Christmas!

Christmas finally came, what Doran has been waiting for since September! I kept thinking all night that he was going to wake up early and run in and want to open presents, but it didn't happen. I woke up at 6:00 and got monkey bread going and cut up some fresh fruit for breakfast because my mom and papa k were coming to watch the boys open presents. They came at 7:00 and brought Adam with them. So I got a bell and went in and rung it while Seth recorded it. Doran jumped up the second he heard the bell and took off running in to look under the tree. Brock wasn't quite so quick to wake up, but it wasn't too bad.

Brock's favorite present while opening them was the zhuzhu pet. Doran was a little sad when he saw Brock open up a leapster and he didn't have one. A couple presents later though he got one!

Doran got Wipeout for the wii. He asking been wanting thta since September too.

Brock was very slow with his unwrapping and would want to play with toys before he opened the next one. Soon I had to start helping him so we would finish before it was night time!

I got the leapsters loaded and ready and Brock then knew what his favorite present was. He would have played it all day and night if I let him! I am glad I got it online for sucha good deal!

Brock also got a knex rollercoaster. Santa must have thought that would be comparible to the racecar track Doran got. I started setting it up, but soon realized it was going to take a long time so then I took a break. Luckily I never resumed because Seth finished it! At the rate I was going I don't think I would have finished until next week.

The final product! It is pretty fun, but you can't really play with it.

Here are the kids eating Christmas dinner at mom and papa k's. Emma and the Cloward kids weren't there.

Doran folding his arms waiting to get a present.

World's cutest Steelers fan!

My little Clairebear! Every day I get sadder and sadder because their move is getting closer and closer. :( I am going to miss them sooooo bad!

Christmas Eve

Yesterday was Christmas Eve. The boys were so excited all day. They were very good minders thanks to the 'naughty list'. Last night was the Engman family Christmas party at the Huntington's. It was so much fun!

Angie does a nativity every year and it is so awesome. The boys were both shepherds this year. I thought they looked so cute. :) Papa read the Christmas story and the kids each had their parts.

Jojo and Kailey were Mary and Joseph.

Next came Boston as baby Jesus and the shepherds and angels. Brock wouldn't go in, but Doran did. For the first minute he was trying really hard not to cry because he was nervous (you can tell in this picture that he is about to cry).

Cute baby Boston in the manger. It was such an awesome set. The manger even lit up!

He finally cheered up!

Here most of them are! So cute!

Here the boys are opening up our family gift from the Huntington's. They spoiled us.

Looks like someone needs to go potty....

Doran staring at the case of Sharkboy and Lavagirl that Aunt Ang gave!

Opening up presents from Grandma and Papa.

When we got home the boys watched a little Mickey Mouse Christmas special and then we put out the milk and cookies for Santa. I thought Doran would have a hard time going to bed because he was so excited, but it was actually Brock who was restless and couldn't get to sleep. Finally they were both asleep and Seth and I watched a couple episodes of Pit Bulls and Parolees and then went to bed so the Fat Man could come. :)

Happy Birthday Seth!

Today is Seth's 28th birthday! I think Doran is much more excited about it then he is! Doran woke Seth up singing happy birthday. The boys gave him his presents and then we had Seth's parents over for breakfast.

We went to Tucanos for lunch. Doran loved it and everytime they would bring a meat out he would yell that he wants that one too. Brock wasn't the biggest fan. We told them it was Seth's birthday so they came out with a drum and made Seth shake a maraca and his hips while they sang! They were suprised he actually did it! The boys and Jayce thought it was pretty funny, but Claire was terrified!

Claire loved the food, but not the singing and the drums!

We could never go to Tucanos without the Yakiwchuks. The reason why is Jayce! She is a carnivour. As soon as she sat down she started challenging Scot to an eating competition. She may have won too... She loves that place more then anyone in the whole world. I think she would eat there everyday if she could. She has them give her everything they bring around except the fish! Way to go Jaycee!

Happy Birthday Seth! We love you so so so so much!

Christmas party!

