Had good intentions....

So this year is the first year in awhile that I didn't send out a Christmas card!!! I love getting Christmas cards and catching up with old friends or just seeing my friends cute families. So I ask why didn't I send a card this year, and the answer is I don't really know what happened. There is really no reason why, I had good intentions but for some reason it just seemed like one more thing on the list. I know I really just FLOPPED!! But I did take some pictures so at least I can look back and say oh ya that was Christmas 2008. :)








Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Tyler Brent Adams turns the big 9!!

Tyler opening presents, he did get more than deodorant, Brent just got sick of looking for his. 
Breakfast in bed, although he is always up first with mom so we decided the couch would work.

Nine years ago Tyler came into this world. It sometimes just seems like just yesterday and than other times I think, "Wow that was forever ago!!"  Tyler wasn't very coopertive when it came to entering this world! I remember being sent home 2 different times when I thought I was in labor and then the third time when I was really in labor I refused to go because I knew they were just going to send me home again.  Luckily my mother and Brent finally talked me into going. Then there was the labor, it felt like an absolute eternity. I never could get that stubborn little boy out and next thing you know I was having an emergency C-section. All that labor and pain just to have a C-section.  I remember calling my mother at 4:30 am and saying so much for the big hip theory, stupid hips did me no good!! :)

Needless to say our life changed forever when Tyler was born. He was so beautiful. He had really dark hair with this little swirley (his calick) on the top of his head, and these great big lips and hands. He was a very big baby and very much loved. He was the first grand baby on the Adams side and there was no lack of love for Tyler from both sides of our extended family!

Tyler has brought so much joy into our lives. He is sweet, funny, sensitive and yes, very stubborn like his mother maybe?? I really admire Tyler for his determination and drive to go after what he sets his mind to. His stubborn, determined little personality can at times be exhausting and yet I think it will end up being one of his greatest strengths. 

Tyler is such a great brother and example to Sydney and McKay and his cousins. He has such a way with little kids. He is very sensitive to others and is always concerned for his family.  We love Tyler, he always keeps it exciting around the Adams house!!

HOPE YOU HAD A HAPPY B-DAY!!

 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!

Decorating Grandpa and Grandma's tree.



Silly faces!!

McKay is completely worn out from all the festivities!

Duncan Thanksgiving Pictures

Grandma giving her very loved kisses!
Our small little group
Mckay loved the ranch and veggies, mostly the ranch
Grandma always has fun activities for the kids, it's the school teacher in her.

Pre-Thanksgiving/Park with Adams Cousins

Kids attacking Uncle Mark

Grandpa and Grandma Adams

Cousin Macy, Sydney and Tyler
Adams cousins

Best Friends unless they disagree!! :)

So many things to be thankful for....

So many things to be thankful for, where do I start??
Ok I have to admit, the first thing I was thankful for this past week was that Tyler finally decided it was more work than it was worth to grow out his hair, so he cut it today. Yeah, I can see his bright green eyes again! :)

We had such a great Thanksgiving week. It felt like all we did was eat all week long. Brent's family was here for the first part of the week and the cousins had lots of fun playing. Tyler and Sydney even spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa Adams house (which used to be where we lived) so that was really fun for them to go back there. We then enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with them on Wednesday night. We were all there except Uncle Dave and Aunt Heidi, we missed them.

The next day (on Thanksgiving) we had a very quiet and fun Thanksgiving dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Duncan. It was just our little family and my parents, it felt very strange but we loved being spoiled!! We had lots of yummy food and then we went to the movie, Bolt. The kids had fun but they definitely missed their cousins on the Duncan side.

I always feel so blessed to have such amazing family and friends who fill my life with so much joy!

Now the party is over for now and my Christmas crap (as my father and Brent would call it) is all over the house waiting patiently for me to get a spurt of energy. Until that spurt of energy comes and the hustle and bustle begins, I will try and remember all the ways we have been so richly blessed!! (Way too many to list) I am always grateful that another year has come and gone and I still got away with only making the rolls! I know one day this will end and every year I think to myself, "I am going to have to make this big meal for my whole family one day," but until then I will enjoy my mother's amazing cooking! Thanks mom for always making it so special, even if it was just for us!!

**Quick side note to myself....I realized as I was running a longer run today, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to have Thanksgiving dinner 3 days in a row or maybe I should have skipped the pie at least one of those days! :)

Pictures soon to come!:)

Twilight Madness

Ok, so the other night we ( about 20 moms) went to the "big" premier of Twilight and all I can say is we had so much fun!! It is amazing how staying up until three in the morning with a bunch of girls, drinking diet coke, eating way too much candy and popcorn and watching Edward made me feel so young again!

Of course until the next day and then I realized that I was not so young and could not bounce right back like in the good old days, and those 3 hours of sleep didn't really cut it, but it was so worth the party!!

I stole these pictures off one of the other girls blogs, hope they don't care!!

Thanks Destiny for getting the tickets, we need to do this more often. :)

Another belated post!

I know Halloween has come and gone and once again I am posting a very belated post but I couldn't miss writing about all the fun adventures Halloween brought.

We enjoyed the annual Duncan Pumpkin Carving Party, going to Young Family Farms with friends, going from Pumpkin Patch to Pumpkin patch with the kids school classes, the good old ward trunk or treat and we are still feeling completely sick from major candy overload!!



Tyler's school teacher did a pretty cool paint job don't you think?

