Guess Who Turned 4???

YEP...IT'S MICAH!!!

I personally don't like my birthday being between Christmas and New Years, because growing up...either "everyone forgot" my birthday, or all my friends were on vacation. So, we tried for a January baby! Micah's due date was January 29th...and he arrived almost 5 weeks early, ON my birthday!!! What are the odds??? When he was born, Micah was having a hard time breathing. He was actually grunting, so the doctors took him away from me. Watching a video about a year later (that Damon filmed), I saw the doctors saying, "come on BREATHE!" and were pumping oxygen into his blue face. Had I heard or seen that in the delivery room, I think I may have LOST it!

Micah was taken in the middle of the night to UVRMC in Provo, and was admitted to the NICU. He stayed there for about a week and a half, and came home on heart/apnea monitors and oxygen. He was taken off all monitors and oxygen about a month after coming home...and is now such a healthy boy!!! Micah is such a fun boy and we are sooooo glad he's in our family!!!

We had a really fun time celebrating our birthdays! For dinner we went with some of the family up to Olive Garden. Here's Jon, Tanya and cute little Noah.

Here's our family.

Here are...Papa Cass, Grandma Carmen, Grandma Jenny and Uncle Jon.

Micah was so happy to get out of the house after a week of having croup!

Me and Colton. I love his "smile"...and his Mohawk!!!

There were other pictures I could've put on here with the cakes, but...I love Micah's expression in this one!!! So excited!

The birthday Prince and his birthday Mommy:0)

When we returned home, I remembered a gift I hadn't yet given to Micah. He was so excited for the mini drum set!

Micah and Bria made sure the drum made the loudest noises. Imagine that...no fighting???


THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO CELEBRATE...OR CALLED TO WISH US A HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! WE APPRECIATE IT!!!

Micah's party with his friends will be in January, so look for that post. As for my party...

Damon took me up to the Daniels Summit Lodge on Thursday night. Thank you Mom & Dad C. for watching the kids!!!

We had a very entertaining dinner at "Snake Creek Grill" in Heber. Long story short...We went to this restaurant one month ago for Diane's birthday. I ordered the "Roasted Lemon Rosemary Chicken"...and I was in heaven!!! It was so good! So, I ordered the same thing this time. Only, it looked like battered and fried KFC on my plate. No rosemary, no lemon flavor. It made for a very funny night. I felt bad because the chef came out to apologize...and I said something like, "why did you change it? It was SO good before". Which, now looking back, maybe wasn't the nicest (or smartest) thing to say. Well, we found out that 2 weeks ago, that chef bought the restaurant from the previous owners, and changed that item on the menu to make it "his own signature dish". OOPS! Great laughs all night though...and...free dessert, compliments of the chef:0)

The next morning, Damon went snowmobiling with a NINJA! Seriously...it was FREEZING!!! 4 BELOW ZERO to be exact!!! We were the only 2 people CRAZY enough to hit the trails at 8:30am! We didn't see anyone else out there for atleast 2 hours! Even though I was completely covered, I was still unable to feel my fingers, toes, or anything inbetween!!! I seriously thought my eyeballs were going to freeze, so I could only look in one direction:0) Damon felt the same way! We went out for a good 4 hours, and didn't get stuck ONCE! Last year, Damon told me that I should get insurance on the snowmobile...and who got stuck TWICE??? Hmmmmmm...could it have been DAMON???

We had a great time!

Unfortunately...this is the only picture we were able to take...because OUR CAMERA FROZE! Really it did...it was that cold!!!

After getting back, we had lunch at the cafe, and I started to feel really sick. No...I'm not pregnant, but I did come down with a 24 hour bug, which luckily went away over night, so I could enjoy my day of celebrating with Micah...and the rest of the family!!! What a great time!

Thanks everyone for a great day!!!

CHRISTMAS!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas...and we hope you did too! I just wanted to post some pictures of our special day!

Here are the stockings filled with "things" from Santa.

Here are the gifts he left for the kids. Bria got a "Baby Alive", Colton got 2 Huge dogs, and Micah got his talking "peacock" as he likes to call it.

We opened gifts, then daddy helped the boys get their remote control cars ready to race.

Here's a picture of me with the kids. Excuse my "morningness". I'm looking lovely:0P

So, Micah LOVES his parrot. He gave it hugs all morning and read books to it. Then, the parrot would say something, and he'd respond and talk to it like it was a person. What a cute boy!

Bria and Micah have recently wanted their own scriptures to take to church. They were so excited when they each opened their own, and wouldn't let go of them all morning.

Micah was so excited to open up this gift, he'd risk losing his teeth over it! It was so funny because Micah was opening up a present...he took off the wrapping paper, smiled SUPER big and said, "Mom, look...I got a BOX!" I know exactly what to get him next year!!!

After opening up all the gifts, I took this shot from the 2nd floor. What a mess huh?!?

The kids were so excited with the gifts, and the candy from their stockings kept their tummies full for a bit, so we decided to have breakfast a little later at 11:00....

Just this week, Colton started shaking him bum! On Christmas Eve, his pjs were falling off a little, and he said, "hey Mommy, look at my bum." Then Totally started shakin his stuff! He will dance for anyone and it is hilarious!!! This is a picture of Colton right after he danced at the table during breakfast.

