This is a photo montage of the fun and very warm vacation we had to see Grandma, Grandpa, and Justin in Vegas.  It was a great trip!

Traveling:

Train day:

Spending time outside…this is the life!

How many soda’s can 5 kids drink?  Justin gave them an endless supply

Wetlands park:

Not fond of the mud, Bridget keeping her dress safe!

But the boys went straight for the mud…to win the muddy contest!

Finally out of the stroller…

…and in the mud too!

It was a hard adjustment for Sterling to be home.  He wants to go outside…but is very disappointed with the cold.  The kids all traveled so well, we should vacation more often

This week has been filled with parties.  Christmas eve, Christmas, Kathy’s birthday, Bridget’s birthday, and New Year’s eve.  Hooray for today…a day to stay home and relax!

Happy Birthday Bridget.  She is our fabulous four year old.  Only a pink cake would do, and I wanted to make it a giant cupcake…but in the end the store was out of the cupcake pan I wanted, so we made the cake in a large glass bowl and created our own idea of a cupcake!  The pink frosting and sprinkles over a pink cake was all she ever wanted

Here’s some of the pre Christmas fun we enjoyed.

Saturday fun decorating gingerbread houses at Driel’s home.  The candy was very yummy.

Harry Potter Ball at the Library.  Kimball and Calvin at Quidditch practice.

Logan gets a turn at the action.  Bridget and Sterling were not interested in Quidditch.

Enjoying a snack and listening to the orchestra.

Santa Logan all dressed up for the preschool pals Christmas party.  Logan thought it would be fun to dress as santa…suit, hat, belt, boots and all!

The preschool friends were pretty excited to see Santa.

Sterling even needed to join in the fun.

Sunday before Christmas, Sterling all dressed in new Sunday best…and talking on his cell phone!

All dressed for Church…wishing all a merry Christmas.

Last day of school was Tuesday Dec 22.  I put together a Rowbury Christmas party for the grandkids and all who could come.  We made personal pan pizzas, played games, ate treats and had a great time.  I think the favorite was passing the wrapped present to Rachel playing Christmas songs on the piano.  When the music stopped, that person got to open one layer of the present.  Everyone joined in singing to the music and we had great fun.

Oct 9th was the school walk-a-thon.  Calvin’s class walked in the morning and Kimball and Logan walked in the afternoon.  Bridget and I got to watch both hours of fun!

The laps were small (9 laps per mile)  The kids ran and walked for a whole hour.  Calvin and Logan were champs and went almost 3 miles.  Kimball ran a lot and went over 3 1/2 miles…then we got to pay donations for all those laps! 

We are really big on exercise right now.  Ammon bought a pull up bar.  Calvin and Logan love to do pull ups everyday.  Logan generally will do 2 or 3 and then drop to the ground and start push ups…they are strong boys.

Due to computer troubles…it has been a while since I blogged…but never fear fun times have been happening!

Calvin turned 7!  He is a fun adventurous boy.  Enjoy the silly faces, that is his signature photo face as of late

we had fun making a jack-o-lantern brownie cake!

Sterling got a bit sticky eating cake and ice cream…so he got to tryout going shirtless.

Happy birthday Calvin.

Ammon and the boys camped out last Friday night in the backyard.  It was there very own fathers and sons!  The boys were quite excited.  Logan really got into setting up the tent, Calvin helped some, Bridget got sad because she wanted to sleep in the tent, and Sterling simply loved being outside all evening!  Kimball couldn’t sleep, so he ended up in his own comfy warm bed in the house.

Bridget is enjoying preschool.  I did not know if she would go willingly, but she has had no trouble.  She is younger than the other girls, but they get along and play well together.

Three blond beauties and Logan on the first day of preschool, 15 September!