Christmas Day...wyatt playing with his new DS game. i think it was transformers.

paxton showing off his new bionicle. (its a lego thing...)

kysa playing peek-a-boo.

Christmas was such a nice day. it is the first Christmas since allan and i have been married that we didn't have to go anywhere. everyone came to us. allan's parents came by in the morning and visisted with us for a little while. then later in the afternoon my family came over. it was so fun. we had a yummy dinner of ham, funeral potaoes, rolls and pie. yuuuummy! we all opened our gifts, and everyone got spoiled rotten.

we hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas. we are so thankful for all of you who have touched our lives in so many ways. We are BLESSED! we hope that you all have a very happy and safe new years. love, the Ronnow's

Christmas Morning....the kids slept in....can you believe it?! they didn't get out of bed until 7:30, and if any of you know my kids that is considered sleeping in! here they are getting ready to open their santa gifts. they were so excited!

Paxton showing some of the treasures he found in is stocking! it is a voice recorder that warps whatever you say into it! both paxton and wyatt got one, and let me just tell you what a hit they are!

Hooray, wyatt got some pokemon cards in his stocking. what a good Santa! he knows exactly what the boys love!

Kysa posing with her new pink purse. she was shoving everything she could into it. it was filled with keys, chapstick, sunglasses, a cell phone and wallet. what a girly girl she is becoming.

Temple Square...
i love love love temple square at Christmas time. the temple all aglow and the twinkling christmas lights everywhere. although i remember as a child that there used to be so many more lights then they have now. it is a tradition in my family (as well as most of yours, i am sure) to visit temple square each Christmas. time was running out this year and i wasn't sure we were going to make it. thank heavens, we did. we went the day before christmas eve. well, almost all of utah must have had the same idea. it was so crazy packed, i could not believe it. i have never seen it so busy. it had snowed earlier that day so everything was glistening. it was so beautiful. there is nothing better then temple square to remind you of the true meaning of Christmas!
Here is my family all bundled up to keep warm. this is the same tree that we pose in front of every year. it is so beautiful. this picture doesn't do it justice!

Me and my kiddos. allan had to work so he was not able to go with us.

pax and dub. there was this girl out on the street playing beautiful music on her violin. papa perry gave the boys $5 to go and put in her violin case. in return she gave them both a candy cane.

Kysa all cozy in the stroller. everytime i took her picture she gave me the most darling "cheese", but her eyes were closed in every single one of them. i think that the flash was just a little too bright in the dark of night!

Super days are Snowy days.....at least for my kids!
the kids could hardly wait when the snow let up enough for them go outside and play in all the wonderful, glorious, beautiful, untouched snow. first finding all the snow gear was quite the task. if fact, most of it is still not found, but not having proper attire was not going to stop boys.

of course the minute that paxton and wyatt saw that red, kasie and mia where outside, off to their house they forged. (picture: Mia, Wyatt and Paxton)

kysa wanted to get in on all the action. she had her first taste of snow. she didn't really care for it, but she was still all smiles.

wyatt was being red's little helper on making the snow fort. wyatt just didn't understand that the snow red was shoveling out, wasn't supposed to go back in the fort. (notice his nice battle wound?)

paxton is always the best to flash me a smile when i say "Cheese." he was having a ball and didn't want to go in the house when the sun started to go down. we didn't get to making our snowman, but i promised that we have tomorrow. side note: so when we got home and were taking off all of our snow gear, paxton unzipped his coat to reveal that he was bare-chested. thats right folks no shirt on under the coat! what a terd!

and finally the snow fort that red made for the kids. they loved it. we had to keep reminding a few of the "special" kids (mine) that the fort was not for climbing on but for going in. we had a great time in the snow. thanks for playing with us Kasie, red and mia! you guys are great neighbors!

What once was lost...now is found!

yeahhhh, i found my camera. i knew once i threatened that i was going to go buy a new one, it would magically appear! actually i was cleaning out the coat closet and found in a old bag that a few weeks ago ky had been dragging around....hhmmm, i wonder who would have put my camera in that little bag of hers!

so here is a picture of our christmas tree. it was bought a few years ago at an after christmas sale for $30 bucks. it has been the best little tree ever. we love it. the best thing is no more stringing my own lights....pre-lit baby. its the way to go.

here are the kidlets getting ready for church this morning. poor allan had to get all three kids ready and out the door all by himself. i know what all you moms out there are thinking, cuz i think it too..."i get the kids all ready and out the door all by myself all the time." i know it is good for allan to do this not so little task. i really think it makes him apreciate that he doesn't have to do it ALL THE TIME. he is such a good husband. i am very lucky.

