{Snow}

We drove up to Logan the day after Christmas. We left at 3am, hoping that the kids would sleep the first 4 or so hours in the car. At 5am, Cody tells me he has to stop at a gas station to use the restroom. I begged him to wait, told him it would wake the kids, but the man has the bladder of an infant so we stopped and the children woke up at 5am!!

It was a LONG trip, through snowy and icy roads, so when we pulled into Grandma's driveway at 5pm we were happy to finally be there!! The boys wanted to play in the snow right then and there, but it was so cold and the snow was not sticking together so they were happy with the promises of playing the next day.

That night I ran to a few stores with Lesli to go buy snow boots and pants, we are from AZ you know :o). The next day their Dad's took them out and they built snow forts, tunnels, and snowmen. It's doesn't get any funner than that!

{The Nutcracker}

I've been looking forward for Melissa and Sam's visit for so long!! I love it when all of my sisters are together, we have so much fun! On Christmas Eve, Brittany's birthday, we went to the Nutcracker. Fun, fun!

Happy 18th Birthday Brittany!!

Some things I love about Brittany: *she has the prettiest, thick hair *she's an amazing dancer, and hasn't even been dancing that long *she has always been the most compassionate of the sisters *she can't say no to my boys, even when I tell her to! *she is really good about putting cute outfits together *she has a very strong testimony, and reads her scriptures every night no matter how late it is *knock on clog *she is good at make-up and hair, I love it when she curls my hair *she makes really good brownies and cookies *she is a really good babysitter *she loves to read *she loves David Archuleta and got to be close to him at the AI concert

Love you Brittany!

{WE WERE ON A BREAK!!}

Can you name that show? :o)

It's been a long time since I posted so I am staying up late tonight to get some posts done! We had a great December, full of family, traditions, great food, snow, and lots of fun! I hope you all had a great Christmas season as well.

To start things out we had our annual Eddington/Flake White Elephant party. We had a Mexican Fiesta and then the gift opening began. I think the best gifts were the edible bikini top and the complete bowling set belonging to Juanita. It was complete with shoes, certificates, personal letters, a ball, etc! Honorable mention is Dad's do-rag, a book on Menopause for Mark, and the GIANT stuffed bunny Rhett got. Of course he loves it but as soon as our garbage can has enough room that baby is gone.

This year was especially fun because Rachel, Damon, Zoey, and Liam were in town from Colorado as well as Melissa and Sam from Utah.

{Brittany's Senior Pics}

I had to post these picture of my sister Brittany..... Senior pictures have come a long ways, right?? She looks so pretty in all of these, don't you think?

{Santa}

Our December has flown by - as I'm sure it has for most of you as well! One more week until Christmas....I wish time would slow down because I am not ready for this month to be over! Especially since I have finals on Saturday...wish me luck!!

Last week I went with Rhett and Ethan to the IMAX at Arizona Mills. Even though they don't look thrilled, we had fun watching the movie with sharks and sea creatures!



Afterwards we went and ate at The Rainforest Cafe. The best part of course was the Lava Mud and Worms they boys chose for desert...yum!

Tonight was Rhett's Holiday Concert! All the 1st graders dressed up and sang Christmas songs. (Rhett's still working on finding a "natural" smile).

He's made some great friends this year....

The next stop was the Ward Christmas party. Kade loved the cupcakes :o)

Kade's best bud Brayden was there so of course they ran around together, trying to escape from Mom!


Santa was there, even if you can't see him under the boys! Rhett would like a black whistle, Ethan wants a transformer, and Kade wants a cow to supply his daily milk demands.

This last Santa picture is a picture of a picture....I couldn't get my scanner going tonight. The boys also got to see Santa last week when he came to Rhett's school.

I hope everyone is having a great December.....XOXO! -Brooke

{Pillow Hurdles}

Around here with 3 boys things can get crazy. Rhett and Ethan had an idea to stack pillows and then run and jump over them. They wanted me to take some "cool pictures".

Rhett


Ethan

Rhett

Ethan (I think he may have a future with hurdles, check out that form)

Even little Kade wanted in on the action.

He didn't like it when Ethan stole his turn....look at that look he's giving!

{The Polar Express}

A few months ago my Uncle Jon (only a few years older than me) called to see if we'd want to go on the Polar Express with their family. We have never been, but thought it would be a fun way to kick off December! We had so much fun!

I picked up Rhett a little early from school. His teacher told me he told his class "Bye! I'm going to the North Pole!" Our kids still believe in Santa and were so excited that they were going on a train to meet him. We met Jon's family in Flagstaff for dinner at Cracker Barrel. Then we went 30 more miles over to Williams, to board the Polar Express.

We were all bundled up....brrr it was cold outside!

Ethan and Hayden had too much fun together!! They enjoyed the hot cocoa and cookies served on the train.

My three cute boys in their PJ's....so excited to see Santa!

Kade wanted Rhett or Ethan to hold him - not Mom or Dad :O)

Here's Dawniel and Brynn. She is a couple of months older than Kade. Is she not the cutest thing ever??

We are almost to the North Pole...they are anxiously looking out the window!

Santa came and brought bells for all the children. Very LOUD and annoying bells!



At the end of our journey.......the end!
*PS please ignore my scary red eyes. This last week I have been getting over an eye infection / allergic reaction to eye medication / other eye infection. YUCK!