Christmas Fun Part 1

Christmas seems to be really drawn out for us. I think that having the twins birthday at the beginning of December makes it feel like a month long event. I am not complaining, really, I am not but it makes it hard after the Christmas festivities are over because the babies keep asking for "pwesents". Spoiled little pumpkins...along with the "terrible twos" syndrome that my children wasted no time embracing. Anyway, my Aunt Judy and cousin Teresa sent Christmas gifts for all of us with my dad and we spent one evening opening all of them. The kids had so much fun. They kept saying "ooo" and when asked if they wanted to open another present Elizabeth would say"yeah okay". Thank you guys again for everything. Here are some pictures of all the fun.

Elijah opening his first present and saying "ooo" as he looked in the bag.

Aunt Judy got each of them a cup with their name on it and both of them loved pretending to drink from them. Those cups are just so darn cute.

Aunt Judy made them little stockings and Elizabeth wanted to put hers on the bears foot.

Elijah only wanted "PaPa" to help him open his presents. It was really cute and my dad did not seem to mind at all.

He sat there forever looking through his coloring books.

I know that this picture is not very good but it was so cute of her giving her bear "woofs" (kisses)as she calls them.

Thank you again guys. We love you.

Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree

The Perkowski boys went to Cedar City this weekend to cut down a Christmas tree. It is their tradition and I know that they always have alot of fun doing it. Here are some pictures of their adventure. The sun was in their eys but I loved this picture of all of them. Jordan making a snow ball.
And there it is. The perfect tree. I love the decoration and lights on the house too.

Christmas Tag

I loved this idea about Christmas ornament tagging but this year we had to get a very small tree because we just do not have any room for a normal size tree. So I thought that I would expand with ornament tag to a decoration tag as well. Here are a few pictures of some ornaments and decorations that have alot of meaning to us. My mom bought this ornament for me the first Christmas that I moved into my own apartment. It is so her style which makes me love it that much more.

Jeremy and I made these at a pottery painting place when we were still pregnant. We wanted their first Christmas ornaments to have a personal touch.

The twins Christmas stocking.

My mom loved advent calenders and she would always put one up for me with candy and on special days there would be a piece of paper with a note saying that I had a present to open. This year we bought one for the twins so that I can keep that tradition going.

Last but not least, this is a snow globe that the Perkowski's got Jeremy and I the very first Christmas we were together. It is beautiful and the babies love to hear the music and watch the "snow" fall.

Well, there you go! We are tagging Mom, the McPherson's, and Jamie and Carly.

Happy Birthday Twins!!!

Today our sweet little angels are 2 years old. It has been an amazing 2 years. Mom and I were talking on Saturday about how much they have been through and how far they have come. Looking at them now, I sometimes "forget" how difficult the first months of their lives were but God has truly blessed us with these two beautiful and healthy babies!

On Saturday we had a party for them at Shawn and Chelsea's house. We all had such a great time and we really appreciate Shawn and Chelsea allowing us to use their home. Elijah got a bunch of cars which are his favorite things in the whole world right now and Elizabeth got a ton of babies which is her favorite thing. They also got a sit-n-spin from the Mann's and a ton of books! Daddy and Mommy got them a kitchen that is by far the coolest thing I have ever seen. Mom made the cakes and as always, they were amazing in both taste and design. Thank you everyone for coming and all of the help to make their day so special and fun. Here are some pictures.

Here they are playing in their kitchen for the first time.

Elizabeth making some peas. The burner makes a boiling noise when you put a pot on it and a sizzling noise when you put a frying pan on. They love that part.

This is not the best picture of Elijah that I have ever taken but I thought it was so cute because he is concentrating so hard on making that pepper grinder work.

One of my new favorite pictures. I think Elijah hates the flash or something because 90% of the pictures that I take of him, he ends up with that same look on his face.

So stinkin cute.

Chelsea took alot of the pictures for us which we really appreciate but for some reason when I try and post any of the pictures that came from her camera it gives me an error message. So when we figure out the problem (which I know is something that I am not doing correctly) I will post the pictures of the cakes and of the twins opening presents. But for now I think this should suffice.

Tradition

When I married Sarah I never thought of all the ways that my life would change. Marriage is the joining of two lives into one delicious cohesive milkshake, probably chocolate. Tradition is one of the most important things to Sarah and I, and this Thanksgiving we decided to pick up one of the things that Sarah's mom used to do with her every turkey day. Betsy, Sarah's mom, was a very creative person and she would always have some kind of craft for her family to work on Thanksgiving Day. So the Perkowski's decided to incorporate this very same activity into our festivities this year, and I must say that I was impressed with the results.

This is Jordan and I hard at our work. Jordan created another masterpiece that celebrated his one true love.....World of Warcraft.

This is my mom hard at work on her second ornament. Her first on is the angle that is located at the top of the picture.



