Christmas day the Mitchell way.

Lucas was the first one up and he took out his stocking goodies one by one. Brian came out and went straight to Jacob's toy from Santa. He then dumped out his stocking.

 

Lil B got just what he asked for. A blue dump truck.

Jacob was more interested in tearing wrapping paper than in anything.

Christmas was on a Sunday this year. The boys went thru their stockings and played with their gifts from Santa. They had frozen waffles for breakfast and we went to church for sacrament meeting. We came home and delivered a few plates of cinnamon rolls to the neighbors whom were not at home. Big surprise. We had Grandma's biscuits and gravy and then opened gifts.

 Grandma Anderson gave the boys church clothes and lots of books. Aunt Lara gave the boys lots of games and action figures.

 Grandma and Grandpa Mitchell got the boys a black and decker workshop. Uncle Danny gave the boys an RC track and remote control cars. Jacob got a fisher price animal zoo.

 This is the year the boys all got light sabers.

 Grandpa Mitchell hiding from Lil B with a surprise attack.

 Singing Happy Birthday to Jesus and eating red velvet cake for dessert. It was a joy to have Grandma and Grandpa stay for a few days. They watched the boys while Brian and I went to see the Sherlock Holmes movie.

This is what Grandma Anderson made. It's the theme that we are working on with the boys this year. No matter how hard things are to do, we need to try our best.

 I scored big this Christmas since I was given a laminator to laminate all the boys projects and a sign that had one of my favorite quotes.

Brian has been enjoying his Christmas present which was the Star Wars computer game for awhile now.



Christmas Eve

 Sugar cookies with Grandma.

We are continuing the tradition of opening Pjs on Christmas Eve.

 Watching The Christmas Story. It's not as good as It's a Wonderful Life but it's still a classic.

 I feel like I haven't been good at taking as many pictures of this lil guy compared to his brothers. I'll try and do better. The boys sprinkled reindeer food outside and our walkway was all sparkly. It was a cute.

 The newest additions to our Christmas decor would be the kids fisher price Nativity and Brian has his own Star Wars tree. Next time I'll have my Rustic woodlands tree with all my bear ornaments.



December brought several fun Christmas festivities. I went to a Mom's Night Out  dinner and we had an ornament exchange so this is what I came up with. It was fun. I forgot to take a picture of what I got. It was a color changing snowman. It was a hit with the boys because it lit up.

Brian had his Happy Birthday Jesus party at his Preschool.

He played the drum in the musical presentation and you can kinda see how tall he is.

Seeing Santa at the Ward Christmas dinner party.

Lucas asked for a spider man car.

 The boys had lots to say to Santa in telling him what they wanted for Christmas.  Lil B asked for a blue dump truck.

 Jacob did super with Santa. He didn't start crying until after he got off of Santa's lap.



Thanksgiving 2011

We sat down to have a Thanksgiving Feast with this amazing family. The Murreys. It was kinda sad knowing that this will be our last dinner before they make a big move to Texas. The Murreys are who we called to watch Lil B while I went to labor at 4am with Lucas. We've had several dinners, FHE's, game nights, playdates, babysitting swaps, and beach trips together. Great times and they will be truely missed. They taught us the game Ticket to Ride and the Construction game. We'll have to add those to our game selection.  

Thanksgiving dinner was very delicious. I tried a few new recipes and was pleased on how they turned out. Brian deep fried a blue berry filled Turkey. We had sweet potatoe casserole, mashed potatoes, rolls, a cranberry/creamcheese side, rasberry pretzel salad, mandarin orange poppyseed salad, and a few different kinds of desserts. Jerry joined us for dessert so it was fun seeing him. We have so much to be thankful for. It's been a great year and it was nice to reflect on all our many blessings.

2011 Peanut Festival with my boys.

We took the boys to the Peanut Festival and they had a great time. They tried the Famous Corn Dog Man. Although none of us could figure out what was so great about it. Our expectations were high since the line was so long. Corn dogs are Lil B's favorite and he didn't even finish his.  We saw the dolphin show and this was the first year the boys actually rode rides. I was shocked that Lil Brian rode the Ferris wheel but I guess with Dad by his side, he could do anything.

The day was gorgeous but it got down to the lower 40's so we didn't stay to watch the end of the Demo Derby. We caught most of it.

This is the boys first coming off the Ferris Wheel.

 The boys dug for treasure in the peanuts. Checked out sheep and chickens. The petting zoo was not disappointing. .  We strolled thru the arts and crafts and the photography displays.

We finished off the day with cotton candy and the demolition derby. There was plenty of action with the cars flipping and catching on fire. It was the perfect day with my boys and I know they'll be wanting to go again next year.