Holidays '10

Well, no excuses. I just didn't want to blog. :) It isn't the writing that I mind but the pictures take so long to upload...does this bother anyone else or is this me just being ADD??? SO, to document our 2010 Holiday season here goes:

~THANKSGIVING: For Thanksgiving this year we went up to Jeff's sister Shelly's house to celebrate. We had a good time eating and talking. I was just happy not to be by ourselves on Thanksgiving.

The BEST part was at 10:00 p.m on Thanksgiving though. On our way home from his sisters house we decided to drive by a few stores to see if anyone was lining up for Black Friday...and they were! I have never been a part of the early morning craziness but it always fascinates me, you hear all these insane stories. SO, long story short, we saw people lining up. It got me all excited. I had seen a few things in the ads and had been contemplating if it was really worth it...were the deals really THAT great? SO, when I saw everyone lining up I knew I HAD to do it!!!

BEST. DAY. EVER! haha ok, maybe that is an exaggeration. We went home, put the girls to bed and I headed over to Wal-Mart at about 10:00. I think why I had such a good time is because this is the first time I had been alone...all alone....no kids, not even the baby! All you mom's know that this is a GREAT feeling! (not that we don't love them, but a Momma just needs some space sometimes!) ANYWAY, it was INSANE! But oh so fun! I just kept walking around the store watching everything, it was so fun! It was CRAZY though! You were literally cart to bum throughout the entire store. I got everything that I wanted on my list (and some :) ). After Wal-Mart I headed to Target...Target wasn't as crazy inside as Wal-Mart but the line to the doors went ALL THE WAY AROUND the building! Anyway, it was SO fun to do something all by myself and to watch all these people going nuts.

I don't know why Black Friday shoppers get such a bad rap. I was really impressed with how kind everyone was trying to help everyone get what they wanted. I only heard one person yelling and that was as she was walking out of the store and she looked like a real classy lady in the first place. ;) So THANK YOU Black Friday for helping me finish Christmas shopping...I may just enjoy it again next year!

(NOTE: Thanksgiving is one of my absolute favorite holidays! I start my Christmas decorating Nov. 1st because it reminds me of the things I am most grateful for, so all you haters of decorating before Thanksgiving is over, sorry, I LOVE IT! Also, I realize I wrote mostly about Black Friday but this year I was SO THANKFUL for it! Momma needed a BREAK! :) )

~CHRISTMAS: For Christmas this year we really lucked out. Jeff's sister lives up north (only about an hour or so away) SO, all of his family but one sibling was able to come! It was SO fun! I think my favorite part about the holidays is all the family. (The food doesn't hurt either!) We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at her house eating, talking, playing games, eating....etc....typical Christmas WONDERFULNESS. The day after Christmas Jeff had to talk in church so we had his brother and his family and his parents come and listen and hang out. The next day we went downtown to Pike's Place Market with everyone and shopped and ate and enjoyed. I was a really nice, fun, laid back Christmas.

~NEW YEAR'S: We were invited to a friends house for fondue (yum!) but Whitney wanted to be sick with a fever and cold. Blah, poor thing. SO, we partied at home instead...ok, by party I mean I fell asleep on the floor and woke up for a few minutes to watch the ball drop and I went to bed. Nicole has NOT been sleeping well and I was exhausted! I am sad the holidays are over but I am excited to see what fun things happen this new year!

Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure (by your, I mean for Grandma because beside me I am sure she is probably the only other one that really cares! :)...not in particular order either...sorry! I was just lucky to get the all on here!)

Nikki (almost 4 months old)

What is considered child labor? :) (this little vacuum was $8 Black Friday...BEST PURCHASE EVER! We have carpet in our dining area and I HATE vacuuming under there, we have to do it almost every day SO now it is one of Morgan's chores with this little vacuum!)

Whitney likes it too!

Since Nicole hasn't been sleeping well (I am talking like 6-7 times a night the last two weeks) I wondered if she was ready for rice cereal...no...not so much. I will try again soon though if she keeps her sleeping habits up!

Enjoying her new chair she got for Christmas. She also got that bib. It is AWESOME, there is plastic inside it so it doesn't soak her clothes. She is SUCH a slobbery baby!

This is what happens when Daddy watches her. Why doesn't she sit contently like that for me???

Morgan enjoying her Christmas loot.

For the past few months Morgan has been talking about getting thousands of Barbies from Santa for Christmas...these will have to do. Silly girl!

Do I need to explain? :)

Nikki (Cole as Whitney says) and Grandma Sucher

SO, every time we go to Costco Jeff always wants to get this cheese. He then decides it would go bad to quickly. :) I was there one day and they were sampling it and I was telling the lady this and she told me you could freeze it! So MERRY CHRISTMAS Hun, Love you!

Morgan got a bike from her Grandparents for Christmas and she was not HALF as excited as Whitney was. She did NOT want to get off if it!

We forgot to get a picture of the tree and all the gifts but let's just say we were all very blessed! :) (by the way, that BBQ that Whitney's cousins got from Santa was a HUGE hit! That is what ALL the kids wanted to play with!)