This year Seth's work had a Christmas party for kids. It was a lot of fun and the boys and Jayce loved it... Well, maybe just Doran and Jayce loved it. They had lots of crafts and games. The first craft was to decorate a cookie. Doran and Jayce got right to it and Brock just started eating his. It was so funny!

Then we went outside and got to watch and see Santa pull up in a fire truck! It was cool.

Jayce didn't want to write Santa a letter, but she did sit on his lap and tell him she wants a Buzz Lightyear for Christmas. I sure hope she gets it!

Doran was so scared to sit on his lap. I could tell he was about to burst into tears, but he held them in! He told him he wants an orange racecar track. (He has been telling us for atleast three months!) Once he was done he ran back up to him and gave him a hug. I was suprised that he sat on his lap because he was so scared.

Brock on the other hand was not even going to think about sitting on his lap! He wouldn't even look at him! It was funny :) He had a lot of fun though. They had popcorn, cotton candy, tons of cookies, juice, and hot cocoa! We hope they do it again every year!

Comic Relief

It has been a very interesting week for us. Monday was a really hard day. We still get sad all the time, but now we are just trying to be positive and know that our Sampy is out of pain. I thought the boys were understanding that we weren't going to ever see Sampy again, but Monday evening Brock came up to me with his sad voice and said, 'I want to go get my Sampy back'. Then I got teary eyed as I tried again to explain it all to him and then he got teary eyed and was telling me how Sampy is so sick and scared of the doctor. :( A couple days later he came up to me with a little doggy biscuit and told me he wants his Sampy back so he can give him some treats. Doran doesn't quite get it, but he knows he won't see him again.
On the other hand, Doran has given us quite a bit of comic relief this week. Here are a couple things that have made us smile...
Seth always says in a loud, funny yell, 'Who wants spankins?!' The boys used to think this was funny and Doran would tell Seth to raise his hand so he could spank Seth. The other night Seth got home from work and yelled, 'Who wants spankins' and Doran said all seriously, 'Dad, you remember what I telled you? People don't like spankins, they like hugs and tisses.' It was so cute and funny!
One day we were at the grocery store and Doran picked out a ring pop for a treat. He kept shoving it in my face telling me to open. He shoved it in my face while I was paying, loading the cart, walking to the car, strapping them in, unloading the groceries into the car, and then while I was pulling out (I suppose it would have been easier to open it right away, but I just wanted to get out of there!) Finally while I was pulling out I raised my voice at him and said, 'Doran! I said in a minute! Just hold on, I am trying to get out of here!' When I finally got out of the parking lot I looked back at him to get it and his eyes were red and full of tears and his lip was turned out and his chin was shaking. I asked him what was wrong and he said, 'You remember what I telled you? I don't like you to talk loud to me. It scares me.' It broke my heart! I held his hand the rest of the way home!
Then on Thursday Doran's preschool teacher told me he has two little girls that have crushes on him. He was playing with one of them on Thursday and sitting by her and the other girl was jealous and kept giving Doran puppy dog eyes. Then she was trying to sit inbetween them and kept telling Doran how much she loved his hat! I thought it was so cute! He is already a little ladies man!

Sampy

In June I posted that we got a dog. It actually has been a dog that has been in the Engman family for seven or eight years. However, due to a few moves in June he needed a new home and we gladly took him. When Papa brought him over that night Doran jumped out of bed and gave him a big hug and he told Papa, "She is a boy, huh Papa?"

We all instantly loved him. He is the most easy going dog you could ever imagine. He really likes to be by someone at all times. I tripped over him a few times because he would always follow me and I would turn around and there he would be. We had such a good summer with him. Seth took him running one night and he almost made it a mile, but a little bit before they hit the mile Sampy just collapsed and was done! We aren't really sure how old he is because he was adopted, but we are thinking he is around eleven now.