Here is the table just before Christmas dinner. One day we'll get lots of matching chairs!?!?

Here is the family exchanging gifts!

Damon's family

If you can't see the resemblance, this is Damon's brother Matt, his wife Janile and their cute little Malia. I just LOVE her eyes!!!

And, here we are!!!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!!!

Christmas Eve at Our Home...

We had a fun filled night! We celebrated Christmas Eve with Damon's family. We had his brother Matt (with his wife and little girl), his brother Danny, and his sister Tanya (with hubby and little boy) here, as well as Damon's parents. We also had the Quans over...Damon's auntie and her family...so all together, there were 25 people at our home! We continued on with tradition and had a "crab leg feast"!

Then Kristi, Kelly and Grandma Jenny helped the kids make snowmen out of marshmallows.

When they finished their project, there was a knock at the door. (Thanks Maddy for the idea) The kids ran to the door and found a bunch of presents on the doorstep. Then, they heard a jingle of a bell, and a "HO HO HO". It was so cute because Micah yelled super loud out the door, "THANK YOU SANTA!" And, when we asked Bria, "Where did Santa go?" She answered, "Um...I think he just flew away!"

And...Santa couldn't leave a gift for our kids without leaving a "warning", as you may have expected from my previous post. So, he left a note that basically said, "I'm leaving soon to deliver all the gifts to all the good little boys and girls..." Then went on to say something like, "be kind, like Jesus. Listen to your mommy and daddy. Tell the truth"......you get the jist!

Anyways, they were so excited. Especially Micah! I love how he gets when he opens a gift! Nothing could be more wonderful to that little boy!

Here are Bria, Micah, Lana, and Colton sporting their new PJs from Santa. And, here's Lana and Kayden...I just thought this was a sweet picture!

We continued our night with a white elephant gift exchange, and also exchanged gifts with the Quans. There were so many things I wanted to do, but didn't have enough time, like...tell the story of the Christmas Orange, and give everyone one! I have so many mandarins for that very reason! And last year, we had a gift under the tree for Christ. Everyone wrote down a gift they'd give to Christ in the coming year. Anyways, it's kind of like a yearly time capsule...and I forgot to open it up with everyone. I guess we'll open it tomorrow with Damon's side of the family!

And, here are a couple random pictures from this past weekend. There is a home about 1/2 a mile from ours that just won a National contest for Christmas lights. We come to see the home every year because it is simply amazing! I tried to find a video of it, but no luck! I'd put my video on here, but I don't know how to! The homeowners syncronize the lights to music...really something you HAVE to see!

This is how Colton looked just before leaving for Logan's baby blessing! It was so funny!

Here is Bria with baby Noah.

And here is our tree.

Merry Christmas to you!!!

A Little Venting Session...

I am soooooo tired...for many reasons...

-I haven't been taking my thyroid meds...totally my fault, I know! I finally got my persciption refilled. Hopefully soon I won't be so worn out!
-Colton was up from 4am until 6:30am with a sour stomach...and BOY was it sour:0P We sang songs, I gave him a bath, and I even slept on a super springy mattress with a super stinky kid!
-When Colton FINALLY went back to sleep, a "snoring" hubby kept me up!
-A 1 hour drive for little Logan's blessing (he's so cute)...with fighting children 90% of the drive.
-At church, I was literally chasing Colton around (he'd go up the ramp, and down the stairs). I made a complete fool of myself, finally "caught" him, and held him for the entire 90 minute sacrament meeting!
-An entire week of Micah and/or Colton having croup...which means...an entire week of kids couped up in the house (25 degree days), and LOTS of fighting!!!
-I have been constantly wrapping presents...yes, I am a procrastinator, but it's never-ending!
-Damon working 70 hour weeks...and only getting 2 days off for Christmas! That's super frustrating!!! When will anything get done? I haven't even completely decorated for Christmas:0)
-Damon's family is coming tomorrow for dinner, and there's LOTS of cleaning to do!
-And...The kids have been fighting SO much! Especially this month! I really don't understand! I have been talking to them about the meaning of Christmas, service...you know! I threaten many times a day that Santa may not be bringing them any presents, and that they're not getting anything from us...and...they still fight! I made a "Happy Helper" Chart that they NEED to fill up before tomorrow night, or NO gift from the man in red! How mean of me...but I am done with the arguing!

Will someone PLEASE send me some sanity???

Another birthday...and Our Crazy Neighborhood!!!

Today is...

Damon's sister MAILE'S birthday! The last time we saw Maile was at Tanya's wedding... September 2006! She lives out in Hawaii, and we miss her a lot! Happy Birthday Maile!!! We love you!

And...I have told some of you about the neighborhood we live in. Christmas is so fun here! Practically every single day this month, we have had surprises on our doorstep! Here are some of the gifts we've received...





Some of my favorite gift ideas... Snowman kit, Manger scene etched in glass, basket of Christmas goodies, and all the yummy treats! It's so fun because this neighborhood just gives and gives!!! Bria and Micah have so much fun delivering gifts, even in the freezing cold, cuz they know (at least I think they know) what the season is all about! What a wonderful time of year:0)