Princess Tinkerbell, her personality fit this costume.




Mckay was spiderman at the first few parties then decided to take on the Joker as batman!! It's a good thing we have these in the dress ups!


We also celebrated Brent's birthday! We usually just celebrate by going trick or treating but this year we had a few friends over to help celebrate. I won't mention how old he is getting but it makes my ripe age of 32 sound young!:) Happy Birthday Brent, thank goodness you were born!! You are an amazing father and a very patient husband!!!:) We love you!!

Soooooo close......

Can you see the despair in those little boys faces. They played their very best!!!!
Tyler receiving his 2nd place pin and I am sure the whole time he was thinking this should've been a 1st place pin. Good learning experiences!
This little team should be so proud! Their ranking at the first of the season was last place and they played so hard all season that they ended up making it into the championship game. We really thought this was going to be a huge blowout for the other team, which was undefeated, but not so. These boys never gave up. It ended in a tie game so they played another five minutes and still a tie. Finally, it went down to a sudden death shoot out. Five kids from each team took their best shots and we finally lost. Look how dark it was. It was the longest most intense game!  I guess someone has to always loose, too bad it was us!  So sad.:)

A few of my favorite fall things....

Although it feels like winter lately, I am still hanging onto Fall. Some of the great things about fall:

1. Fall football!! I love watching football games. I am sure this is probably because I grew up watching them. I have so many great memories of going to football games. I remember going to all of the high school games with friends and thinking we would die if we ever missed one. I remember going with friends to BYU games and laughing at all the crazy fans. Then, after Brent and I were married we lived for Friday nights to come so we could go and watch my brothers play high school football. Those were all such great memories. This fall it has been even more fun watching Tyler play football. He has really loved playing and is becoming quite the good little football player. I know, I am is mother!!

A couple of weeks ago, Grandpa Adams took us to a BYU game and we had lots of fun. So of course I have to give a shout out for BYU. My brother and I claim we are the favorites because we are the only 2 out of 6 of my siblings that graduated from BYU and followed in mom and dad's footsteps. I am sure my other siblings might say something different! Whatever the reason I just have to say, Go Cougs!! Enough about football.






2. Another one of my favorite things about fall is walking into my parents home every October conference weekend and seeing my mom make yummy grape juice from the grapes in her backyard. So this year Sydney and I decided to join in and we had lots of fun. It is easier than it looks and I was encourage to think that maybe I could actually do this on my own one day.

3. I also love taking walks in the canyon when the leaves are changing. So last week, after conference, we took our kids up Hobble Creek canyon and they rode their backs down the trail. It was so beautiful!! Forgot the camera, bummer.

4. Last, I always love to listen to general conference, it seems to help me remember what's really important in life. I loved President Monson's talk entitled Finding Joy in the Journey. It really hit home and once again reminded me of the importance of being a mother, which some days, I tend to often forget!! I always feel re-dedicated and it leaves me with great hope to be a better mom and enjoy these little moments.

**The only thing I really don't love about fall is that means winter is coming. I could really live without winter but I will somehow try to find joy in that journey as well!!

Two blog worthy events

First big event! Last week my baby turned 3!! I know he is not such a baby anymore but he still seems that way to me. Can I tell you how much I love 3 year old birthdays? There are no expectations, no asking for huge presents, no planning gigantic birthday parties, just the simple little things. He loved every little toy we got him. His favorite presents were from Tyler and Sydney. They each gave him something of theirs. Tyler gave him his Flash wristband and McKay has been wearing it ever since! I think that was his favorite thing! Sydney wrapped up one of her old dolls, I am not sure he really loved that but it was sure thoughtful of Syd. We had cake and ice cream at the Jones home and celebrated McKay and Brooke's (cousin) birthdays together! I really am still in denial that he is already 3, but he is such a sweetheart, he is kind of the center of attention around here. He keeps us laughing a lot. He tells it like it is and sometimes that might not be such a good thing. For instance, he was playing at the neighbors house the other day and this is how the conversation went: they were talking about dads for some reason?

Neighbors mom: "Mckay, where is your dad or what is he doing, is he at work?" Something to that effect.
Mckay's response: "He is at home right now farting."

My neighbor didn't quite know what to say to that response, she thought maybe she misunderstood him, so she asked again and she said it sounded pretty straight forward. What a character, I am not quite sure where that came from but that's our little birthday boy!! We couldn't imagine life without this little guy. He keeps us on our toes and gives us comic relief daily.

Onto our next big event--We finally see grass growing in our yard! As many of you know, we have been putting our yard in and it seems like it has taken an eternity! Yes, we have learned lots, mostly in patience, forgiveness and humility! Yes, Brent did an amazing job, considering he really had no idea what he was doing in the beginning!! Yes, it has turned out beautiful! Yes, we have saved lots of money, but spent a lot as well! And Yes, we are still married! No, we will never do this again!! I repeat myself, hopefully we will never do this again!! Thanks to the family for all their hard work. I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel!
Here are some pictures for pure entertainment. I will say, I think the guys had fun driving the bobcat, backhoe, etc. and acting like they knew what ther were doing but I don't think anyone enjoyed digging trenches and shoveling what seemed like a million wheelbarrows of dirt.:) I am so thrilled this project is coming to an end, at least until spring right?!? There is always another project to be done!



Do you see the little green fuzz, yup that's grass!!


Happy Fall to all!