Christmas!

We had so much fun Christmas day we forgot to take very many pictures. I will still give a brief breakdown...

5:30am- wake up by myself cuz I am big and can't sleep, so I take a bath.
8ish - Wake up again but with everyone else, time to open presents! I was pretty anxious to give Bret all is presents.

Kingston was here and there with all the wrapping paper and presents but he was still cute. We didn't have many presents for him to open anyways because his daddy bought him some educational reading books, dvd's, flash cards etc. I think we ended up putting him down for a nap in the middle of everything.

The gift giving started out great when Barry gave us our own HOT CHOCOLATE maker! I love hot chocolate and milk steamers and the machine he gave us makes both plus lots more. I use it almost everyday now. (Thanks Barry!)

I thought I was going to be the coolest wife ever this year because I worked hard and saved up and got Bret lots of really awesome gifts but as you all know he blew me out of the water with the necklace he gave me with London's name on it. However, he is pretty excited about his P90x collection with the dumb bells and iron gym. I also got him clothes, money for a suit, a new wallet, ASU propaganda, a football and of course the wii. I was taken care of too with some delicious shampoo, my jewelry, new clothes, movies, a poker set (which I begged Santa for) A FREAKIN sweet griddle (which I have already used!) and the Wii fit. We also got some pretty great gifts from Bret's parents. They take good care of us. Chad got me some awesome pink house socks and my new FAVORITE book, Broken Things to Mend by Jeffery R. Holland. Bret and I have been reading it together. It is really a great book to start a new year with. I will be posting from it frequently, I know it.

10:30ish - Big breakfast with snowman pancakes and HOT CHOCOLATE!

afternoon - more wii, poker, and of course another Ping Pong tournament.

7pm - Shelley and the girls put together this most BEAUTIFUL dinner. We ate like royalty for sure.

Then games and movies the rest of the night. Kingston was especially attatched to Barry. He was so clingy and cuddley with him for some reason. SO cute though!

Christmas Eve

Christmas at the Crosby's is like nothing else. Non-stop games, food and fun! I am still recovering....

On Christmas Eve we cheated and opened one of our presents up early. Bret was 100% AGAINST the idea but the Wii ended up being one of our main sources of entertainment that day. I am not a gamer by any means but the Wii opens up all kinds of doors to big fun and some really funny/embarrassing photo and video opportunities. I am hooked on the Wii Fit, I love how it tracks how much I work out on it and it actually made my muscles hurt from using it. (I am such a wuss) Bret eventually broke down and played too, his fav is Mario Kart.

The guys had multiple Ping Pong tournaments. Everything turns into a competition at the Crosby's. I wasn't up to par in the beginning but I quickly became the cometitive type myself.
One of the many times the Family is sitting down to pig out... Shelley makes the best food ever!
me and my shwwweetie! Love him, He loves me...
Tami is the giver of the family, here she is giving me a back rub. I am just glad I do hair so I have something to trade for her soothing massages. (love you Tammers!)
Shelley works hard every year to make matching jammy pants for everyone each year. This year she had 3 extras to make (Kirk, Barry and Kingston). Aren't they so great! Busy Girl.
I stand out like a smurf... and I don't mean my blue shirt :( (note to self NEVER stand next to Lisa in pictures. lol)
Awe, Christmas is so fun when you share it with the ones you love. (specially kids, I can't wait till next year when we will have TWO!)
When I said Christmas at the Crosby's was fun it was a bit of an understatement. I can't picture another group of adults acting this silly, ON CAMERA!
Again, with the competition, the guys had to out do the girls in both height and acrobatics...

This is right before I got on top of the Pyramid. (jk mom)
Cute little treasure trolls.... you know what I am talking about.

Happy Birthday Shelley

We drove up to Eagar on the 23rd so we could make it for Shelley's Birthday. It took us an extra hour to get there because we drove through a storm but it was BEAUTIFUL!
The Girls made a yummy chocolate cake withe mousse frosting, let the holiday junk food begin!
We love going home when lots of family is there! They make everything so fun! (notice Bret being a stink face)
We got Shelley a Lazy Suzan for her catering and big dinners. It also serves as a fun toy for the grand kids....

Are you for REAL!?!?!

This Christmas was INCREDIBLE and I have some pretty fantastic pictures and posts to make about our holiday bliss but of course no time right now.... BUT I've been dying to share this one little thing...

I received some pretty amazing gifts this year but there is one that is particularly special to me. Bret was pretty excited for Christmas to come so he could give me this gift so I knew it was going to be something AWESOME, little did I know how awesome. So there I am sitting with him and ALL his family opening my gift with the enthusiasm of a little kid. I open this little box to find a necklace inside (see image below) and when I read what the necklace says I freak out and the only words I get out are " ARE YOU FOR REAL!?!". Meanwhile everyone else is anxiously asking what it is, only I can't speak. So I hold it up CRYING, and then Lisa, Kari and Tami are crying and yah, I still can't talk. Hugs though, and kisses too, for my super sweet husband for giving me what I wanted in the sweetest way. This goes without saying but I AM THE LUCKIEST GIRL EVER!

So our baby girl's name will be London ily Crosby :)

p.s. if you know Bret or I you know how stubborn we both are and what a HUGE gesture this gift was on his part. I guess he will always be one step (make that a few steps) ahead of me on the road to perfection.

