Merry Christmas!

We would like to wish every one a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I hope every one enjoys this time with there Family and be safe.

Happy Anniversary!

Yesterday December 14th Ben and I celebrated our Anniversary. Ben and I have been married now for 6 years. Since yesterday was Sunday we celebrated it on Saturday. We had the opportunity to go to the Temple and do sealing. We always do that around our Anniversary, Its a tradition we have. We then went to lunch and the movies that night. I just want to say how lucky I am to have found some one who loves me so much as Ben does. Hes a great husband and a provider. Not only is he good to me but hes a wonderful father. I love Ben so much and I'm so happy to be married to him. We have grown so much together and learned a lot from each other. I'm happy to know that were sealed to one another for All Time and Eternity.
Ben I LOVE YOU!!

St. Augustine

Friday we as a family went and Visited St. Augustine. We had such a wonderful time. Even the boys were well behaved. We started out by doing some shopping. If you haven't done any Christmas shopping yet , go there! They have great deals and are always cheap.


(They boys taking a break while we were shopping.)

After we went to old town. We stopped and had dinner at Pizza alley. They are known for the #1 pizza in St Augustine and men are they right. There pizza was Delicious.. Try going there. We then went and saw the Christmas Tree. They boys loved seeing all the lights and they had this one man band which was cool. We had such a fun time!

The boys and I
Ben and the boys.

Clifford and Santa

Today at our mall they had it where the kids got to eat breakfast with Clifford the big Red dog and Santa. I thought that would be a fun thing for the kids to do. The kids really loved it. Ethan didn't want his picture taken with them but Erech did. Erech would give them High Five and hugs. He was so cute. On top of everything Chick-fil-A gave us all free Breakfast. Afterwords we let the kids ride the train and see the signing Bears. We had a great time this morning spending time together. Erech and I with Clifford.

Santa visiting all the kids.
and he came and visited us.

Christmas Countdown

Ethan kept asking me "Is it Christmas yet?" So I decided to do a craft with them for FHE involving a Christmas count down. We colored this Santa. I got this idea from this site.
http://crafts.kaboose.com/santas-beard-advent-calendar.html
They also have other great ideas. So know Ethan knows How many days are left till Christmas.

Early Christmas Present.

So this Friday one of my Christmas presents arrived early. Ben let me open it since this year will be spending Christmas with his family. So guess what it was?? OK I'll tell you . Its Guitar Hero for our x-box 360. I was so excited! This game is so much fun. We been playing it every night. I'm still on the easy level, but that's OK with me.

Sarah and I Playing
Aaron and Ben Rocking on!! Honey, Thank you so much for my Present. I Love It!

Time with Hubby

Its been so nice having my dad around. For a while now Ben and I have been able to do date night every Friday. My dad has been nice enough to watch the kids for us. So This Friday we had the chance to so seethe movie Four Christmas. I've been waiting to see this movie for awhile now. I really liked this movie. It was funny and cute.Even Ben enjoyed it. Go See it!

Thanksgiving

I hope you all had a great thanksgiving. We had a great time spending Thanksgiving with family and friends. This year we went to my sisters house. Her husband and her did a great job on all the food. It tasted Delicious. Here are some pictures of our night.
Ethan and Baby Emily
Sarah and Aaron
Tyler, Ethan, and Erech ready to eat

Weekend

I love when the weekend comes around. To me its Family time and I love it. So this past weekend we got my dad to watch the kids so we can go out and enjoy time with our friends. We had a great time doing that. On Saturday we as a Family went and saw the Movie Bolt. I was a little nervous at first because I dint know how Erech would be. He ended up doing really well. Ethan and Erech sat there watched the whole movie eating popcorn together. This movie was really cute. A good one for the family to see. Check it out!

Thankful...

This past week They boys and I made a turkey craft using their hand and foot. They were good about me tracing them but I did all of the cutting. Which this craft turned into me doing it all. Anyways here are pictures.
I asked Ethan what he was thankful for and he said"For Erech to play with."
I thought that was very nice of him to think of his brother.

I also asked Erech what he was thankful for and he said" My blankie".

I then thought of all the things that I'm grateful for. Here are couple of them
1) My Husband Ben... Hes a great provider for our family. He loves me very much. Hes patient and understanding with me. Don't get me wrong I get mad at him at times but we work it out. Hes my best friend.
2)My little Boys Ethan and Erech. I could not imagine my life with out them. These boys make me laugh every day. I love getting hugs and kisses from them. They are everything to me.
3) My family.. They support me through with everything I do in life. They are always there for me. I have the best family..
4) My Church.. I'm very grateful to have the gospel in my life. For all the blessings it has given my family. I know that church is True. I know our Savior lives and loves each and everyone of us.
5) My friends. I would have to say I have the Best of Friends a girl could ask for.

My list can go on...... What are you thankful for ?

Day out with Ethan

This Saturday I got the Chance to spend the whole day with Ethan. We started out by doing some shopping. He was super good the whole time. Afterward I asked him where we wanted to go for lunch and he said McDonald s. So we went and had lunch there. We then got home and got ready to go see The movie Madagascar 2.

