NO Surgery Today :(

We tried to have Cameron get his tonsils out today - but no luck!  He had a GREAT night last night (after a not good night the night before) so I was very hopeful that he would get his tonsils out.  But after he started coughing first thing this morning, I was pretty sure they wouldn't let him have surgery.  But we tried anyway!  I should have known better and stayed home and in my pjs instead of braving the SNOW!

How cute are Ed and Cameron before we left this morning!  Cameron was so excited to go to the hospital - just because that meant he got to leave the house!

 Of course Cameron had his backpack on!

 He got so excited when he saw the tons in the waiting room!

 He was even ok with me taking his pjs off and putting on the gown - UNTIL I jokingly said that he was wearing a DRESS!  OOPS!  He wanted NOTHING to do with wearing a dress!  He instantly said, "I NOT wear a dress!" and RIPPED it off!  He preferred to lay there with no clothes on (and it was cold) than wear a "dress".  My bad!

 They needed his height so he walked down the COLD hallway with no clothes on - and he didn't care!

 Before he was totally ready for surgery, they had the anesthesiologist come and listen to him.  Cameron thought that was fun.  The Dr was nice and let Cameron listen to himself.  But it was a NO GO!  There was congestion in his lungs and narrowing of his airway (duh - his tonsils are HUGE).  So, they sent us home.  He is rescheduled for January 22 - UGH!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to everyone!  We hope you all have a FABULOUS Christmas!  

And THANKS to Amanda Stephan for taking our family pictures earlier this year when she was up in Utah visiting other cousins!  One of these years ALL my kids will cooperate!

Santa Party 2012!!!!!!!

Get ready, this is going to be a LONG post!  

We had my FAVORITE party of the year last week - my SANTA party!  This year we had

25 FAMILIES

and

83 KIDS!!!!!!!!

It was AWESOME!  Here are some of the details followed by pictures of ALL the kids that sat on Santa's lap (about 75 kids actually sat on his lap)!

We had a hot chocolate bar!  Yum! Yum!

I found these super fun SNOWMAN PEEPS at Target!

We had all sorts of fun things to put in the hot chocolate - like Andes mint pieces, white chocolate pieces, butterscotch chips, mini M&Ms, mini candy canes, caramel sauce, chocolate sauce, marshmallows, peppermint marshmallows, flavorings and more!

Here is everyone waiting for Santa to arrive - mingling and eating!

We always have TONS of food - I do a hot chocolate bar and everyone else brings a treat to share!

Brecken was so excited!

The kids were able to color pictures and write Santa a letter!

We had all the kids sit down and sing songs to get Santa to come!

It worked!  Santa heard the kids singing and came!

I think about 75 kids sat on Santa's lap - starting with my sweet little Cameron!  He couldn't get enough of Santa!  I finally had to have Ed take Cameron away so other kids could have a turn.

Here is my Brecken!  He wants THREE very specific things for Christmas.  Good thing I had enough time to let Santa know!

Oh my sweet Kesley!  She was so happy to sit on Santa's lap.

Gavin couldn't wait either!

Matthew doesn't look too happy but he really was!

I even managed to get Dallin to sit on Santa's lap!

Cameron didn't want to smile but I wanted a picture of the twins with Santa!

I had to have a turn too!

Not a great picture but I managed to get our WHOLE family in a picture!

I love this picture - all the girls!  Well, not all the girls but the ones that were still there at the end!

Thanks to everyone that came and made our Santa party a HUGE success!