Christmas Eve And Christmas

For Christmas Eve, we had shepherds dinner(like always). Each year the shepherds get more and more advanced. This year we started off playing Just Dance on the Wii, and the grown ups sat at the table, and not on the floor. We also had shrimp! The Cardiff's and McEntires got to come over to celebrate with us. We had a blast!

 

We had an awesome Christmas! We did not get a lot of pictures, because we were videoing but we got a bunch of cute ones with the twins and their presents.

Our Cute Little Girls

Here are some ADORABLE pictures of our little girls, who will be one in two weeks! Valerie took them when we saw her family up in Utah! They look so professional-but were really just taken in Grandma's kitchen. (We fed them Froot Loops to keep them happy, so that is what they are stuffing in their mouths.)

 

 

(Kylie is on the left for these pictures.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kylie:

 



They will never keep their bows on for long

 

Bree:

 

 

 

 Thanks Val:)

 

 Posted By: Kaitlyn

More Amazing Quotes

Nate: Mom, now where are we going?

Mom: Nowhere, I just had to take Kaitlyn to get her braces on her teeth.

Nate: Huh? Her teeth? What about her arm?

(He got a little confused because Ellie and I both had braces on are wrists this year.)

 

Jared picked Kaitlyn to get a present for this Christmas.

Jared: Oh man! This is going to be expensive!

 

Kaitlyn: What's Dad's name Nate?

Nate: Um, Daddy Esplin

 
Jared was giving Brynn a "horsey ride."
Brynn: Go Jared! To the counter!
Jared: Ugh! I'm going to die! 
Brynn: You have it better than the Egyptian slaves. They had to transfer pyramid blocks to make the pyramids.
Jared: Ouch! did they have to carry it on their backs too?

We were watching "I am a Mormon's" on the Mormon Channel
Brynn: If that guy wasn't already married and was younger and wasn't in the army I would marry him.

Brynn: Yes! I'm so excited for Christmas! I cant wait to see all the presents!
Kaitlyn: No, you have to say...Yes! I'm so excited for Christmas! I cant wait to see all the presents-AND I love celebrating Christ's birth! Cause that's the true meaning of Christmas.

Ellie: The mail lady left her key in the mail box and I didn't know what to do with it.

(Nate was in the back of the car and trying to keep the twins awake)
Nate: BOO! BOO! Mom--I can't get them to stay alive

Ellie's version of "Angels We Have Heard on High"

Angels we have heard on high
sweetly singing over plains and the mountains in reply
echloing their joyous trains
glooooooooooooooooooooooria
In Chelsie's neighborhood
glooooooooooooooooooooooria
in Chelsie's neighborhood

For Christmas Eve the kids all slept together. Here are some conversations.

Nate: I'll just lay on the floor with just my blanket.
Kaitlyn: You should at least sleep with a pillow, so your neck doesn't get hurt.
Ellie: Ya! One time I didn't sleep with a pillow and my neck got cranked.

Kaitlyn: Guys where is the toilet paper.
Ellie: Why would you ask us that? Personal!
Kaitlyn: It was just there and I have to blow my nose!

(We turned the light on so we could remake Nate's bed and Jared was NOT happy about that)
Nate: Jared even thought the lights are on you need to stay asleep!
Jared: I can't stay asleep if I'm not asleep to start with!
Nate: Well then Jared....no whining!

Ellie: Nate, you are funny everyone thinks your funny!
Nate: Ya.
Brynn: Do they think I'm funny?
Kaitlyn: Yes, of course Brynn.
Nate: Ya Brynn. OF COURSE!

Posted By Kaitlyn

Braces

I was really excited about getting my braces on, and I couldn't wait to have straight teeth, but now they hurt a TON and I have to keep telling myself that in the end they will make my teeth straight. They feel really weird and at first I had a hard time chewing my food because it felt funny:) I now have to eat like the twins, not because I will choke, but because it hurts like crazy and I don't want to break the brackets(or anything else).

 

Posted By: Kaitlyn

 

SNOW!!!

 I know this much snow may not be even a tenth of what you get, (haha) but we love it! This I what we woke up to this morning.

 

Okay, we didn't wake up to these, but we did wake up to this.

 

The roads were really icy on the way to church.

 

We LOVE the snow! (With an exception of Mom and Dad)

 

Posted By Kaitlyn

Summer Catch-Up #5: Colorado

 Before school started, we decided to take a nice, NOT long, easy trip to Durango. It only took us about 3-4 hours, that is a really nice drive compared to the 10-11 hours when going to Utah. Anyway, we rented a nice little condo up in Cascade Village and stayed there for two nights. We had A LOT of fun hiking, getting trapped in a really wet mine shaft, panning for gold, watching T.V., swimming, hanging out in the hot tubs, and watching it rain and rain and rain and rain. It was really rainy.

We got to Durango and went to the nearest store from Cascade Village. We got so much food. We rented a movie from red box to watch that night. We explored the hiking trails and found the hot tubs and pool and went swimming!

 

The next day it was raining and we decided to go explore the area, so we drove out of Durango and into another town. We were going to ride the train, but for nine people that is really expensive. Instead we went to this little place to pan for gold and go into a mine shaft. Now you must know we were panning for gold in the FREEZING cold rain, only a light jacket and preparing to go into a really wet mine shaft. Are final decision was to leave Nate and the twins with dad, and Jared, Brynn, Ellie, mom and I would go into the freezing mine.


We got into the mine car, it was of course, wet from the rain and drove into the mine which was also very wet. It turns out it was so wet and the water was so high that our mine car could not get through and died. So, we are pretty much trapped in the mine, no where to get out, but still we go on with the tour. We were really freezing but got through the tour fine. The emergency car came to pick us up. We were so cold we went home and had hot chocolate and hung out in the hot tubs.

We got to go hiking too and it was awesome! it was SO pretty and SO green...for a change! We also watched some T.V. and made cookies! IT was so fun and we cant wait to go back!

The sad thing is that we had an accident with the camera and none of the pictures in the mine were saved:(

 

Posted By: Kaitlyn

Nate is 4!!

 

Little Nate is getting SO old, here are some pictures we found of him that we thought were funny and cute(they were from a long time ago).
 

 

 

 

Not sure what happened here

 

 

These were more recent ones.

Nate is always making us laugh and smile. He is so fun to have in our family and is such a good boy. Happy Birthday handsome boy!

Posted by: Kaitlyn