This movie was super cute. Ethan really liked it. He sat there the whole time and ate almost a medium bag of popcorn all by him self. We then came home and got Erech to go to Alyssa Birthday party. The boys had tons of Fun at the party. I had a blast Spending time with just Ethan.
Happy Birthday Alyssa

VOTE

I hope everyone is voting today. Get out and do it!Happy Voting Day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALICIA!

Today my niece Alicia turned 3 years old. Wow how time fly's by. This past weekend we had a family birthday party for her. We had tons of fun. Alicia is a super smart girl. She was so excite the whole time . Here are some pictures of her birthday party.
Alicia, Happy Birthday! We love you very much. xoxoxo

Happy Halloween

This year for Halloween we took the boys to the Jacksonville Zoo for there Spooktacular event. We had a great time. They had tons of station passing out candy and treats. They had music and things for the kids to do. It was busy but we had fun.



The pictures above are of the boys fishing for spiders at our wards festival.
Our ward had there Fall Festival this year and they put together games and truck-or treating for the kids. They had a blast going from car to car to get candy. I love Halloween. I know the boys enjoyed it too. I know they had a blast with their costumes. The next morning the wanted to wear it around the house to. Which I let them to get my moneys worth.

Hubby Tag.

Where did you meet your husband?
I met my husband through his brother Jay at Institute.
2. How long did you date before you got married?
Well we met in January and got married in December. Almost 1 year

3. How long have you been married? December will be 6 years.

4. What does he do that surprises you?
He does a lot to surprise me. Hes better at it then I am.
5. What is your favorite feature of his?
I'd say his eyes and feet.

6. What is his best quality?
Wow, I could say a lot. Hes super smart, very patient person and funny.

7. Does he have a nickname for you?
No

8. What is his favorite food?
Mexican food.

9. What is his favorite sport?
None, he doesn't really like sport. He did play baseball.

10. When and where did you first kiss?
Its was in January on our first date at the church parking lot.


11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple?
We love a lone time. Going to dinner and movies. He likes to shop with me too.
12. Do you have any children?
Two boys.

13. Does he have any hidden talents?
I think hes a really good singer which he thinks otherwise. Hes really funny.

14. How old is he?
27

15. Who said 'I love you' first? He did, which he said it like few days after we met.

16. What is his favorite music?
He likes a lot of different types of music. I would have to say his favorite is rock-n-roll

17. What do you admire most about him?
Wow, I admire a lot about Ben. Hes a great husband and father. Hes kind and loving. The best part is that I know He loves me very much!

18. What is his favorite color?
Green

19. Will he read this?
If I tell him to.


20. Who do you tag?
I tag anyone who reads this.

Photo Tag

For this tag you find the 5th folder in your pictures, pick the 5th picture in that folder and blog about it. This picture is of my sister Jen and her son Tyler. It was taken after my sister gave Birth to her new Baby Emily. Tyler came to the hospital to see his mom and sister.( In the back that is Allison holding baby Emily.) I love my sister:)

FHE/ GHOST

Since Halloween is around the corner we decided for Family Home Evening to make some Ghosts. We started out by making a craft ghost.


They boys making their Ghost
The finished project..


Afterward we went and hung our ghost outside.
That evening we also made Ghost cookies. Those were fun and messy to make.



To end our night off we Rented the movie Casper. We had Such a fun Ghostly night.

Here are Direction for the cookies if you want to make them with your family.

Prep Time:
45 min

Total Time:
45 min

Makes:
18 servings, 1 cookie each

What You Need

1 pkg. (6 oz.) BAKER'S White Chocolate

18 NUTTER BUTTER Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

decorating gels and/or assorted small candies

Make It

MICROWAVE chocolate in medium microwavable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 minutes or until chocolate is completely melted, stirring every 30 seconds.

SPREAD chocolate onto one side of each cookie for the ghost's "body." Cool slightly.

DECORATE with gels and/or candies to create "faces." Cool until chocolate is set.

Biketober Fest

This past weekend in Daytona Beach we had Biketober fest. That's where the bikers come down for the weekend and show off there bikes, and also to enjoy the ride. Well Erech wanted to join them. So we got him his own bike. He also wanted a tattoo to fit in. Ben and I gave in and let him get one on his arm. So here is a picture of his new tatto and new Bike.


It only took about 1 minute to get his tattoo. The tattoo artist was super fast :)
Here he is on his new ride.(And yes he wanted to be nude like the rest of them)

Awesome Bike

As I was driving home today I noticed this awesome looking bike. I had to take a picture and share. The picture its not all that great because I took it as I was driving. The kids thought this bike was so cool looking. If you click on the picture you can see it bigger.

Pumpkins

On Monday night for Family Home Evening well all painted pumpkins for Halloween. We decided to paint then this year instead of carving them. They boys had a great time doing this.

They boys painting:)


Ethan's Masterpiece Erech's Masterpiece


The Hill's Pumpkin. Staring from the left
Ben, Mine, Ethan and Erech's

Fire Safety

Today our local Chick-fil-a had a fire safety block party. We had tons of fun. The boys learned about fire and got to sit on a fire truck. They gave out goodies bags, they had a dalmatian dog there, and a jumpy house. It was a blast!! Here our some pictures of our fun day.