Hayden's Performance

The week before the Christmas party Hayden learned the song "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas." So I decided it would be the perfect song for her to sing at the Christmas party. We practiced all week and she was all ready to perform. She has never really done anything like this before, so I wasn't sure if she was going to be nervous and sing really quietly or not even do it at all. But when it was her turn, she hopped right up there and started singing like she had done it a thousand times before. The only problem was, she wasn't singing the right song. She just started making up a song that really didn't make any sense and sounded like it was in a different language! :) She does this at home a lot and goes on and on and on and on..... I felt bad making her stop, but she was just as happy to sing the right song. It was a pretty funny/cute moment.

Lyman Family Christmas

December 18th was the annual Lyman family Christmas party. My mom was in charge this year and she did a great job. We had dinner, a cute program, the kids performed the Nativity, we played a bouncing ball game and of course Santa came. My Dad played Santa and most of the kids were not fooled...even Hayden knew it was Grandpa. :)
Not scared of Santa at all.
This is Hayden's first time sitting on Santa's lap. She was nervous at all. We were so proud of her!!
He does this cheesy smile when the camera is on him. He had a blast crawling around mingling with everyone. He is social little boy!

Whats Been Going On...

We went bowling a couple of weeks ago. It was Hayden's first time and she enjoyed bowling but liked playing the arcade games a lot better.

We babysat our nephew for a week at the beginning of December. This is what took place the first night. Poor kid is going to hate me when he is sixteen!!

A night out with the Stars ;) ha ha

My friend Janice and I got each other/ourselves tickets to the Kurt Bestor Christmas concert. I found out a couple days before the show that Jason Castro(American Idol Season 7) was going to be performing as well and I knew I had to go. I had a tiny crush on him during his run on AI and thought it would be fun to see him in person. So I called Janice up and talked her into going with me! The concert was really good even though I am not a huge Kurt Bestor fan. Jason performed very well and then signed autographs afterward. It was a great night!!

Thanksgiving 2010

We had an amazing Thanksgiving this year. All of my family was together for an entire week. We did all the usual things...eat, play games, talk, eat, shop, ect... We celebrated my mom's birthday on Monday. We had tacos, cake, played games and opened presents. It was a lot of fun. We also took the kids to 'Tangled.' It was really cute, everyone liked it except Hayden who said she didn't like it because it had a mean witch (but she really did like it.)
Hayden got to spend every night but one at Granny Jo's house, she thought it was pretty cool to have a sleep over every night. She loves her cousins and gets a long so well with all of them.
Carson spent most of his time crawling around looking for little things on the floor to eat. Seriously every time you looked at him he was chewing on something, his favorite is paper!!
It was a great a week and I am sad it is over, but am definitely looking forward to December and everything that comes with it!!

Nicole, Crosby, Hayd, Ava, Brooklyn and Heidi preforming "Five Fat Turkeys are We."
Enjoying a little Spaghetti!
We exchanged Christmas presents and this is what Carson and Hayden got. Thanks Shell, they LOVE them!!!

Day 9 & 10

The last two days of our trip were pretty uneventful besides me getting sick with food poisoning at one in the morning the day we are supposed to drive nine hours!! Needless to say that trip was pretty miserable for me, but I think Colin had it even worse!! He had to drive, keep the kids entertained and fed, handle bathroom breaks and take care of his puking/whining wife. He handled it so well and did not complain once!! The kids also did AMAZING!!!!!!
We stopped in St. George and stayed the night. Colin and the kids swam and then we all hit the hay!!
Luckily the next day I woke up feeling MUCH better and the 3 1/2 hour trip home seemed like a breeze!!! We were all very happy to be home!!

Day 8

Friday we spent the day hanging around Santa Maria and Pismo Beach.
We started of the day at the beach. It was a little cold and I am not a huge fan of mixing a 9 month old and sand, so we didn't stay there too long. Hayden didn't mind too much because her and her Dad got to "swim" in the hot tub. While they swam I got to hold Carson while he slept and sit and watch the ocean...it doesn't get much better than that!! Also while I was sitting there I saw a couple of whales WAY off in the distance, it was really cool.

After the hot tub we headed to this cute little park. Next we went to a place called Avila Barn. It is a really cute barn with a pumpkins patch, hayrides, ice cream shop, fruit stand and a petting zoo. After Avila Barn we met up with Colin's Aunt and Uncle and had lunch out on the Avila Pier.
This is Colin being brave and getting the close the mass amount of sea lions at the bottom.
Hayden after lunch, she was spent!!!