At the beginning of November we started to realize something might be going wrong with him so we took him into the vet. He was peeing blood and was dripping some blood and pus as well and he had lost quite a bit of weight. They said he had a UTI and an enlarged prostate, but not to worry about that. They said the UTI would more then likely come back because a male adult dog doesn't generally get one without an underlying reason. Three weeks later his prescription was gone, but he was going to the bathroom even more and was even waking us up during the night. So we took him in again and this time we did some x-rays. They didn't show any stones or anything, but his prostate was gigantic. The vet said you aren't even supposed to be able to see the prostate and his was very large. We did a blood draw to see if he could have a prostate infection, but it came back clean. We still put him on the antibiotic because it was really the last hope. A week later and he was, once again, even worse. His urine was pretty much bright red and he was sometimes crying as soon as we took him in from taking him out. I talked to the vet and from there we would have to go to an animal hospital and either try to get a cancer diagnosis with ultrasounds, biopsys, and special xrays or try to find out if he had an undecended teste through pretty much the same types of tests. He told me either way those are two serious problems and a dog his age probably wouldn't do well with either. He said putting a dog to sleep in this situation is sometimes a kind option for a dog because it just wants to feel loved and healthy. When I hung up with him I got teary eyed and knew what we would have to do. Then I went to the pantry and got him some junk food because it didn't matter anymore. The next day I told Doran and Brock that Sampy is going to leave us and go live with Heavenly Father and Jesus. Brock said, "Sampy's wiener is hurt, huh Mommy?" Doran said, "Heavenly Father and Jesus are going to be so happy because they don't have a dog. They are going to love him." I know they love him and that we have been blessed to have such a sweet and loving dog in our family and home.

Tomorrow is going to be a very hard day for us. When Doran walks into the house the first thing he does is yell for Sampy. Tomorrow he won't be there. I knew I had to post this today because I won't be able to for a long time after tomorrow. Atleast all dogs go to heaven... and even if they didn't, Sampy would. Bye Sampy. We love you so much.

What is going on???

Something wierd has happened in our house this week! Seth and the boys have been representing teams other then the Giants!!!

Now before you think we jumped ship let me explain! Uncle Zach gave all of his nephews Chiefs shirts, so of course the boys got one. I think they look pretty handsome in them. They still wear their Giants stuff on game day!

Now Seth's is a little more suprising. This season Seth and I have been playing fantasy football. In one of the first weeks of the season he and Brooks did a trade and Seth got a running back named Peyton Hillis. Ever since that trade Seth has loved him. Three weeks ago Seth even said Peyton Hillis is his favorite player in the league. I instantly thought 'birthday present'! So the next day while he was at work I ordered him a stitched Hillis jersey. Of course I gave it to him early so he could represent him! He looks so good in it and it is an awesome jersey. Hopefully soon I can get him a stitched Giants jersey (especially since I found a site that does them super cheap!). So the moral is we still are Giants fans, but why not spread the love!?

Snowman

Today the kids built their first snowman of the season! They builthim at the poop park and there wasn't much snow but I think they did a good job! In fact I think it is the cutest snowman I have ever seen! I took the pictures with my phone because I didn't have my camera with me so its face is hard to see. It was so cute, they gathered lots of sticks, twigs, and rocks to make him. My favorite part was his hair. They sure were proud of him!

Burgers

Doran has been obsessed with hamburgers lately. He always wants one (and Brock never does). The other day we went to In-N-Out and ate and Doran was so excited, he couldn't believe how big the hamburger was! I thought it was pretty funny seeing him trying to actually take a whoe bite! It didn't quite work, but he still loved it. Brock loved the shakes!

Christmas Shark

Today Doran and Brock went to target with a little allowance money to spend and Doran was planning on getting a new bakugan (world's dumbest toy). However, when we went down the Chistmas ornament aisle he changed his mind... He saw a shark ornament and that was all he wanted! Here it is on our silver tinsel Christmas tree... And yes it is already up and has been for a week!

button, button

It is so funny the things that entertain little kids. For several years (or decades) Granny has saved and collected buttons. She has them in a huge plastic jar and the boys love to dump it out when we go over. They would probably play with them for hours! They like to find their favorite buttons or ones that are cool colors. Brock just likes to find as many green ones as he can! It is something I would never thought would even be fun. It just goes to show how smart Grandma's are!