Pics finally

I have finally added pictures!!! I still have some more to put on here, but all the ones I've done is plenty for now. Every time I try to upload the video from Noah's preschool program, it takes a really really long time, so I end up just stopping it. I put pictures and I will try to upload the video again later. Enjoy!

Christmas Eve

We go to Chris's Oma & Opa's house in Ogden every year on Christmas Eve to exchange presents with that entire side of the family. It's pretty much the only time we all get together, so we really look forward to it and we always have a lot of fun. Noah especially looks forward to seeing Conner, and once they get together, they act crazy and just have the best of time together. Oma also likes to spoil the kids with lots of candy and treats and the cheesecake bites were AMAZING! I want to go buy some right now, actually.

Noah's preschool Christmas program

Instead of school on Monday, December 22 Noah's preschool had a Christmas program. All of the classes at the preschool got together to sing a bunch of Christmas songs. They sure were troopers for managing to sit still for so long, and I give them major credit. Noah, on the other hand, was one of the only ones who could not sit still, and kept hopping up and down in his seat. And pulling on the neck of his sweater. And pulling his hat down over his face. And singing in high-pitched voices or no voice at all, just mouthing along. It was really cute though and we were so proud of him! He sat next to his girlfriend Olivia and we didn't get a picture of it, or on film, but at one point Olivia gave Noah a big hug and it was really super cute. Chris did a good job of making sure they were both in almost every picture and on the video. Forgive me, but I don't know how to edit the videos just yet, so I just put the shortest clip of video on the blog and you are welcome to fast forward through any parts if you'd like, but make sure you watch Jingle Bells and the song at the very end, they're the best.

our tree

We were a little late getting our tree this year, so we didn't get to have it around as long as usual. It really made me sad to see it go! Last year we bought all new ornaments and lights the day after Christmas and our tree looked beautiful! I only wish we had bought more. 2 of the glass ornaments got broken, one of them happened to break after Christmas, so I was kicking myself a little for not taking them down earlier, but the kids had done so good up until that point, I figured I was in the clear... oh well. I went shopping again the day after Christmas this year and bought more decorations that will go with our "red" tree theme. We have 2 tree themes, the "red" and the "blue". This year was the blue, with a light frosty blue tree skirt and bluish/purple ornaments with similar-themed ornaments to match. We thought we had bought blue lights last year but when we unpacked the decorations, we remembered that we did not buy blue lights, but frosted white lights instead. It gave the tree a certain glow that I've never seen before and I thought it was beautiful! Next year will be the red theme and we will use our new ornaments in that as well, which will kind of turn it into a "red and gold" theme. I can't wait!!!

cRaZY winter weather

This holiday break has brought us some pretty wild weather. Winds have been so strong that Chris said a flag pole at the nearby car dealership was bending at the top so much he thought it was going to break off. At the Ford dealership not far away, but a few days later, an entire light post (and you know those MUST weigh a ton) actually did blow over and caused the power to go out. I didn't get a picture of that, but I got this picture of a tree blown down at the front of our condo entrance, and a picture of our snowfall, but this pic doesn't do justice for the amount of snow we actually got.

Cool Christmas display

My grandpa bill sent me this video and I think it's really cool. It would be so much fun to actually see it in person! There's a house just down the street from us that does something similar, but it's more of a jumbled mess, whereas this one in the video is really put together. It'd be awesome to do this one year. Turn the music off before you hit play on the video.

I've been tagged by Steph!

This is a fun tag where you can only use one-word answers! It's hard for me though because I feel like I have to explain more! This is the kind of tag that Chris would like, he thinks I take too long to get to the point!
1.Where is your cell phone? desktop
2.Where is your significant other? work
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? stressful
5. Your father? who?
6. Your favorite thing? children
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your dream/goal? career
9. The room you're in? living
10. Your hobby? none
11. Your fear? tragedy
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? house
13. Where were you last night? Margie's
14. What you're not? showered
15. One of your wish-list items? clothes!
16. Where you grew up? SLC
17. The last thing you did? sign
18. What are you wearing? scrubs
19. Your TV? HUGE!
20. Your pet? Frenchie
21. Your computer? awesome
22. Your mood? stressed
23. Missing someone? Godparents
24. Your car? full
25. Something you're not wearing? contacts
26. Favorite store? Urban
27. Your summer? Eventful
28. Love someone? forever
29. Your favorite color? gray
30. When is the last time you laughed? earlier
31. Last time you cried? yesterday


I tag all my fellow girl bloggers:
Chelsea, Lindsey, Margie, Amber, Ashley Chelsea Cassel, Cassie, Mo

Its a no go

Sorry I haven't put up pics of our beautiful tree yet, I've been busy!! We took a few really cute family pictures in front of it, it was nice to finally get a family photo. One day we will have them professionally done. One day.

A couple of days ago Chris learned that his hours are being cut back and he really should not count on any overtime at all. Going from an average of 14 hours or more overtime a week to none is a huge chunk of change for us after we've been used to that income for the past 3 years! Needless to say, buying a home would make things extremely tight for us and we don't even know what the future of Chris's job will hold with the economy going the way that it is. We have until July 1 to close to get the $7500 tax credit, which is a really nice incentive, so we will work our butts off to pay down as much as we can in bills and try again in late spring/early summer. We will of course keep you posted.

Our beautiful tree!

