I'm not dead. . . just nesting!

Randy has been laughing at me because I'm "nesting" right now. We got iPhones for Christmas, so I'm RARELY at the computer, thus the lack of posting on my blog!!!! I check my e-mail on my phone when I have two seconds, then respond to important things (most of the time; I've been much worse about replying to e-mails since I haven't been at the computer very much!). I've even been paying bills, etc. while I've been waiting for Kate at dance or gymnastics. It's been very handy to have! Plus, my kids LOVE watching movies on it. It's saved my life a couple of times when I'm on a long shopping trip with Luke and he is just done!

With all my "extra" time I've had, I've been gutting and reorganizing my whole house, getting ready for Alyssa to come! We have about 10 more weeks!! I always love when I hit the 30 week point (on this coming Sunday) because then I know I have in the single digits of weeks left!! For me, it may be more like 12 weeks instead of 10, but I'm being optismistic. I'm also determined that I'm going to go into labor this time, instead of having to be induced like I was with Kate and Luke!!! I guess we'll have to see!

We had a wonderful Christmas break. We had a quiet, peaceful Christmas at home. The kids had a great time not having many places we had to be. They loved just getting to hang out and play with their new toys!!! It was quite the shock to them when life started again, Dad had to go to work everyday, Kate had to go to school, etc.

We are looking forward to Kate's 4th birthday next week!!! I can't believe that she's already going to be 4! She started Sunbeams in primary this year and is SO cute. My neighbor across the street is the primary chorister, and she said Kate was absolutely adorable on Sunday, because she knew all of the songs and would just sing her heart out! She said that she kept pointing out to senior primary, "Look at this brand new Sunbeam! She is singing better than you guys are!!!" Kate was very proud of that!

Here are some pictures of our Christmas to get us caught back up a little. I hope everyone had a great Christmas break. We are enjoying a BEAUTIFUL day here. It's almost 70 degrees! I have five kids all day today, so I'm trying to survive the day!! I'll be ready to crash when their dad comes to get them at 5pm tonight! I'm enjoying Luke and Bradley sleeping at the same time right now!


This is in College Station (we went there for a visit and to go to the Houston temple the week before Christmas) at a Christmas lights place called Santa's Wonderland. It is a drive-through light display place. We were all in the back of Randy's parent's truck.


Our attempt at our nativity scene on Christmas Eve. Luke didn't want to leave his Joseph outfit on.


Our family picture in our Christmas pajamas. I am SO happy this turned out! We used the timer on the camera with it set on our sofa. Can you believe that everyone looked in the right spot and smiled at the same time?! What a miracle!!!



My cute Kate in her Christmas nightgown that I made her. I didn't get the elastic in the sleeves in time. She took it off Christmas morning while we were waiting for Luke to wake up and let me finish the sleeves.


My handsome little Lukey in his Christmas jamas. He LOVES Mickey, so he was thrilled to have even more Mickey jamas.


Kate and her new Nellie doll in their matching nightgowns that I made them. Kate LOVES Nellie and would take her everywhere with us if I would let her.


You can see how much she loves Nellie by how snuggled they are together! This is a little grainy because Randy took it with his phone. It's so cute to see them sleeping together like that!