HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It's finally 2009, Yeah! Another year has gone by and I don't think I did any of my resolutions from last year, so this year I'm not making any, it's just empty promises I don't intend on keeping.


New Years Eve was fun this year. We went to the Ashby's to play games and eat junk (one of my resolutions last year was to eat better, ha ha, like that was really going to happen). One thing we did was play Rock Band, I know that seems like it's all we do, but it's not. It was fun! There was some interesting singing going on, very entertaining (I won't say by who, Valden).



Jantzen had to be my cheesy child, again. He wanted me to take his picture and he couldn't sit still or be serious. He also had to lay by Joey while he was sleeping and pretend he was sleeping too. He was so excited to get to hang out at Joey's house. That's all he talked about all day. He's so funny!



Once it hit midnight we went outside to blow our horns and disrupt the neighborhood, I think we were the only ones out there. Jantzen had fun, but I don't think Jaron was into it that much.



I really didn't see much of Jaron all night. I almost forgot he was there. He spent the whole night upstairs playing with Jace, Caden, and Spencer. He had a good time though and that's all that matters.


Jantzen made it longer than I thought he would. He wanted me to hold him and two seconds later he was gone. He lasted until 1:30 am, that's better than Josh and I did last year. We only made it until 10 pm. Jaron made it past 2 am and didn't want to go to bed yet, but we made him.


We had a good time hanging out and acting like we were young again (not that we are that old). It was fun being with good friends to end 2008 and start 2009. Now, who's ready for their New Year's kiss? Pucker up!

Rockin' Monkeys

Here's a sample of a hot new band in town, the "Rockin' Monkeys". I got a private debut show yesterday. They are pretty cool! If you listen carefully you can hear Jantzen singing "Hello There" by Cheap Trick (it's his favorite new song off Rock Band 2). If you book them far enough in advance they can play for your birthday, anniversary, etc. Now, where did I put that super size bottle of Tylenol?

Merry Christmas!

Christmas was a lot of fun this year! Jaron woke up at 7:30 and we told him he had to wait until Jantzen got up, which wasn't until after 8:00 (It was nice that Josh and I got to sleep in). As we do every year, they had to get their picture taken coming downstairs. Don't they look excited?


They both got what they wanted from Santa. Jaron got an acoustic guitar (now we have to find someone to give him lessons). Jantzen got a drum set. We got to listen to him play them all day. He is actually pretty good. Santa must be REALLY CRAZY! Oh well, they are happy.



It was fun to watch them open the rest of their presents. They loved everything they got. Jantzen got a lot of Boba Fett and Jango Fett toys (we don't know why he is so obsessed with these) and it was cute to see and hear his excitement. Jaron loves his Lego house he got. He is so good at building with his legos. They both had a good time.



After we opened presents (Josh got his gun and he gave me an Ipod) we had our traditional breakfast that consists of crepes and cinnamon rolls, YUMMY! We got ready for the day and decided to go see a movie. We saw "Bedtime Stories". It was really funny and the boys really enjoyed it. After the movie we went home so the boys could play some more with their toys. We then played Rock Band 2 (Jaron got it for Christmas) for a while and after, we decided to watch another movie together. This time we watched a movie Josh got for Christmas, "Ghostbusters". The boys loved it! They thought the marshmallow man was so funny! They had to tell me all about it because I fell asleep during it and I missed it.


We had such a good time together this year. The boys were happy with all they got and Jaron is such a good boy, he keeps reminding us that Christmas isn't just about the presents, it's about Jesus. It helps us to remember what the important things in life are. I look forward to many more Christmas' with my boys *<[:{).

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve we always decorate sugar cookies for Santa (they are Mrs. Claus' favorite). This year the boys had a lot of fun. Both of them couldn't wait to finish frosting all the cookies, they had to try some out first. At one point Josh wasn't paying attention to Jantzen and he got a hold of the sprinkles and dumped half the bottle on one cookie, YUMMY! They turned out delicious though.





After frosting cookies we went to grandma and grandpa Goddard's house for Christmas dinner. It was good and the kids had fun playing around together. We couldn't get Jantzen to eat, he was too busy playing with the pixter. All the kids got hats and gloves from grandma and grandpa so, maybe it will snow again! Ha!Ha!




