Christmas break

Will and Nate both did a little program at their schools.



Nate looked like he was falling asleep, he kept yawning! he he he

did the wrong actions? oh well....

Christmas eve with the kids as usual... new pjs...silly poses.... We have some great kids!!
Christmas morning....Ethan got a DS (although his favorite toy was a $2 yoyo?? go figure)
Will got a 'dancing' robot tractor. Won't play with anything else.
Nate got a remote control dinosaur.
Emery got a Barbie doll house, built by Santa and Santa's dad! (ya baby)
We had lots of fun with Josh's family, tubing at Soldier's Hollow, dinners, talent show, skiing and boarding!

This is the doll house that Santa made! Pretty cool eh? It was fun making it...uhh...I'm guessing. All the furniture was hand made, very little sewing needed. ;) (These pics are mostly for my mom and sisters)

Snow!

My friend posted this on her blog, it was so funny I had to share. Listen to the word for "snow". Very very funny! Thanks VandCo !

lights, camera .... swimming

My mom and dad were in town and took the kids swimming at the hotel they were staying at. They had so much fun. My dad is a fish and the kids love swimming with him.
Then we took trax down to temple square to see the lights. This time we went with my brother and sister-in-law and their kids. It was so cold!
(and I had my camera on a weird setting the whole time, so all the pics were grainy and didn't know till the very end, gggrrr)

Santa

We had our ward party last night, and the kids had fun. I think being able to run around the church without getting in trouble was novel for them. They did a little nativity skit, sang some songs, ate some dinner and got to see Santa.

Nate said Santa called him, Blake Ashton, so he thinks this Santa was a hoax. LOL It was kinda funny. Will couldn't believe that he got his letter and was just excited. Emery on the other hand is getting older, so I wonder about her. And Ethan, well, he's having fun thinking he is so much older and wiser than the younger kids.

;)

I also had another fun project. I wanted the kids to have fun, personal stockings (that didn't cost me a fortune) So I made these......they actually turned out really cute! They are huge, so they hold a ton :) And the kids love them, that's what counts. And again it was fun to make them, no sewing involved. Me and the hot glue gun are best friends.
The kids are missing Josh. He is gone so much with his new job. He travels about 2-3 weeks out of the month. So in memory of him Will put on everything army he could find! I think he has on 3 different vests.

11 years

It's hard to believe it has been 11 years!

Ethan has the funnest personality...so much energy...
and has some of the best friends...(-1 who had to leave early)
and has turned into one of the nicest kids I know.At the request of Ethan, the cake was plain, no sprinkles, nothing cutesy, nothing fancy.

We got him a new BMX bike and Josh took the boys to play laser tag, and arcade games. They had a blast! (He also got his braces on yesterday, but wouldn't let me take a picture. I'll try and sneak one...he he he)


..........and this is what I have been doing the past couple of days. It it so cute! It is a muffin tin countdown calendar. (I know, I now have 3 countdown calendars. What can I say, I'm a sucker for a cute craft!)

oh and I said I would show you our Halloween pictures...I still haven't gotten them from my bro-in-law.