Yesterday we finally went tree shopping. We decided to try Home Depot first, they've never let us down in the past! We found a beautiful 6' Grand Fir that is so full, you need 2 of me to wrap your arms around it. It was a steal too, only $32! We spent Sunday evening decorating the tree and even though we used more ornaments than we ever had in the past, I realized how many more ornaments we need to put on the tree! We purchased all of our ornaments last year the day after Christmas when they were on sale, so we won't be able to buy exact matching ones, but we will find some close enough when I go shopping again the day after Christmas this year. Target, here I come!!!

I will post pics soon.

housing update....

So we are under contract, but we are still going through the final underwriting process. We had to sign and submit another form today so hopefully that will go through quickly and we can still close on the 22. We are also hoping that the rates drop again before Wednesday, when we are set to lock in our interest rate. We were going to take a few family members out to the house to look at it on Saturday, but we had a freaking blizzard! Luckily the storm calmed down early in the day so we could make it to Ron and Mo's for a family get together. We couldn't stay for long, but the small amount of time that we get to spend with the family is always nice. When we get the house, we won't be making it out there often due to it is going to be a 2 hour drive! But anyone and everyone is more than welcome to come out and visit us once in a while to make it even :)

what a steal!

Chris and I went to Old Navy last night to pick up small presents for Norah and Ambrielle and ended upfinding this awesome coat for Noah for only $10! Bostyn got a really cute warm dress for only $5. I love good deals!

Buying A House?

Could it be? No.... there's no way! Are Chris and Cara finally buying a house?

Yes! That's right ladies and germs. We have officially started looking for houses. As a matter of fact we actually put an offer on our little piece of the "American Dream" yesterday! We won't know if they accepted our offer until Tuesday evening but things look very good.
If all goes well we will be closing on December 30. Or maybe sooner.
The only problem is it is way out in Eagle Mountain. Due to the "credit freeze" caused by "predatory lending", the only way for us to get into a house (because we have no down payment) is 100% financing. And the only way to get 100% financing is to find a house in a rural area like Tooele, Eagle Mountain, or Saratoga Springs.
So ya.... We love this house. It is AMAZING.
It was built in 2008, has 2600 square feet, has a perfect size yard for the kids (and maybe a dog), lots of upgrades throughout the house. Oh ya, it is actually a townhome, but you seriously cannot even tell. Here is a picture.........

Sick bug

So we've all been sick with the stomach flu. Wednesday night Margie made a whole turkey dinner for all of us and we were going to eat dinner over there. Bostyn hadn't been doing well all day and as soon as Chris got there, she laid on Chris's shoulder and just started throwing up (gross, I know, I'm sorry). Margie was nice to pack up dinner for us and we took it home. Chris and I are the only ones that ate, Noah only ate a little bit, although he was acting okay. I checked on Noah right before I went to bed around midnight and he was awake and told me his stomach hurt. He went back to sleep and I went to bed. Chris and I were woken up about an hour later to Noah freaking out, just screaming and crying at the top of his lungs. We ran in there to discover that he had thrown up all over his bed, his wall, his two stuffed monkeys, his pillow, and his hands. I think he was more freaked out that it was all over his hands. Chris gave him a bath (yes, at 1 am) while I cleaned up his bed and changed his bed sheets. We let Noah stay up to watch some cartoons and then he went to bed around 2. I stayed home from work the next day and I started to feel pretty bad about mid-day. I took both of the kids to the doctor where he said we all had a case of the stomach flu and that we've probably had it a while, considering that I had actually gotten sick suddenly at 1 am on Black Friday. I chalked that up to a full day of shopping and not much food or rest, but I guess it was worse than I thought! I felt the worst on Thursday night. Chris was a good husband and dad and took care of the kids and fed them dinner and got them ready for bed all by himself while I laid on the couch and didn't move. Last night we met Wade, Margie, Trav and Ma at IHOP for hot chocolate and pancakes. It was pretty late by the time we got there and Bostyn was acting really tired but I guess she didn't feel good again because she was just sitting there and suddenly threw up again. She didn't move afterwards, she just sat there and cried while I had to take off all of her clothes and clean her up. Chris came home early from work on Saturday due to the sickness. He only lasted about 45 minutes before he came home. He was a real trooper though and spent the day running errands with us and then spent hours house shopping before we finally got to IHOP. We hope that we have all finally kicked the bug and can start a normal week tomorrow so we can get in a full week of work before the breaks over the holidays. We will keep you posted if anything worsens and we hope that all of the Wilker's and Matich's are feeling great!

Chris & I

Here is Chris and I at the Melting Pot last Saturday for Matich's big 3-0 birthday bash. It was a lot of fun to hang out with the family and the Matich's. The kids had a lot of fun with Rob, Casey, Kaylie and Keegan. Here is also a picture of Bostyn loving Shy Shy (Rob's dog).

My life
charred remains of a flame that’s burned out
my lips move but they won’t make a sound
I stand motionless, eyes to the ground
back for more
with reopened scars i remain
battered savagely, knees start to shake
I just stand there, I take it, I wait
I’m just waiting for time to erase
and the world to change
until then I will strive for nothing more
I’ll just wait for my heart to break
and arise from ash, reborn
look at me
cut my eye and allow me to see
what my life has become on my knees
I hear the screams, I watch myself bleed
but ? can’t feel a thing
what am I
but a victim unwilling to rise
wretched shell of a man and his pride
why stop living, I’m just waiting to die
my life it’s so familiar
why lie when everything’s the same
but who am I, and what am I waiting for anyway
and I will die waiting to be reborn...