Christmas Card

Most of you should have received our Christmas Card by now. If I have your address, then it's probably in the mail. I decided to forgo printing the annual christmas "letter" in favor of posting it on my blog. I'm hoping for a record setting month on blog hits this week, so yeah, the pressure's on, huh? ;-)


Every year I like to share some "funnies" from our kids during the year. I could give a list of ten from Brayden alone. He's at that age where everything he says is funny... and it's not really what he says, but how he says it. That's just one of the joys (and trials) of having a 3 year old!


10. Brayden has a fetish for drinking my soda... he often begs for mom's "diet coke". While Grandma Carol was in town she taught him that the "gold" can means "unleaded" and that it's okay for Brayden to drink. Too bad I never buy the "gold can"...


9. Several nights ago we were talking in the car about Taylor and his "close friend who just happens to be a girl" (wink, wink...). Eric asked if they had any classes together. I piped in and said, No, Jane is in CATS...." (name has been changed to protect the innocent and CATS is our local "gifted" program). Ian shouted out, "Dad, I think you need a catscan!"

8. Several weeks ago, Brayden was upset because we didn't call on him to say the blessing on dinner. He started in with the crocodile tears... so Eric said, "Brayden you can't pray if you are crying." Instantly, he stiffened up, wiped his eyes, and sat there, silently staring down Eric... daring him to tell him he couldn't pray ever again. So Brayden prayed while we all sat at the table trying to silence the laughing!


7. Once Megan wanted to know what they use to make candles. I told her that they melted wax to do it. She said, "I hope they don't use ear wax, because that would be really gross!"


6. Braydenisms: "wankie" means "blankie".... "chocolate meatballs" means "frosted cheerios"...."chicken nugget" means my nephew, "Ben".... ..... He also likes to say, "yee-aahh, baby!" when he's excited about something and the other day, he quoted something Will Smith said in Men in Black that I can't write on the blog and still keep it rated G. Let's just say that he won't be allowed to watch those movies for a long time!


5. After going to see the light display at the Mesa Temple, Ian came home to tell me, "Mom, I saw an Island Retreat made out of lights at the Temple!" (It was supposed to be a fake water fountain made from blue lights.)


4. After driving down a street with an abundance of Christmas Lights, Taylor said, "They must have a constitution on this street that says you have to decorate for Christmas in order to live here."


3. One time Grandma Carol was asking Megan about her cousins and boy crushes. She asked Megan, "so, do you have a crush on a boy, Meg?" Megan replied with that matter-of-fact tone that only Megan can produce, "No, Grandma, I'm not even 12 yet!"


2. Driving down our friend's street this morning, we noticed that someone had gotten "TP'd". Ian said, "you could get arrested for doing something like that." I said, "No, Ian, I'm pretty sure you won't get arrested...." He said, "Well, you'll for sure be on the "naughty list" then!"

1. Once after reading some scriptures as a family that included some references of the "Messiah", we asked the kids, "who are they talking about when they talk about the Messiah?" Taylor jumped in and yelled excitedly, "Jesus Christ!!! I learned that from watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!"


Yep... we are doing our job well here! Here's hoping you have a wonderful Christmas season!