done and she can do swimming this summer.

As you can tell from our blog background, I'm anxiously awaiting spring. I can't wait for the leaves to come back and to see if all my bulbs come up. I miss the warmer weather and the days I can spend outside. But I have been getting some good work done on my scrapbooks and that is always fun.