of course all three kids are in their be-nothings, cuz i didn't want them to get dirty before church started. 1 o'clock church is the worst. yeah, it is good for me to finish my singing time material, but trying to get the kids fed, clothed and napped all before church is quite the task.

i stand corrected....thanks min!

so i was informed today that just because little blue (my camera) is missing, doesn't mean that i can't post. so here goes a picture-less post. i want you to know how hard this is for me!

with Christmas just around the corner i have been thinking alot about all those last minute things that you know need to get done, but wonder how you are going to squeeze one more thing into an already jam packed day. tuesday night we started taking around all our neighbor gifts, which was quite the feat with the boys wanting to jump out of the car (before we had stoped mind you) and race to the doors of our unsuspecting neighbors. there were a few slips and a few more bumps and bruises, but fortunatly the home-made jam made it to the doors intact!
yesterday we made the drive to cache valley for my brothers christmas program. it was so cute and touching. just picture 100+ handicapped and disabled kids and adults, all clad in santa hats, rudolph antlers, elf ears, singing their little hearts out to all the christmas classics. it was so touching. if that doesn't get you in the christmas spirit, i don't know what would. My brother, Nate played Blitzen. How fun!!!
More updates on christmas fun from the ronnow household yet to come......(hopefully with some photographic proof!)

MIA...
so to all of you out there, my cute little blue camera has gone missing in action. so now you know the reason for the lackage of postings. if any of you have seen a homeless blue kodak camera could you let me know! the search is on.....

Our Family Picture....So we finally got new family pictures taken. it has been so long since we have gotten them done. i think the last time was when ky was a new born. i know horrible huh? Brooke (allan's cousins wife) did such a good job, especially because kysa was so crabby. the boys have never smiled so well for anyone before. i don't think there was one shot of them that i didn't like. thanks so much brookers, you did an amazing job!

cOngrAtUlaTIonS, brinkley and richy...

my beautiful cousin brinkley got married on friday. i wish you both all the happiness in the world. i love you Mr. and Mrs. Peterson.

helping hands tend to be messy hands...
i was making some choc chip cookies and ky decided that she wanted to be my special helper. by the time i noticed what she was doing the damage was already done....so i let her continue to play in the flour.

what a sad little face. ky was so upset when i told her it was time to get off the counter and put the flour away.

best seat in the house...
so kysa has discovered that she can not only open the drawers, but she can get in them. i found her chillin in the kitchen the other day and thought it would make a great photo op.

what a little stinker! but i love her, she is so much fun. i can't believe all the new things she is doing. my baby isn't so much a baby anymore.

three things:
my cousin robyn tagged me to tell you three things about me in each category, here goes....

3 joys-
my kids
my husband
crafts

3 fears-
losing anyone in my family
being finacially unstable
being home alone

3 current obsessions/collections-
reading
getting ready for christmas
my husband :)

3 surprising facts-
i am allergic to bees
i am addicted to Mt. dew
i dream weekly about becoming a smoker...crazy i know!

i tag: danielle, daja, heather, kasie, carli

my halloween monsters...Paxton decided to be Harry Potter this year. he looked so cute and was so excited. the first day he had his costume he was waving his wand and doing spells on us all. in fact, just in case you didn't know paxton turned wyatt in to a bucket! paxton made such a good harry potter.

wyatt finally made up his mind as to what he wanted to be for halloween. everytime we would ask him what he wanted to be it would be something different. first, a transformer, and not just any transformer it has to be bumblebee. then it was the hulk. when all was said and done wyatt decided on being a army guy. i told him he looked like a g.i. joe, but i was informed that that was NOT what he was.
ky was so cute as a little witch. it is so much fun having a little girl especiallly when i get to dress her up in frilly, fluffy things. she is such a good little girl, putting up with a mom like me. i wasn't sure she would keep her hat on, but as long and i distracted her with a sucker then she was fine to leave it on.

we hope you all had a great halloween!

