Fun for everyone . . .or at least five of you!

Feeling Lucky??

Two of my sisters-in-law had this posted on their blog and it sounded fun (although I have no idea yet what I am doing but I thought I would be a good sport and try this)!!:)

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!

2. What I create will be just for you.

3. It'll be done this year. That gives me a good eleven months to get it done!

4. You have no clue what it's going to be. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!

5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange (but don't expect my gift to be too strange because I am not good at coming up with strange things:).

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! *Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!*

Christmas

A month late, but oh well! We spent Christmas in Utah. We went to Logan's parents house on Christmas Eve to open presents with his siblings and to have dinner. Afterwards we went to my mom's house for a nativity re-enactment and to open our jammies. We stayed the night there too. Christmas morning consisted of A LOT of tasty food and present opening (it takes awhile for 15 people to open presents). We were once again spoiled and truly appreciate everyone's kindness and generosity. The boys had a great time; it was so much fun watching them throughout the day. We spent the whole day lounging around, eating, and playing with new toys.

*Chrstmas Eve at Mimi's and Papa's

Carter loves Cars!

Mimi made all of the grandkids their own capes.


*Christmas Eve at Grandma's. She got all six of the boys matching pajamas (Hunter was already in bed).

*Christmas Day at Grandma's

Opening gifts from Santa.

The boys are really into fireman stuff.

Hunter got food in his stocking and then spent the rest of the morning taking a nap.

Santa also brought Collin a digital camera. He was snapping pictures all morning!

More toys.

Driving back to Aunt Amanda's house Christmas night. The boys were exhausted!

Switzerland

Logan had to go to his work headquarters in Switzerland for a week in December. At the end of the week was the super secret, but guaranteed to be fun, Christmas party. I was fortunate enough (thanks to my mom's flying benefits and extremely gracious family members willing to watch my kiddos) to join Logan for the party and a few extra days of sight-seeing. I got to ride business class, without kids, which in and of itself was a fabulous experience. I probably could have flown there and right back and been content it was so nice!

The first day I was there (Thursday), Logan's San Francisco office and I went to Lucern to wander around and go out to dinner. It was a really cute, quaint town. The picture with the lion in it was carved by the French for the Swiss after the Swiss helped the French in a war (or so I think that's how the story goes).


Friday was the highly anticipated Christmas party. The only information we were given about the party was to wear apres ski apparel. It started at the office with hors d'oeuvres. Shortly thereafter buses escorted us to a large warehouse where there was more food and some entertainment. The next stop was around the corner and there the party began. It was decorated in a Swiss Alps ski theme with cabins where you could order traditional Swiss food (fondue, mac and cheese with applesauce, etc). There were games, lots of food and drinks, and a live band. The company went all out and it was pretty fun to say the least.


The next day we slept in (no kids remember) and then hung out in Zug. This is where Logan spent January and February so he was my tour guide for the day. We also raided the luxemburgli (amazing Swiss chocolate) store Sprungli.


On Sunday we went to Bern. It was COLD, but we persevered and went looking around. There were Christmas markets set up, lots of shops to see (they have a bunch of underground stores), tasty food (crepes, waffles, sausage, cheese pies), and we climbed the Munster (old church) bell tower.


The last stop was Zurich. We decided to take a trolley tour of the city so we could see the main sights. We also did more eating, window shopping, walked the famous Bahnhofstrasse, and much more.


Logan and I had a great time. It was fun to be together and do whatever WE wanted to do. Thanks again to those who watched our boys. We really, really appreciated it!

Road-Trip!

Our second road-trip to Utah happened the first week of December. Logan was flying to Switzerland for work so my mom drove with the boys and me. We stayed in a hotel the first night. The kids love hotels, especially when grandma is with us. She always takes them swimming and then they get hot chocolate.

Here is Carter relaxing in the morning before another long day in the car.

Soccer Party

Collin's last soccer game and party were on the first Saturday in December, the day the boys, my mom, and I were headed to Utah again (Logan was in flight to Switzerland). The party was at Fuddruckers and there the players received their league awards. Collin got his very first trophy and medal. He was quite excited! He loved playing this year and always talks about it. He tells me all the time that he wants to have a playdate with his teammate, Mike.

Sunday Mornings

This was a typical scene around our house on Sunday mornings this past year. Our church didn't start until 1:00 p.m. so the mornings were usually spent making breakfast, hanging out in our pjs, pulling out all of the toys, and making forts.

Thanksgiving 2008

We decided to drive to Utah to spend the week of Thanksgiving with Logan's family. It is always nice to go. The boys basically entertain themselves with their cousins while we're there, which was nice because I was not feeling well at all. I'm glad Logan was with us and not at work because I was not up to par. That said, we did squeeze in my sister's little boy's baby blessing, a reindeer sighting, family pictures, early (and crazy) Black Friday shopping, and picking out a Christmas tree.

*The boys were extremely excited to see "Santa's reindeer"! They were wondering where Rudolph was though.




*An early Christmas present to my mom from my sisters and me were family pictures. I think they turned out pretty good considering we had six boys under the age of four to keep happy and looking at the camera.









*We were fortunate enough to go with Mimi, Papa, and the gang to pick out their Christmas tree. We went to a tree lot and had fun goofing around.

Back in Action . . .

really soon! We've been sick, we've been to Utah twice, and we've been to Switzerland. There will be lots to read about hopefully in the next couple of days. Until then!