Merry Christmas!!!

This time of year makes me think of all the many things we have to be grateful for. We have been so blessed. I am very thankful for all the time we were able to spend with family this Christmas season.

The boys were spoiled with presents this year. They have been having a blast playing with all of them since we have been home.

Jake's parents had all of their children home this year. Between all of us there are six little boys. They had fun playing together.

We took the kids sledding at my parent's house. Taylor loved it. He was a trooper carrying his sled up the hill over and over after he would sled down.

We spent Thanksgiving with Jake's family this year. It was a fun week. We went to the Harry Potter movie (I loved it), and then we went to Walmart at midnight for the black Friday excitement. It was crazy trying to get the discount movies, there were so many people pushing and shoving. On Saturday we talked Jake's family into going up into the mountains to cut down a Christmas tree. We ended up with a tall skinny tree. I didn't really like it at first, but everyone was waiting on us so I settled for it. Now that it is up, I really like it. It was a wonderful Thanksgiving.

 

When we got home, we set up our Christmas tree.

Taylor really liked putting the ornaments on the tree. James found some horse ornaments, and was content just playing with them.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! It snowed, and the boys are very excited about it. We went outside and made a snowman. James made the head, Taylor made the middle, and I made the bottom, and it turned out just right.

I went to the store today with James. While we were there, we saw an older man with a belly and a white beard walking down the isle. I knew I should have turned the cart around, but I didn't and James yelled out. "Look at that guy. Mom look at that guy. He is big. Look at him. He looks like a snow man (I think he was thinking of Santa clause)." Anyways it embarrassed me and the man. Poor guy.

Well, I will be nine weeks pregnant tomorrow. I had my first doctor's appointment this week and they said I had a bladder infection, but other than that everything looks good. I have not been feeling the best, but I was able to get some medicine from the doctors that really helps. The boys have been cute with me. When I am in the bathroom puking, they both come in and rub my back and tell me, "your gonna make it mom." I hope so!

Happy Halloween!!!

We spent Halloween weekend in Bluebell with my family. The boys had fun with their cousins.

We went to Jake's work on the Friday before halloween and the boys trick or treated around the office. They ended up with so much candy.

The boys have been wearing costumes pretty much the whole month of October. Taylor wore this spiderman costume out.

Darby Fay Hansen.

We went to my nieces' baby blessing last weekend. She is a little angel!

The boys waiting to go on a horse ride.

My little Cowboy! He loves, loves to ride horses. Bird Family Picture

26.2 miles.

Jake ran in his first marathon a couple of weekends ago. I am so proud of him. He amazes me. He had so many set backs in the months leading up to his race. He had a stress fracture, pulled his hamstring, spranged his ankle, and we thought the race was a week later than it was. We had a hotel room and everything planned for the following week. A lady in our ward who was also doing the race called and informed me that it was in two days. So we canceled our hotel room and ended up having to take our camper because all the hotels were full. Jake had to get up at 4:30 in the morning to catch the bus. But after all of those set backs he did amazing. He ran it in 4 hours and 42 minutes. He is a stud!!! James ran along side of him for a little ways.