Wyatt "dubby" Ronnowso my friend danielle tagged me to tell you five things that you don't know about wyatt...here goes!
5. wyatt was a binky baby. he loved it. when he was about 18 months he started biting holes in the nipples. so of course that is when it got taken away. wyatt wasn't at all bothered by the fact that he didn't have his binky anymore, although that is when he got totally attached to his "ducky blankie". we can't go anywhere without it. he stands at the washing machine and cries when it is being cleaned, which is often since we have to take it EVERYWHERE! i don't think we are going to have an easy time getting him to relinquish the "ducky blankie". it could be cute to have a son who carries around his blankie when he is 15 right?
4. wyatt hates rootbeer. he won't touch it. i don't know why he doesn't like it seeming how it is paxtons beverage of choice. wyatt would rather have water (and that is saying alot) then rootbeer! what a weird kid.
3. wyatt has his own language. he didn't start talking until he was three, so we have had quite a year of being interpreters. the thing that i love that he says is he calls his grandma becky, "Waha Beehee." i know that i should help him to say it correctly but i love it and hope that he always calls her "Waha"
2. wyatt loves little girls. he is the only boy in nursery at church, and i think that he really loves it. everytime he makes a new girl friend he tells me that he is going to marry her, even his cousins (ashley P). what a ladies man!
1. wyatt loves to have his tummy, back, arms, legs really pretty much anywhere scratched softly. it can sometimes really drive you crazy. everytime you are sitting anywhere he will climb up onto your lap and lift up his shirt to be scratched. although the nice part is 9 out of 10 times he will fall asleep!
***and a bonus fact about wyatt...no matter what time he goes to bed (which is usually late like 11pm) he will wake up with the sun. meaning like 5am. we have gotten him trained that he does not come in to wake up mom and dad. he now knows how to put a movie or cartoons on by himself!
i love wyatt so much and am so glad that he is my little dubby. sometimes he gets lost in the shuffle of being the dreaded "middle child" but i can't imagine our family without him. he is definitly the spice in our life!
we tag: kylee h, aiden h, hunter s, mia c, addi b and ryker c

We love Halloween....so i know it has been forever since i have posted, but life has been nuts! i seriously thought that once summer was over and Paxton was in school that life would calm down for us...boy, was i wrong! i am really going to try and be better, no promises though!
****oh my gosh, look how cute ky is. i swear she gets more beautiful by the day. (don't mind me, just a little bit of mommy bragging.) we love halloween at our house. next to christmas it is our most favorite. i love the feel of the air, the warm clothes being pulled out of hibernation, i love the costumes, letting go of me being able to choose what costumes the boys will wear this year. i love being outside, whether that means soccer games, play days at the park, or corn mazes.....

...and speaking of corn mazes. my sister steph happened to get some free tickets to a maze. we thought, hey what a fun way to spend the evening with the fam. so we packed up the monsters and off we went. come to find out the maze was in south jordan....so save money on the tickets, but pay it in gas. oh well, we had such a good time it was so worth it. the maze had a haunted section and a kid friendly one. we DID choose the ghouls free path. (even though the look of the pictures we didn't, the boys wanted a pic with the scary scarecrow, minus wyatt, he kept his face hidden. poor guy!)
it was a freezing night, but we dressed warm. once we got moving inside the maze we were actually quite toasty...especially me, i was wearing ky in her sling. it was nice to have a built in furnace.

well i hope that everyone else is having a good halloween season. i can't believe that it is almost here. where is the time going? soon we are all going to be doing christmas posts....ahhhhhh!

SWEET girl....


wyatt, being the great big brother that he is, gave ky a sucker today. i didn't have the heart to take it from her (besides i tried and she had a total meltdown). so i plopped her in her highchair and let her go to town. she loved it as you can tell. she was such a sticky mess by the time she was done, that we had to hose her down in the tub.

My little family.it is not often that i can get a picture of my whole family, seeing how i am usually the one taking the pictures. we went to lagoon this weekend and my sister and her fam came too. she snapped this picture of us. can i just tell you how worth it it has been for us to get season passes to lagoon. we definalty got our moneys worth this summer.

GO TiGerS....
paxton at his first soccer game of the season. last year was his first year, and he loved it! this year has been fun because i and my brother in law (his son gavin is on the team too) are the coaches. paxton is quite the little player. he is a quick runner and he is not intimidated at all by the other players or the ball. he just gets in there and plays his little heart out! paxton is also very proud because he chose the teams name....the TIGERS!

kinDergArTen ROCKS!oh my gosh, look at what a big boy i have. doesn't he look so dang handsome? yesterday paxton had his first day of kindergarten. the day started off kinda rough cuz he was being a sleepy head and i could not get him out of bed...he was so mad at me until i reminded him why he was getting up so early. now that we have had his second day and once again i had to fight with him to get up, i am wondering what i was thinking when i thought that morning kindergarten would be so much better. plus i had to give him a haircut the morning of his first day, cuz being the awesome mom that i am we totally ran out of time before.
arriving in his new classroom. he was so excited he was all smiles. he kept telling me that i could go, but i just had to keep getting "one more look"
it was so funny to see all of us moms standing in the doorway of the classroom trying to get their child to turn and SMILE. there was alot of us that this is our first child that has gone to school. everyone told me how hard it was going to be, but it wasn't as bad as i thought. paxton was so excited that it was hard for me to be sad.