Snow in Las Vegas

LET IT SNOW!

Well, ok it was about 2 months ago but I had to write about it. Being from Vegas it is always exciting to hear about it snowing there. My mom called and said that it had started snowing at noon and was still snowing, that was 3 hours of snowing. A couple days later when I talked to her she said it snowed till about midnight. WOW! 12 hours of snow in the dessert, how fun is that? I think mom said there was about 6 to 8 inches. My parents emailed pictures of the snow that I will attach. My parents (empty nester) even went out and built a snowman. I think it is great, even though you are grown up you can still have fun like a kid. I remember growing up when we went to Utah for Thanksgiving Dad would always help us build a snowman. When the kids heard that it snowed at Grandma's house they wanted to drive there. I guess at the end of the day we are all just big kids at heart.

Dad shoveling snow with a shovel. Who've thought you'd need a snow shovel in Vegas?
Dad fixin' Frosty.
Mom and Frosty.

Cole update...

In December Cole turned 4. And his sure acts his age. His favorite thing to do is ask Why? It can get a little trying at times when he asks the same question 20 times in a row. Kobie went through the same phase about this age. We were all driving in the car together, shortly after we moved to Georgia. Kobie kept asking questions and Corey turned to me and asked if he did this all day. I said yes and he said there will be a place for you in heaven, I could not do this all day. But back to Cole.
He turned 4 on December 13th. We started the day out at 4 am when Cole rolled off the bed, the top bunk. I heard the thump in our room, which is two rooms away, then the scream. I went in and he was on the floor. I knew that was a bad sign. I picked him up and took him in the bathroom, poor little man was gushing blood from his nose. Corey helped me to get toilet paper in Cole's nose to stop the bleeding then went to lay back down. Corey and blood don't get along to well. Cole's nose started to swell imediately and looked pretty bad. I was worried that it might be broken. Cole was upset that he couldn't breathe through his nose after it had stopped bleeding. So I took him to the Children's Hospital 45 mins away. We didn't have the best experience with the ER at the hospital close to home, that's another story for another day. Two hours later we were on our way home and we didn't have a broken nose. I slept for a few hours then went to church to set up for our ward Christmas Party. We celebrated Cole's birthday on Sunday, the next day, since I was gone all day.
Other than the eventful nose smashing birthday Cole has been enjoying having his daddy home at night again and playing with mom during the day. He is our little ham and loves to make you laugh. We really is a sweet little boy and a joy to have in our family. We love our little Cole.

Cole with his swollen nose. Doesn't he look like a football player?

Kobie update...

Kobie the day he got his award.

It has been a while since I updated everyone on Kobie. Every month Kobie's school has a characteristic that they work on. Every month each grade chooses a student that portrays that trait or characteristic, its what our Good Citizens Awards were like. They have a special ceremony with there family(all the students and families together) and then get to put their hand print on the wall of the school. In October the trait was Cooperation and Kobie was nominated out of all of the 2nd grade.
It was at a time when Corey was traveling so I went alone. Now I know that we are not supposed to have pride but I tell you what that was one of my proudest moments as a mother. They made an announcement over the loud speaker and say the children's names, then the kids leave class and come to the cafeteria for cookies and juice. When Kobie walked in I had to really try hard to keep it together so I wouldn't start bawling in front of everyone.
I took our camera to take pictures but didn't check to make sure the battery was charged. It of course was not charged and didn't work. We live in a blessed day of cell phones with cameras, so we have pictures of that, yeah.
Kobie before Christmas break was tested for the Program Challenge or PC, what our "gate" or "gifted" programs were. We got the letter the day he went back to school that he was accepted. He was very excited and we think that he will do just fine.

This year he is looking forward to turning 8 and getting baptized. WOW! I always knew I would be a mother but it is hard to believe I have an almost 8 yr old. He truly is a great kid and a joy to have in our family.

Kobie getting his award.Yep! Kobie is taller than the 3rd and 4th graders.
Getting his hand on the wall.
Kob and his hand.
Mommy and Son.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We had a wonderful holiday season. We stayed home in Douglasville this year instead of going home to Las Vegas. We missed having more family around but it was nice to be home and not worry about if "Santa" would be able to bring Christmas to Las Vegas and have us fit it on the plane. The boys have had a wonderful time with Corey and me being home. I think that they might be ready to get back to their regular schedule because Cole keeps asking when he gets to go back to the babysitters. We love our babysitter Brooke and her son Preston.
Back to the holidays, we have really just been relaxing and playing. Kobie got a scooter from Santa and Cole got a skateboard. In hind sight we, oops, Santa should have brought a scooter for Cole too. Cole has been riding Corey's scooter, I gave to him our 1st Christmas together. It has been a lot of fun to see them out playing with their neighborhood friends, Corey even hopped on his skateboard and rode down our hill. He said at one point he knew he would get really hurt if he fell but he was just fine. It was really cute our little neighbor boy Jerel told Kobie, "Your dad is awesome." Let's say it all together, Awww how cute. We haven't downloaded our pictures from Christmas but we will post them when we do.
I am adding a couple pictures of the boys with Santa from the Ward Christmas party.

Our Christmas party was on Cole's birthday, he was showing Santa that he was 4.
Cole and Santa.
Kobie and Santa.

Corey said, "Wow Kobie is as big as Santa." That's our cute 7 yr old. He comes up to my chin. I will be the short little mom of some cute tall boys. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!