Christmas Eve Part 3

After all the excitement at Grandmas and Grandpas we headed home to get ready for Santa.

Payton opening his gift...

awesome, Cars pjs and robe

gotta make cookies to leave out for Santa!

Payton putting the cookies on the cookie sheet

Mommy reading, "Twas a night before Christmas"

leaving the cookies by the fireplace for Santa

the kids in their new pjs on Christmas Eve!!

This Christmas Eve was so much fun for all of us, but especially for Payton. He was so excited he wanted to sleep down stairs to wait for Santa. Of course Sam and I told him that if he was down stairs that Santa wouldn't come so we ushered him into his room and put him to bed. Once the kids were asleep Sam and I started putting toys together and put all of Santa's things down under the tree!

Christmas Eve with The Forbush's Part 2

After all the ugly sweater excitement it was on to presents. With Sam's family being so big we do secret santa with the families and then they do it with the cousins.



It seems that everyone was very happy with what they got from their secret santas, especially the kids.

Chrismas Eve with The Forbushs Part 1

So the day before Christmas Eve Sam has this great idea to challenge all the Forbush men to an ugly sweater contest! I was a little hesitant because it was so last minute but then was reminded that all the Forbush's are very competitive! Soon after Sam sent out the text message they all responded with a "heck yes!" Ok maybe not exactly like that but you get my drift. Needless to say Christmas Eve will never be the same. Here are some photos from this exciting event.

AND THE WINNER WAS.....

Russel with his awsome 80's sweater!!!
And the prize was....

a jock strap, size small!!!

My 25th Birthday!!

(This is a little late, but I wanted to post about it.)
I can not believe I am 25!! I know it isn't old but I remember being little and thinking it was!

Unfortunately my day didn't start out too well because my grandmother had to go into surgery and then also I had to babysit. So I was kind of a wreck until Sam came home and made me dinner and then I got word that my grandmother was ok so I was finally able to sit back and relax and enjoy what was left of my birthday. I didn't get many pictures but I was able to get a picture of Sam's surprise for me.


I didn't get a picture of the meal he made for me but it was crab legs, tilapia, baked potato and veggies with rolls!! It was really yummy.

I am so blessed to have the husband that I do. He always goes above and beyond for his family and we are so grateful for everything he does!! Thanks babe for my birthday!

"Where's your reindeer?"...

...That's what Payton asked Santa when he went to sit on his lap!! You know this time of year can be trying on all of us but things like this is what makes it all worth it. Before, Payton use to be scared of Santa. So I am really happy that he is old enough to understand and get excited over it finally. Parker on the other hand wasn't quite sure at first when we sat her down as you can see from the pictures. Then in the end all Santa had to do is offer a candy cane and then it was good enough for her!

Oh Christmas Tree...

First off we would like to thank my brother and sister in law for going out and cutting down our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree! This year instead of going to the tree lot like we've done in the past we opted for the less expensive route and got our tree from the wild!!! Isn't it great? It's definitely different. I tried to get both kids in the picture but Payton wouldn't stay put and since Parker isn't walking yet she had no choice but to be in the picture. We were going to decorate it as a family for family night but that ended up not working out and so I did it alone, which is ok cause when it comes to stuff like this I have a little ocd and want it done my way. All in all it was fun and I can't wait to celebrate this Christmas with my family!!

Lets all read the Book of Mormon!

As you all may already know our economy is not what it was and with our city bills going up and Christmas around the corner, maybe it would be a good idea to put a little faith into this mix of debt and stress. I don't know about any of you but I find it very difficult to sit down and read The Book of Mormon as I should be doing. I know I should and sometimes when I'm reading something else I'll even think I should read my scriptures but then I go back to my book and get pulled into the characters lives and forget of anything else.

Therefore I wanted to start some kind of Book Of Mormon club or competition even. Whatever helps us to to get it done. And if you don't fall into the catagory of haveing a hard time reading The Book Of Mormon then you could either just do it with us for fun or not, there's absolutely no pressure. Melissa and I were talking about it earlier that we should do something cause if other people are involved then maybe we'll do it. It's like trying to loose weight. You do it in a group cause then you're held accountable!

We were thinking of starting out small. So starting Sunday you can start with either reading a verse to a page a day, seven days a week. Of course if you want to do more you can. We're starting small cause if we do too much we'll get discouraged and not finish. Also it gives you time to take in and pray about what you've read.

I hope that at least some of you will do this with us. There is no pressure and if you did want to make it a compition let me know and maybe we can come up with some kind of prize or something!!

Leave me a comment if you want to do this with us.

My little angels

So my little angels got into a bag of cookies and here's what happened.....

One in each hand!! I guess they were just that good.

A Day To Be Thankful For!

Well here I am finally blogging about my Thanksgiving. All in all it was a wonderful day that ran pretty smoothly! I tried to get as much done as I could the day before because as you all knew I was feeding 20 mouths (yikes)!!! I was a little nervous about the turkey because I had never cooked one before but it turned out so yummy and it was so simple I couldn't believe it. Everything else after that pretty much flowed. We didn't end up eating on time but who does really? Other than that everyone I hope had a good time and was satisfied with the meal. I was asked a few times if I would do something like that again, but just calmly replied to ask me after it was all done and now as it is four days later I can surely say that I would definitely do something like that again. I love cooking and trying new things and decorating any kind of space although that to me is the most stressful. But I really liked having the chance to have Thanksgiving at our house and if given the chance again I wouldn't hesitate!!

Now as far as pictures are concerned I was so busy and Sam was in charge of the camera and he didn't really get any goods ones so I'm not even going to bother to post what we have, sorry! So you'll just have to use your imaginations how great it all looked!! Hope everyone had a great holiday and was able to think of things that you were thankful for!!