Bezzant Family Christmas Party 2010

We partied it up this year!!! With dinner, gingerbread houses, writing letters to my cousin that is serving a mission in Florida, acting out the Christmas Navitity story, a special message and testimony from Grandpa Bezzant, wagon rides with the tractor and a visit from Santa himself...I think that everyone had a great time! Seeing everyone have so much fun made it worth all of the work to help make it happen. Here are a few pictures to highlight the evening:

My mom and my dad on Santa's lap.

My turn on the Big Man's lap.


Bryce wishing for more motorbike money.

Abbey being her shy & quiet self. Her wish was for pixos. She must have been a good girl this year cause she got some!

Mason's 1st Christmas! Here he is inspecting Santa's beard... making sure it is the real thing! He didn't seem scared at all. I love the second picture I posted as Mason is just looking Santa in the eyes. Maybe he was using his own communication to get across what he truly wanted for Christmas...

Landen's little voice told Santa he wanted a punching bag for Christmas... it came!

Braxton told Santa he wanted a Nintendo DS and a punching bag. He got a punching bag to share with Landen. It was hard to get a picture of Braxton looking up. He was nervous and scared being on Santa's lap. I should have posted the picture of him sticking his tongue in his cheek... it totally reminds me of my younger brother, Joe!









My Grandpa Bezzant! I love this picture with his jolly smile and chuckle. Grandpa always has a joke to tell.

Santa was also full of jokes! Here he is showing Grandpa a picture of a snowflake... it is "frosty the snowman's baby picture!" :)

Santa was teasing all of the teenagers and had everyone cracking up.

Everyone had to take a turn on Santa's lap. It has been at least 15 years since I have sat on Santa's lap. It used to be a tradition in the Bezzant family to have Santa come visit so it was fun to have him stop by and remind us of all sorts of good memories.

Here is my mom helping my nephew, Porter with the gingerbread houses. Braxton is decorating the other side.

My cousin's daughter, Mary, Abbey and my niece, Hannah all having a good time. Cute girls!

My Grandpa Bezzant with his wife, Bonnie. Thanks to Bonnie for coordinating this party!

Another shot of Braxton with Ava (?) in the background.
















My dad on the tractor to pull the kids around in the wagon. Some of the younger kids ready for a good time on a wagon ride. Left to Right: Mason, Abbey, Gracie, Aidan, Whitney, Hannah, Landen, Porter, Braxton, Cannon, Asher & Cole.

I didn't dare post any other picture cause I don't know who cares and who doesn't if pictures are posted. And I didn't take any snapshots of the nativity stuff cause we chose to videotape that part. Anway, it was a party to remember!

Christmas Concert @ Valley View

Abbey and Braxton have been getting up early to sing their hearts out every Tuesday and Thursday morning for choir. They have both really enjoyed it but it is funny that Braxton doesn't ever sing the songs around the house and if you listen to Abbey you know the program forwards and backwards.
The kindergarteners doing a special "snowman" dance. Of all the times that Braxton is totally spastic and wild... he kept complete reservation of himself during the entire song.
Here are some pictures from their special night. And silly me... I forgot to take a picture of the two of them together before it all started... the moment it was over the accessories were in a box and they were out the door for hot chocolate and the tree lighting ceremony. I guess I should just be glad I snapped the few that I did!

Happy 36th Birthday Bryce!

On Nov. 17th Bryce turned the big 36! He had weeks worth of celebrations. The weekend before his birthday he went on a dirtbiking trip with Allen Bezzant and a gang of guys. Then he was working in New York on his actual birthday so the people out there took him to dinner in downtown New York. We then celebrated it a few days later with our kids when he came home. We had a candle light dinner at home with his favorite meal of roast, potatoes and carrots and finished off the night with some oatmeal cake and a movie. To continue the celebration Bryce and I went out the following night to dinner and a movie.

A few things about Bryce:

He loves to...

