THIS KID MAKES ME SMILE

Ever wonder what in the heck you did before kids?! This is Jax's newest form of entertainment....sneak into mom's bathroom, quietly find four qtips, insert into nose and ears, and walk into the living room for some sort of reaction. The result is usually lots of laughter. I say qtips are cheap, and this Jaxaroni is dang cute :)

ELMO LIVE

Brylen Jean clapping and dancing for Elmo!

The Wild Whitts (minus Dustin)

The Holmies

The Teeples

The Rowdy Robertsons

The Shelley's (or should we call them The Supers)

The Schofieldians

All the kiddos!

Everyone was so excited when we heard Elmo was coming to town. In fact, I think Crystal was happier than the kids. Unfortunately, they put me in charge of getting the tickets. My call to ticketmaster was pretty smooth. I had counted 20 of us going, and the guy on the other end of the phone helped me find seating up close and center. The tickets were emailed, and I told the Holm clan to be ready for Elmo December 17, 2009. Melissa volunteered to reserve the hotel rooms. She's pretty organized, and even called me to verify the dates. Well, on Friday, December 12, I got an email asking how I liked the show. WHAT!? Yup, I told everyone the wrong day. I'm a loser. I made a few phone calls, begged, pleaded, and the fantastic people from the E Center told me they would give us tickets to any other showing. (Big sigh, sobbing stops) So we immediately started the drive to the big city, and enjoyed ourselves some Elmo and overpriced souvenirs and treats. And then we drove home...all in one day. They don't call us the Wild Whitts for nothin'!

A CAMPING WE WILL GO

Okay, gals, no obnoxious posts about how this should have been on my blog in October. Let's just say I'm "blog lazy." But I couldn't pass up these pictures. There is something about them that simply portray the carefree world of being a child, loving to get dirty, and knowing that mom will clean you all up when you're finished baking mud pies and hunting for lost treasure. Yup, it was good times camping with all the Wild Whitts.

JUST BECAUSE

Just going through my pics on the laptop, and I came across this one. This is my youngest sister and my youngest brother. Do they have gorgeous eyes or what? I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my family!

Christmas--Eastern Utah Style!

Jase w/ Santa Clause.

Jaxon w/ Santa. He cried when Santa didn't hand over the Thomas Train immediately.

Our hot chocolate delivery boys. You could hear the ladies whistling at them the entire time they walked down the street :)

One of my holiday princesses.

The entire gang waiting for the Helper, Utah, light parade!

For those of you who do not know, I have two brothers and two sisters in Price, Utah. Yup, I'm pretty much alone in good, ol' Cedar City. So last weekend, Dustin and I along with the boys packed up our clothes for a couple of nights and headed to Helper--Utah's Christmas Town. They didn't disappoint. We enjoyed a fantastic light parade and Breakfast w/ Santa. They also had fireworks at the end of the parade on Saturday night. We watched them from Russell's window while we ate a delicious dinner. It doesn't get better than that! So here's a huge THANK YOU to Melissa, Crystal, Russell, and Nils! We had a blast!

The Christmas Tree

I love Christmas trees. I love the type that look like they can't hold one more ornament. I love the fabulous, stylish, ornate trees that deck the halls of shopping malls, Tai Pan, and Roberts Craft. Unfortunately, I don't have the same talent for putting one of these trees together. And although I have been known to splurge on certain items, I cannot bring myself to spend over a thousand dollars on such a tree.

This year I put up the smaller tree in the boys' playroom. They were ecstatic. They gathered all my candy cane decorations from last year, and went to town hanging as many ornaments as possible on one small tree branch. After taking pics of the finished project, I would have to say I would pay over a thousand dollars for this tree and the cute boys posing by it's side.

So yes, I love Christmas trees, but more imporantly, I love the magic and innocence of Christmas as seen through my children's eyes. Oh, and now I have to buy new tree ornaments. Watch out, Tai Pan!