christmas 2010

how is 2010 over already? looking ahead it seems as if the year will never come to an end, but looking back you don't know where the time went. as great as 2010 was, we are looking forward to an exciting 2011!

i recently turned in my "do not plan to return for employment with the iron county school district" and 4 months from now i will officially be a stay-at-home-mom! although i sure will miss my 4 hours out of the house everyday, i'm really looking forward to just staying home with the kids. in april mason will be 2! (HOLY COW!!) he is already so smart it makes me sick and i cant even count how many people comment on what a good looking kid he is! in may curtis will be graduating (WAHOO!!). i am so proud of him and seriously couldn't ask for a harder worker husband! he still has his job offer though we still aren't sure where or when we will be moving. we are guessing back east (virginia or new jersey area but hoping for texas!) and it sounds like late summer/early fall will be the departing time. we will know more info in the upcoming months. also in may is baby #2's due date! my tummy is finally starting to protrude and i had pull out the maternity clothes. i have been feeling the baby kick a lot lately which is exciting but they still arent packing a punch big enough for curtis to feel...he is probably tired of me putting his hand on my belly asking if he felt that :) next tuesday we get to find out the gender and we are still hoping for another boy!

those are the big events we are looking forward to and we will keep you posted as more info is available.

now for christmas!

we went and got trees with my family again this year but as a result of snow in the mountains and only ugly trees in the reachable areas, we ended up buying one anyway :)

curtis' family came out from colorado again this year. mason and talia are finally to the age where they play together and enjoy each other's company. they became inseparable and mason was still asking where talia was days after she had already gone home. mason got this tent for christmas and it was one of their favorite toys! he loves to put pillows and blankets in it, lay down and sing songs :)

we got some pretty awesome presents this year (if i must say so myself!) and it didn't even come with a huge price tag! we were really good about shopping sales and didn't buy mason more presents than we thought necessary (although between his aunt and uncle and grandparents from both sides he ended up getting spoiled anyway!) curtis got a blu-ray player and long board as his big presents and i got a kindle which i'm pretty much in love with!

on christmas eve we got to talk to my brother who is on a mission in mexico. it sounds like he is really enjoying it down there and he got his first baptism on christmas day! (i guess in mexico christmas eve is a bigger deal than the actual day) he sounds so grown up and even though he has only been down there for a couple of months, he is already picking up an accent :)

it was great to be able to see both of our families this year as next year we will probably be too far away to see any of them!

these next pictures are just some randoms that i love! talia's birthday is on the 27th so we had a little cake and ice cream party and opened presents. mason got his cupcake and ice cream all over and i couldn't resist snapping a couple of pictures!