Happy Halloween

Meet the family…

Luke Skywalker, Ben 10, Frankenstein, man carrying twins, army guy and fairy princess!

and don’t forget mom, dressed as a baby!

How did we get such a beautiful day for Halloween?  It was so cold, windy, and snowy all week.  We woke up to sunshine on Saturday…and it even stayed decent until the sun went down…just in time to end the trunk or treat and go home :)

Sterling really got into the trick or treating.  He really liked carrying his own bucket and choosing handfuls of treats from people…which by the way the neighbors thought it was so adorable they let Sterling take whatever he wanted.  He knows how to charm.

Oh no, I can’t see Logan, where did he go?

Phew…Bridget fluttered on over and found him.  Yummy candy!

Celebrate Freedom

We enjoyed the 4th of July celebrations!  Of all the pictures I took, this picture of Sterling is my favorite freedom picture!

Hip Hip Hooray for the red, white, and blue….Gooooooooooo Freedom!

We enjoyed pre 4th of July time with Uncle Justin.  He came in on Thursday night or Friday morning depending how you look at it.  The kids woke up to the surprise of Justin being at our house!  We had some fun slip and sliders!  Ammon gave the kids a little help to get them actually sliding on their tummies.

Even Sterling went sliding…but he liked best to watch from the side line and play in the water!

Friday evening Grandma, Grandpa, and Chandler made it to town!  Sat the 4th was filled with a morning lake trip, bbq, pizza fest, popsicles and icecream and fireworks.

Chan and Kimball took the first ride.

Breezy and Grandma

Bridget, Logan, Moriah, and Kathy take it nice and easy!

Logan shows off a snail on the beach.

the picnic sight

fun times at home…Justin tossing the kids on to the tramp.

watching the little fireworks show.

Glow sticks at the end of the fireworks were the biggest hit of all!

It was super to have a full day of family, food, and fun.  Thanks to Justin we had enough icecream to satisfy all for days.  It was a great party day, a good celebration, we love freedom.

Easter

We had a lot of fun on the last few days…coloring eggs on Friday, hunting eggs, eating candy, playing with cousins on Saturday.  This morning we got all dressed up in our Sunday best and went to Church.  It was a beautiful Easter Sunday, a time to reflect on Jesus Christ and the Resurrection.

I love my family.  Ammon watched the kids a bunch on Saturday so I could sew Bridget’s new dress!  It was really fun to sew, to create.  Today in church, I had my first solo…it went well and I am very glad it is over.

Happy New Year

Calvin had the most exciting new year’s eve…he lost his first tooth.  The tooth was barely hanging on, but he did not want me to pull it.  We went to David and Heidi’s for a the new years eve party and aunt Heidi had the right touch, and pulled that tooth out without any troubles!

We had fun at the party, but did not make it to midnight.  We brought the kids home at 10 and still had an early morning Jan 1st…sweet Bridget was up before 6am, that makes for one tired mommy.

White Christmas & more

We have seen so much snow, it was a very white Christmas!  On the 24th, Ammon built a snow slide in the back yard.  Calvin, Logan, and Bridget took a few turns down the slide.

We had an enjoyable Christmas eve dinner at Driel and Evan’s home, and got to participate in acting out the Nativity.  Calvin was a cute Joseph and Bridget was Mary.  Logan wanted to be a wiseman and Kimball chose to be King Herad.  It was a great production!  During the singing parts, “Joseph” would start dancing, too bad we don’t have that on camera!

Christmas morning was the one day this week that the kids slept past 7!  We woke up Ammon and Uncle Justin at 8 for present time.

Oh the pictures are endless…it was a very exciting morning.

After presents came the snow time.  Logan wanted to make a “ditch,” but to everyone else it looked more like a mountain or slide…but don’t be mistaken, Logan and Justin worked hard on clearing snow and the “ditch” project.

Happy Birthday Kathy…we had some sick kids over the past few days, but that didn’t stop the festivities.  We went out to dinner, mexican food, with George, Phyllis, Justin, Hyrum, Chandler, and Breezy Diether, and Evan, Driel, and Moriah Anderson.

Of course there was plenty of computer games going on.  Uncle Justin made 3 very happy boys, setting them up with endless World of Warcraft.

Sterling found great fun with Uncle Justin too.

But, Bridget did not think sharing the sunglasses was very fun :(

It was a wonderful week being with family, playing in the snow, relaxing from the daily routines, and enjoying Christmas!  Hope you all had a Very Merry Christmas too!

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend with family.  It was a long drive, the kids did great…Sterling was not too pleased about 6 hours in the carseat…but loved making it to Grandma and Grandpa’s home.  Besides a delicious feast on Thanksgiving day, here are some of the activities we enjoyed.  Thanks Driel, for posting lots of pics on your blog!

Shooting

It was too windy for Sterling, so some of us spent lots of time in the car.

It was fun to see Drew again.

Corrine with Sterling!

World of Warcraft Gamers.

Band time…Logan singing and playing the keyboard.

Good times, Great company, Fun memories…now we look forward to Christmas.  We put our lights up outside, so starts the the wonderful season of Christmas!

Sunday Soup

The Sunday before Thanksgiving, family members were starting to arrive for the week of feasting, family, and fun.  We gathered at my parents home and had an enjoyable evening.

The little girls table…

The boys table…

Halloween

The carving pumpkins, choosing costumes, halloween parties at school and trick or treating have come and gone.  It was a fun week for the kids.  We enjoyed unseasonably warm weather and the rain even waited until after the Trunk or Treat party!  We hope you had a “sweet” halloween too!

Obi Wan, teddy bear, pumpkin, dragon and ninja ready to trick or treat.

Home sweet home after the fun!

Driel, Evan, Moriah, and Breezy joined in trunk or treat fun.