Christmas 2013

We had an amazing Christmas this year!! Ken was home and his family came to our house for a few days. AND i even had Christmas Eve off which was an extra bonus!! 

It's been a Hammond tradition to make homemade tamales during the holidays. Then we freeze a bunch and get to eat them the whole year. So yummy!! 

Mom and Dad Hammond busy in the kitchen!!!

Aunt Claudia playing some computer games. 

The boys got to open one present for Christmas Eve. They picked the Hess trucks my mom (Nana) got them. It's her tradition to buy them one every year so they knew what it was and were excited to open them. (For all my Utah friends Hess is a gas station back east and they make these super cool trucks every year that light up and make noise...sometime too much noise, but they are pretty neat.)

The boys both asked for Razor 360's ...and they got them!! After you get going on it for a minute the bike whips you around in a circle. They have love them!!! I thought Brax would be too big but actually he fits on it great, Alex has to stretch to reach the pedals...he's almost too short. Guess Razor made a big wheel for bigger kids!! 

Alex also asked for this specific Glow Pet....boy was he SOOO excited!!! 

Uncle Charlie got him a Ninja Turtle robe....Alex absolutely LOVES it! 

Then the boys got to open the BIG present from me and Ken!!!! 

NITRO CIRCUS TICKETS!!! We are going Jan 17th ,VIP tickets, get to go back stage and  we are sitting in the 8th row. It's going to be AMAZING!!! We all can't wait!!! 

Ken loves Reese's and he he loves a BIG coffee cup...this was the perfect gift! 

I made my little Giants fan a beanie!! Haha!!

So this was his outfit all of Christmas day, too stinking cute!!!

Nana and Poppy also got Alex a gingerbread train, he did a pretty good job. Of course he made it for a Ninja Turtle!!! 

Ken's big present was a remote control car....look at my action shot!!! LOL. He's the biggest kid of all out of the bunch!!! 

Ken cooked us another fabulous meal...his parents helped this time. 

Aunt Claudia!!

Oh look there i am...talking to my Mom probably. I think i had the camera most of the day. 

After a busy day Alex was wiped out...still in his robe of course and with little Stuart...awwww. 

Thanksgiving 2013

I didn't take too many pictures for Thanksgiving this year but we had one FABULOUS meal!! Ken cooked everything, even the pies! He did absolutely amazing!!! 

I am one lucky woman. 

Boys love making forts in the living room...nice place to relax with a full belly

Halloween

For some insane reason I volunteered to help out for Alex's 1st grade Halloween Party at school. I brought a craft where we made spiders out of cups and pipe cleaners. 

Alex helped me set up...he was SO excited to have Mom there with him. 

We snuck down to Braxton's 4th grade class to say hi and this is the look we got!! Man oh man! So of course i walked in and gave him a big hug in front of all his friends. Love you Brax! 

At least he posed with Alex for a picture...then was gone again in .2 seconds! 

I got to eat lunch with Alex and his class too...they had the lights off and just had some black lights so it was spooky!! All the lunch ladies were dressed up as Minions...it was super cute. 

Back to the party....I had groups of 5-6 kids come through for 10 min rotations for THREE HOURS!! 

It all went great, my craft was a hit, and I had a blast with all the kids but WOW that was one whirlwind!

Minibowl 2013

Braxton's Warrior Team made all season and through all the playoff games remaining undefeated. Next step was the MiniBowl!! 

They played Syracuse at Weber State University...which was a pretty big stadium for them, compared to the normal fields their age plays on. 

Braxton, his whole team, and of course all the families were so excited!! 

The Warriors didn't win, but it was sure fun watching them get this far and watching them play at the MiniBowl! What great experience for Brax. We are so proud of him and his team. 

Go Warriors! 

Wresting Camp 2013

Weber High School had a week long wrestling camp, we signed Alex up so he could check wrestling out and see what he thought and if it's something he wants to do. 

The boy in black is Kash one of Alex's best friends...how cute are they!! 

Everyone got a medal for participating! 

Alex got sick during this week so he missed half the camp...not sure he really has a full understanding of wrestling yet, but we'll see what he thinks. 

North View Open House

Every year North View Fire Department has an open house for the kids where they get to check take a ride in a fire truck and other fun things. 

We met up with Nikki, Marcie, and Jenny and all the kids...it was a fun time. 

We even got to see Ryan!!! He use to work dispatch with us and now is North View's new Fire Marshall!!! 

They always have LifeFlight and AirMed land and take off and let the kids check out the helicopters...Pretty cool if you ask me! 

The guy standing there is Hailey's dad...i think he was enjoying the helicopters too!