Christmas 2010

Well Christmas this years was wonderful. I was not 9 months pregnant and having contractions like last year and I had both my kids here with us! It was so great!!! Both kids got spoiled and had so much fun. I got spoiled too from the greatest husband ever! Of course here are a couple of my favorite pics.

Makenna got the cutest pink shopping cart from Santa

Kason loves his big truck. He gets so excited to ride it and when it makes cool noises


Makenna got a Belle doll with a tea set

Kason loves his basketball hoop!

Makenna got the cutest princess castle and asks to sleep in it every night.

Fun Christmas Activities

We have been keeping very busy the past few weeks and have had a ton of fun doing it all!

My very first apple pie made from scratch. So yummy!!!

Mailing our letters to Santa

Kason's letter

Just playing in a box

Makenna's letter to Santa. She really wants a shopping cart.

Playing hide and seek from mom

I really couldn't find them with the cupboard closed!

Decorating Makenna's little tree

Decorating the big tree downstairs

We bought a tree for the first time and it is really nice. Already pre-lit!

Just playing in the tree box

Weston's birthday morning

His red velvet cake. So yummy!

The tall snowman

Kason loved Santa. He just talked and talked to him

Makenna was really afraid but she had to go sit on his lap and ask for that pink shopping cart!

Our Christmas cookies

Makenna had so much fun cutting the different shapes

Kason just kept trying to sit on them

It has been such a fun and busy last month and we can't wait for the next few days to spoil the kids and spend time with all our families.

Merry Christmas!

Love

Weston, Katrina, Makenna and Kason

What's in a name?

I am for warning you guys that this is long and no pictures. This is not really like me but I just had to let it out. I feel like I've been holding it in too long.

Have you ever thought about that? What your name really means to you? To me it was just what people called me to get my attention. For the last 6 years I feel like I have become lost without my name. For anyone who has known me longer than 6 years, you probably know me as Katy. But once I met Weston I didn't want to confuse people since there was already a Katie in the family so I went by my real name Katrina. This past week I have run into some people from the past that called me Katy and it brought back so many happy memories and made me feel happy. I miss that. I want it back.

In the past month I have come to realize that my name, Katy, has much more meaning to me then I thought. It is who I am, my reputation, my identity, and my life. Unfortunately now I feel like that has been taken from me. My name has been dragged through the mud, ruined my credit and my reputation. It is just not fair. I have worked my whole life to be a good and responsible person but now that has all been taken from me by someone who does not have the same values, responsibility or work ethic.

So in an attempt to find myself, I would love to have my name Katy back but that is not possible. While speaking with the credit people trying to fix my credit they deleted the name Katy off my file and told me never to use it again in hopes that I won't get any future bad marks on my credit report. I know I have recently been going by my full name Katrina, but I feel like it has a bad meaning sometimes when people associate it with the hurricane. Death and destruction. So I am thinking I need to go by something different. Weston thinks I'm crazy, but I feel like I need this. When I was a waitress, (I know what your all thinking. Me a waitress? And trust me, I wasn't any good,) they always had me as Kat on the rotation chart. But I don't think I like that. I'm not a cat and I don't meow. So I was thinking Kate. Does it fit me? Can I pull it off? I don't know, it might be too close to Katy too but I just can't think of anything else. So if anyone out there has any thoughts on this feel free to let me know. Thanks!

Enough Said

Weston can always do things better than me!

"Nose"man

Makenna has been dying to build a "nose"man (snowman) ever since the first snow fall. That is all she can talk about. She even asks me repeatedly for a carrot for his nose. So about two weeks ago I bought two carrots at the store and have been waiting for it to snow. Well it finally snowed last night. Makenna was so excited when she woke up and she wanted to go out and build a snowman. Weston being the greatest dad in the world came home during his lunch break to get her snowsuit out of the crawl space. (We really need a new snowsuit. The one she wore today was a 2T and she is in 4T clothes! Plus we didn't have snow gloves so her mittens got wet and cold.) (We weren't prepared for this at all!) So as soon as Kason went down for his nap we went out and made a snowman. Now keep in mind that this is probably the first time I have ever made a snowman by myself and the snow was already melting and hard. I couldn't get it to roll so I just piled it together. So nobody laugh now but here he is!!!

I know, he's not very big. Makenna informed me of that and said that Dad will have to come home and make a big, big one. But he's got two stakes for arms, (couldn't find any sticks), two rocks for eyes, a carrot nose and I even got him a broomstick! Now that's a sweet snowman!

Disney on Ice

Brier Rose and Tinkerbell

Last week we took the kids to Disney on Ice. We even got to go with Shane, Cali and Shali and it was so much fun. Makenna and Shali really enjoyed it and it was fun to go together. We met up and then went to Carl's Jr for dinner and then went up to the show. They had Lilo and Stitch, Ariel, The Lion King and Peter Pan. It was so cute and lots of fun. Kason even did well. He loved to jump to the music. It was so cute. So anyways here are some pics! Sorry there's a lot!

Makenna and Shali at the show

Weston, Kason, Katrina and Makenna.


Kason had on a cute Pirate shirt for the show


Timon. (Or is it Pumba? I need to brush up on my Disney shows. I know all about princess' but I need to review the others it seems like!) We had really good seats so we got to see everything up close. It was great!

Nala and Simba

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

Minnie Mouse

Ariel and Flounder

Ariel and Prince Eric

The London Tower and the cast.

Kason fell asleep after the intermission. He was so tired.

Peter Pan, Wendy, John and I can't remember the other little boy's name!

Captain Hook and Smee. I didn't get a picture of the Lost Boys but they looked so cute. Oh and all the pirates too.

Tinkerbell

Bowling

Last week we decided to have a family activity of bowling. Makenna was so cute and she had so much fun. The whole time she was just so excited over every little thing that it made everything so much fun. She even wanted Kason to bowl. So I let him sit on my knee and he would push the ball down the little ramp. It was the cutest thing ever! Makenna is such a great big sister. She is always looking after Kason and taking care of him. And Kason just adores her. I couldn't ask for more from my kids. They just love each other and have so much fun together. I have the best family in the world! And the cutest! Here are some pics of us bowling.

This is what Kason does all the time. He just loves to walk. But he has to have a finger in each hand or he won't go anywhere!

Here is Makenna cheering us on! She is so going to be a cheerleader when she gets older!

Makenna bowling. She had so much fun!

All smiles!