Christmas!

getting ready to go sledding!

Her first babydoll!

Not loving the cold!

Christmas was so fun this year! We came up to my parents house in New Mexico. Christmas morning was lots of fun...minus the part where my kids got up at 4:30. I have no idea why they were up that early, but the noise woke up my parents and we opened all of our presents before the sun came up! I cannot believe how much stuff they got us! Everyone got exactly what was on their list! Mason opened everyone else's presents, hope he enjoyed it because im sure next year Hadley will put up a fight to open her own! Later that day we went sledding! Everyone but Hadley had fun. She didnt do good in the cold, so we had to come inside. She would never had made it as a pioneer baby!

Christmas Presents

Mason just could not wait one more minute to dive in! Loving our new bear and penguin!

I think he likes it!

Last night we let Mason and Hadley...well really Mason opened all of their Christmas presents that Pauls mom and dad got them. We are leaving for Christmas, and im not toting them all the way to New Mexico and back so they can open them on Christmas, so we had fun last night having a mimi pre-Christmas! Once again, grandma and grandpa went wayy overboard! They got the kids a ton of fun toys. The favorite is definitely the bears that have a recorded message from grandma and grandpa!! Hadley has been cuddling hers all day. I felt bad having the kids open them without having grandma and grandpa getting to be here to see their faces. That is definitely a bad part about not being close to home for Christmas. Well we are off on Wednesday to spend Christmas with my parents. Wish us luck braving the airport on Christmas eve with two little ones! We hope everyone has a great holiday!

Santa Claus

Tonight we went to see Santa Claus! We went to Cabelas because they do free Santa pictures! Seeing as how neither of my kids would go near him, we had to join in the pictures. I think Mason would have done better if he had a nap today, but he refused. The Santa they had there did so good. He was so sweet and accomodating to our crabby kids. When we got to the end of the line, it was gated off, so we just snuck in. Then I felt bad that we snuck in, so I just had them use our camera to take our pictures so we didnt use their ink and paper since they were running low.

Lights at Temple Square-Arizona Style

Mason was a little cold

some of my young women. Arent they precious!

We took the youth to the temple tonight to see the lights. It was a lot of fun! I cant believe how many lights there are! It was so pretty! They have different entertainment there everynight. Tonight, it was a local high school choir.

Whos That Boy in the Dr.'s Coat??

Today was Paul's white coat ceremony. Midwestern University's definition of a white coat ceremony: An important ceremony that recognizes the caring, compassion, and service of health care professionals, as symbolized by the white coat.

Mindy's definition: Extremely loooong, good thing I got a babysitter, pee before you sit down, arrive an hour early for a seat, pack a lunch, coulda just handed them out in class ceremony.

I am very proud of Paul for making it this far and it was really neat to watch HIM get his coat, just not about a thousand other people I dont know.

Thanksgiving Break

This past week was so much fun!! We went to Palm Springs for Thanksgiving. Pauls parents have a timeshare there and have been going there for like 20 years. My parents came this year also! We went to Disneyland the day after Thanksgiving. We had so much fun! Mason was loving life the whole day! Next time we go, we will definitely break it up a little bit and stay for a couple of days. By 5:00 my kids (and me) were just finished! It was so pretty the way it was all lit up and decorated for Christmas! Our camera battery died in the beginning of the day, so we only got a few crappy pictures. I will steal some better ones from my mom when I get a chance.