Christmas 2010

Christmas morning came, and we were surprised that the kids actually slept in. We heard A.J. open his door about 7:15 and Isaac started stirring around 7:30. When we got up, A.J. was already downstairs and yelled that Santa had come and brought like 100 presents! Needless to say, he was more than a little excited! We opened presents and the boys made quite a haul!!! A.J. was worried he would only get one present because he only told Santa he wanted Star Wars Legos. Isaac kept saying "Santa--Elmo?" All he wanted was Elmo! Isaac ended up getting a water table...I don't know who liked it more--Isaac or the dog! The boys had a great Christmas and played with their new toys all day long!

Christmas Eve

Isaac got his Elmo!

A.J. was so excited to tear into his presents that I couldn't get him to stand still!

Yay! Legos! (He got Star Wars Legos too)!

Dominoes!

Yay! Elefun!

Love his cheesy smile!

The boys and Abby playing in the water table

Abby loved the water!

Merry Christmas 2010

The Tumbleweed Tree

Yes, you heard right. Only in the desert would the Christmas trees be made out of tumbleweeds! We've been saying since we moved here that we need to go and get our picture taken in front of the tree. Of course, the one day we decide to go downtown, the lights on the tree were not on! Anyway, there are about 1500 tumbleweeds that make up this tree. It is then painted with 65 gallons of white painted and sprinkled with 60 gallons of glitter...I don't care how much glitter and lights this tree has, it's hard to make tumbleweeds pretty!

Our cute little downtown Chandler

Christmas Baking

We're not doing a lot of Christmas baking this year, as we're afraid we will eat it all! However, we did decide to make some dipped pretzels. Mommy did the dippin' and the boys did the decorating! A.J. did good by just adding a sprinkling of colored sugar to the pretzels...Isaac, on the other hand, liked his completely coated in sugar!

A Day in the Life...

Poor Abby...our boys love playing with her but sometimes it's hard for them to realize she is a dog! Here, both boys decided to cover her in her blanket and bring all her toys to her. Luckily, she didn't mind ;-)

Doggie Play Date

We've had a couple of doggie play dates to help "socialize" Abby...I was not even aware that dog play dates existed until we got the dog! One of Abby's sisters lives about 7-8 miles away, so every once in a while, we will get the dogs together to play. The two mostly chase and tackle each other and wear each other out! It's fun to watch them play, but I'm glad we only have one puppy right now!!!

Abby (left) and Ava, sisters

Ava and Abby