New Years Party

Mark and I were boring this year for New Years.

We rented a couple red box movies and got chips and dip and sat around.

Pretty sad especially since my parents through a party for the grandkids and had them all sleep over.

Scott on the other hand had a great time.

He hung out with his cousins and grandparents.

Mom said he was a wonderful boy and had a great time.

He especially loved the blow horn that he brought home and some how lost after a day.

I don't know what could have happened to it.

So nice to know that our boy is partying it up on New Years while mom and dad stay home and fall asleep early.

My dad got this great shot of the kids in their party hats and blowing their horns.

Jump Place

With it being Christmas break Scott has become quite bored.

So I was so relieved when Shae invited us to the "Jump Place" as Scott calls it.

I was thinking he would have gotten over whelmed at the loud noise or all the people.

But no.

He had such a great time jumping.

Especially jumping into the pit of foam blocks.

Hears Mckinley and her cousin sho just so happens to be the niece of Scott's school teacher, Mrs. Jan.

She was so sweet and kind to Scott.

It was well worth the ten bucks for two hours of energy release.

The Most Perfect Gift

Normally, I have a nice long list of things I want for Christmas.

But when I'm pregnant I don't want for much of anything for myself.

But Mark refused to let that stop him.

He totally rose to the challenge this year and came up with the perfect gift for this miserable pregnant lady.

He took me to the Melting Pot.

I've always wanted to go there but it is so expensive.

It was so fun to be there with my love and the food was so good.

Thanks hun, you won bonus points this year.

For the record, Mark also always has a nice long list every year.

This year he got a spin bike.

So we were both spoiled this year.

Christmas: Ellis Style

This year we stayed home for Christmas.

We were so excited to just concentrate on Scott.

Life will soon be very different for this boy and we wanted this day to be very special for him.

He fell asleep in our room that night.

I get so excited Christmas morning, I always have.

Waiting is one of the greatest tortures in life.

Scott is his fathers son and wanted to get enough sleep before starting the big day.

But when he finally awoke he was very excited.

We went out and checked the cookies and carrots.

It turns out that Santa had come and eaten some of his cookies and the reindeer had even eaten the carrots. 

Then we once again went over the true meaning of Christmas.

He was able to tell us the whole story almost.

Then it was time to open gifts.

We were pretty excited for Scott to see all that Santa had brought.

He was greeted by a big huge shark.

Then he saw his dino slippers, Santa had pulled through with one request.

Then he opened up his stocking and found the hermit crab he wanted.

This boy was happy to say the least.

As for Mark and I, we decided to give him a bunch of sports things.

He enjoys throwing a ball around and kicking balls but he doesn't really know the rules to any games.

I decided it was time to learn.

So he got an adjustable basket ball hoop for his door, and a real soccer ball since we hope to sign him up for a city soccer team this summer.

He even got a t ball set from his friends Jaeley and Brayden.

He and Mark got matching USU baseball hats in hopes of going to some kinda game this year.

And of course he got a whole lot of candy.

This kid is spoiled.

Later on that day we had Mark's parents and two brothers over for Christmas dinner.

I got to make my first traditional Christmas meal.

I had so much fun planning and preparing the meal.

I was rather pleased at myself for having it all ready at the right time.

And I think it all tasted so very good too.

It was a wonderful day!

McEvoy Christmas Party

It is the in-laws turn for Christmas this year so the McEvoy's got to celebrate early.

We had a delicious dinner followed by our families traditions.

The grandkids got to act out the nativity story.

There are a lot of grandkids but not quite enough for the full cast that live close by.

Scott Got to play the roll of all three wise men.

I honestly didn't think he would really listen to what he was supposed to do, he comes to Grandma's house and all he wants to do is play.

But he did listen and he did play his part.

I was very proud of my wise boy.

After the nativity story we opened up gifts.

It was so much fun.

More fun then when I was a kid.

Scott just got into everything this year and opening presents was no exception.

He was even excited to watch Mark and me open presents.

Even early Christmas can be a Merry Christmas. 

Friends Christmas Party

We had such a great time getting together for Halloween that we all decided to get together again for Christmas and even got a few out of towners able to come.

Shae rented out her church building for us, we all brought food, and we had the best time.

Gosh I miss these girls and the kids played like no time had passed at all.

Oh what a night!

Down Town

Last year was Scott's first time meeting Santa and it wasn't a great first impression.

This year Scott really understood who Santa was and, more importantly, what Santa does.

He's been talking about Santa a lot even before Thanksgiving.

We told him how we go to visit Santa and how you can ask him for a gift of whatever you want.

He came up with his list pretty early on and has stuck to it: a hermit crab figurine and dinosaur slippers.

We decided to make this year a bit more special then last year which was going to Harmens Grocery Store and visiting with Santa in front of the canned goods.

This year Scott and I met Mark in downtown SLC and went to City Creek.

The set up they have for Santa is incredible.

Scott was very shy and I almost thought he was going to turn to me and cry but the Santa was very kind and patient and welcoming.

Mark and I stood back and saw him become such a big boy, going over to him and let him place him on his lap.

He answered all Santa's questions and looked at him in the eyes.

It was wonderful to see.

Scott posed for the camera and we got this perfect picture.

I wish I would have thought about taking his coat and stuff off but oh well, he's got a cute coat. 

After Santa we went over to the food court for dinner.

The best thing about the food court is that we get to bribe Scott to eat with the dinosaur park.

This is the happiest place on earth to this boy.

It is nearly impossible to get a picture of him that isn't blurry, he can't contain his excitement and can't get to each dinosaur fast enough.

Mark and I loved seeing him so happy.

After dinner and play time we headed over to Temple Square.

I don't know what I would do if I couldn't plan on seeing the lights at Temple Square each year.

Scott loves it too.

This is my favorite place.

I love all the white lights by the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

One of my favorite places to do family pictures, the corner of the Tabernacle and old church house.

And what's a trip to Temple Square without the Temple picture.

This is the day right before Mark's and my anniversary and it made it extra special.

So glad it wasn't this cold six years ago.

I love this Temple, I love my boys and I love that I get to be with them forever.