Christmas 2010

Every year Christmas gets better and better. The kids get older and really get into all the fun traditions we have. I really love it. I love the above picture of all the kids lined up all ready to see their presents Santa brought them. They already knew because Parker woke them up by telling them what they got.

Noah was not happy with us for waking him up. Look at that bottom lip. How can you not resist kissing it all the time?

Santa brought Nick his beloved Flat Hat. For the last 2 months all he has wanted was this. I guess it's the new thing now for kids at his school. Really? I guess my kid is gangster now.
Sammy got a little make up set. She loves it, maybe a little too much. I thought it would be used for play but she really thinks she needs to put it on every morning before we go out. I'm okay with it now since it's winter break. There will be rules once school starts again.
Parker got a Green Razor. He loves it.
I had to put this next picture in because it shoes how crazy Parker is. Click on the picture and look at his eyes. Freaky!!! He was so excited to get his little skateboards.
I love Noah's face in this picture. He loved his new toy.
Santa surprised me with a beach cruiser and Luke with a mountain bike. I have always wanted one and I loved the one he picked out. After much thought I realized a mountain bike would be more practical. So I have to say goodbye to my cute little bike. Sniff sniff.
It was a great Christmas.

Christmas Eve 2010

We had a great Christmas Eve this year. We opened gifts from extended family and did the nativity story. My uncle bought these cute costumes from Desert book. Sammy was so excited to be Mary. Nick wasn't too happy about it because he said he can't be married to his sister. Parker was the Wise man and Noah was the crazy baby who ran around and touched everything he wasn't supposed to.

Joseph

Mary

Wiseman and Joseph

Mary and Joseph

Vegas Snow

Luke always complains about how he misses the snow and how we don't have a white Christmas. I told him we do have snow. Vegas snow, which is really soap bubbles but hey the kids loved it(until they stuck their tongues out and tasted it) and in the picture it really does look like snow. It was a fun family outing. There is a shopping center by us that has "snow " fall at 7 every night. The people go crazy, I couldn't help but laugh at how everyone was acting when it was falling.
Nick started complaining that the his eyes were hurting. I love Sammy's face in the background.
Happy faces
It's rare that Luke and I get a good picture of us
These next two pictures make me laugh. Luke took both of them and I had no idea that Sammy did the exact same pose.

I'm not a fan of the snow so this was perfect. Although I do wish it would snow in Vegas for a day so my kids can enjoy it and get their fix.

Merry Christmas

The Lund Family wishes you all a Merry Christmas!

From our crazy house to yours.

GIrls just wanna have fun

Since Sammy's birthday is so close to Christmas was have decided to have her friend party a couple weeks early. I love it because people aren't too busy with Christmas things yet. I kept it simple this year, and I loved it! She invited 4 friends to see the movie Tangled. Such a cute movie. We went to the store and they each got to pick out a candy. I made them each a snack bag with a water and popcorn. Let's just say I am so glad big purses are in right now. That thing was stuffed full.

Girls are Craaaazy! I won't say who the ringleader was but the girls did everything she did. Here they are waiting for the movie

Then they saw this poster and went out of control. I got a little glimpse of what it will be like when these girls are older.

I just have to pint out that Kennedy was pretending to kiss Justin. The 2 girls on the left had no idea who Justin was but one of them told her mom after the party that she wants to listen to Justin Bieber now.

Then we came back home for pizza,cake, and presents. Sammy loved it and had so much fun.

I know my cake isn't the best in the world but I thought it was cute and let's just say that a certain 3 year old ruined the front of it while we were at the movie. Even though I told his dad to put it up high because I knew he would touch it. The dad didn't listen to me and look what happened.

Mothers are always right. She still loved it.

Five Years Old

My beautiful Sammy is 5 today. I am lucky to have this little girl in my life. I love my boys, but am so glad I have my one girl. I love knowing that I have a buddy do my nails with, or someone that wants to go shopping. Sammy has really grown up in the last 6 months. She is so motherly and is always willing to help me in any way. She even wants to help me clean the toilets. She has definitely turned girly in the last little while. A few things about my girl:
- She loves anything about Barbies,makeup,dolls etc.
-She loves to craft and can do it for hours.
-I love her drawings. You definitely know whether she has drawn a girl or boy. The girls always have eyelashes, and bracelets on.
-She loves to pose for pictures

-She is a daddy's girl for sure

- She keeps asking for a sister. We tell her in a couple years she can get a girl dog :)
-She loves her 2 best friends Kennedy and Faith
-She loves going shopping. I bought some new shirts for my birthday and I was trying them on for her and she was letting me know which ones she liked.
-She is taking Gymnastics right now and loves it. It has really helped her come out of her shy little shell

Sammy celebrated her birthday with friends a couple weeks ago, but last night we did our family party. She loved all the attention and was so excited to play with her presents.

