Sunday Morning Pictures

We decided, Matthew decided, we should change it up... standing instead of sitting

Daddy and the girls... today was brown day. The next few Sundays will be Christmas dresses, we have a few :) I love this dress on her, she'll be wearing it alot because they grow so fast at this age. I'll be heartbroken when it's too small.

Love that little face

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Saturday night we celebrated St. Nicholas Day~ it's an old German tradition where young children put out their shoes and if they've been good they get small goodies... and if they've been bad, they get nothing... kinda a hint as to what it's looking like for Christmas. Anyways, here are our pictures from that:

(before)

(after)

Matthew was less than thrilled with me... last night we put out the girls' shoes, he snuck his in there sometime between last night and this morning... he got nothing, I didn't plan for him too. I keep reminding him that it's not all about him anymore :) He keeps guilting me that "this is the first year since we've been married that he's not gotten anything." It's a rough life.

It's beginning to look alot like...

CHRISTMAS!

Sunday afternoon we finally put our decorations up! This is so unlike me, usually Nov 1st my stuff is all up, but with Kadyn's blessing/Thanksgiving/Disneyland... and another child compared to last year, I've been delaying. So since we're late, only 3 trees this year.

One

Two

Three

My fabulously talented sis-in-law Rose made these stockings for our family. I can't begin to think of the time and energy she spent on these- I love them all. I can't choose which ones to put up so we're only a family of 5 (6 including Maggs) but I put up all 8. I love them Rosie, thanks so much.

Kacey was napping after church while we were doing all this. Matthew went to get her and brought her down, her face was priceless. Astonmishment mixed with awe at the bright lights, as she ran down the hallway she goes "It's a MisMis Tree... it's a MisMis Tree... hi MisMis Tree!"

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So he guilted me into a late St. Nicholas Day present (Carolina sweatshirt),

I'll be sure not to forget you next year dear :)

*D*I*S*N*E*Y*L*A*N*D*

Oh I am exhausted! We had a wonderful time this past week in Disneyland, it's even nicer when it's all decked out for Christmas... the girls had so much fun. Kadyn was an angel as usual, such a trooper. When we do Disney, we do it for real... we're there from opening to closing, and Kadyn did great!So pretty for Christmas

It was so cold while we were there, granted we've acclimated to Vegas weather. But when I checked the forecast it said 70's. Something must have changed. Luckily I overpack, I had fleeces, sweatshirts, jackets, hats and mittens for the girls. Me, I had nothing. Just a sweatshirt. Matthew's a big tough man so he wasn't cold. I was freezing!!!At night it was really nice too, they'd even make it snow! Us waiting for the parade, we have to get the good seats... so Kadyn and I would sit on a bench like 2.5 hours beforehand.
Off they go while I sit on our bench :) I didn't mind, it was nice to relax.
Precious little thing. I kept feeling her legs to make sure, but she was as snug as a bug... nice and warm.

Did I mention that I was freezing? It was so cold, I kept a child on my lap at all times for body warmth.... (sitting on a cold bench for a few hours probably didn't help)

Matthew and Kylie were on Tower of Terror (like 4 times) so Kacey made a friend. Goofy kissed her on the cheek and she was so excited, she was talking about it all afternoon!

This was cute, the little train ride...

Love Kacey's smile here, Kylie's like "Dad can you hurry up?!"

We even saw Santa's REINDEER!

I love this picture, they're watching a Princess show. Look at Kylie, that is such a typical Boyd stance. (seriously, how much does that look like her father and her uncles?!!?)

You and me babe, sitting on a bench again. We did the parade and fireworks every night we were there. It was really great, I loved the Christmas parade and how all the floats were decorated.

OUT! Can you make some room for me in there :)

Tea cups, of course they had to pick the pink one... they always have to sit in the pink tea cup.

THE END, seriously I'm so exahusted and I still have a bizzilion loads of laundry to do... but it was super fun. Thanks for surviving all those pictures :)

Black Friday Baby!

Up and out by 2:45 am, picked up my Mom and we headed to Wal-Mart.

I was so excited, I scratched Matthew's car while pulling out of the garage (ooopsie! sorry babe) It's not that bad.

Matthew came to Wal-Mart about 45 minutes later, baby in tow to stand in line for our electronic finds: a plasma for our bedroom and blu ray disc.

My mom and I divided and conquered, the best strategy for Black Friday... throw it all in the cart and decide later. I got a bunch of clothes, super sales on jammies, slippers, jeans, jackets.... Minnie Mouse, Tinkerbell, so fun... such cute stuff! Although I'm not sure how much I exactly save $$$ when I have to buy 3 sets. What can you do? I got the cutest Baby Alive doll that eats and you have to change her diaper... had to buy 2 of course so Kylie and Kacey each have their own.

So much fun... love Black Friday deals!

Stuffed

And I'm not talking about the turkey!
Here's our feast, I'm so full and it's been over 5 hours since we ate. Ugh.
I really enjoy cooking our Thanksgiving meal. We had: turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, German potatoes, stuffing (courtesy of my dad, his stuffing is the best), sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, corn, carrots, peas, lima beans (gross, Matthew's the only one who eats them), cornbread, strawberry muffins, rolls, cranberry sauce, cranberry/pineapple pie, pumpkin pie, apple pie. I think that's all... my parents didn't even take leftovers home, my fridge is full... good thing we have Aaron here. He's a great garbage disposal.
SO YEAH, I'm stuffed!

