Disney World

We went to Florida for a week to do the whole Disney World thing. We had a great exhasting time. Here are some highlights.
Beck loved every bit of the trip

Watching Jedi Corbin
Corbin takes on Dark Vader
Corbin is victorious
Crazy Ape!
Corbin was so into the snake.

Corbin was so stoked to meet a real power ranger!
Beck is diggin Epcot. Or is it just being held?
Warriors!
The boys had both fallen asleep at this point
The pool at the hotel

My star performance in the Indiana Stunt show

Tiger, pooh, Darby, Jer, Corbin, and Beck

Snow Days

Beck's first trip to the snow. We had a great day sledding with my parents and Cort. Corbin took turns ridding with mom, dad, grandma and monka.

I Got Tagged

10 years ago I was...
In my senior year of Highschool. Getting pumped to graduate and for all the year end festivities.
At least that is what I assume I was doing, I don't remember that far back.

5 things on my to do list today..
1. Climbing certification at club
2. Plan Beck's B-Day party and figure out what to get him
3. laundry
4. get fabric to recover chairs
5. research vegetable garden

Things I would do if I became a billionare
1. Go on an amazing vacation ( I would even bring the kids because I could afford to bring a babysitter too)
2. Buy a new house closer to the city
3. Go shopping and take my sisters and mom

My bad habbits
1. over commiting myself
2. zonen when I watch TV

5 places I have lived
1. Discovery Bay, CA
2. Beverly Hills, CA
3. El Dorado Hills, CA
4. Laie, HI
5. Renton, WA

5 Jobs Ive had
1. janitor
2. teacher
3. life guard
4. costume swim suit sales
5. Mom

things most people don't know about me...
I would love to be a party planner in my next life.

I Cry the Day I take the Christmas Tree Down

What a wonderful Christmas season we had. It was busy as usual but the truth is that I wouldn't have it any other way.

We made it into the city on Saturday to do a little shopping, check out the windows and admire the huge ginger bread castle (you can see it in the background).

We even made it over to see the temple lights at the Oakland Temple. The picture does not do them justice.

The boys opening presents from Monka, Grandma and their Aunts.

Christmas Eve!!! Beck with my Cousin Zac and his daughter Shae. Cortney, Dylan, Corbin and Blake posing in the middle of the Candy Bar game. Grandma and Beck.

Santa Came! Corbin had a super hero Christmas and Beck was completely unphased.

We headed off to San Diego to enjoy yet a 3rd Christmas celebration with the Wilson crew. Corbin loves his race track and Beck will get lots of use from the swing. Nat and Jer love the clock, it looks great over the fireplace.

This Christmas was a special one for me. I was asked to play Mary at church and spent hours reading about her and working on a script. Jer and I also wrote the ward's narrative for our Christmas party. It was a lot of work, but a wonderful treat to have a reason to focus, read, and ponder so much about the saviors birth and the true gift of the season. How grateful I was to have a celebration that involved much more than Santa Clause.

We are looking forward to a wonderful New Year and hope the same for all our friends and family.

Boys will Be Boys

A Day in the life at out house. Just a little glimps at what it is like to have two little boys and one big one.

It all began with Corbin removing all the cushions of the couch and making a fort.

The fort soon became a pile of pillows. Where the wrestle match begans.

It didn't take long before mom had to lay the smack down.

Hope your lifes are all filled with this much crazyness. What fun would it be if they weren't.

It the Most wonderful Time of the Year

Hopefully everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We had a great day playing football and basketball, watching the parade, eating lots of turkey and mashed potatoes, and then going to the movie. What a fun day it was. The next morning as tradition my mom and I woke up early to do some shopping (we got some good deals) and that afternoon Jer and my dad went golfing. As if the weekend couldn't have been better all ready we watched BYU beat Utah on Saturday with a winning play by Oz (my cousin Austin Collie).

I really love Thanksgiving, but even more I love that when it's over it means it's Christmas time. The house is all decorated and the tree is up and we are half way done with the outside lights. How exciting is that I can put up outside lights. This is the first year I have had a house of my own to do that. I tried to get Jer to put lights on the top roof line last night. He got to the top of the ladder and told me that his life was worth more. So this year we will be going low with the lights.

Beck is getting so big. How big I am not sure because I still have not been to the Doctor for a well check. I called yesterday and gave them hell and they got me in on the 4th. Anyways, he is crawling and climbing and even stands for a whole two seconds on his own. He says mamama and dadadad and bababa, but mostly ahhh and eeeehhh in a squealing sort of way.

Corbin is hysterical. I am absolutely loving sharing all the Christmas traditions with him. He is especially fond of the Santa bringing toys tradition. He is very into his list for Santa and lets me know in every store which things he wants on his list. I made the mistake the first time putting some of those items in the cart and telling him that we were going to give them to lady and have here put them on his list and deliver the list to Santa. Now he thinks that every toy needs to be brought to the cashier to be put on his list. All I can say it that It was a rookie move and I am a rookie mom, so I have learned my lesson. The whole coal in the stocking thing is working wonderfully though. I have ended many temper tantrums with just the mere mention of Santa watching or just humming "Santa Claus is coming to town". I would say I can't wait for Christmas, but as always I am enjoying the build up to the day so much that I don't want to speed up. Hope everyone is enjoying the season too. Can't wait to see your cards and family pics.

Halloween

I can not believe it is already November. October was a fun month. We did all the traditional Halloween stuff to keep us busy. Corbin and Beck went to the pumpkin patch 3 times this year. Once with mom and dad, once with Monka (thats grandpa) and Grandma, and once with Corbin's preschool class. We had a lot of fun choosing Corbin's costume this year. Every day we had the great fortune of him chosing a new thing to be. We settled on choosing a dragon for him. He mixed it up though by telling people he was a monster dragon or a dinasaur. We had a blast trick or treating last night. Corbin was really good at getting a little more candy at each house by helping him self. We were so impressed by our neighbors decorating skills. There were all sorts of scary scenes and haunted houses.

I started music makers this month. I was missing LA so I decieded I would start the mom and me class here. I am a little overwhelmed right now, but I am sure once we get going I will be glad I started it. Primary was in charge of our church Halloween party so I was really busy planning and setting the party up. The best part of this month was joining the gym. Jer and I will get to work out together again. They have great babysitting and the boys love it.

Now I am looking forward to eating some Turkey this month!