Tis the season...

This past weekend was Christmas and as it was very busy it was so much fun and like always hard to leave.  We love the family time, catching up with everyone and finding out what is new with each others lives.  Sadly because everyone is so busy it is not often we all get together, but when we get to it is always a good time.  Before we left for Omaha on Thursday (Dec. 22) we opened a few gifts of our own here.  The boys got some toys and then Jared gave me a new camera!!! I was sooo excited we needed a new one and I wanted a nice one and boy did he spoil me and can't wait to post pictures now even more excited to post now:).  The boys got a couple things and gave me a gift card for a massage and they gave daddy a really neat handmade frame that we can write daddy special messages on.  After that we went into Omaha to just hung out and helped Janet get things ready on Thursday and Friday then Saturday (Christmas Eve) we opened the kids' gifts in between work schedules.  Brandon (Jared's brother) had to work in the morning and Tara (Jared's sister) had to work at night and Braeden went with his dad at 10 pm until Dec.26th.  So we started opening gifts and all the kids did GREAT!  Tristan slept until 10:30am, yep I said 10:30 am he went down about 8:45pm and must have been tired.  Then Landon went down for nap about 10:30-1:30 so Tristan opened his gifts and some together gifts and then Landon joined in when he woke up.  They got waaaayyyy to much and got spoiled too much from everyone.  I know it is part of it but I hope everyone knows how thankful we are for everything they got.  They loved it all and I am sure it will all seem like new toys for awhile now.  Their birthday gifts are still new to them!  Then at 3:30 we all rushed to make 4:00 church, which was very crowded but VERY nice to all go as a family.  It was so packed we had to sit in the chapel because everywhere else was packed, but our boys didn't want to sit that much in church so we didn't sit much either:).  After church we went back to Rich and Janet's and made dinner and just hung.  We were all pretty mellow and just hung out watched Home Alone 2.  Sunday we got up and got ready and the adults opened their gifts then went out to Den and Cathy's for the Bodammer Christmas.  It was nice to see all the aunts and uncles and cousins.  They are always so nice and loving!  It was a late night for the boys but they did AWESOME for how late it got.  They were not so sure about Santa but Tristan was trying to be so brave but Landon wanted nothing to do with him, nothing.   The boys had ham for the first time and absolutely LOVED it.  Monday we just hung out for the morning and packed up to head back to Sioux City for my practice at 6.  Tomorrow we will open some more of the boys' gifts, Tis the season.

That took me waaaay to long to upload those pictures will try and do more but no promises.

GREAT DAY

Today was a great day for mommy, much  needed day for me!  The last couple of months have been super super busy with basketball and traveling to games, recruiting, practices, etc. etc.  We had a game on Saturday and then we gave the girls off until Dec. 26th so I decided to stay home with the boys today and just hang out.  We hung out in our pajama's until after morning nap, well the boys did.  I decided to get in a quick workout and clean up while the boys were taking their morning nap.  I even managed to get shower in too, they took a good nap oh and I got the house picked up and kitchen cleaned.  They got up and all I wanted was to play with the boys and not worry about the house and such.  So in a nutshell mom got a lot of snuggle time and play time in that she had missed out on the last couple months especially the last couple of weeks.  And daddy was pretty happy to have dinner ready when he got home from work.  He said I could get used to this, I said I could too, hehe:)
I will go into work tomorrow for a few hours and then home to hang with the boys and get things ready for Christmas, which we are almost ready.  We will head to Omaha Thursday sometime to hang with Jared's family and then to my home New Year's Eve weekend for my family's Christmas.  I love this time of year, its my favorite holiday...being with family is the most important thing to us and we love hanging with them, playing games, talking, or just sitting in each others presence.  This year will be very different (but a good different) then Jared and I are used to with kids that are mobile and into opening gifts, we won't just be sitting back watching our nieces and nephews we will get to watch our own along with our nieces and nephews.  I love to GIVE gifts LOVE LOVE LOVE it and love to see their faces when they get the gift they had wanted or asked for.  If I was a millionaire I would buy for EVERYONE (maybe some day...but don't hold your breath).  Well, with that being said I will post after Christmas and I hope you all have a Merry Merry Christmas and enjoy you family and be thankful for what you have!  God is great and he is the REASON for this SEASON!

