So This is Christmas.....

We had a wonderful Christmas at the Rouglah house. On Christmas Eve, we went to Grandpa Rich and Grandma Sandi's house for dinner and a round of gifts. The boys were so hyper, I'm sure people thought I had given them a straight diet of pixie stix and maple syrup. After dinner we came home and Lancer went straight to bed. Ryker fought going to bed for a while, but eventually gave in. It was hard to sleep however, because SANTA was making A LOT OF NOISE!!! Lancer ALMOST caught a glimpse of the old elf!!!

Santa was too quick for him however, but Lancer was out of his room again about a hour later when a stocking fell off of the mantle and the heavy stocking holder hit the tile. Finally, we all got to sleep and woke up about 7:30am. Richie and I actually woke up first, and I was able to get the cocoa made before the festivities began.

Lancer and Ryker each got the gift they asked Santa for. Ryker wanted a Tommy 20 dart gun and Lancer wanted a Camo "Army Suit". Although Lancer was excited to get it, the first thing he asked was why his suit smelled like Smith and Edwards. I told him Santa shops there sometimes. We got LOTS of movies. The boys got Gremlins and Goonies and The Karate Kid. Richie got the new Star Trek and I got Juno. We also got lots and lots of games.
Zuul enjoyed her first Christmas. She ran around like a mad woman, trying to play with all her toys at once.

After breakfast, we headed up to my parents for more fun. We had a great meal up there, complete with my mom's famous holiday dip.

What a wonderful Christmas, but I am glad it is over for another year.

Sick little Goonga

It would not be the Christmas season without a sick child. We knew it was coming on Christmas Eve, when Ryker said his throat hurt. Christmas Day he seemed better, although he did just want to alternate between the marathons of Home Alone and A Christmas Story. But come Sunday morning, we had a sick child. So last night, I knew he was really sick when he asked for a Popsicle and said his mouth tasted like the inside of a police car.
Yes, he really said that. I have never been inside of a police car, let alone LICKED the inside of one, so I'm not really sure what he meant by that. I just know I spent the rest of my spent the rest of my Sunday night holding a delirious 4 year old, while belting out songs from Beatles Rockband.

2009 in review....

Our life in pictures

That's all I have to say about that.

More Blah's...

Don't even get me started on how grumpy people seem to be.....

Holiday Blah's

This year I was determined to get my shopping done early, get everything wrapped, and be able to enjoy the holidays, and even maybe get to do some skiing. I came out of the gate strong, getting a lot of shopping out of the way Thanksgiving weekend. I was like a madwoman, wrapping late at night and planning my next move.
Then it stopped.
I don't know if I ran out of energy or just motivation. I got the decorating done early, and the house looked great....for about a day. Now there is stuff everywhere, ribbon ends and wrapping paper scraps cluttering my dining room, and my garland meant for outside my front door is still sitting outside where I left it the week after Thanksgiving! Now here it is the day before Christmas Eve, my kitchen counter cluttered with baking ingredients needed to make the neighbors gifts. No gifts made yet though. I did not do any cards and my mother in laws box is sitting still open, waiting to be sent to Montana. Gifts are hidden throughout the house, some wrapped and some not, and I honestly do not know where some are. I finished my final purchases yesterday, and I boasted on Facebook I was done. I must have forgot all the other things needed to make those gifts successful. (i.e. wrapping)
Where did the time go? I NEED MORE TIME!!!
Tomorrow will be like every other Christmas eve in the Douglas house. Freak out cleaning, wrapping until my back hurts, and baking away, until it is time to leave for Christmas Eve festivities. So much for skiing.........

We are party animals!!!!!

So Richie and I have been invited to a few Christmas parties this year. Parties that do not include our little ones, so we feel very adult and special to be able to attend these.

The first one was last Friday, and it was for the company Richie works for. It was held on the 19Th floor of the Wells Fargo bldg in SLC. The party was fun and had lots of bingo and chocolate goodies, so it scores a 10 in my book. We are so boring though. We left the party by 7:00 pm and headed home to let the puppy out. Then we got really bold and went to a movie that started after 9:00pm. We went and saw 2012. I got to pick the last movie (couples' retreat) So Richie picked this time. I do not really like sci-fi/action movies unless Robert Downy Jr. may appear in a iron suit, but I went along for him. About 2 hours into the movie, while a Russian jet was sliding off of a glacier in China, I looked over and Richie WAS SLEEPING!!! SLEEPING!!! I slapped his leg and woke him up and made sure he stayed awake for the next 40 minutes. How could he fall asleep? The world was ending!!!

The next party is next week and hopefully we can catch a movie after (baby-sitter permitting). I am picking the movie... I'm thinking something with Colin Firth or Hugh Grant.

a room for a cowboy.....

So earlier this year, we had some major plumbing problems in our house. After fighting with the home warranty company, we were left with the task of finishing it ourselves. Richie spent most summer traveling overseas for work, so it took us longer than we thought to finish Lancer's room.

This was the before picture.

Lancer wanted a cowboy room and I decided to decorate his room around this poster of Wyatt Earp that I bought a couple of years ago in Tombstone, Arizona.

I know these pictures are not the best I took them with my phone just after finishing, and the room has not been this clean since.

My dad's friend collects branding irons, so we actually branded all of the wood ourselves. It is actually hard work. It took us the better part of a day to brand enough boards for his room.

The cow skin is an antique that was from my grandpa's meat packing house. The wanted posters and bullet hole stickers I got at Zurchers for like $3.

Lancer LOVES his new room and now I cannot wait to start painting and decorating other rooms.

Next up-Rykers room. Think vintage baseball.