Luke-Harry and taking care of a little BIG issue

Luke to Harry~

Hudson has been a Star Wars loving boy for the past year and half I really didn't think the obsession would go away~ well that day has come though he still likes Star Wars he has moved on to:Hudson has been coming home from preschool and putting on his Harry Potter attire that he came up with all on his own so cute, he puts his glasses and wand in a special place at night so cute. Zac and I have been reading the books to him which is great he uses him imagination and it also gets him excited to want to read. So although Star Wars is still around (wii lego star wars game, legos, light sabers) I am glad to have this next obsession be apart of who Hudson is. I just love this age with all the wonder and imagination that it brings.

Payton's little BIG issue:

I haven't posted about this but long story short Payton is a THUMB SUCKER and its pretty bad. Having to have worked in the Dental Field I know very well what thumb sucking can do so this is very hard for me to have to go through with Payton. He first was a pacifier boy than we took away from him probably to soon because as soon as we did the thumb went in so that is where we now. yes we have tried several different thing for him to stop the yucky tasting "thumb" stuff he could have cared less yes it tasted bad and after about 2 minutes he was back to sucking, since than we have tried other things to bribes, saying THUMB to him to take it out it goes on and on we tried putting tape around his thumbs and it didn't work. Well.... this time I think we might have figure it out (buddy tape) We are crossing our fingers...

Kiss those puppies goodbye hopefully this is the start of a end to a BIG ISSUE

(next post Maui Vacation!)

Christmas 2010

Christmas was so much fun my parents and Nick came to spend it with us in Newport

Hudson was so excited to get his Star Wars Jammies

Payton got MIMOUSe (Mickey Mouse) which he loves

We did the traditional Chinese and reading the story of Christ's Birth we used the little people nativity to explain to the kids (wish I had a picture) Here Zac is reading The Night Before Christmas

Gotta leave out the Milk and Cookies for Santa and a little fudge too:)

Waiting to see what Santa brought so excited!

Love love this pic of Payton and his Sing a ma jig

While Skyping with Matt and Kim Payton got into a little bit of Chocolate
They were so patiently waiting to open presents while we got breakfast ready and Skyping

Huddy wrote a letter to Santa especially for a Lego Star Wars watch and he was so excited that Santa came through!

My mom surprised me with this I was so excited I have wanted one forever! Not pictured I got Photoshop elements 9 from Zac, I have had a lot of fun playing around with the program its def. takes some time to learn everything. Also so excited this year Zac and I won 2 cameras at his work Christmas Party and I was able to return both of them and get a camera that I have had my eye on so I am so excited to take pictures now!!!!

Zac for some reason really wanted a Snuggie this year so I found the boys Toy Story Snuggie so they could all be Snuggie buddies

Gotta love Christmas Nap time

Love the Sunggies on the Boys!

We had such a great Christmas and loved having my parents here with us next year i hope to actually get more pictures with everyone:) We loved teaching Hudson and Payton this year the true meaning of Christmas every night in the month of Dec. we read a story that had to do with the true meaning it def. made us Grateful for what we had and for the love we have for eachother and our Savior.

Summer/ Fall Part 2

October:





Our ward had a Fall Festival Carnival that myself and another member were left in charge of so we had the place decorated really fun and had all sorts of games, since I was running around during the carnival we didn't get to many pictures Hudson was a Ninja and payton was Turtle Tuck from Wonder pets Zac and I were barbie and ken (even though zac looked more like fred from scooby doo)

We had fun taking the boys trick or treating Payton was literally running from house to house this was his first year of trick or treating walking by himself he LOVED IT!!!

Our good friends the Jones had a Halloween party so we dressed up again and went and had some fun! the boys loved making haunted candy houses and we enjoyed playing games it was a great Halloween

Seattle: Went to Seattle to help Amanda while she had Hernia Surgery
I had so much fun with her kids (Madelyn and Trey) and got to snuggle Baby Ty!

Cupcake Camp:

I had opportunity to be one of eight main Volunteers for Oregon Coast Cake & Cupcake Camp Event
This was an amazing experience and all the people I met was so incredible. It was a 2 day event we had Classes from some Celebrity chefs (Michelle Bommarito Food Network, Dianna Lopez-Cake Boss, Charity Pykles-George, Bakerella-cake pops, Cupcake Julie) my good friend Celeste was the host of this wonderful event and all proceeds went to Donate Life NW and Organ Trasnplant. We had a luncheon where we heard stories and experiences that so many people shared. This truely was a Life changing experience and I am extremely grateful for that weekend!

September:

For my birthday Zac got me a ticket to go see Carrie Underwood! Well my good Friend Sara's hubby also got her a ticket for her birthday. so we drove up to portland for a girls weekend! My mom also came with us it was so much fun! we went to a movie (like dandelion dust) so good, went shopping also a must when we go to vancouver( since we are so limited here in newport) went for sushi for dinner yummy! and than the concert I must say Carrie is even better live than on the CD. Overall it was an awesome trip and glad we were able to celebrate it together, and thanks to our hubby's who took great care of our boys!!!

August: Vancouver weekend

and a quick trip to Bosie

Kim was 35 weeks and thought the twins were coming so I jumped in the car with my parents and headed to bosie with them! No babies arrived but it was a great time to spend with Kim and Britney the two pregos, I am truely amazed at Kim she looked fabulous and for carring two babies she was a trooper. I even was able to take a picture of her out of bed she was seriously all belly! Mom, Brit and I took up baby onesies and decorated them for Paris and Vienna it was a great project for Kim to do in the hospital. we left so excited to hear when they arrive, thanks for the trip I had a blast!

Amanda's Baby Shower

Amanda such a fun shower she even got to hit at a Pinata filled with baby things it was a fun way to celebrate baby #3 coming. I made with some help of a good friend a carseat canopy for baby Ty it was so much fun I even made 2 for the twins.



Amanda looking Fabulous only one more month to go!


Hudson and Madelyn had a blast together I thought this was the sweetest picture of them

The Campbells Visit:

We had some of our good friends come for a visit from Utah! we had so much fun. They have 3 adorable boys Brendan, Hayden, and Ethan. The boys had so much fun playing and watching movies.

We took them to the Oregon Coast Aquarium and had a blast! Thanks Dave and Kristin for coming !!

Kevin and Dolly Visit

Papa Kevin and Nana Dolly came to visit just before Dave and Kristin we were so excited and always look forward to their visit, we also got to hang out with Dolly's Parents Mark and Elanie (aka spark and Dot)




getting dinner ready for Papa Kevin and Nana Dolly, SPark and Dot to come over Payton loved helping with the Brownies


Huddy's buddies Papa Kevin Huddy and Spark

Saying goodbye after such a fun week thank you so much for coming it means so much to us! We love you guys