Nice weekend

This weekend was very nice and laid back and I am looking forward to the next couple weeks!!  Friday night Jared, the boys, and I went recruiting.  The boys did great we got there and the boys ate and sat in their car seats until halftime then they got out and played for a bit.  Landon went with mommy to talk to recruits, he used his cute smile to try and get some extra bonus points on the girls so they would choose Morningside:).

Saturday I had a game in Fremont, NE so I got up and feed the boys and hung out with them a bit before I had to leave to get to shoot around at 10:30 and on the road at 11:02.  We had a slow start to the game but ended up winning 77-52.  Jared decided not to get a babysitter and took the boys up to Briar Cliff to the men's game that was at 4.  He said they did great.  I got back into town abut 6 and home about 6:30 and Jared home about 7:10 and we had a party/limo ride to get to.  One of our friends Kathy and Jeff LaFavor asked us to dress in ugly Christmas attire, meet at their house for a drink and then we would get in a limo to look at Christmas party.  The group was super super fun, we had a GREAT time.  Kathy is a doctor at my OB clinic so my doctor and the boy's doctor was there (they are married), her nurse and husband and 3 other couples from BC Nic and Michelle (men's BC BB coach) and Brian and Stacey Eben.  It was a great time.  Jared and I had only been out once to a concert and one other time for an hour without the boys so it was nice. 

Sunday was very relaxed day we hung out at home most of the day.  I did a little scrapbooking, not sure why I thought I had time for that with everything else we need to get done before Christmas but I really enjoyed it.  Then we went to our good friends Gunderson's for the evening.  Lisa has been asking us to come out and it hadn't worked out, they missed the boys' bday party because Isabel was sick so they had some gifts.  They are sooo good to us and very nice.  They are like family to us.  For you that don't know I nanned for them years ago and have stayed very close to them!  They spoil us!  They boys had a great time playing with Blaine and Lisa and the kids.  They were tired boys and were out before hitting the interstate. 

I am looking forward to the next couple weeks, as I love my job I am ready fro a break and some much needed cuddle time with my babies.  We don't have practice again until Dec. 26th so I will go to work a little this week but mostly hang at home with the boys.  I am so blessed to have the job i have and the flexibility I get so I can have this time with the boy.  We will just try and hang out but do need to get some Christmas shopping done and hopefully if time allows a little baking done before heading to Omaha on Thursday.  I hope you all have safe travels during this holiday season.

More and more tricks

Sometimes I feel like we tell our boys to do things like we are telling a dog to do tricks:).  Landon has been doing "so big" with both hands for a couple weeks not and he thinks it is soooooo funny!  Tristans just started doing it but of course he decides he wants to only put one hand up to be different than his bother.  Then this past week Landon started clapping (Dec. 5) and Tristans followed and started a few days later but gain he does his clapping a little different.  Tristan uses one hand and just hits his leg and thats his clapping.

Then tonight I call after my game to see how Jared and they boys were and Jared said that Tristan shook his head no-no when he asked if he wanted to go night night.  So Jared thought he was just being silly and asked him again a little later and he said the same thing no-no.  They both are shaking their heads no-no and yes-yes when asking them questions.  At first I thought they are just doing it but a lot of the times the answers are right.  It is pretty funny when you tell them to say yes because they get their whole body into it and shake their head up and down. 

Oh and both boys got another front top tooth, Tristan got his front top right one and Landon got his front top left one.  I tell you what it is crazy how one boy will do something and the same day or next day or soon after the other boy will do the same thing.  One gets a tooth the other gets a tooth, one stands on his own the other stands on his own, one day one says dadda next day one says dadda.  It is really neat to see how they really are twins inside and out. 

Pictures, Pictures, and more Pictures

Today we got the boys one year pictures taken and wanted to share them with you.  To view them go to http://www.christinakjarphotography.com/index2.php#/home/
then click on clients and password is bodammer

They did pretty good for a couple hours of trying to smile and stay still (which is very difficult right now).  They are so into exploring and see what they can get into especially in new places.  All in all we had a great time and they did great, but mom and dad were tired.  We had the lady that took our wedding pictures take them and she did great and was VERY patient with them.