This one is mine. And I must say it is super sexy.

My dad blew us all out of the water in his true artistic fashion.

I saved the best for last. Her is my wifey and her work of art. I love her so much and we had so much fun working on these Christmas decorations. If any of you are interseted in purchasing them the starting price is $100. Remember this is authentic Polish Christmas Decor. Have a great Thanksgiving weekend and a wonderful pre-Christmas celebration.

Happy Thanksgiving

We wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Hope it is enjoyable for all and wish we could all be together. Please be safe in all your travels. I know that this picture has nothing to do with Thanksgiving but mom and grandma have asked for a picture of "mom and dad" so here you go.

Our Little Reader

Well since I just posted on Elijah and mom is going crazy for a picture of her granddaughter, I thought that I would post a picture or two of our little reader. Jeremy was just saying this morning how happy he is that our kids love books.Hope everyone has a great week.

Our Amazing Son

Both of our children are very smart but our son has jumped ahead a little and I wanted to show you all his brilliance. He started doing this a week ago but tonight is the first time we have been able to catch him doing it.The beginning is a little cut off and at the end I have him repeat a couple of letters because of the way he says it is hilarious. Hope you all enjoy. Also...this is really good for his age right? Or am I just a really proud mom?

Tag You're It...

I think this is a really fun idea!! Thank you, Amy, for the tag. I am going to tell you 6 things about Jeremy and he is going to tell you 6 things about me.

Six Things About Sarah:
1. She stole a car when she was a Sophmore. This is a long story that she will have to tell you. Lets just say that she is not allowed to drive in the state of Ohio.
2. Sarah was a drama geek in high school (I have pictures to prove it)
3. Sarah has the most beautiful eyes that I have ever seen. They seem to change depending on her mood. Some have even said that they glow red when she is mad. But most of the time I could spend hours staring into them.
4. Sarah begs for "belly button time" (She likes to stick her finger in my belly button)
5. We both ran up $300 phone bills when we first started talking. Seriously we would talk for hours on end. She would stay up all night with me then go to work the next day. What a trooper!
6. Sarah has one of the most giving hearts that I have ever come in contact with. I seriously think that she would do anything for anybody. "Hey, Homeless guy! You need a place to stay? Why don't you come live with us!!!!" Those of you that think the above is a joke I swear that it is not. It is one of the things that I love most about her.

Ok, now 6 things about Jeremy...
1.Jeremy HATES, I mean HATES talking in front of people. I find this every interesting for two reasons. One, he is a teacher, he talks in front of people all day long. Two, he is the most amazing speaker. He has such a way with words and his delivery of those words are just as amazing.
2.Jeremy loves those huge furniture/home appliance stores. When we were dating we would go to the Great Indoors in Summerlin and pretend we were picking out our kitchen, living room...so on and so forth. He really has great style.
3. Jeremy loves foam soap...but not the fruity kind at Bath and Body Works(he will "deal with it but...")no, no he loves the childrens pump and likes it even better when its colored(blue is his favorite, I think)
4.Jeremy's major in college was History not English. He has only ever taught English.
5.Jeremy often says that I married him for his mother...depending on conversation that we are having at the time, often I tell him that is the truth.
6.If Jeremy were a girl he would have been named Sunshine Rose. This is not a lie.Ask Linda if you do not believe me.

That was so much fun. We are tagging Mom and Devyn and Michael.(hopefully this will force Devyn and Michael into starting a blog sooner rather then later...we will see.)

Reminiscing

So in less than one month our BABIES are going to be 2 years old. When our hard drive crashed we lost all of the baby pictures from birth to one year but my dad had alot from Christmas last year when we went home and I thought that I would put up some comparison pictures. It is amazing how much they have grown.She has the same amount of hair then as she does now...

Happy Halloween

So I REALLY and I mean REALLY screwed up!! Who knew that it was going to be 95 degrees in October??? Anyway, when I got the costumes I never thought that it would be this hot and so sadly we did not have a very good halloween. On Monday we went to Shawn and Chelsea's church for a trunk-or-treat which was alot of fun however our kids were AWFUL. I blame it on how hot they were and it was past their bed time. Jeremy told me on the way home that he was never taking our children out of the house again, and yes it was that bad. I felt bad for Shawn and Chelsea...but on a happier note Chelsea made chilli for trunk-or-treat and it was sooo good. Here are some pictures that we were able to get in between the screaming and crying.Hope everyone elses halloween was better then ours.
Cora was Super Girl!!!She looked so cute.

Super Fun Weekend

On Sunday we went to Mesquite. We had such a great time. The twins and Jonas played together all afternoon. Jonas is really growing up and plays and shares so well. Grandpa and Uncle Jordan built a sandbox for the kids in the backyard and they all loved playing in that together. The only complaint I have is that it is still WAY too hot. But other than that we had a really great time. Here are some really cute picture.