Christmas Eve with John, Carter and Lily

John and his kids came down for Christmas Eve and it was SO FUN having them here! I can't believe how big the kids are now!!

Lily loves to run and jump and play and laugh. It's the most contagious laugh ever!!


I think she's got some cousins wrapped around her fingers!


First Barbie!! Yeah!!!


Our twins...Lily and Taylor. Tay looked so much like Lily at her age. And their Birthdays are only ONE DAY apart!


Tay and Lil


Carter has grown up so much!! Here is his space shuttle toy. He knows so many cool things and he is READING at 4 1/2!!


John trying to get to all the Barbie accessories that are superglued to the packaging...


Carter and Lily....watch this neat trick....




Wouldn't you love to bend your body completely in half?!

On the ELEVENTH Date of Christmas...

Back on December 5th (Ben's Birthday) he wanted us to do some kind of service for his birthday. It's harder than you think in the month of December to give service through an organization. We wanted to do something through the Food and Care Coalition. The first opportunity that fit our whole group was making sack lunches for them to hand out at the center. So we all came together tonight to make 50 sack lunches. Grandma bought the food, Ryan and Alicia (grandmas renters and our friends!) brought the clementines and I bought the paper bags. (I think I got the good end of that deal!) Tim and I are going to deliver them to the center in the morning.

Cooper and Alicia making sure each bag is getting one of everything.

Bailey packaging cookies for the lunches.

Tay and Ryan opening tuna cans.

The final check....

On the TENTH Date of Christmas...

We watched it snow ALL DAY. That's what we did. It snowed at least a foot at our house. The kids went sledding during the day, we shoveled the driveway and sidewalks together then warmed up with hot chocolate and tomato soup.

Our original plan was to go see "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever"that night, but by the time it came to go, the girls were having fun at their friends house, Coop was at his friends house and so Tim and I decided to go down and visit with Ben instead.

On the NINTH Date of Christmas...

Game Night!! We played a new game called Hit the Deck.

Tay, Jared and Cooper

Me and Bay

Julie, Grandma and Tim

This is Jared with his million points.....but with this game, less is more.

Say CHEESE!!!

This is what Josh and Jax did when I said "Say Cheese."

Fitness Challenge....at Christmas?!

After church on Sunday we received all of this within a 3 hour span. oh....it looks so good!! I was okay after the first couple. I just smelled them...literally! and walked away. Then they kept coming and smelling just wasn't enough! But I couldn't give in. Tim was gone home teaching and I needed support!! I LOCKED myself in my bathroom with my cell phone to text my trainer. After being in there for a few minutes, I talked myself off the ledge, went back out and enjoyed the evening with my family. And I ate this.....

I am gonna look SOOOO good!!

How cute is she?!

This is my friend, Carmindy in her mom's boutique. Don't you just want to reach through the screen and kiss those cheeks?!

On the EIGHTH Date of Christmas...

We met up with Pete and his family at John's house in Salt Lake to watch the Cowboys game.

Morgan, Tay and Dad

Pete and Gigi


Tay and Jason

Edith and John

Emma and Cooper

Morgan and Lani

Edith, Emma and Gigi

Me and Tim

Three of the four Weiland Boys..John, Pete and Tim

On the SEVENTH Date of Christmas....

We did a little girls night out for our date tonight. The girls all went to Grandmas house to hang out and give each other manicures. The boys stayed home and did boy things...

Cooper's School Christmas Party

This is Cooper's AWESOME teacher!! Mrs. Soderstrom.



They had the desks all set up ready for our Christmas party!!

Tim as a Teenager!!

This is Tim in Omaha NE with his friend Jeff Lorenz circa 1974!! Jeff just emailed these pictures to Tim. what a hoot!!


A little fuzzy, but other than that...this could be any teenage boy today!

On the SIXTH DATE of Christmas...

So this night did not turn out as planned. We planned on going up to Temple Square to look at the lights and to go through the visitors center, but with the snowstorm it didn't seem like such a good idea to go over the point of the mountain {{scary and slippery}}. So the girls went to their friends concert, my mom and I went to visit Ben and Tim and Coop stayed home and did boy stuff.

We all still want to go see the lights before they're gone, so we'll wait for a clear day and go then....

On the FIFTH DATE of Christmas...

We wanted to go to a dollar movie, but there was nothing good playing so we sucked it up and paid for a real movie. We went to see Four Christmases. It was really cute! Tim and Cooper were out getting snacks while we took pictures so you'll just have to trust me that they were there!

On the FOURTH DATE of Christmas...

We went to DI, found some AWESOME sweaters, came home and decorated them. never you fear! there will be a reveal!!

On the THIRD DATE of Christmas...

We gathered in the living room, read our favorite Christmas stories then made Rice Krismas houses (the easier way to do gingerbread houses)





Tim's homage to Frank Lloyd Wright


Cooper rubbing butter on his hands. A VERY important step in shaping your house.


Tim's final house


Coops house


Taylors Christmas Bug


Jason's pimped out car