A Caroling Adventure

A fun mom friend asked me about caroling around our neighborhood, which we have honestly never done, and the kids were thrilled about the idea, so we went for it. She sent out the above invite and each family brought cookies or hot chocolate to share following.

We have lots of older peeps in our neighborhood, so I think they truly appreciated it, thanks for planning Lindsey! 

I love that these 2 wanted to lead the pack, being some of the oldest of the kids. 

I didn't really think through having everyone over after since there were at least 12 families with 2 to usually more like 4 kids each, we were packed like sardines in our house. 

It was a gorgeous 50ish degree evening for caroling.

King was a helper for dipping marshmallow stir sticks, yum!

I think Jude liked the treats

Roe helped me with the santa hat brownies, we had some issues with the hats sliding off, how does pinterest make it look so easy and pretty?

Trav came through with the pinterest crockpot hot chocolate, lets say one crock didn't serve everyone!

Run to eat

I have joined these lovelies for the last 6 months, not so bright in the morning, to run a couple times a week. They are great motivators, usually go way faster than me, and have run multiple marathons. Dedra arranged a running party in which you had to wear sweats or cozies and bring your favorite running item to exchange. This is my kind of party with lots of tasty dips & drinks to share.

I scored with the Pioneer woman cookbook, not exactly a running accessory but that is why we run right? I love PW and have picked out several recipes to try.

On the 2nd day of Christmas...

I got my identity stolen! I left my car unlocked, I know stupid, in front of my house and got my purse stolen that looked like this. I really was not sick of this purse, it wasn't high dollar, it was a clearanced fossil so if you see it in your trash can or in a ditch, I would love it back! There was just a little change, along with my id's, bank card, credit cards, starbucks card, dillons card, manhattan high baseball card and lots of receipts. It has just been a big pain to have to cancel and reorder everything and be without the week before Christmas, it could be way worse I know. 

On the first day of christmas...

I got shingles! I am definitely not a pill taker and so happy to be almost done with these monstrous things. The good news is since I am 36 I finally got established with a primary care doctor since I don't think OBs will look at your back.

To grandmothers house we go..

We spent the weekend in KC with the  Pond gang in town for the Salt Lake Real Sporting Kc soccer game.

The girls competed in the judge's cup in kc on Friday, the meet is not my favorite and in a small gym where you are literally on top of the gymnasts while they compete vault. This might have worked to Roe's advantage b/c vault was her best event. 

how my boys entertain each other at the meet

Roe got her first 0.00 scratch on bars in 5 years of competing, she has had a mental block the last few weeks so of course we had to document the 0.00 which took her out of placing in all around, lets hope this will pass. 

We tried out Spin Neopolitan Pizza in KC after, it was great & great with kids.

 Jessie & Preston got to come to Roe's meet &  we spent Fri night at the movies with them, wow what a difference the theaters in KC are, serve beer & wine!

Sat night we spent with these boys on the plaza, Kona Grill was awesome, a little frigid to enjoy the lights but fun!

I wish I could say we got lots of good shopping in, not so much, I don't do crowds or lines.

Trav and I tried out ice skating at Crown Center, I want to take the kids back, when it is about 30 degrees warmer!

girls @ Kona, we got some good people watching going on here. 

My parents sent me several pics with the kids over the weekend, one being these gingerbread masterpieces!

Im not a cat fan so the kids love to visit Honeysuckle @ my parents house.

I love that my kids love the simple life of just hanging out, roasting marshmallows, playing games and wearing the same clothes everyday, thanks mom & dad for having them!

Baby, it's cold outside

A few Christmas songs Xander has been working on but has decided to skip out on the mall this year to go to Grandpa & Grandma's, so performance a la living room;)

A lot to be thankful for:)

Thankful for my phone to take pics with so I don't forget these little treasures:)

& Kingston telling me "Don't freak out mom, I need to brush my breath"

On the toilet?? That looks like an excellent place to brush your teeth.

Home Depot, you can do it, we can help.

Sizing up the right tree to fit, the smell of a real Christmas tree is my all time fav!

We had our first intimate Thanksgiving dinner by ourselves, the good- 5 minute stovetop stuffing, the bad- pioneer woman rolls didn't rise & turned out hard, the ugly- mess to clean up after:(

We went and saw Frozen on Thanksgiving, what a great family movie, I don't typically like animated movies but LOVED it, or maybe it was the popcorn I was eating.

So thankful this guy is pottying and pooping on the potty now, he is turning into such a big boy so proud of him! The other kids started wrapping up old toys in the basement when he went, maybe this helped the transition.

My almost 22 yr old nephew watched the kids while my sisters and hubs went to dinner

We returned to game playing, they are definitely products of the Lund family.

We got to watch Bear for Grandpa & Grandma Say while they went to Nashville, the kids loved it & so did Strudel, but Bear was definitely not feeling the love from Strudel.