Merry Christmas!

We're currently half way through our vacation and have had a packed few days already. We were able to spend a day with our good friends the Louds and meet their new daughter, Aubrey. Our Josh's sure enjoyed hanging out and playing with the boys in the snow.

Santa came to visit at Grandpa and Grandma Hallberg's house on Christmas Eve. Scotland sat on his lap and just stared up at him in awe and wonder. All the other little ones screamed and cried!

The boys sure loved playing with their cousins, probably more than all their new toys. In fact on Christmas Eve I tucked in the boys and told them to think about Christmas presents and stockings and German's response was, "But will Payton be here in the morning?"

Scot had his first "meal" and loved it! He eats the stuff up.

The kids had fun, but the adults also had a good time, mostly after the children were all asleep! We stayed up way too late playing cards and eating crab!

Happy 5 Year Anniversary To Us

My husband is awesome! I got home Thursday night (the 17th) from a church activity and Joshua asked, "Do you think you could find someone to watch the boys over night and all day Saturday?" He had booked us flights to San Diego, set up a cool hotel room at a hotel that was formerly a bank, and reserved us a table at a fancy restaurant.

Thanks to Tiffany and Treasure for their help with the boys - start planning your weekend get-a-ways now! These were some of the most needed and appreciated 26 hours of relief ever!!!

Gingerbread Houses

Glue-gunning the gingerbread house ahead of time was a great idea!

Eli lasted about 7 minutes.

German lasted about 20 minutes.

I think I could really get into gingerbread house decorating.

Crazy Boyz

These boys never cease to amaze me. German and Eli love to play together. Their current mischief involves a lot of dirt, water, and bath toys. But hey, boys will be boys!

Scot is learning to sit up and can almost support himself completely. He loves to play with toys, by mostly putting them into his mouth. He can also get up on his hands and knees and practices rocking back and forth. He is such a joy!

Eli - Our Big 2 Year Old

We had a fun birthday celebration for Eli with some of our Arizona friends. Eli insisted upon a "backetball cake" for his "burtday."

Has it Really Been Over a Month?

So I missed Halloween... The boys (and their parents) were pretty cute pirates, but those photos have been removed from the memory card and are now safely digitally preserved on our non-internet computer- sorry folks.

Thanksgiving was great. My parents, sister Annie and her husband Dennis, and little brother Adam drove down south and we spent 5 days together in the beautiful weather that Arizona is famous for. We feasted, Black-Friday shopped, walked downtown Scottsdale, walked a mall (just because it's a Hallberg thing to do), did some crafts, and of course - watched a lot of football.

I would never claim to be a master chef or even a great cook, but I will take some credit for making an awesome looking Apple Pie - it even tasted pretty good, if I do say so myself!