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Leaving 2:45 am tonight for Black Friday Sales... we're hitting Wal-Mart. It's a good thing I've been doing some kickboxing... it could get dangerous there :)

Thankful Thursday

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Today I'm thankful for:

1. A beautiful home that's cool in the summer and warm in the winter, yummy food (I love to cook Thanksgiving dinner), a hot hubby (who's started reading New Moon with me) and 3 beautiful babies who let me sleep a majority of the night. What else could I ask for!

2. Sweet baby Kadyn who's satisfied with all that I do. She's so easy, so content, just happy to be held and loved. And I'm so grateful that she'll never remember how many times I've mistakenly called her Kacey :) The unconditional love a baby has to her mother, so sweet and wonderful... nothing like it.

3. Cheap gas. We've lived in Vegas for nearly 4 years, never have we seen it under $2.25. Not that I drive anywhere far, not that I fill up often enough that it even matters, but seeing gas at $1.90 just makes me happy!

4. Uncle Aaron's visit. He's become a regular guest for Thanksgiving since he's been up at BYU. I love it when he comes down. First of all, the girls adore him. Second of all, he eats like you wouldn't believe. I'm Italian, it makes me happy when I see people eat. And he eats anything and likes it... Matthew is the pickiest eater (so are our children).

5. Our Disneyland trip is next week, yippeeeeeeeeeeeee! I love Disneyland when it's decorated for Christmas.

*now it's time for me to get my turkey going... dinner at noon, movies at 3!*

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Remember in a post a while ago, I think it was on the 9th year anniversary that I met Matthew... I mentioned he had blonde tipped hair, everyone commented on wanting to see a picture of it, well I found a picture... here's the hot stuff I fell in love with!

AGAIN!

I'm so happy, going AGAIN tonight to see Twilight with my most favorite woman in the whole wide world....

My Momma :)

(ps- To completely embarrass my husband... if we didn't need him to stay at home with the girls, he'd go see it again too! It's alright babe, real men sparkle)

'Tis the Season

For Christmas Jammies!

Sunday Morning Pictures

cute smile.

cute smile.
where's my baby kacey??? oh yeah, that's right... she was in the middle of her terrible 2's tantrum and was pouting. so no individual of her. poor middle child :)

today was pink corduroy dresses day!

Real Men Sparkle

Love my husband... he read Twilight (mainly to see what we were all gawking about). He actually read it to me every night and finished it fairly fast (not 2 days like me) but about a week and a half. Today he sat with me to see MY movie. And he actually liked it, he didn't make fun at all, and said it was good. Even asked pertinent questions while we were watching it and making comparisons to the book. And I know when it comes out on dvd, he'll watch it with me again.

Your the greatest :) Thanks babe.

*For Christmas I'll get you the t-shirt, "I'm Her Edward."* They'll love that at basketball ;P

Twilight

(I'm not giving anything away, so you can read on if you haven't seen the movie yet... although we've all read the book so we know what happens)

What a fun day! I went to see Twilight today with a bunch of awesome girls. We got there an hour early to secure our fabulous center seats... bought our tickets FANDANGO like 3 weeks ago, too bad the theater wasn't full... but that's okay!!!!!! It was such a fun girls "morning" out, the movie was great.

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The Verdict: No, the movie is not as good as the book. But think about how much time we devote to reading the book(s) and then re-reading and discussing with friends and going to book clubs. There's no way to sum up all that and compare it to a 2 hour movie, it's just not a fair comparison. I was pleased with the movie, and I'm excited to go see it again! I do wonder if the movie flows if you haven't read the books. I mean I truly understand how deep Edward's love for Bella is... but from an outsider's perspective, I'm not sure the depth of it is really understood.

The best parts were those little funny subtle remarks that you could only understand after reading all 4 books, and Midnight Sun, and thus truly knowing the characters. The book is better, but the movie is still worth seeing. I don't know what to do with myself if they take a whole year for the second one to come out.

Thankful Thursday

1. Twilight
2. Twilight
3. My mom's babysitting my girls, so that I can go with a group of girls tomorrow during the day to see Twilight. She's awesome! Thanks MOMMA!
4. Twilight
5. OH YEAH, Twilight is coming out tomorrow.

***Santa's Lap***

No tears, no one was hesistant, so I consider it a success... although Kacey wouldn't show emotion either way. Matthew was ducking under the camera to get her to smile, didn't work :) but at least everyone is in the picture. Kylie looks adorable. Hold onto that baby Santa!

Then we did lunch at Meadow's Mall... Notice the ice cream while they are in their pretty dresses, yeah... that was all Matthew! He noticed the DQ while we were eating and off he went, slowly but surely the girls followed... Look at that chocolate goop :)

Love that face!

Kylie is really good at taking pictures (little does she know, she's getting a pink camera from Santa)

Sunday Morning Pictures

Pictures of my group, we were really shocked... this was the first picture- everyone looking and smiling at the camera. Usually we have to take 10 for maybe 1 good one. And yes, all my girls matching!

Sometimes the bloopers are fun too! :)

Kadyn is such a Daddy's girl!

So we had family pictures done yesterday with Anna, it was super fun. Anna is so great with the kids, and it was a task to get everyone situated and looking and smiling. I can't wait to see how the pictures turned out! But the day must have tuckered Little Kacey out, this is how I found her at 7:30 last night.

***Tomorrow we're sitting on Santa's Lap, can't wait for pictures of that. It should be interesting the last time Kylie would sit on Santa's lap was when she was 9 months old. Each year after that she adamantly refused. Our picture last year is Kacey all by herself... all the bribing in the world wouldn't make Kylie sit there. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.