Linen Closet Fun

Today I was cleaning. I know for those of you who know me well this may come as a shock :) However it needed to be done so I decided to roll up my sleeves and get some good scrubbing done. I cleaned my bathroom. Next on the list was the stove, microwave and fridge. While I was cleaning the fridge I realized that my boys were TOO quiet. I decided I better check on them. I went down stairs and could hear them but couldn't find them. Hmmmm..... I followed the sound and was led into their bathroom and then into their linen closet. They are having a sleepover tomorrow night with my cousins Dyllan and Addison and they are so excited. They told me they are going to sleep here when they come. I think we might need to make a few changes to their plans.

Busy 9 days

December 19, 2009 my 29th birthday!

Wow, I really can't believe that I am that old. I did have a little melt down when Mark called me 30 the other day. I am NOT 30 yet. This was a very eventful day. Jake had been really excited about my birthday all week. He told me on Wednesday that he was going to be in charge of the games and I would be in charge of the food. So that is what we did. It was a panda themed party. We started by having a panda bear treasure hunt. We played panda leap frog. Then panda volley ball. And we did a version of duck duck goose with panda bears:) We then opened presents and had cake and ice cream. Jake made my day. We did go to the ward primary party in the morning and the ward adult party in the evening. Spencer was here and he cleaned my house for me while we were at the adult party. What a gem! I think he has cleaned my house more than I have in the last month. Thank you Spencer. December 24, 2009

We have been doing fondue for the past few years on Christmas eve. It is so much fun. A little stressful with all our boys but we keep doing it. I am glad it is only once a year.

We had a very fun Christmas but I don't really have any pictures to post from that morning. I was a little slow with the camera. So strange but we haven't ever been woken up by our kids on Christmas morning. I really thought this would be the year but it wasn't. I guess we will enjoy it while it lasts.

December 28, 2009

Mark and JanaRae's 8th anniversary! Wow I can't believe it has been 8 years. CRAZY! We love being married and the joy our little guys bring our way. I told Mark I love anniversaries because I feel like it is a shared Birthday party! Today we had a babysitter from 1-5 and we just went shopping. Mark was even pleasant about it. We then ended the night with Pizza and FHE. (And maybe a little Wii playing)

To celebrate Mark and I got new shoes! Love them! Mark also picked up a Wii. I have really enjoyed the new Mario game too much. Last night we stayed up to midnight playing! As Ethan would say "I just want to save the princess!"

Who invented this?

And why are we still using them?

My kids did have fun however it took me an hour to clean up and I think I will be finding packing peanuts throughout my house for years!

December 7th

As long as I can remember December 7th has been a holiday in the Carlson home. My parents got engaged on this day. It was a Sunday and they had gone to someone's home after a fireside for banana splits. When my dad brought my mom hers it had a ring instead of a cherry on it. We have celebrated this with having banana splits ever since. Last night we went to Thanksgiving Point, to our favorite ice cream place to get our treat. When we got there we saw reindeer out front. It was so fun for my boys. I was glad Emily had brought her camera so we could get some pictures.Ethan, Jake and Ryan with the reindeer
Me with my banana split. I really wanted to share with Mark since these are so huge but he wasn't in the mood to share so I was forced to try and eat this all myself. Poor me :)

The Hemingway Boys. I wanted to share with the little guys but they insisted on having blue ice cream cones!

Emily and Matthew with their puny banana split. I really don't know why they got one so small. I have never seen one this small at Thanksgiving point.