Christmas 2009!

(above: Corbett and his Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen at Grandma's work)

What a great Christmas we had!! Corbett made it so much fun! Cody took Wednesday off work and took Corbett skiing up at Beaver. This is Corbett's cousin Zach helping him onto the magic carpet. Zach helped Corbett all day! Cody and Corbett both have season passes so it should be a good year for them. Corbett did great. Cody says he feels like a fish out of water because he has been a snowboarder for so long and now he's skiing to help Corbett. While they were skiing I had time to myself so I finished up shopping and cleaned the house.

We went to Idaho to Cody's parents house for Christmas this year. We left early Thursday morning. One of the highlights for Corbett was going to the fire station in Rigby to see the fire trucks (where Cody's mom does EMT call)! Talk about heaven for a little boy! Corbett got to see a lot of different fire trucks! Here he is again with Grandma & Grandpa. They have a lot of fire hoses! While we were there we had such good food (I even made tiny spicy chicken for Christmas Eve)! We played games and visited and then on Christmas Eve we opened small presents from each other. We read the Christmas story from the bible. We also put reindeer food out and Corbett was so excited because it was very obvious there had been some reindeer there sticking their noses in the snow and eating the food he left for them! Cody's dad had to work on Christmas Eve at 7pm until the morning at 7:30am. We tried to keep Corbett up late so he'd sleep in, but against all odds (Corbett is a big sleeper) he woke up 10 minutes before Kim got home, it all worked out though and Kim was there when he came in the livingroom to see if Santa came. We enjoyed opening presents and seeing Corbett's reaction to his presents. We had a nice Turkey dinner at Cody's grandma's house which is connected to his parents house. Below: Cody and Corbett with Cody's Grandma Sorensen.After another game of Ticket to Ride we headed home. We made a stop on the way to see Rhonda's family and their Christmas. Of course they had a game for us to play as well! I don't think I've ever been so content with a Christmas season! Saturday Cody and Corbett went skiing again and this time I went to watch. It was great fun to see Corbett ski! Here he is on the magic carpet with Cody. At first he had a meltdown and I thought we wouldn't get him in his skiis at all. He recovered luckily and had a good day of it. Tammy's kids were there and they stuck close by Corbett and helped him all day. They wouldn't leave his side. This has been a good year for us. We've been very blessed! Our twins are starting to kick me every so often and we'll find out in a week what they are! I couldn't ask for more this Christmas season!!

'Tis The SEASON!!

(This is the look Corbett insists on giving when I pull out the camera lately!)

I love Christmas time! I never knew how much fun it could be though. This year Corbett is SO excited! I was sure we would have another year where he was happy he got presents but didn't know why or where they came from. If you don't know Cody is kind of a grinch when it comes to silly Christmas fun. He will do it if I force him and that's it! But Corbett is all about Christmas!! It was so much fun decorating the tree! First of all we picked out a REAL tree this year! It's our first one, until now we've always had a fake one. Corbett and I decorated it while Cody was at work. First Corbett said, "Mom, our tree looks nice!" Then when I asked him how the lights look he said, "Perfect!" He also took the Tigger ornament out of the box and said, "Mom, I'll put the Tigger ornament on the tree because he is wonderful!" Besides that at one point he put on a Santa hat and started singing Jingle Bells! What a fun kid! So that was our first Christmas activity. We made a chain so Corbett can see how long until Christmas (he asks constantly). We've also been to my Grandma Thorson's Christmas party and out to dinner with friends as a yearly tradition for Christmas, such a fun time! Corbett and I went to the ward party but Cody was out of town. I think we're about done shopping and READY for Christmas! This is MY year, it's been more fun than I ever imagined! Corbett loves the snow too! (Cody can't wait to get him to the ski hill!) We can't get him in the car without a fight because he's busy climbing up every snow hill he can find! We feel so blessed this year with our twins on the way and so many other blessings! We're thankful for the Savior at this time of year and for his life! We're trying to teach Corbett the meaning of Christmas but so far he's come to the conclusion that Jesus would like a daddy horse birthday and then he changed his mind and decided he'd prefer a superhero birthday instead! We're working on it! Merry Christmas!
Below: We Three Kings... (We were learning the letter K for preschool this week) Emery was asked to do a service this week in primary so he chose (or Camie chose for him) to shovel our driveway! Thanks Emery!Corbett loves to wear his ROCK ROCK ROCK shirt and pretend he's in a band. He thinks he's getting an instrument from Santa but Santa thinks the instruments in his price range are obnoxious!

Trip to Aspen - the good, the bad, & the ugly!

This past weekend we went to Aspen, Colorado for Cody's work. It was definitely NOT our favorite trip so far. We'll start with the GOOD parts of the trip. It was great spending time together as a family and getting away. We always like seeing new places and going on adventures. Corbett was a real trooper in the car. He also got to swim for a LONG time at the recreation center where Cody was working! He LOVED it and he got really brave in the water. They gave him some goggles and some things to "dive" for (the water was only 2 ft deep) and I threw them out to him a hundred times (at least) for him to find. We ate at a place that claimed to have the best ribs in Colorado. Cody had them & they were pretty good from what I hear. On the way back we got to stop and have brunch in South Salt Lake with Kiel and Jen and their kids. It was great to catch up with them! So I think that about wraps up the good parts!
On to the BAD... So when we got there, the hotel room we had was reserved by the guy who was originally supposed to do the job. It was REALLY old, we couldn't get the Internet to work, but worst of all it had 2 beds that could not have been twin size. They were very small! Also Corbett got bit by something and had bumps and swelling. It worried Cody a lot and he was up all night checking on Corbett. It was SOOOOO cold there. From what I hear it was really cold in Logan too though. We couldn't really go outside. We did see a little of Aspen. Corbett and I tried to go out and see the shops but it was too cold. The second day Cody did most of his work. Corbett and I had to hang out at the rec center all day. He swam the morning but then we were pretty bored. We had a TV to watch but there was A LOT of noise and people coming and going. They were going in and out of an ice rink that was SO cold every time someone opened the door...BRRR! The driving was LONG and tiresome. So that's the bad.

Now for the UGLY! Two things made the list of the ugly. First on the way there Cody got a ticket. He had done so well the entire way there with no speeding at all. Then there was a spot in Colorado where the speed drops to 60. We missed it and Cody got pulled over. Then we found out that our insurance cards were expired and we haven't replaced them. This cop seemed to think Cody should get life in prison (even though we have insurance) somehow we just don't have new cards! Cody will call the court on Monday and hopefully they will work with us! So the other thing that makes the list of the ugly is the job Cody had to do. From what I hear it was UGLY! We were hoping to be on the road by 3 or 4 o'clock but we finally left around 8pm. We had to be back for a baptism on Saturday in Logan (congrats to my nephew Derek) and we were looking forward to having time with Kiel & Jen so we drove as far as we could that night and woke up and drove the rest!
Overall I'm just glad to be home! Hopefully someday we'll have good memories of this trip! For now though, as soon as Cody was done with his work we were more than happy to high-tail out of there!