TEXAS! -the drive

We finally made it back to Texas for Christmas this year. We decided that having two kids-and the STUFF that comes with them, flying would just be a hastle! So here's to our first road trip to Texas!! It was exciting and fun! We didn't leave Mud town until 11ish because we had to take care of some Spud business...then we met Grandma Jane in IF for a little Christmas for the kids, stopped in Pocatello to exchange Christmas with Melanie, AND again at Cabella's in Utah to meet up with Grandpa Evans. Then we finally felt like we were on our way.

With the money we saved in not flying we splurged a little and bought Madilyn a DVD player for the car. BEST INVESTMENT EVER! She was too funny! She watched movies the entire trip! Infact, if a movie was on-she was awake. It was finally 1:00am when I turned off the TV and made her go to sleep! (yes, we drove straight through.-not too bad, until we got 'home'-then all we wanted to do was SLEEP!) The drive was actually pretty quick...until we hit the Texas border...THEN it went on FOREVER! Ronald thought we were getting close, but I knew better having travled out of Texas many many times! We hit the border around 7am, didn't get to my parents until 1:30 that afternoon!

I'd say the kids traveld just fine!  Wouldn't you?

A new Milestone...

We can't believe how fast Landon is learning and growing!  He can..

Wave Hi!

Wave Bye!

*Not sure if HE knows it yet but he can*

Say Bye

Say Dadadada

Say Momomom

He has NO teeth ( I swear he's been teething for 6 months) but he can

Eat anything and everything WE eat!

He loves to

Play Peek a Boo

Push Cars and Tractors around the house

Play with anything Madilyn has out...especially the little teeny tiny toys!

But most recently he has started WALKING!!

While we were down in Texas he started getting braver.  He'd take two or three mini-steps. Then he got sick.  REALLY SICK he didn't even move if he didn't have to.  Now that he's better he's really taken off. 

The Hunting Family Christmas Vacation

Please excuse the delay.  An update of the Hunting Family Christmas Vacation is currently under construction.  -We are currently sifting through seven disks of pictures to find the ones most suitable for the blog!  An update will be posted of our fun filled adventure ASAP along with a background change.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADILYN!

I can't believe Madilyn turned 3 years old today! 

We had a little party for her in Texas with my side of the family.  Madilyn's favorite show is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on playhouse disney, so we threw her a Micky Mouse Party! We played "Mouse Mouse Mikey" aka duck duck goose and pin the bow on Daisy! Then opened a few presents and had cupcakes and icecream!

Here she is trying to catch me!

Pinning the bow on Daisy Duck!

Not sure if you can see it,but look how excited she is for her new clothes!! THANKS GMA BOYER!

She even sang Happy Birthday to herself! ...I made "cute" little mice cupcakes...they looked pretty scarry by the end of the night!

Since today is her REAL birthday we just invited her little friend Trixie over.  We painted nails, played Candyland and just let the kidos play!

(Don't ask me why we still buy real toys!!) Don't you love their little chairs!?!-the styrophome from one of MY Christmas presents!

This weekend we'll have yet ANOTHER birthday party with Ron's side of the family!

December 8, 2009

This week I...

Started working out again (thanks brooke!)

Finished ALL my Christmas Shopping!

Did some stitching on my quilt!

Haven't let Madilyn watch as much TV...we've painted nails, colored and listened to Christmas Music, Puzzles, Stories...

Started babysitting again, but don't for how long...

Cleaned my stove (it was only 6 months over due)

Think I got all the cob webs, but they'll be for next week I'm sure!

But most imporatly, Finalized our Christmas Plans!

Leaving next Thursday and staying with Grandpa (I better call and ask!), Make it to Kansas for night 2, then on to Texas until the 3rd of January!

When she's tired, SHE'S TIRED!

The day I went Christmas Shopping, I took Madilyn and Landon to a babysitter.  Madilyn had a BLAST!  She didn't want to come home, but once we did she was so tired she wanted to go straight to bed.  I told her she needed to eat dinner first.  She wasn't happy!  I guess I should have believed her:

Merry Christmas Ronald!

I finally picked a day to go and get all my Christmas Shopping done!  I was so excited!  I love shopping when I can actually spend lots of money!!  :) I took BOTH my kids to a sitter and headed to town! I had to exchange a few things from my Black Friday Shopping Trip and got some other things.  Then I decided to go to the pet store.  For the last six months Ron has always wanted a fish tank.  He really wanted one for our anniversary, but I wanted to surprise him and get if for Christmas.

*In the past, my gifts are usually pretty boring or cheesy because I either can't pick them out or he wants something like a new sled (snowmobile).  The only year I did surprise him good, I didn't get to see his reaction. He made a deal with my little sister!  She peeked at all her presents under the tree, and she showed him the package I MAILED to Texas specifically so he wouldn't find them in my suitcase before we flew down there!* 

So this year I KNEW he was going to be surprised for sure!  I was going to get a friend to set it up while we were gone, then take a picture of it so I could put it in his stocking! BUT, I dropped my keys in the trunk of my car while loading the 20 gallon fish tank.  I had no other choice BUT to call him and ask him what to do!!  I was hopping he would tell me how I could fix it on my own, but he said he'd be on his way.  I was all but in tears!  It was going to be another Christmas with no surprises for him.  I walked to Subway to eat lunch and waited for him to come and get me.  It wasn't until then that I told him where I was really parked, earlier I had lied hoping he wouldn't be the one to rescue me! I had no other explaination for being parked at Petsmart!!  Even though it wasn't Christmas, he was super excited!  We went back into the store and spent at least a half hour discussing fish, decorations, and how to set it up.  He was just like a little boy!

 I think it turned out better that he found out early.  I didn't realize how much work went into getting an aquarium set up! He spent all Thursday night reading everything he could on the internet so he knew exactly what he wanted and needed to do, then all Friday afternoon setting it up.  THEN Friday night he decided he needed to make a trip to Petsmart just to get a fancy thermometer and ended up getting the fish then too!  (We were going to wait till after our trip to Texas).  BTW it was his THIRD trip to town that day: first to get a stand to put the tank on, second the garbage disposal chucked a nut, and THEN just to get a silly thermometer! He knew for sure we could make it back home...sure enough we didn't, we ran out of gas!!  We ended up sitting on the side of the highway for half an hour waiting for Taylor to rescue us from the bitter cold 1 degree temperature at 10:00 at night-ALL FOR SOME STINKIN" FISH!!  But I'd have to say its all been worth it.  *Maybe not worth it for FISH, but was to see him happy!*