We must have been good!

Our family had a wonderful Christmas this year. This year we decided to stay home for Christmas. A tradition in my family is on Christmas eve we go to my Grandma's house and have a nice dinner and do a gift exchange. This is my favorite part of Christmas but since we can't always go to Reno, I kinda started the same thing in the Trevino family but we have pizza for dinner instead which is fun and easy.
Last year Lexi was so little that she didn't really open anything but this year she just knew exactly what to do. This was her first present she got to open.

I thought this was a fun picture of us. Johnny and I were snuggling on the floor and Lexi just had to join in. This is Lexi's cousin Emery. She is 6 months older and they play really well together which is such a relief for us. They chase each other around the house and love to laugh together and have their little conversations which no ones understands.

This year Johnny made a request for my cinnamon rolls. So that is what you can see on Lexi's face in all of the pictures. I must admit they are really yummy!

This is the special gift Emery picked out for Lexi at the thrift store. Isn't she a beauty? (That just might make it back to the thrift store! Sorry Em)Having kids just makes Christmas so much more fun! I couldn't wait for Lexi to come out on Christmas morning to this little arrangement

So we did video it but Lexi walks out of her room and stopped when she saw the table. Very seriously she looked back and forth between us wondering what the heck? Finally with a little encouragement she started to play with the silverware and then it was all over. She didn't even notice the other toys under the tree or anything for awhile.

I think Lexi's pjs rings true. It reads "I love Santa." Santa definately scored points from Lexi with the table, Care Bears, and shopping cart. Another thing she loved was the cookie baking set from Aunt Candy and family! Thanks!!! Her favorite part is the spatula!
I think Grandma's always do the best. Lexi loved all of her gifts from her grandmas and grandpas too.

This is Lexi's ornament the her Grandma Horsley hand makes. She does one for all the grand kids til they are 18. I loved it when I was a little girl and then when I got married I had a good little amount of my own ornaments.

Santa also spoiled Johnny with some clothes and me with some new scrapbooking stuff. I was so excited because I suprised Johnny with some concert tickets. He was telling me about it and I kinda gave him the "I don't think so look" so he didn't ask any more about it. It was a great suprise. We will be going with another couple and it will be a great night out without the kids! That was just an added bonus!

This is us ready to go to Johnny's parent's house for a nice Christmas dunch. (lunch/dinner)

We enjoyed playing Grandpa's new Wii system and playing games with family! We look forward to some more fun on New Years.

This is such a wonderful time of year and we are so grateful for the true meaning of Christmas. The best gift we have ever recieved, our Savior Jesus Christ.

Too many Care Bears

So I love Care Bears and I am so glad they made a comeback. I don't really remember if I ever had one when I was little but I do remember watching the show. My love has rubbed off on my daughter. I don't know how many she has but it is a lot! I think this picture only shows about 1/3 of the ones she has. I find them at the thrift store for way cheap and believe it or not she is getting more for Christmas. What I can I say we love them! I am hoping that Rainbow Brite makes a comeback too. I would be in heaven! So what was your favorite childhood show or toy?

She loves them so much that she sleeps with one every night and nap, and when she gets up she won't come out til she has that Care Bear in her arms. I can't remember the last time she played with her dolls.

Here is a little trick Grandpa taught her and now whenever she sees a box she has to get in it! Can't complain about cheap entertainment!

*I finally got a video to load so check 2 posts down for a new post!

Oh no it's Santa!!!!

Saturday night was our ward Christmas party and all week whenever I would see a Santa I would get all excited and Lexi finally started to get excited too. Well my great idea failed, Lexi was not so excited to see Santa. She didn't mind him if I was holding her but on his lap was a different story! Truth be told I was totally expecting the reaction she gave! I guess you always have to have one of those pictures!

She was a lot happier once she got her candy cane but it was a little scary there for a few minutes!
Now our ward has some very talented members who formed a band. So every year they play for our party! They are really good too. I remember our first year we were in the ward they were done playing and then we wanted more so they played wipe out! I was blown away of how good they were.

This year they have a special area for dancing and it was a huge hit with the kids. Lexi enjoyed getting in there with all of the kids.

She caught me filming but this is what kind of dancing she did! Sorry it is sideways I thought I fixed it but I am not that computer savy!

The White Tiger makes his comeback!

This post will only truly be understood by a few of my college friends...yes I still have this awesome tiger! And of course my daughter loves him too! The memories just keep happening with this wonderful animal.

Maybe not as good as my performance but still pretty funny! The thing I love about this girl is that she is just so funny! Johnny and I were talking about all the new and crazy things she does right now. I couldn't stop laughing! I love this girl so much!

Bumps

So Johnny has had these fun little...ok not so little, bumps on his head. When I first met him 5 years ago they weren't this big, but over time they have grown. I finally forced him to at least get them checked out. The doctor said they were cysts and could get them removed if he wanted but not really to worry about them. Johnny of course being the guy that he is didn't want to worry about them until they started to bother him. (plus he was afraid that he would have 10 more bald spots!) This last year they have started to bother him, so he decided to get them all removed in one day. Here is a picture of the bigger ones.
Here is an after shot of him with his funny hat. He said it didn't hurt to get them off but sleeping was another thing. He is doing much better now and is happy that his head is bump free.

I thought the top view was the best.

He will get the stitches out in 2 weeks and hopefully the scars aren't too bad. He broke the Dr. office's record of the most done in one day. The last record was 6. Anyone who knows Johnny, knows that he is a "go big or go home" person, so I guess this just proves it a little more.

Popcorn anyone?

So like everyone knows the best way to get through Target with a kid is with popcorn right? So yesterday Lexi and I went to our favorite store for a little outing. Of course the popcorn and drink combo purchase was made. I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but when we get to the car sometimes it is a fight to take the popcorn away, so I thought I would be smart and bring a little bowl that she can hold instead of the entire bag which would eventually end up on the floor.

So when we got home, I went to grab her out of the car and what do I see, no bowl to be found but don't worry because she had moved her popcorn to inside her shoe and decided that was better than the bowl. Gross! So what do you think is worse, eating out of your own shoe or some food you dropped on the floor of a public place? I am just glad she decided to do this in the car instead of the store.