A little Christmas, a new sunbeam, twins day and more!

First, I'd like to say Thanks to everyone who responded to my call for help! I really appreciate it, it helped calm my nerves a little to know people out there would support me if it came to that, but we found our last runner, and I think we are set for RAGNAR! Yeah, look out April 15th, there will be a major blog about that!
So I figured I would try and finish the updating! Starting off with Twins day at the kids school. I dont actually like to support these kind of things, because I think it makes some kids feel left out if they dont come up with a close friend, so on that note, I never mention it, remind them, or bring it up to the kids, because either way it just wasnt a big deal! But this year, they both had good friends that they arranged things with. Jake apparently could have given me a weeks notice, but instead his friends dad had to let me know a couple days before, and then Lily sweetly let me know the NIGHT before! So we didnt come up with anything really great but it was a lot of fun for the kids to have a "twin"! Even funnier, Jakes friends name is Jacob, so they even matched names they said!

Here is CODY the SUNBEAM!! Another reminder that my baby isnt a baby anymore. I was so excited for this day and super nervous! He has actually had a rough time with me being in nursery. I never had any problems with him until I started as the nursery leader. Anyways, he was not looking forward to the idea of leaving me and being in a new class, so I made it this big fun deal, had a little graduation for all 10 of the leaving sunbeams, gave them candy, sunglasses. The parents loved it, some kids liked it. By the time they walked into the primary room though, several kids were crying, including Cody. He wouldnt let me leave his side. He is still having a rough time, and Nephi is constantly called back to helping out a little. Sad, huh? Oh well though, because neither Jake nor Lily ever cared that I was around. At least this shows he loves me :) Doesnt he look like he is up to some trouble though in this pic?

Okay, and here are some Christmas pics, of course we made gingerbread houses... or graham cracker houses I mean... well graham cracker creations... apparently my family was in a little bit of a funny mood, because there were all sorts of creations that night! Everyones favorite though, was Nephis AT-AT walker... complete with gummy bear Luke hanging from a rope underneath.

We had houses, a nativity scene, forts, castles, modern art, an AT-AT walker, but mostly we had lots of fun! Cant wait to see what we all come up with next year! We should make this a competition.. that way the Alders can still compete with pics!

One more post...

Okay, I'm getting to the point of desperation... As you know I'm doing Ragnar... and we are still short one runner, anyone out there crazy enough to run to San Diego overnight? We do need someone that is a serious runner, but we might just be able to improvise if need be... but seriously before I pull my hair out let me know :)

Dont be fooled!... I'm not going to get any better at blogging!!

But since I actually have a couple of minutes I thought I'd update a little. Lets see... Holidays were great, my sis came into town with her family and we of course promptly got everyone sick, but had a ton of fun nonetheless! I wish I had all the pics to prove it, but most pictures were taken with Nephis camera, and for some mysterious reason, he cant get them on our computer... But eventually you may see some of the fun! Anyways, the only pics I had to share were our almost christmas card pictures. We were SOO busy that we didnt have the time to actually make any cards, but we at least attempted! Here is my cute family!

Since these pictures were taken Lily chopped off ten inches of her hair and donated it to locks of love (her own decision-it wasnt just because I was tired of fighting with her about her hair). Cody has also recently gotten a major haircut. Both kids look adorable, I'm hoping that even sooner I will get their more recent looks up someday. Seriously though, Lily looks so cute with her hair short!

Jake is doing well in school he missed a whole week because he was sick, but he is so smart and caught up on everything quick! He is about to start soccer again and is really excited.

Nephi and I have started school again, I have 2 classes and he has 1. Mine are really hard, and he LOVES his! I'm taking College Algebra, and cultural anthropology, and he is taking another photography class. School has been hitting us really hard so far this semester because it just makes us more busy.

We finally SOLD THE BUSINESS! Thus, our biggest reason for being extra busy this year.

Big news right? We just sold it a few weeks ago, and now we are tottally preoccupied with finding another more permanent occupation for Nephi. It was a huge decision for us, to part with the business. We have had it for 7 1/2 years! But, it was time, and we are happy with our decision and the outcome of it.

Lastly, in our busy lives right now... I've decided to do the RAGNAR relay race. I know, I'm crazy, I keep reminding myself of it. For those of you that dont know, it is a relay race that involves a group of 12 tag teaming it from huntington beach to Coronado Island. Approximately 202.2 miles. I know crazy, right? AND I'm the leader of the group!

So in case you havent figured out yet, we are EXTREMELY busy so please forgive me as you have in the past for not blogging as I should and wish I could... but wish us luck for all the craziness we have recently found ourselves in :)