Her favorite present of all were these:

She loves them. The white one has been named Emily(she is pretty obsessed with that name) and the brown one is Penny because she loves my sister's dog Penny who looks a lot like that one. She had to fed them first thing this morning. It was adorable and I love seeing her take care of them.

We love Sammy and love having her spunky personality in the family. Happy Birthday Sammy Girl!!

A fun weekend

A couple weekends ago my great Uncle Jim and his wife Anne came to Vegas to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. The live in England and thought it would be a fun idea to fly all their American friends and family to celebrate with them. Growing up my dad loved to take us to England to see him. Since my Dad's dad died pretty young, Uncle Jim was like a father to my dad. It was really important to him for his children to know him. Uncle Jim is a great man, a little dirty, but still a great person. He planned a fun weekend for us. On Saturday night we went and saw Jersey Boys. It was a great show. I can't recommend it to anyone because the language is not very good, but what do you expect from a bunch of boys living in Jersey back in the day? The music was incredible. Then on Sunday we had a very nice dinner in The Venetian. My Uncle isn't LDS so he had an open bar and it was hilarious to watch some of these old people drink. Funny sight to see. I of course loaded up on the Ginger Ale. It was so much fun to have 2 kid less nights in a row and do things we normally don't get to do. It was also nice to be with all my siblings and cousins actually get to talk. Fun times!

Alisa and Jim Zockoll December 2010

All The Zockolls.

My siblings and cousins

Luke totally made fun of me for taking this picture but I was so excited that it had my name on it. I really should get out more.

Yo Gabba Gabba

I know what everyone is thinking. You would rather poke yourself in the eye than go to a Yo Gabba Gabba concert(those words came straight from Laura's mouth). Well I happen to like this show, Parker and Sammy LOVE it. The songs are catchy and they sing about good things. I also love when they have people like Jack Black on it. So funny! My sister Amber is friends with one of the producers so she asked him to hook us up. She got enough tickets for all the Vegas cousins to go. Nick wasn't too thrilled about it but he was a good sport.
They handed out these glasses so all the kids could look like DJ Lance.

Sammy wouldn't take them off and she even wore them to school the next day. Sammy loved the show the most. She was so into it and didn't like being bothered during it.

As you can tell from this picture Nick thought it was okay. His favorite part was when the Jabberwockies came out and danced.
Out of all the kids I thought Parker would like it the most since it is one of his favorite shows. After about 20 minutes he got a little bored and took this picture
The best part of the night was when they let thousands of balloons fall from the ceiling.

It was a fun night with the kids. Thank Amber for getting them for us.

All About Nick

Nick's awesome! He is such a sweet boy and always wants to to do the right thing. Yes he has his moments, but overall he is a good boy. He has so much drive and I love that about him. In everything he does, he gives it %110. Whether it's sports or school. I am proud to say that he got Mustang of the Month for November. Every teacher picks 1 student from the class to receive this award. It' s like a Citizenship award. They get it by being a good example to others and trying to follow the rules. I was so proud of him. They had a little ceremony and gave them some ice cream. Definitely a proud parent moment. I have a picture of him with his certificate but I am hesitant to post it because it has all his school info on it. So this one will have to do, even though I had just finished running 6 miles and look like poo. Oh well I can't always look beautiful, right?(total sarcasm there)

My parents surprised Nick and he loved it.

Now this picture is hilarious. Partly because Nicholas looks kind of freaky. So everyone knows Nick's obsession for Justin Bieber. Let's face it, the kid has Bieber Fever. He saw the preview for the Justin movie coming out. Of course he wants to see it. I told him he can use his money if he wants to. We were at the mall the other day and he saw a Justin Bieber calendar. You guessed it, he wanted it. This is where I draw the line. I could care less if he like Bieber. I will not let him have the boy on his wall for 12 months. Sorry buddy! Okay back to the real reason I was writing this. So Nick brings home those book orders from school. He sees a Justin Bieber book, and tells me he wants it. I say no.

Fast Forward 2 weeks. I go through his backpack and find this book:

He took $3 out of his piggy bank and bought it himself without me knowing. Smart smart boy. I think he thought it was a real book, but it turns out it's a quiz book. Regardless he loves it and is very protective of it. When will this Bieber Fever end? The sad thing is it's passed onto the rest of the kids, even Noah. The minute he hears Baby, Baby he starts freaking out. Sammy has announced that she is going to marry Justin Bieber. Parker just thinks he is Bieber. And now I am sick of writing the name Bieber.