Christmas Parade

These are a little late, but we had a small local parade in our town for Christmas. My mom was in town and went with us. We loved having her here. These are some pictures that we took. Hope everyone had a great Christmas.

Snow Storm

Here are pictures of the snow storm we had today. I know, we live in El Paso right? We couldn't believe it. We, (especially the kids) were so excited about the snow. We made several phone calls to family and friends to tell them that is was snowing for us. We have missed the holiday weather, and so this was so much fun.

AJ liked the whole idea and look of the snow, but when he picked it up to play he did not like how cold it was. However, being only 20 months, he kept shaking his hands and yelling, "hot, hot, hot". We're a little confused I guess, but we'll get it eventually. :)

Turkey Bowl

Typically "Turkey Bowls" are for football, which in fact Adam did go and play in this morning. But when he got home, while our turkey was roasting, he continued in the spirit of athletics and played basketball on his 9'2" Nerf hoop, that I have so graciously allowed him to bolt down in my living room on my plant shelves. (this is how much I love my husband!)
Having a Nerf hoop in a vaulted ceiling area is something that Adam always thought would be cool when he was a kid. Now that we live in a home with a valulted ceiling, he wanted to fulfill this life long dream. How could I crush a little boy's hopes and dreams? So we have a basketball hoop in our living room. Anyway, here are some pictures of his amazing skills (and his smoking hot six-pack) for you to enjoy! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Shaving

Here is one of Lydia's favorite things to do with her dad. Good bonding time, I guess. She thinks this is so much fun! Maybe when she hits her teenage years, she'll work on her legs in the sink while Adam shaves his chin. We'll see how long it lasts.

Brothers

I can't believe I have 2 sons! I love it! Here are some pictures that we took of just my boys. AJ loves Tate so much already. This morning he sat for 40 minutes just holding him; and surprisingly enough, he is pretty gentle (for the most part).


This is AJ smiling.

He's Here!!!

Well our beautiful new son is finally here! We are so thrilled! We were actually not due until the 13th, so going into labor and having him 4 days early was a wonderful surprise. He is 8lbs 3oz and 20 inches long.
He came so miraculously for us. It stresses me out to be away from my kids for too long, and so we thought it would be ideal to go into labor around 5:00 pm, have the baby around 9:00 and all be asleep by 11:00pm. That way the kids would just sleep through it, and wouldn't have to spend all day at a neighbors, or something and things would be normal for them. So a few weeks ago Adam and I started praying for just that to happen.
My friends laughed when I told them what I wanted to have happen and told me there was no way and thought it was funny that I would try and plan a birth. But we felt so good about it, and I kept thinking, "ask and ye shall receive. . ."
To make a long story short, I figured out I was in Labor around 4:30 yesterday afternoon, the mid wife came around 8:00, and the baby was born perfectly at 9:10pm. Everything looks super healthy with him, and we can already tell he has a wonderful, calm spirit. It already feels like he has been here forever. We named him Tate Mark Hudson. We love him so much, and I am so glad not to be pregnant anymore!!! :) Here are many pictures of him.

Happy Birthday Adam

So the big news in our family lately is Adam has entered his 30's. His birthday was on October 4th and turned 30. He has been freaking out about this a little bit this year. I had a big surprise party in the works for him, but then decided that maybe it would make him uncomfortable, and so I canceled all the party plans. He told me later that he was glad that there was no party and that he just wanted to relax. Instead, he played golf, we watched General Conference, had Steak and Salmon for dinner, opened presents, ate cake, he got a back/foot massage, and we just took it easy. It actually turned out to be a great day. I love you, Adam. Happy Birthday!!!



All the kids decided that Adam was not qualified to open his own gifts. Knowing this about their father, they all graciously offered to help him, and took over the present department. I don't think that Adam opend even one of his own gifts.

This a picture of the kids participating in the opening prayer of General Conference. They were so cute that we had to take a picture. Now if it had only lasted for the whole 4 hours that they had to sit there. Wishful thinking.