Christmas Eve PJ's (Whitney is holding a glow stick, Grandma Sucher put on a 'midnight parade', before all the kids went to sleep everyone got a few light sticks. We turned out the lights and marched around the house singing Christmas songs...it was SO cute!)

Christmas Eve dinner!

Morgan (playing Mary) riding the 'donkey' aka Grandpa Sucher

Trying to do the nativity....trying...

This is cousin Devin...I think he and Whitney have a similar look...is that weird?

Whitney carrying baby Jesus

The cutest little angel I have ever seen...baby Molly

Morgan being Mary

Do I need to say more?

Shepherd Whitney

Santa showed up to our ward Christmas party!

Don't let this picture fool you, she was not thrilled...she did try sneeking the candy canes away from him, that stinker!

There you go Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and HAPPY NEW YEAR! :)

Oh Whitney...

You my dear are into EVERYTHING! I just wanted to take a minute to document a few things you were into in one day...in about two hours...

You found some zucchini bread that our neighbor Anna brought to us and took it into your room, shut the door and started chowing down.

You then found the container of Nesquik (that I should have put away) never-the-less, you were hiding in a corner and stirring it with a spoon...no mess though...thank goodness.

You then found the milk that was left on the table from breakfast and poured the rest into your bowl...you made it all in thank goodness (there wasn't much left...but enough to have made a mess if you did)

You decided to pour the dish detergent into the dishwasher all by yourself....I caught you soon enough that you didn't make a huge mess.

I think there was one or two more things you did I can't remember. But lately you have thought it was fun to poop in the tub. REALLY...every once in a while I understand but it has been about the last three or four baths that you have done it....not pleasant child...not pleasant. One day you peed on the floor and THEN pooped in the tub...I had even sat you down on the potty minutes before. This isn't everything (there was the time you pooped on the carpet, not once but twice...you poured your cheerios in the dining area...toy room...and down the hall....but I thought I would just document a FEW of your crazy things this post!) but my goodness, you are sure trying to test my patience!!!


* I really do watch after my child but with three now it is A LOT harder to stay on top of everything! :)

Nicole's Blessing

We were able to bless Nicole on Sunday (Happy Halloween to us :) ). It was really a perfect weekend. Jeff's parents came in Friday morning and we hung out all day, we went to dinner, talked and just enjoyed each others company. Saturday we waited for my SIL's family to come down then we went to Cabela's...we were planning on going to Mt. Rainer but the weather was rainy and cold. Cabela's (sp?) was actually perfect. The kids LOVED the stuffed animals and the fish tank. It was great. When we came home we started dinner my parents showed up. It was great. We ate our paella and we all just talked. It was just nice and laid back. Sunday was the blessing and everything went great. The blessing was beautiful and Nicole didn't cry, hooray! After the meeting we came home and had french dip sandwich's and lots of other food. It was a perfect weekend. I am so grateful to be blessed with such wonderful loving supporting families!

She started out happy...

Not to sure...

Not happy... :) This is the dress I made this summer, it fit pretty good but was a little large around the waist so I put a ribbon around it and I should have stitched it into place because it kept hiking up...oh well. At least she had all the right accessories! My sweet sister Nat made the head band and the bracelet, to cute!

Whitney did not want anything to do with pictures.

For Halloween we went to our ward trunk or treat and our ward is GINORMOUS. There are two primaries and four councilors in the RS and I don't even know about the other auxiliaries. The party was huge and SO busy that we ended up leaving early but the kids looked cute.

Morgan was a unicorn (thanks Alecia for the awesome costume!) Whitney was a butterfly and Nicole was a bunny. Our cute nephews joined us and they were members of Super Why.

Nicole's view, this is the only spot I can leave her for more than a few minutes without her crying.

After I took this picture Whitney thought that these colors looked tasty but for some reason I can't find that picture!

We went to the pumpkin patch with my friend Anna and the girls had a blast. We haven't ever done this before but I will definitely do it again! I LOVED it!
Don't you love Morgan's outfit...seriously this girl wants to wear a dress everyday still even if it is a little chilly outside...oh well.

Whitney never wants to cooperate for pictures anymore!

They had GINORMOUS pumpkins there I couldn't believe it! I think this one was 1,200 pounds!

These are our cute little neighbors and I couldn't help it I had to get a picture of them together it was just so cute. They are adorable and SO nice.

This is our street, the last few days our weather has been AWESOME and the neighborhood kids are all outside playing. I LOVE IT! It reminds me of when I was little and we were always outside playing.

This is just a few of the kids that were outside with us the other day...LOVE IT!

So life has still been crazy busy with three but I can honestly say that being a mom is the best thing ever. BUSY. HARD. EXHAUSTING. And some days I tell Morgan I quit and I am not mom anymore and my name is Gertrude, and then she gets teary eyed and says, "but I just love you mom!" That makes me feel loved and like an awful parent at the same time! haha I love my kids and I wouldn't trade this life for anything!!!