Christmas and New Years

Tyler took the kids downtown to see the lights with some of his family. I stayed home because I wasn't feeling well. Hadley was sad because she said I needed to be in the family pictures. She knows I always take pictures! They had a great time. They always love seeing Christmas lights.


Then the big day finally came! On Christmas Eve morning Hadley was being kind of naughty. I told her that probably wasn't a good idea so close to Christmas. So a little bit later she brought me a piece of paper and told me she drew a special picture and asked me to write "I have been good" in the middle of it. I asked her if it was for Santa and of course she said yes. It was really cute. You could tell she was really concerned about being put on the naughty list. Then Christmas morning while the girls were opening presents, Hadley said, "see you guys, you thought I was naughty and I wasn't Santa brought me everything I wanted!" She can be so cute sometimes! Okay I'm getting a little ahead of myself. So Christmas Eve we went to Amie's for a yummy dinner. We didn't get home until after 10:00. Hadley was so anxious to get to bed so Santa could come. First we had to put the reindeer food outside, then we had to leave cookies and pictures for Santa, then brush our teeth and say our prayers. They were excited to do all of that but Hadley kept saying "we have to hurry so we're not late for Santa" When we finally got her to bed she said "I sure hope Taylor is in bed sleeping so Santa can bring her presents!" She was asleep in half a second! She is so sweet to be concerned about other people. On the way home from dinner she said " you know guys I was thinking, Santa is so nice to bring everyone presents, we should be nice and leave Santa a present too" What a sweetheart! I told her all Santa really wants are the cookies and pictures. I know I'm only talking about Hadley but she had the most to say. Lexi really didn't have a clue what was going on until the next morning. When I went to get Lexi out of her bed she was yelling " I saw Santa!" which is kind of funny considering she was afraid of Santa. When Hadley heard her say that she said " well I did hear some elves last night" Because when I went to get Hadley out of bed she was just laying there awake. I asked her why she was just laying there on Christmas morning and she said she didn't know it was morning time and she didn't think that Santa came because she didn't hear any bells. They had so much fun Christmas morning, it was great to watch. Hadley said we did a great job surprising her because we got just what she wanted. Lexi was really into opening presents this year. She kept saying " I want another one!" she didn't really care what was inside.


Then finally for New Years Eve we went back to Amies's house and hung out with Tyler's family. We all actually made it until midnight, which we did not expect at all. Hadley crashed on the couch right after everyone yelled Happy New Year and Lexi ran around the house yelling Happy New Year in her cute little voice. It was a fun night. I am so thankful for the wonderful 2009 that we had. We are so blessed and are looking forward to 2010!


Mom and Dad and their Girls!

The Carlson Family kids

The girls with Great Grandma Kunz

Oh so cute!

Some of the Kunz Family kids




Grandpa Kunz and Lou Lou

My Girls!



Busy Bees opening their presents!

Hadley with the present she wanted most!

Hadley and her

Polly Pocket Airplane!

Lexi showing off her treasures!

The Stockings!

Cute Cousins

Isn't this beautiful?

The kids with Grandma and Grandpa Carlson

Daddy and his girls

The Girls Dance Recital

I am so proud of my 2 baby girls! They are not so much baby girls anymore, but they will always be my babies! They both did such a good job last night at their dance recital. I was really surprised that Lexi actually danced! I thought she might just stand there, but she actually did really well for a 2 year old. It was the cutest thing ever, she was born to dance! Then there's my Haddy, she was awesome. I was a little worried at first cause the poor thing looked beyond nervous when she walked out, but she pulled it together and did a great job. It made my whole night! All the money spent was well worth it after last night.

The girls with their flowers from Miss Brittani

I seriously could eat her up!

Hadley doing her thing!

Lexi shakin' it on stage!

Hadley waiting back stage

Lexi waiting back stage

Hadley and Lexi with their cute friends Joey and

Kendell. They are sisters too!

There are a few things that I have been lazy about bloggiong about, so I will just add it to this one. Tanksgiving was great! We were at my parents house this year. It was the first year ever that my dad has had Thanksgiving with all his kids together. And it was at his house! This was also the first year he has had a big enough house to do it in. It was nice to hang out with everyone all day. My goal was to get pictures with everyone sitting around the table, but aparently the food was a little more important cause I forgot all about it. So no pictures of this one. My niece took a few random pictures of people for me but that was mainly for me to have some pictures to put on the calendar I make for my dad every year. It was a great day, we are so truley blessed to have all that we do and I am so thankful for my family.

Then it was time to see Santa at our ward Christmas party. Of course Hadley was all about it. She loves Santa! Lexi kept saying in her cute little high pitched voice " I see Santa!" Until we actually got in the room and she was able to see him. It was like Disneyland all over again. She was litterally shaking she was so scared of him. Of course, she took the candy cane from him but didn't want anything else to do with him. Then for about 15 minutes after, she kept saying, " I don't want to sit Santa's Lap." She is my little baby! Here are some pics.

