Christmas 2011

Sunday - December 25, 2011

We had a really fun Christmas!

 After we finished opening all the presents, Alissa had to go and lay down.  She really was feeling yucky and super sick.  She took some of her new toys with her so she could play with them while she was in bed.

 Brinley loves her new doll.  She feeds it this special baby food then it poops it out.  It's pretty disgusting, but Brinley wanted it so bad.  She is so happy to have this doll.

 That is sooooo....... Gross!

 The best thing about living out in the middle of nowhere is when you are done opening your gifts and you have a ton of garbage from the boxes and wrapping paper, you can just take it outside and burn it.  I think that is my favorite way to get rid of the garbage.  Usually it takes us weeks to be able to get rid of all the extra garbage from Christmas.  The garbage can can only hold so much, so we have to stuff as much in as it will hold each week until all the extra garbage is gone.  This way is much faster and much nicer.

Christmas Eve 2011

Saturday - December 24, 2011

Money was really tight for Christmas this year.  It usually is.  Some friends from our old neighborhood, said they were going to drop off some gifts for the kids from somebody else in our old ward,  They wouldn't say who they were from.  I was sitting and relaxing in front of the tv watching the fireplace show and listening to Christmas music while I waited for our neighbors to come with the gifts.  While I was waiting, there was a knock at the door.  I thought it was them.  I opened the door and nobody was there.  Just a large stack of Christmas presents.  It was so nice!  I was so excited thinking about what a fun Christmas this would be for the kids.  I assumed that our old neighbor's, the Beverly's had delivered them, since I was expecting them.  I thought it was odd and kind of funny that they decided to leave them at the door step and hide, but thankful anyway.  So, I brought the gifts in, hid them in my room so the kids would be surprised tonight, and sat back down to enjoy the music and pretend fire.  I had just got comfortable again, when there was another knock on the door.  It was the Beverly's bringing the gifts.  I was so surprised!  And they brought way more gifts than I expected!  It was such a surprise to have so much help this year.  I feel so happy and so thankful for people helping us out.  The kids are going to have a really good Christmas this year.

My cute little Brinley was nice and and came in the living room to pose in front of the Christmas tree for me.  She was getting a little bored and impatient for bedtime to get here, so after I took her picture, we turned on some Christmas music and she danced around the living room for a while.

 Alissa decided to play the computer to help the time go by.  All the kids are feeling a little sick, so that's a bummer.

 Parker took a nap.  I didn't let him sleep too long, since I want him to be able to sleep tonight.

 The sun went down, but it still wasn't time to do our Christmas Eve fun, so the kids found different ways to help pass the time.  Brinley played tea party with her doll and stuffed animals.

 Parker and Alissa played Uno.

 Roger chillin' at the computer.

After playing tea party, we all watched a movie together.  Brinley fell asleep.  I didn't let her sleep very long before I woke her up to enjoy Christmas Eve.  It's finally time!  We let the kids open their Christmas pajamas.  After they got their jammies on, we let them each open up one gift from each other.

 They loved their gifts.  We had a really enjoyable night.  The kids were excited for bed.  This is how the living room looks now.  I can't wait for the kiddos to wake up and see what Santa brought them!

The Moser Family Christmas Party - December 18, 2011

Sunday - December 18, 2011

We all met at the Wilding's house for the Moser Family Christmas Party.  I had my camera and wanted some pictures, but I didn't feel like getting up, walking around, and taking pictures.  So, I gave the camera to the kids and told them to take pictures so we could remember the fun times we are having at our family party.  The majority of the pictures taken at this party were taken by the kids.  Two times Parker came in and took my picture.  Each time, I was telling him not to.  Each time, I ended up making a weird face and looking really goofy.

 We had a yummy dinner

 then we all gathered in the family room to exchange gifts

 Atreyu opening his gift.  What a handsome boy!

 Roger looks super stylin' in his hat and glasses.

After we did our gift exchange, we all gathered around for a family talent show.  It was a lot of fun.  It was mostly the kids who shared their talents.  They were super cute.  After the talents, Grandma Moser shared a nice Christmas message with us.  It was a really fun family party.

Playing on the Hay - December 10, 2011

Saturday - December 10, 2011

We went outside to walk around and enjoy the farm that we now live on.  The kids have been playing on the hay a lot with the other kids that live near by.  The kids were excited to show us how they like to play on the hay.  As I was watching the kids play, it occurred to me that this would be a good place to take pictures.  I wanted to be in the pictures that we would take, so I set the camera on a fence and set the timer to snap some pictures.  Brinley was sitting there so cute, so I thought I'd run over and pose next to her for a picture.  On the first shot, Roger quickly jumped in front of the camera.  It was annoying, but funny.  We all had a good laugh.  I set the timer again to have another go at it.  This time both Alissa and Roger jumped in front of the camera.  I was frustrated, but it was funny, so we had another good laugh.

I tried one more time.  This time Roger said that he wouldn't jump in front and he told Alissa she had to stay back also.  He lied.  He dove on the hay just before the camera snapped the picture.

 Since the self portraits didn't work, I picked up the camera to just take some cute pictures of the family playing.

 Parker climbed up really high on the hay thinking he would jump down.  When he looked down, he realized that he was too scared to jump.  Roger tried to help him and Alissa climbed up to show him that the jump is easy.  But he was still too scared.  He sat up there for a while crying.  He wouldn't listen to any advice we gave him about how to get down.  We even told him to just go back the way that he got up, but he refused.  He wouldn't budge, so we let him just chill up their while I continued to take pictures.

 I gave the camera to roger for a little bit, so I could be in some of the pictures.  Eventually, Parker got up the courage and jumped down.  Once he jumped, he realized that it wasn't as scary as he had imagined it to be.  He was happy to be down though.

 We set the camera on the fence and took a couple family photos.

 Alissa climbed up to jump off of the hay one more time.  Parker said he wanted to jump again also, but we wouldn't let him because he threw such a big fit last time.

 Roger looking at the bull that lives in that cage.

 Alissa was nice and sat down for me to take some pictures of her.

 Some pictures of us wandering.  We went for a short walk down the dirt road.  It was getting pretty cold, so we came in after that.

 Brinley took a bath and put on an outfit that she thought was super cute, so I took her picture.