*Motorbike
*Motorbike
*Motorbike
*Watch movies
*Motorbike
*Play with the kids
*Motorbike
*Play with gadgets (currently android devices)
*Motorbike

A few things that Bryce DOESN'T like:

*Big social events
*Cream potoatoes & peas for dinner
*Yard work
*Loading the dishwasher
*Being hot and especially sweaty

A few things we love about Bryce:

*He is fun to be around
*Sensitive
*Works Hard

*Plays Hard
*Funny
*Sweet

*Honest
*A Fantastic Dad and Husband!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY! I can't imagine life without you. I love you SO much!!!

Halloween 2010

So right now it is a week before Christmas and I am finally getting around to blogging about Halloween! Better extremely late than never!

We had a fantastic Halloween this year! The kids all picked out easy costumes and no makeup involved! What more could a mom ask for???? As you can see from the pictures Mason was a spider, Landen was a skateboarding guy, Braxton was karate kid, Abbey was the cowgirl, Jessie from Toy Story and Bryce was a cowboy with a 100% geuine real handlebar mustache. He worked for quite some time carefully growing out his goate to make this special trim for Halloween. (Sorry his picture is turned sideways.) I was a bummer this year and didn't dress up.

This year we allowed the kids to do a lot more of the actual carving on their jack-o-lanterns. It is fun to see their styles, patience levels and creativity. They all did a great job and I loved seeing them on the steps all lit up. Bryce was busy helping the other three kids while I got to sit down and carve Mason's. It was a blast! I wish that I would have had hours to carve cause I would like to do something crazy but I will take the 20 minutes of personal arts and crafts time that I can get right now!

Trick-or-treating, class parties, school parades, pumpkin carving and a special Halloween dinner at Grandma Bezzant's house made this holiday one to remember. Especially the dinner! Joe made us ribs, Lisa did finger breadsticks that looked like real fingers... fingernail polish, knuckle wrinkles and the works! They were horrible... and delicious all at the same time! I made jello worms that truly looked like real earthworms, a little chocolate milk "snail slime" and carmeled apples. We made everyone try at least one worm. Let's just say that nobody went back for seconds even though they tasted fine. Even I couldn't get over the look of them. My mom made "ghost guts" mashed potatoes and something else that I can't remember. Oh- Bryce just sent me the picture of the worms... see below:
We had a "spooktacular" good time!

Kids do and say the funniest things...

I only have a minute and am WAY behind on my blogging but I wanted to jot down a few things that have been cracking me up... and this week I need a good laugh! (Bryce is out of town and of course the kids are sick! He times this so well.) :)

The other day we were out doing errands and I was asking the kids what their Christmas wish from Santa was. (They are only allowed to ask for one thing from Santa and Braxton has been having a HORRIBLE time trying to decide on that ONE thing.) Anyway, he told me that he wanted a Nintendo DS. I asked him what the difference was between his gameboy that he has now and a DS. (Partly cause I wanted to know if he even had a clue what a DS is AND I really have no idea the differences between them.) Braxton told me that a DS has two screens and comes with a pen. Landen instantly piped up from the back of the car and told Braxton that he doesn't need a DS cause he already has a gameboy and we already have lots and lots of pens at home! I couldn't stop laughing.

Today (around 10:30 am) Landen was asking me when Braxton was going to be home from school. I told him that he had another hour before he was home. We then started talking about how long each person has to go to school... Landen, Braxton & Abbey. Landen got all quiet for a minute and then said... "I can't go to too much school cause it would give me a headache." And he said it with the most adorable concerned voice and wrinkled up forehead. The things that this kid thinks about!

One last thing that I think is cute. When Mason is done eating in his high chair we have been saying,"All done!" and then we clap and smile. Now when I ever say, "All done!" Mason instantly claps for himself and grins from ear to ear while his whole body wiggles with excitement.

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This is a video of landen driving the motorcycle with bryce holding his jacket just in case he gets out of control with the throttle.

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