Boys will be Boys

We had our family Christmas dinner last night at my brother Kory's house. It was pretty great to see all the nephews {except Dysen :( }Play together. We had them all line up for a picture. Seriously some good looking kids. I can't believe I have one in the lineup now, it's so crazy!
Names Left to right: Brayden, Ethan, Jace, Keaton, Kylar, Grant, Garrett, Kingston. (one nephew is missing cuz he lives in Utah)

Elsie is the baby giving the boys a beat down.

Favorite things in December

1. The New John Bytheway Collection. {life changing talks}

2. Pizza from Costco {gotta be careful with how often I got there}

3. Chocolate Milk shampoo {next best thing to chocolate milk you can drink}

4. Will Smith Movies. {needs no explaining}

5. Twilight Soundtrack {cuz one good soundtrack leads to many others}

Still Hunting...

Bret and I still have not come to an agreement on a name for our little Honey Bee so I am calling in all reinforcements to contribute any before she makes her debut. {Just so you know London, Story, Bentley, and Presley are the names we disagree on} I guess we shouldn't be so stubborn but neither of us wants to budge so we gotta keep thinking up new names till we get the right one. Who knows, maybe I will give into Story just so she can have a name lol.

Anyways, leave a comment if you think of something we might like.

Best Pregnancy Post ever!

My friend Kasha is due in less than a month and just made the following post on pregnancy tips on her blog. I'm still laughing from reading it. If you've ever been pregnant, are pregnant or want to be you should read it. So funny.

Mr. Smarty Pants

I'm kinda annoyed because there are two other videos of him signing that won't upload so I will just have to try later :(

Copy Cat

I cut Rennai's hair drastically last week and instantly wanted to cut mine the same way! She looks so awesome, the pictures just don't do her justice. Unfortunately Bret and I had this little arrangement where I wasn't allowed to cut my hair as long as he let me cut his my way... Well, I pretty much couldn't handle not cutting my hair after I fell in love with Rennai's so I broke our little deal (sorry babe).


I knew if I didn't do it today I probably wouldn't do it at all because today is pretty much my only free day this week so I bugged two friends of my friends who do hair to get one of them to do it for me today. Here is the before picture of my plain long hair on my head....
Here is my plain long hair on the floor and not my head.
Here is me takingawkward pics of my stinkin' awesome hair. I am not being conceited cuz i know the pictures are blah but the cut is AWESOME. (Thanks Brittney Hatch) and thanks Rennai for letting me copy you, lol.

I can't wait to mess with it and style it diff. ways. I forget how much I LOVE having short hair! Bret was so sad when he first saw it... or at least he pretended to be until 5 minutes later when he gave up his phasode and confessed how much he LOVES it too. He is so sweet. Gotta love him!

Kingston's Fish

Kingston got some cool stuff for his birthday to get him all set up with his own fish to stare at and enjoy. He never gets tired of looking at them so we're so glad he got some fishies.

My Honey Bee...

I had another routine ultrasound last week and got some new pictures of my honey bee. Rennai came with me to hold Kingston and be my support. I didn't expect to get so excited about seeing her. I know I sound so corny but I think she looks so beautiful and I want her to come out now so I can hold her and meet her and look at her. For her sake I am willing to wait of course, I want her to be healthy and strong and happy.

Bret thinks the picture looks like blah but I think she is gonna look like me! (maybe it's just wishful thinking).

I am so excited about our surprise package. I know we conceived unexpectedly because Heavenly Father knew how much I would want another baby right now so he put things in order in advance so I could have the best life ever, or something like that.... It's gonna be so much fun if I can just make it through the next 2 months!

I have a 1yr old?

Woa now, I have a 1 year old, when did that happen? I feel like the year just snuck up on me out of now where. Kingston has made this last year the best year of my life. Everything about him just makes me crazy with happiness. He can be a little stink but I still love that too. He is so smart and independant now. It's easy to see how lucky we are.

His birthday party had a few hiccups to start with but worked out non- the less. All of his cousins from az were there and lots of aunts, uncles and grandma's and grandpa's. Kingston probably didn't catch on to the fact that the whole day was for him but he liked it non the less.

We had yummy monster cupcakes and fun prizes for the kids including a piniata. I had a few 2, 3, or 4 cupcakes myself.

This was kingston's cake to destroy and eat. (He is our little monster so we kind of went with the monster theme.)

He held back a little at first....

Then he just kinda gobbled it down...

We are so grateful to everyone who could come and for all his great gifts! He has been enjoying them big time. Anyways, Birthdays are pretty great and so are little 1 yr olds. I highly recomend it.

Marriage Speculation

I remember when I was single and home for Christmas one year. Let's see, I was just about to turn 23 (my birthday is December 3oth) so it was Christmas of 2004. Mom sat me down face to face, looked me square in the eye and said "Bret, 23 is great age to get married." Wow said I. Unfortunately for Mom but fortunately for me I got married when I was 24 to the most amazing girl ever. Most definitely worth the wait.

So why do I tell this story? Well, I have 3 single siblings. Lisa, age 25; Reed, fresh off a mission in July, age 21; Tami, the baby of the fam, age 19. My sister Kari, age 23 got married last month, which got me thinking, I wonder who will be next. Lisa has been dating an awesome guy for like 6 months. Tami is getting more serious with her high school sweetheart, and I hear Reed is bringing home a little lady for Christmas. Since I am the married older brother I get to speculate, pressure, tease, and yes even post a poll on a blog to vote about who we think will get married next. So if you know the three candidates, I'd like to see what "the public" thinks about the situation. Cast your votes and leave any comments if you'd like to justify your prediction.