Here comes Santa Claus!

Our friend, who is a photographer, invited us to her husbands dentist office where they had Santa and Mrs. Claus, cookies and pictures with Santa. It was really fun and the santa looked so real I told the kids I think that was really him. They had been asking if it was actually going to be Santa or one of his helpers. LOL!

Mulligan Mayhem !!! JJ!!

Kierstin and Wes stopped by for a visit. It was SO FUN seeing them and the kids had a blast!
Heres some of our wild pics. Kierstin and I were slightly distracted in these pictures.. I Love it! Check out all the hot pink!!

Thanksgiving/ Christmas Tree

This year Thanksgiving was very low key. We watched the Thanksgiving Day parade, snacked, played, Steve took the kids outside to play some football, and this year we roasted a Chicken instead of Turkey since no one around here likes turkey. Surprisingly everything turned out except the gravy, but we didnt even need it!







We also put up our tree this day. I was saving it for Thanksgiving since I had already decorated a week before (I couldnt help myself...I tried to wait!!!). It was Sydneys year to put the star on.

Sydney Marie turns 8!!

My little girl turned 8 today!! I cant believe how fast its gone!! So I woke up this morning to find her up and reading in her bed. She knows she cant get out of bed until 7 , so she got up at 6 and turned her lamp on and was reading in bed. She LOVES to read! I bought her Barbie charm school the chapter book and she finished it in one evening. I dont know where she gets her love to read but its not from me! HaHaha! She told me that since she is at a 4th grade reading level now her goal is to be at 6th grade by the end of the year. Im so proud of her and know she will make her goal. So for her party, last Saturday, she got to have 7 of her good friends go with her to Jumpin Jungle and then to U-swirl. She had a GREAT time with all her friends and I loved watching them.



Did I mention how boy crazy she is!! ;)




Then on her birthday we picked her (and Steven) up from school and took them to lunch,then after school we headed to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and then back home for cake and presents. This year Sydney asked for mainly all cloths!! I did have to get her one toy just to keep her little. She is definatly growing up too fast!!

Reesey!

Reese has prooved to be more athletic than any of our kids at her age. I dont know if its because she is naturally gifted (which we all know where she would get it from ;)or if having 3 older siblings has anything to do with it. She loves to kick the soccer ball back and forth with Steven and she can throw really well over hand. She likes to huff things across the room...in the store...at church! She also can hang on the pull up bar for 10 seconds before she falls. Its so cute! Probably not a big deal to most, but we sure think its cute. And of course she already has a shoe fetish! she loves to walk into my closet and walk out wearing my red flats every time! Those are her fav. except in this pic. Sydney had just opened all her presents and Reese went right over to her new shoes and put them on.

Sydney and Stevens music program

Sydney and Steven had their first music concert of the year. It was great except a little packed! It was for grades 1-5 and we were pretty far away to get any good pics. That and well our camera is outdated and doesnt do a good job anymore! Stevens class had to where there pjs for the perforance and Sydneys just white tops and black bottoms. They both did great and we found out Sydney will be singing a solo at the next concert that she auditioned for and earned. We are pretty proud!

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Tori!

Heres my little diva! She always is wanting me to paint her nails, put on my lipstick, and now she loves these fake eye lashes!! Va Va Voom!

Halloween 2011

This year Halloween day was SOO busy! I dont think I sat down once. It was get up get the kids to school, get showered, Tori off to Gymnastics, home for Reese to have a quick nap/ lunch, off to grocery shop, home again to unload feed kids, back to school to watch kids in their costume parade (which I forgot my camera!!!) back home to organzie house/homework/backpacks, run to Mcd's for some quick dinner, eat and get ready in COSTUMES, wait for Steve to get home and out the door at 6pm to start the night! We hit all 5 neighborhoods around us(not all the houses of course) and ended the night around 9pm. The kids had so much fun! Sydney and Steven were running all over and little Tori was trying to keep up. Steve took Reese to a couple houses just to see how she would react, but it was FREEZING out so we had to hurry a long. They got SO MUCH candy!! I kinda feel bad that they got so much but then that wares off and I eat a butterfinger!! LOL!






Carving pumpkins with Dad! We have a crazy/moldy faced one.....Cat, happy face, and spooky haunted house.




Ward Trunk or Treat! The kids talked me in to dressing up. It was so fun!



We had fun with Mom/Grandma who came and stayed with us to help out while I had was recovoering from my wisdom teeth surgery.

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My new Mommy mobile!!

Steve was feeling bad for me because Ive been nervous about getting my wisdom teeth out so he bought me a present to cheer me up!!




LOL! Well we have actually outgrown the mini-van and have been looking for something to fit our family. We decided that the Suburban would be the best option. It seats 8, its a 4X4 (for driving over the mts. in the winter), has a tow hitch (for hauling a camper in the near future), and it has so much more space. Our family is just getting so big..less car seats..more trips, so we decided to just begin our search and see what comes up. Its funny when you car hunt or house hunt for that matter that the right one just pops up with everything you want and more for less of the price than you expected. We both were in love with this car because it had all the options and even a navigation system and back up camera! Which I totally need!! It was by far the best one we saw and it also had the black leater, sunroof, dvd player, and auto start and it was completely clean!
We have come a long ways and have had some "Great" cars in the past Hehehe!
I am very excited to drive my new(to me) car because Im sure we wont be getting another for a long time....

Pumpkin patch! 2011

So this year we went to Linder Farms. We had never been there before but it had been a long day (spent 4 hours in the car, driving down to Twin Falls to check out a car) and Reese was as you can see by the pic. sick with a yucky cold. After dropped the kids off at school in the am we drove to Twin Falls, decided the car wasnt for us and drove back just in time to pick up the kids from school and head to our FAVORITE restaurant Texas Roadhouse! I love it there because for one the rolls are the BEST and its loud which fits our loud klan and its very inexpensive especially when everyone eats there food and we leave with 3 leftover boxes! So after that we head to the pumpkin patch and were already so tired so we just forwent the ponny rides, pettting zoo, bouncey houses (which all cost extra money) and took a hay ride to the patch and got our pumpkins. We had a fun time and Sydney was making her crazy faces the whole night so that explains the funny looking pictures.










Frosting & Decorating Halloween cookies. Reese loved licking hers!