Wednesday, December 30, 2009

December, A Blur!

C.C. spent hours on the roof putting up lights for us this year!
Evan and Isaac were on a Nerf mission!
Vinny's favorite place to hang out and have a sunbath.
Bad picture but Sabrina had a dance performance at school.
Trying to get FeeBee to pose in the cookie jar! She wasn't a fan!
Isaac has had a problem with warts on the bottom of his feet. The nurse asked him if he had named this one!
Some snow showed up for a little sledding.
I helped in Isaac's class when they made candy houses. It was fun to see him interact with the other kids in his class.
Travis, Sabrina, and I got to take a trip to San Jose and enjoy some of our old friends. Sab went to her friend Laurens house, went to the old school, and hung out with some of her pals. I got to see all of my favorites too, not all of them but some. I got to have lunch with Debbie and get caught up with her.
We were SOOOO lucky to be apart of John and Becky's wedding reception. She is one of our favorite young ladies that we used to get to spend alot of time with but she had to grow up and go to college. She seems so happy and we are so glad that she found such a great guy to spend the rest of her life with.
I got to have lunch with Tanya at our favorite spot, that neither one of us has been to since last time we were there together. Cheesecake Factory. We ended up spending over three hours just chatting. It's great to have friends that you never run out of things to talk about.
The beautiful, glowing bride!
Lynette was home this time when I showed up to surprise her. I miss her driving by my house with a big smile and honking!
Britta is another one of my sweet Young Women that was getting married the next weekend and my pal Sheila. Never a dull moment when she's around!
The main reason that I got to go to California, the company Christmas party. A very nice meal and then off to lazer tag! It was alot of fun and nice of them to invite me. Poor me, had to go! NOT!!
After several delays Sabrina and I made it home late and celebrated Nick's birthday and Christmas with Nick and Heather, since they were heading to Texas for the holiday!
I thought this was so funny when it came home in Isaac's homework folder. It was the week before's spelling homework. He apparently wasn't happy with the first staple, or the next, or the next...
Opppps, I did it again. McKayla thought she needed a brother for Vinny and had quite the delivery on the pitch! It was hilarious and not one that you could resist. Plus she is the best mom and these little boys adore her. Seriously, it's kind of pathetic. When she goes to school, Vinny sits by the door and cries for a few minutes then runs downstairs to her room and sits in his kennel until she comes back. It's almost like he's pouting. It's cute!
When we went to look at this little black guy, I feel in love too and of course couldn't just leave him there. Vinny really likes him and they play alot then nap together. Vinny has lost a few pounds from all the running around from this little guy. Dax can hold his own though, he's quite the wrestler. McKayla doesn't have enough lap for both of them though but she sure tries.
The traditional Gingerbread houses, we added a train this year.
My mom came for a quick visit and wanted to go see the lights at Temple Square. It was freezing and there were a million people but it is beautiful to see year after year.
I just love this! Beautiful!
Sabrina was in need of getting her tonsils removed and after two months of them being giant we went for it. She was seriously MISERABLE for a good 9 days. She is doing better now and starting to eat some real food. She lost 9 pounds, not that she had that much to loose in the first place. She has a list of food to eat when she is back in business.
Dax crawled in McKayla's sweatshirt like this on his own. He's a snuggler, or a mama's boy!
Isaac drank the last of the Apple Juice so I asked him to put the container in the dishwasher. This is what I found the next day AFTER I ran it. HMMMMM, never thought to give more instructions about maybe taking to top off. It was a great way to start the day though. I love the joy and laughter that little boy brings me.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Thanksgiving Week!

The mountains are looking so beautiful!
I worked at the candle store again to help with the holiday sale!
The first snow came on the Sunday before Thanksgiving and the kids quickly went out to build the first snowman of the year, complete with a carrott nose and M&M eyes. Unfortunately he is a goner but I'm sure there will be plenty more to come.
Isaac helping with the Thanksgiving shopping at the new Smith's! He loved the little carts, we could have spent four hours there and he would have still enjoyed it. I would have been broke... but he would have had fun!
Sab just being cute!
Isaac's pie which consisted of whipping cream only. They love the spray cans.
Dwayne had Thanksgiving with a few friends too,
Nick and Isaac disecting the guts of the turkey. They spent some good quality time checking out each piece and cutting and squishing. Nick was naming all of the parts and all the kids were glued to the fun.
Heather preparing her famous twice baked potatoes.
Time to dig in!
I was making Ryan chocolate chip pancakes. Turns out there was a huge chunk that had melted together that I figured would be a nice little addition to his pancake. It was a little hard to get the other side cooked but it turned out great!
Yes, we are a little odd but I still love them. My brother Scott and his son Ryan!
We all really had a great time with them! We saw a movie, went shopping and some good quality time together. I love these two guys and I was so happy to have them come spend Thanksgiving with our family! Miss them already!













Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Halloween Festivities

McKayla lead the decoration committee, Sab and Isaac.
Isaac needed a costume for the Ward Trunk or Treat so we improvised with the NASA costume that he wasn't going to be caught dead in and made him into a convict for the night! McKayla paid him a dollar to wear it and he ended up really liking it. My friend told him to not get to comfortable in that outfit.
Sab and Mallorie manning the pumpkin contest.
We almost forgot to carve our own pumpkins, with only two particapants it makes it kinda hard to remember. But they weren't going to let us so that's good.
The final products.
Sabrina spraying Mallories hair for the "OLD MEN" that they dressed up as.
The gang! Even Travis was feeling festive for passing out treats.
It was a nice night for trick or treating, not too cold yet. Seems so weird that the next time it's Halloween, who knows, I might only have 1 trick or treater to take around! Kinda sad to see it all go so fast!

Monday, October 19, 2009

Party, Party, Party!

We have another picture of this pose so this is our re-inactment!
Our favorite friends from Boise!
We had some PAY-BACKS to give so I recruited my guests for the job, plus the boys across the street that were watching us destroy Jordans house at 2am.



We had this planned for weeks and the kids were all excited about it but a few of them couldn't wake up when it was go time.



Everyone's favorite friend!






Since the ones that couldn't wake up were mad they missed out we had to go again the next night. Good quality time with the kids!



The first of many parties for the birthday girl! One when the Boise gang was here.





The masterpiece!






Another party with the girlfriends! They were all great girls!









She has been wanting a camera for a long time now so all her dreams came true. Well almost, Hugh Jackman wasn't there for her birthday party! :)











A friend came to see her on Sunday and was here for the family party!







Chow time at Texas Roadhouse!











Final birthday celebration on the saddle!

So my beautiful baby girl is offically a teenager, a time that has been looked so forward to.