The Tenth Day of Christmas

The kids and I were gone last night when our Secret Santa came, so Daniel brought this one in on his own:

"On the Tenth Day of Christmas, Santa gave to me:  Ten Piece Potato-Head"

The kids love it and are in fact playing with it right now!

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:  10 new dishcloths"

Yes, my husband is a true romantic!  You can't see it in the picture, but these have antimicrobial protection.  This is key, because all of our dishcloths right now smell bad even after I have bleached them and I have mentioned a couple of times that I need to get new cloths.  I love my husband, he is so thoughtful!

Merry Christmas!

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Here is our Christmas card to all of you!  

The Ninth Day of Christmas

This has definitely been the favorite of all the days of Christmas so far:

"On the Ninth Day of Christmas, Santa gave to me:  Nine Foam Darts"

It is 3 little dart guns that hold 3 darts each, thus making 9 foam darts.  It was so cute because when we brought it in, we told Bugsy they brought darts and he said, "I wanna see the dorts.  Mommy can we play dorts?"  It was so cute!  They played with them all night last night trying to shoot daddy in the bummy.  Then they played with them for the better part of the day today as well!  They love them, especially Bugsy.  Here is a picture of last night.

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:  The Remarkable Soul of a Woman.  No this doesn't have anything to do with the number nine either, but is a really good little book.  Hopefully I'll learn from it!  :)

The Eighth Day of Christmas

This was the day that I decided whoever was doing the 12 Days of Christmas for us must really like our kids, but not Daniel and me.  :)  They left this on the porch:

"On the Eighth Day of Christmas, Santa gave to me:  Eight Musical Flutes"

Cute idea, I just wish there had been eight ear plugs for mom and dad as well.  :)  These little flutes make a super high pitched noise that we listened to for much of the following day.  The kids loved it!

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:  a Biography?  No this doesn't have anything to do with the number eight, but still a very thoughtful present.  It will be fun to read it together!

The Seventh Day of Christmas

Secret Santa left this on the porch last night:

"On the seventh day of Christmas, Santa gave to me:  7 - UP"

It came with some cute little Christmas cups that they wanted to use right then.

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:  7 inches square

Each of these little blocks above have a canvas wrap on them and are 3.5 x 3.5 inches.  Thus the 7 inches square.  Daniel wants to sell them and call them "Little Ones."  They are pretty darn cute.

The Sixth Day of Christmas

Our Secret Santa dropped this off last night:

"On the Sixth Day of Christmas, Santa gave to me:   Six Water colors"

It came with a pad of paper for painting on.  The kids will have fun with this one!

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:  SIX-teen ounces of BYU ice cream

Daniel knows I like the Roasted Almond Fudge ice cream from the BYU creamery and found that you can buy little one cup servings from Deseret Book. Happy little day!

9 Things I LOVE About You!

Today is my anniversary and I'm going to copy my sister-in-law's post that she did for her anniversary yesterday.  Thanks for the idea Janelle!  :)

Here we are on our Wedding Day

  

And I will post a recent picture of us as soon as I find one.

Here are 9 things I love about you Love - one for each year we have been married!

1.  You tell me I'm beautiful just when I need to hear it most.

2.  You help me without being asked and look for ways to surprise me.

3.  You play with our children and are the most wonderful father.

4.  You are always striving to be a better person and helping me to become a better person as well.

5.  You are one of the hardest working men I know, yet you slow down and take time with us as a family.

6.  You never nit pick me for any of my annoying habits of which there are many you could easily nit pick about.

7.  You love me even when I don't.

8.  You give more of yourself each day.

9.  You make me feel like I am more than I could ever hope to be.

Thanks you for being you and for loving me!  I love you, Daniel!