Narcissism for New Years

Happy New Year to all my awesome friends out there.

I hope your New Years was as fun as ours.

Our New Years was full of Friends, Food, Fireworks & Farts Fun

(Seriously, we had a few dips with Jalapenos)

New Years Day I taught my new primary class.  And was excited to have a lot of cute kids this year.  Ethan is in the class just above Sunbeams, and Ryan in in Senior Primary!! Can you believe how old my kids are getting?  (Not how old I'm getting...because I will always be young and fruitful)

The Day After New Years Day (yeah, that's a new holiday in Utah) was fun as well.

Ben's Parents took all of the family out to Virg's in Tooele.  It is always delicious.  Ben's family is huge, and just keeps getting bigger.

Ben, Kandis, Malin & Rob

The rest of the Clegg Clan.

After Lunch, we went shooting with my Dad, Mom, brother Brant & the boys.  

Then we went up to Rob & Kandis' for dinner.  We had a super great day!

(I forgot my camera, so Brant took a picture of me shooting. I did not get any pictures of anyone else...probably because I'm narcissistic like that)

 

Now back to the grind.

On a positive note...

I HATE JANUARY! 

(oh wait...that's not positive at all)

Christmas After Christmas

My Mom had Christmas at her house the day after Christmas.  It was awesome, and I hope that we do that every year!  It made it so all of my siblings could be together, and my Mom could see us all in the PJ's she made.  We brought snacky foods and had French Dip for dinner, and opened presents and played games.

 Thanks Mom for the great Christmas!

Uncle Kit brought back a key chain for the kids with Kangaroo hair on in from Australia. 

Adam, Summer, Ethan & Benny

 The gang, in a super dark photo.

I think Lizzy and Jud liked the present we gave them!  Happy Baby!!

If it's a girl, they're naming her, Kelly. If it's a boy, they're naming him Kelly.

HA! Not really.

My Dad was not able to be here on Christmas, but we Skyped with him while we opened presents.  This was my dad's gift to my mom.  I think she was a little surprised. 

The girls:

Kelly, Liz, Summer, Mom, Lynzie

Sexy PJ's right?

Our little Fam of 4.

We Harris' are pretty much the coolest.

Just ask us...

Happy Last Day of 2011!

My New Years Resolution:

To not have a New Years Resolution. 

Super Original Christmas Post "Christmas 2011"

Thankfully we had a brief relief (haha, I'm a poet) of sickness for Christmas Day this year.  Christmas Eve we spent it with our family of 4 just like last year.  We made it a tradition to hang out with just our family of 4 so we can focus on our kids more and start new traditions.  Well, traditions are a work in progress. Last year we cooked all day for 2 kids who hardly ate anything.  So this year we went to a movie then took ourselves to Cafe Rio, it was cheaper, better food, and much less work.  Then we rented a movie and did Christmas crafts when we got home.  We had the kiddos change into their new Christmas PJ's, we talked about Jesus' Birth, made special sleeping potion (hot chocolate with marshmallows and a candy cane) and left out cookies for Santa, and oatmeal for the reindeer.

 Do you ever wonder why we clean before big holidays? Just for the room to look like it does after the holiday? (see last photo)

Opening Christmas PJ's

 

Having our Sleeping Potion in our Greenbay colored cups.

Finding the 1 toy Santa brought.  A Kindle Fire Tablet.  Yeah, Santa spoiled them.

Last year they got the big pillow pets, this year they wanted the baby pillow pet.  Maybe next year pillow pet will come out with a talking one, so we'll have to buy that too.

We had the boys shop for each other this year too. I think they had a lot of fun looking for a present for each other, and deciding what they'd like.  Ethan bought Ryan a Star Wars Lego set.  

Ryan bought Ethan a Captain America disc throwing shield.

Gotta love the no make-up, Christmas morning shot.  (Cute pj's though right?)

Ben...even when he just wakes up, looks handsome.

Ryan playing with his legos, and watching a movie on his Tablet at the same time.  Like I said, spoiled.  (How do you not spoil your kids??)

And the after Christmas mess.

For breakfast we did fruit crepes and egg/spinach  & hash-brown crepes. They are always a hit, and we will continue the crepe tradition for breakfast. 

After we ate breakfast, we went out to Tooele for lunch at Mom & Dad Clegg's house...and saw his family.

Then we made a trip to Saratoga Springs to see my Grandma & Grandpa.  My Grandma has pancreatic cancer, and I imagine this would have been her last Christmas.  It's kind of surreal.  She has always been so young, and strong, and willing to do anything.  It's hard to see her struggle.  Ryan is off track now, so we'll go visit her again soon.

Anyway, Merry Christmas!! I hope you all had a fabulous time.

One day we'll mail Christmas cards...one day.

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!

Wow, it's been a while since my last post.  It's cool, I know y'all still love me.  

I am out of school now, and I am so relieved.  The day I took my last final, Ryan got the flu and was sick for a whole week, then Ethan got sick, then Mom got sick (and missed the Clegg sibling dinner), then Christmas came and went, then Ben got sick.  So yay for us!  That is why I have not been posting. It's been crazy.  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas.  We did.  Here are a few pictures to catch up on, and I might do a Christmas post another day...it depends on how motivated I am.

Seeing Breaking Dawn with some friends,

Jen & Sherrie

 I did not get many photos of Thanksgiving. I kept sneaking off to study for a test.  Way to enjoy the moment Kell.

Grandma Linda brought this marble thing that the cousins liked playing with.

Malin, Ethan, Raygan, Zella, & Jackson

 Ryan

Ethan got to go to the Sweet's Candy Factory on a tour for preschool.  We had so much fun! Miss Linda is the best! Seriously, the best preschool teacher ever!

This is me, with my super hot husband, Ben.  We went to my annual Sibling dinner at Tucanos again. We love that place...I love the grilled pineapple.

I really enjoy having all of my siblings together. We are crazy!

Ben enjoyed his annual Sibling dinner at Cafe Trang. He also likes getting together with his siblings.  I just felt bad I threw up right before I picked up the babysitter and could not make it!!

Merry Christmas! 

(Christmas post to come...)