Best Reaction

Here's the best reaction from Christmas this year.

(Background Info: Isaac loves infomercials and is always telling me about these "amazing" things that we should buy. His most recent obsession is the Aluma Wallet. If you want to see the commercial, check it out on youtube.)

So...we decided to get him an Aluma Wallet for Christmas.
It's such a weird gift for a 5-year-old (or anyone!),
but check out his excitement...

Christmas Memories

I'm finally getting around to blogging about Christmas! We had a wonderful Christmas this year. Every year is more and more fun with our boys. They both remembered Christmas last year, so they both felt that anticipation and excitement about what was coming. We spent Christmas Eve with the Allen family (at Grandma and Grandpa's empty house!). They just moved in and had no furniture, so we threw up some folding chairs and tables and had a great time! :) Then we went home for the night and had our first Christmas morning at our home with just our little family. The boys loved every second of it and were so much fun.

Here's the recap in pictures:

Isaac waiting for Christmas Eve dinner

Love his cheesy smile! :)

Grandma with all the grandkids
She started a fun tradition where she reads a Christmas story
to the kids and they pass around little gifts.
When the story is over,
they get to open the present they ended up with.

Here they are "in action"

Cute little cousin Kaleb loves Trevor...
he insisted on sitting in his lap! :)

Opening their gifts

As soon as we got home, the boys were rushing around to get to bed.
They barely had time to leave cookies for Santa!
(Best bedtime EVER...they went to bed without a peep!)

Here are the "piles" from Santa

Christmas morning!!!

Here they are showing what they had asked Santa for.
(Isaac-a baby penguin, Trev-a baby squirrel)

They were thrilled that Santa ate their cookies.
Funny story...
In this picture, Trev is holding the piece that Santa left.
When he did that,
Isaac said, "Eww, Trevor! I wouldn't hold that.
It has Santa's germs all over it!"
Ha ha. He may or may not get that from me. :)

My cute boys...so happy!

Trevor with his "baby squirrel"

Isaac feeding his penguin

Opening their scooters from Mom and Dad

The boys gave Daddy a new ASU hat

And I got "The Help" and a sparkly pink bracelet.

After opening presents, we called Grammy and Papa
to share our Christmas morning with them.
We really missed them AGAIN this year, but were

grateful to have them be part of our Christmas.

After that, we rushed off to church,
where Isaac got to singwith the Primary kids.
He was so excited about it and did a great job!

Then we came home and re-grouped before heading out
to my sister's house for Christmas dinner.
It was an exhausting day, but we loved being with family
and celebrating the birth of our Savior.

Can you tell he had a great Christmas?!
(He fell asleep on the way to my sister's house.)

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

We had a great December, with lots of fun activities to get us ready for Christmas. The boys loved everything about it!

Here are some of the fun things we did:

Who doesn't love a good Christmas craft?! :)

I love how differently they painted their ornaments!
They totally match their personalities.

Decorating the tree

Santa came to our ward party and
Isaac was so excited to see him!

Trevor was a little less excited...

...but he agreed to stand next to Santa. :)

Love these boys!

We went to see some amazing "dancing lights."

And, of course, cold weather means lots of snuggles.

Isaac liked helping me make peanut clusters.

We had a really fun night making gingerbread houses
with our good friends, the Speers and Mendozas.

I'm pretty sure most of the candy
ended up in their mouths...not on their houses.

Being silly with our friend, CheriAn. :)

The boys got special e-mail messages from Santa.

So much fun...and that's before Christmas even came! :)

Soccer Stars

The boys just finished their first season of soccer. They both enjoyed it...and it was very entertaining to watch! :)

Trevor - 3.5 years old

Isaac - 5 years old

Trevor got to have his cousin, Alex, on his team.
They were super cute together!

Oh man...I love this boy.

Cute Isaac and Daddy cheering Trevor on.

Isaac liked to "warm-up" with the little boys. :)

Our buddy, Sara, came to lots of games.
They loved having her there!

After each game, they got to run through a "parent tunnel."
I'm pretty sure this was their favorite part of the games.

Check out this sweet action shot! :)

Isaac's soccer trophy

He was THRILLED that he got a "real trophy!"
Cute boy.

The Webb and Allen boys at Trevor/Alex's party.

Trevor's trophy and award.
(He won "Most Stealthlike Player") :)