Our Family Vacation

For Christmas Justin took the family to Saint George for three days and nights. It was a big surprise (good job Justy for keeping it a secert for so long)! We ate out every night at places we don't have down in Kingman. It was so goooood to eat good food again! I think that I gained about 20 pounds! One of the things that the boys wanted to do the most was to go fishing. So we went to Quail Creek that is near St. George and fished for two days. The boys caught 8 fish the first day and 10 fish the second day. It was so cold that we only lasted about 2 hours each day but the boys had a blast.Clayton catching the biggest fish! Dad was right there to give advice and help.

Wade has no patience for fishing. He was running around, breaking sticks and throwing things at his little brother. So this fish was caught on Wade's pole but Clayton was watching the pole and helped reel in the fish. Great team effort!

This one Wade did catch on his own. He was so happy to be fishing again for about 2 minutes and then was bored with the whole thing again.Luke did really good for a 5 year old. He sat by his pole and waited patinetly for a fish to "eat his stinky cheese". He caught 4 fish total. Luke was so in love with his new friends that he wanted to bring them home and put the "Fishy Fish" into a bowl.

We met up with my grandparents for lunch at the Olive Garden. It is always so good to see them. My grandma always makes me laugh. She puts thing into perspective and is down to earth. But best of all she just laughs at my crazy boys and thinks that I am doing a great job at motherhood. That makes me love her even more.

The Alvey's Fun Christmas!

The boys were so excited that morning. I could hear them talking to each other at 5am. I had told them on Christmas Eve that if they came out of their rooms before 7 am they would loose a present each time that they came out. So exactly at 7am the boys ran into our room and said "Merry Christmas Mom and Dad!" It was so cute. Then we started our traditional treasure hunt for presents. It was fun for everyone!
Opening their presents from Grandma and Grandpa Alvey

Dawnie and Papa came to see us right before Christmas! We played games and had dinner.

Clayton's present from Santa was this Coast Guard Lego. He build the whole thing in about 1 hour! Crazy Smart Kid!

Wade and Luke got some Star Wars dress up clothes from Mom and Dad. They love switching from good and evil guys. They had a blast!

Let it SNOW!!!

Who says that it never snows in the desert? Well guess what it does!

Luke's Surprise

I surprised Luke with a Christmas surprise. SANTA!! He was so excited as soon as he heard the bells jingling. Luke was the first to get in line and sit on his lap. Our ward had Santa come to our play group day at the church. So it worked out great for me. I was the best mom ever for a day!!

This is my Christmas sign that I made. Justin was wondering why I put my name on it! HAHAHA!

Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving I found myself very grateful and blessed. I have both sets of grandparents that are still alive and well. I have taken for granted that they have always been there for me throughout my life and my children's lives too. I loved watching them interact with my boys. It brought back a lot of good memories from my childhood. I love my grandparents very much! We were also able to see Justin's grandma too. So this is the first trip that the boys were able to see ALL of their great-grandparents. I am also blessed with a kind and loving husband and 3 crazy wonderful boys! I hope that you all had a great holiday!!



This is in St. George on our way home. Yes that is SNOW!

These are my maternal grandparents Snookie and Papa Joe . (Sugar and Joseph to the boys)

These are my paternal grandparents, Grandma and Grandpa Curtis.

This lovely lady is Justin's maternal grandmother, Grandma Dean.

NASCAR Weekend

The boys went with Justin down to Phoenix for the race on Nov.9th! They had so much fun! Jimmie Johnson their favorite driver won the race again. Clayton and Wade are his good luck charms. Every race that they have gone to Jimmie always wins!!! The next weekend after that Jimmie won the championship! There was a PARTY at our house.