Disney On Ice and other random things

I took Hadley to Disney On Ice, leaving Lexi behind with dad. I didn't think she would sit for that long and a little quality time one on one with the kids is nice. Except I went with my mom and my sisters so it wasn't exactly one on one, but Tyler took Lexi to Discovery Gateway just the two of them. Hadley was so funny! When the show started she sat back in her chair kind of hiding, then she ended up on my lap burying her head in my jacket. I asked her what was wrong and she said she was scared for when the Beast comes because she did not want him to get her. I told her it was just a costume and she kind of laughed at herself and said " for real mom, it's just a costume, for real? Oh I can sit by myself then." She kept asking questions the whole time...kids are so perceptive! She asked me how the Beast was just a costume because the princesses were real. I told her it was because the Beast turns into a prince at the end of the movie so they just made a costume for the show. She seemed okay with that answer but every scene she was asking me what was real. She even asked me if the 7 dwarfs were real. I was having a hard time, afraid that I wouldn't be able to keep up with all the lies but I told her they were real too. I didn't want to deal with the princess question, She would be devastated if she knew they were not real. Then when Beauty and the Beast did come out she asked me if Gaston was real. I said "yes, he's real, he was a man to begin with, not like the beast who turned into a man." She said, " I was hoping you wouldn't say he was real because he's mean and he scares me!" So I said, "oh he's not real" she said "oh mom you were just tricking me, it's just a costume!" It was quite the conversation that went on the whole show, I was laughing to myself the whole time. But I am having a hard time with the whole pretending thing. Where do you draw the line? Are they going to be really upset when they find out the truth? I have the same issue with Santa. I stared really getting the questions last year. I felt like I needed to write down what I was telling her so I could keep my story straight! I wish she could just accept being a kid and just believe that everything is magical, no questions asked.

Hadley also had her primary program this past Sunday. I love watching all the kids get up there. She was so excited for it! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Carlson and Grandma Kunz for coming to watch her. You really made her day, she felt so special!

As my girls are fighting in the back ground right now, it seems crazy that I'm about to write how much I love them and could not live without them. Not that I don't love them when they fight, but you know how it is. They are both just getting so big and they are changing every day. their little minds just absorb so much and they are always doing new things. I love to have conversations with them. The stories they tell are so cute. It's so sad to watch the time go by so fast. I hope they know how much I love them and what a blessing they are in our family. This morning they were watching TV and they were talking about what they were thankful for. So Hadley started telling me all the things she was thankful for, pumpkin pie, friends, me, daddy, and Lexi, Grandma's and Grandpa's. Then Lexi spoke up and said " I'm thankful for dance!" in her cute little voice. I just love these girls to pieces and I want them to know that I am thankful for them! Here are some random pictures...

me and Haddy, her lips were purple from her snow cone!

Hadley, Kayla, Kresta, and Grandma

my cute little girls!

my little flower child!

Halloween Highlights

Yay! Halloween has come and gone! As most of you know it is my least favorite holiday. But I put on a happy face and endure it because the kids absolutely LOVE it! We have so much candy it is literally sickening! The worst part is, I think I eat it more than the kids do. I have no self discipline lately. The girls dressed up Tuesday for dance class, Wednesday for our trunk-or-treat, Hadley dressed up Friday for school and then finally Saturday came. We went trick-or-treating at Dan's grocery store with my mom and the girls, then we went with my mom to her trunk-or-treat, then we met up at Amie's for our traditional taco soup and homemade doughnuts! They were so good, Thanks Amie! As always, I ate to much on my Halloween Binge and felt kind of sick afterward but it was so worth it......Then there was Tyler, he ditched us for part of the Halloween festivities to go to the Utes game. I really didn't mind, he had a great time and he looked awesome. I was excited that he got into the Halloween spirit, even though I think it's pointless, it was kind of fun getting him ready for the game.

Cinderella trying to make out with Nemo

The cute cousins

Pretty Princesses

my mom and Brittany Bob

Tinker Bell and her pal Silver Mist

Daddy and the gilrs I thought Lexi

would be afraid of him but she kept

saying "pretty daddy"


Ty has the perfect bald head

Go Utes!!

They had a fire truck at Dan's the girls thought

it was so cool

Aren't they sweet!

Cute Mya and Lexi, they are best friends and

worst enimies depending on the day

All the Girls!


Audry and Mya


My Sweethearts!

Hadley's Perfect pumpkin....Lexi's too, although

she wasn't as picky

Ty is such a good sport about pumpkin carving!

Hadley cleaning out her pumpkin

Hadley doing her spooky thriller dance

Lexi doing free style

I guess she needed a minute. She loves

dance class though!