After dinner we went back home to let the boys open their one Christmas Eve gift. Jaron has caught on very quickly, he told me he knows it's pj's. We got them pj's that came with a robe. Jaron got Star Wars and Jantzen got Spiderman. Don't they look adorable?



We read our Christmas story and then Jaron told us the story of Jesus' birth. Then they put out the cookies and Diet Coke (Jantzen reminded us) for Santa and Jaron wrote a nice note and put it with the cookies. Then, they were off to bed. Time to start the party!

Such Attitude!!

Today started out good. The boys were in a good mood because they were having friends come over to play. Then some major attitude started at lunch time. Can you guess who it was from? Of course, it was from Jantzilla! I made the mistake of giving Jace the green plate for lunch instead of giving it to Jaron. I gave Jaron the pink plate. That's when Jantzen started giving me his I'm-in-charge-and-you-will-do-as-I-say bossy attitude. He told me in the meanest voice I've ever heard from him, "Give Jaron the green plate now!" He kept repeating himself over and over and was getting so mad that he had tears building up in his eyes. I told him to not talk to me that way and he responded with "Lose your attitude". I then told him if he didn't stop "his" attitude that he will be sent to his room. He then responded with "Don't talk to me", and he put his hand in my face as he said that. I finally told Jaron to tell Jantzen that the pink plate was fine. After Jaron told him that, Jantzen stopped his bossiness. Thank goodness! Arguing with a 3 year old is very frustrating and tiring. How come kids come with so much attitude?

When Josh got home I told him what had happened and he had a little father-son talk with Jantzen. He told him not to talk to me like that. Jantzen wasn't happy about that. He came running to me and told me that dad was "bugging" him. I had to turn my head and laugh. He can be the biggest stinker sometimes, but he makes us laugh so much.

Tired boy

So, this is what life used to be all about, being able to go to sleep anywhere. Yesterday Josh took Jaron and Jantzen Christmas shopping for me and I guess it was too much for Jantzen. Josh said not too long after they got to the store he fell asleep. That can't be comfortable, but I don't think that bothers Jantzen. Who knew Christmas shopping was so tiring. Does this mean I'm not getting anything exciting?



Again, Jantzen can fall asleep anywhere. I guess this time he's on Tricia's couch so that's more comfortable, right? Isn't he such a precious angel? We'll see how he is when he wakes up.

It finally feels like Christmas!

Yeah! It snowed today at our house, at least it was trying to. The snowflakes didn't stick, but it was still fun. I have been waiting for something to happen to make it feel more like Christmas time. I can only remember one Christmas growing up in Utah that it didn't snow, so I miss it since we moved to Vegas.

Jaron, Jantzen, Kennedy, and Caden got to enjoy playing on the trampoline before the flakes came down. Oh, to be a kid again would be great! Those were the good old days.





Later I had to go to the post office to mail out some cards and I did something really embarrassing. I wore flip flops there because I had just given myself a pedicure and I didn't want to mess it up. While walking into the post office I slipped and fell right in front of everyone (my foot still hurts). I felt really stupid, but oh well that's me. I'm kind of clumsy. It was snowing so much when I came out that I had to hurry home so the kids could play in it. I got some really cute pictures and videos of them enjoying the snow flakes.




The kids were running around like crazy, wild animals! They act like they've never seen snow before (ha,ha).


Jantzen had to have his own spotlight.

Partying Preschoolers!

Last week Jantzen had his preschool Christmas party. Yeah! He is done until January. Jaron had to come because he's on track break, but he was excited to be there. They made reindeer headbands, played games, and made gingerbread houses. Actually, it was me and Alicia that were making the houses. We had to keep going back and forth putting houses back together because they kept falling down. The kids were just eating the candy (Jantzen was extremely hyper after preschool- I wonder why). They all had fun though.

 

This was one of the funnest days Jaron has had since he went on track break. I think he had more fun than Jantzen. Jantzen just likes to have his picture taken so he can be goofy. I don't have many pictures where he isn't pulling some kind of funny face. That's our Jantzilla!