a little [surprise] break {picture heavy}, Christmas update and super surprise at the end.

I did not intend to take a break from writing, but life was crazy busy for the last month. I went back to work, was overwhelmed with Christmas, make one too many sweets, and way too much food. We ran around on Christmas eve and Christmas, visiting with all our family in the area and the boys have so many toys, I don't know what to do with them. It was a pretty good Holiday season. 

 Easton put up our [annoyingly hard to put up] tree. He managed to do most of it by himself.

 He was pretty proud.

Hudson rode piggy back while I shoveled, he was less than impressed.

This is a thing now. Crawling and standing, and pulling everything down and participating in mess making..

My favorite holiday tradition!

Goofy face

Homemade garlic cheese bread. This was so easy and delicious. Like crazy good.

Sorry, not sorry it's upside down. If it was right side up you'd try to eat the screen.

Santa came!

Before present opening

Mr. Cool and his tool bench

Mr. Truck man.

The handsomest men I know.

We had a great Christmas and enjoyed spending a lot of time with family. We had a very busy, busy December including a *surprise* birthday party for Travis. I didn't get very many pictures, but it included a salsa bar, homemade decorations, a pinata, taco salad bar, and lots of great people.

Salsa Bar, with 6 different types of salsas

Decorations!

Delicious cake

 The pictures don't do it justice but the party was great and these are the most important pictures of all:

Travis pulled off the ultimate surprise and made the cutest DVD, under the guise that his mom made it for him for his birthday. It started with school pictures and memories and a birthday song. Katie and Travis were seated up front and we were all gathered behind them. All of a sudden on of Katie's favorite songs comes on and it switches to pictures from the last couple years. If I claim I wasn't crying before this exact moment, my pants would be on fire. Photos flashed of them on cruises, at family events, parties, all the great memories they have made together. Then this jam came on and people started to figure it out. Travis did a great job pulling off the best surprise not surprise birthday but oh wait it is a surprise engagement! It was beautiful and we are so excited they are getting married! They couldn't be more perfect for each other!

Over all, it was a great Christmas season. Looking forward to celebrating tonight the start of the new year.

pictures and words.

Things have been pretty solid around here lately. 

"We gotta situation here" 

"What's going on in here"

"Mom..I'm really upset.." followed by something trivial

"Let me go pee alone, I not need your help" followed by "MOM HELP!"

Just a few recent Easton gems.

Ignore the dirty shirty.

 Hudson looked pretty dapper in gray this Turkey day.

'whats easton doing?!?'

 Easton was handsome too.

taking toys away from Huddy, because "these are too dangerous for hudson"

Making a break for it

Hudson has an interesting way of getting his crawl on. 

 Busted out the tunnel-o-fun [aka the just put this damn thing up i am sick of it, seriously easton I am not picking it up again ughh imma throw it awayyyy!!]

Huddy loves it though

 We changed rooms with the boys this weekend. They needed more room and we had a bigger room, so switcheroo it was!

Huddy's Buddies.

Living room nap time, can you spy a little hand in there

 Boys new room. 

done moving, cleaned carpets, papa wrestling time on Eastons bed

 Our much smaller room, snug as a bug. 

ignore the laundry and crap..

A list of this.

This picture has nothing to do with this post. Nor does outside currently look like this...Its more covered in a foot or so of Snow..

Making: A pretty sad excuse for a blog lately..

Cooking : Crock pot verde salsa Chicken: 3 boneless skinless chicken breast, 1-16 oz jar od verde salsa, crock pot on high 4-6 hours, shred and serve with tortillas, (optional additions: Fajita seasoning packet, bell peppers and onion) Easiest and most delish ever.
Drinking : Aqua. 
Reading : reviews on some gift ideas for the husband, he almost always returns the Christmas gift I give him and I want this year to be different.
Wanting : A nice, long vacation.
Looking: for everything. We switched rooms with the boys and now I can't find the important stuff, like blankie...
Playing: the no-I-don't-hear-the-baby game in hopes of someone else attending to him. [yeah right]
Wasting: time on the interwebz and not cleaning the living room, which needs it bad.
Sewing: absolutely nada, because that is just silly.
Wishing: that I had been more diligent about Christmas saving this year!
Enjoying: the fruits of our labor today, the boys room is put back together and we are moved into the smaller back bedroom 
Waiting: for Christmas because even with all the stress, I love love love it.
Liking: that my sister lives less than 2 miles away. Actually, scratch that, I'm Loving that.
Wondering: when I will get around to buying a bra that fits. This is getting redic, buy a bigger one lady!
Loving: Sundays, they mean all of us are home.
Hoping: that I can pull off some of my life goals over the next couple months. 
Marveling: at how magic Christmas is to Easton. It is amazing to relive that magic,
Needing: a solid nights sleep again
Smelling: like a mexican resturante, the one down side of cooking salsa chicken [ok not a downside at all it smells delicioso]
Wearing: comfy shorts and a t-shirt, it might be winter but I needed shorts for the job today.
Following: Grace's lead.
Noticing: that I forgot to start laundry.
Knowing: that tomorrow is Monday and I wish it wasn't. 
Thinking: about bedtime
Feeling: like I ate way too much, per usual.
Bookmarking: Christmas traditions to start.
Opening: my eyes, just barely
Giggling: at Easton's new phrase: "Mom, I'm really upset" followed by a trivial, yet super important to toddler, issue. Such as "I'm really upset about not being able to bite Huddy"
Feeling: Pretty accomplished today.

Apparently all I've got going on lately is Christmas thoughts. Well 'tis the season... Thanks Grace for a reason to sit down and type it out! I needed something like this to come along!