12 Days of Giveaways

After weeks of constant computer checking, finally getting to sign up and actually receiving a confirming phone call, Matt was able to get two standby tickets to Day 5 of the 12 Days of Giveaways show on Ellen. Honestly, to give all the details of this process are crazy. But Matt's name was one of the lucky names chosen to get tickets. Acting in sync with the selfless spirit of Christmas, I let my sister Maren accompany Matt to this exciting event. What a crazy couple of days we had!
Maren and the boys drove up Monday afternoon and it was pouring and freezing cold! We still needed to get out and enjoy some of the fun holiday things around town so Monday night Maren and I took the boys to the Americana for the snow and to see Santa. They do a little snow storm (soap bubbles) every night but it felt cold enough to be real snow that night! The kids loved it though!

Crew and Carson were especially excited to be together since Crew doesn't get to go to Grandma's house for Christmas.

Those poor red noses. I actually bought Crew a big coat at Old Navy that night because it was so freezing!

The next morning Matt and Maren were up at 4:30 to go wait in line for their standby tickets. Since Matt was the one who actually won the tickets, he had to be one of the ones going. Luckily it just happened to be his reading day! They froze, studied and tried to keep busy until about 8 when they got their tickets. They came back home about 9 and so Maren and I took the boys to the zoo for a little bit. Here they are enjoying the leaves.

Maren and Matt left about 12:30 to go back to the studio leaving me with three crazy boys! The boys were pretty good considering Parker didn't really nap and they were all a little tired to begin with. By 5:30 pm I was pretty beat. We had been to the park, played all kinds of games, so the only thing left was this! They actually really enjoyed the couch torn up! It helped me survive the last hour or so. You have to love the capes!

Maren and Matt had a great time and were able to get into the show! Perhaps one of my favorite stories about their day was being told they were the cutest couple in the audience! They did both look pretty dang cute! Anyway, they won some really fun stuff and when they got home a little before 7, the boys were bathed, fed, and pretty much ready for bed. Not bad for this worn out prego lady! I must say that even though we were all totally pooped, it was totally worth it! Maren and the boys left the next morning and Crew took a three hour nap! Thanks Maren for coming up and Merry Christmas!