Ready for next year!!

I'm sure Stephen would agree when I say I must be the greatest wife EVER!! One thing you might no know about my husband is that HE LOVES CHRISTMAS lights and decorating our house. So the "new" tradition is shopping the day after Christmas. Look at all these lights!! He's nuts HOWEVER it was super cheap!! oh yeah, I was up at 5:30 to fight the crowds for his lights

luv ya babe!!!

Christmas Morning

Corbin loved is orange from Santa Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Poling
Ava loved her "Elffie"

Christmas PJ's from Grandma and Grandpa Poling

Santa gave Ava a cool toothbrush

and a cool necklace and braclett

Santa gave Corbin some new toys too..

Santa came!!

Milk and Cookies

We had so much fun this Christmas. Ava was so excited for Santa to come. She was a little worried that Santa might burn his bum and wanted him to use the door, but I told her that we would make sure he would be safe!!

Corbin and the tree

All this boy wanted was to get that TREE!!! It drove me NUTS!!

We didn't want to put the gifts under the tree because we didn't want Ava to keep asking us when she could open them, but we finally put all the gifts under the tree. Ava never asked once about opening the gits, it was Corbin who would crawl from wherever he was and would eat the bows and ribbons, pull things down, crawl on the gifts, Ava screaming at him... oh it

DROVE ME NUTS!!!!

Christmas Eve

Hoods Christmas Eve 2009

here in Layton, Utah

This was the 1st picture, we had the camera on a timer and Stephen sat on Ava's foot

Maybe it's next years Christmas card!!
Ava Elise and Corbin Scott

The most beautiful and perfect gifts from God!!

Our Crazy, Crazy, December

Welcome to our crazy month. We have been so busy!! The only thing that I can think of is that this is our first year to stay home. Were excited to be starting new traditions with our babies. Stephen has been home a lot this month. He had time he needed to use or else he would loose it in the new year. It's been fun having him home!! He's been productive well some.....

Stephen camped our in 2 degree weather for THIS!!

He was #14 in the Grand Opening for Chick-Fil-A in Riverdale. (right in front of his store)

He get FREE Chick-Fil-A for a YEAR!! He got shirts, mugs, and lots of free stuff

Oh....he's crazy!!!

Paul was here to help us put up the Christmas tree!!
Ava decorating the tree!!

The next Picasso!!

Being silly

Surprise Surprise !!! We LOVE the snow. Who would have ever guessed!

Ava and Stephen spent HOURS outside. Stephen built Ava a toboggan!! She starts at the top of our drive way and shoots all the way across the street and to our neighbors driveway. These two are crazy!! We were the hit of the neighborhood!!

Even mommy got a turn!!

My babies!!

So...I have been super busy with this!! I directed a Christmas Pageant for my Church. It was fun and tons of work too....Ava was going to be in the pageant but at the last minute didn't want too..but she did play the Wee Bells and stole the show with her squeals and laugh!!

Corbin was in the pageant!! He was the cutest donkey ever and had every single person wrapped around his finger!!!Mommy and Ava baking out Christmas Cookies for all our friends at Costco, Staples and our neighbors!!

Just wanted to make sure they were tasting okay!!

She makes everything just perfect!!

We had Nettie, Hope and Morgan come and help!! After that we went to go look at lights and we look Nettie's convertible, we had the roof down in 20degree weather, but Ava LOVED it

Cookies decorated my the girls!!

Ava wrapping her gifts for Daddy and her little guy man!!

She is so sweeettt!!!

This is our Christmas tree so far!! Santa hasn't even come yet??

Oh yeah, Ava wanted the presents under the tree. I wasn't going to because I thought she would bug me about opening them. WRONG!!! CORBIN is getting into the tree like no tomorrow. Pulling down presents, eating the presents, eating the lights, eating the bows, eating the ornament with hooks in them, ANYTHING HE CAN EAT!!!!

Well this has been a very busy month for us. Stephen and I have managed to sneak of and have a couple dates, shopping, and Christmas parties with out our babies.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!!!

Stephen, Elisa, Ava and Corbin

Winter is here and we are luv'in it!!!!

This is the first year Ava is really into the snow. Stephen kept building ramps out of the snow and Ava loved it!!Ava and her Daddy!! We had to DRAG Ava in from the snow!!
Ava flying in the air of the ramp!

She was laughing so hard!!

This picture was AWESOME!! She landed right on her back and she said "That was Awesome"

Mommy and Ava

Daddy built her a chair!!

Our snow bunny

Ahh...and our drive way was cool too...she made it all the way over to Dan's driveway

Us girls