Snowmen (boys)

Devin and his friends Parker and Brenden are crazy!! It is freezing outside, but they have been out playing in the snow all evening. They were even burying themselves. Brrrrrrrrr!!

Christmas dance recital

Here a a couple of pictures from Becca and Megan's dance recital. They both did a great job and looked really cute!

Christmas Caroling

Megan and her friend Krista had a great time Christmas caroling in our circle.

Christmas card picture

I finally decided a couple of nights ago that since there was only a week left before Christmas that it was time to get working on my Christmas cards. I made the kids stand in front of the tree and act like they were happy and liked each other. :) I was very happy with how the picture turned out.

Sleeping Beauty

Becca came into my bedroom the other night laughing hysterically. She wanted me to come see Megan who was fast asleep. We decided to take a picture because she looked so cute!!

Crystal Hot Springs

Last Friday we went to Crystal Hot Springs with my friend Mike and his family. I was afraid that we would all freeze to death, but the pool was nice and warm and the hot tubs were really hot. All of the crazy kids except for Becca (who is smart like her mother lol) went down the water slide which ends in a freezing cold pool. I didn't think Megan would do it so I was trying to bribe her. I was not very happy when she decided to do it after I offered her $20.00. I need to learn not to go over $5.00. I tried to take pictures of all the kids, but it was dark and very steamy so only one kind-of turned out. We all had a really fun time.

High School Friends

I went to the lunch with a couple of my high school friends Brooke and Stacey. It was so much fun to catch up on each others lives. Isn't it great that after 20 years we still look the same. :)

Festival of the Trees

One of my favorite things to do a Christmas time is go to the Festival of the trees. I love to see how creative people are and to get ideas. My brother spent a lot of time at Primary Childrens hospital so I love that all of the money goes to that great cause. I thought it would be a fun outing to celebrate :) Megan and Devin's last day off track.

My tree is up and decorated!! I love my tree that has the lights already on. It reduces so much stress. The kids were excited to decorate it. Now if only they will be so excited to help when the time comes to take it all down. :)

Christmas lights

My Christmas lights are up. I am so excited! The lights are one of my favorite things about Christmas. Thanks to my awesome neighbor Jesse Kemp for putting them up every year. I'm not sure what I am going to do for the next couple of years while he is on his mission. Any volunteers? I was proud of Devin for conquering his fears and climbing on the roof. I don't think he felt like he had a choice since I wouldn't let him come down the ladder until he made it up.

Twilight Movie

I had such a fun time going to the midnight showing of Twilight with a bunch of my friends.
We started out the night at Chiles for dinner and then went to Shanna's house to play games, eat pie and wait for 11:00 so that we could go join a bunch of other crazy people at the theater. I liked the movie a lot, not as much as the book of course, but I was not disappointed.

Halloween

We had a very busy day. From the school parade first thing this morning to class parties and then to a full night of trick or treating. It was so nice to be able to walk around and not freeze. Even though we did get rained on a little bit it was still pretty nice. The kids have their candy dumped out on the floor and are sorting through it and trading. They are all on a major sugar high right now. Hopefully they will crash soon because I need some sleep!

Pumkin Carving

Since Halloween is almost here and we are running out of time I decided that Monday night we would carve pumpkins for FHE. The night started out really fun. We were singing and laughing and having a great time. It was all down hill from there. Each of the kids found a pattern they wanted to use on the internet. Devin chose a very complicated Yoda pattern, Becca the word Twilight and Megan found a cute spider. What ever happened to triangle eyes a nose and a mouth with a couple of teeth? After 4 hours of quality family time I had three very frustrated cranky kids and I was about ready to have a nervous breakdown. I am very thankful that it will be a whole year before we get to do this again!!

Crazy Hair Day part 2

Both Megan and Devin took their pony tails out about an hour after they got to school. So much for all of my hard work!! :)

Crazy Hair Day

Today is crazy hair day at the Elementary school. Devin and Megan had fun deciding how they wanted their hair to be. It's not easy to figure out what to do with really short hair. After having 10 little pony tails on his head Devin is very happy that he is not a girl!!

Twilight Anonymous

Shanna, LeeAnn and Lori sure outdid themselves for our Twilight party this year!! We played lots of games, ate yummy food, watched very brave people try to eat powdered donuts with fangs on, watched the trailer for the movie over and over and had a great time! It was my lucky night. I won two prizes. A keychain with the Cullens on it and Renesmee Carly Cullens (I'm so glad I know her full name now and can even almost pronounce it Shanna!) baby bottle filled with blood (red candy). Thanks for the fun time!!

Megan's VIP

Megan is the VIP in her class this week. We had fun making her poster while we were watching conference yesterday. One of the pictures we put on was of after her surgery. It brings back some bad memories, but it is really gnarly looking!! I can't believe how long her scar used to be. It looks much better now. I am very grateful the Megan is my daughter. She is always a VIP in our family!!

So You Think You Can Dance

Becca was so excited to be able to go to see the dancers from SYTYCD perform. I was a cheapskate and didn't want to pay for two tickets so a big thank-you to Shanna for being willing to let Becca tag along!!

Friends

"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though she knows that you are slightly cracked."

"Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life"

"Friends are God's way of taking care of us."

Today I went to lunch with an old friend. (She is my age so of course I'm not saying that she is old! You know what I mean.) We were in the same married ward at the University of Utah. She was sitting in front of me in Sacrament meeting the first time we went to church. She was nibbling on crackers because of the morning sickness she was experiencing with her first pregnancy. We spent a lot of time together as young married couples. My most embarrassing moment in my whole life even happened at their house. (Hi Darren) We don't see each other much anymore so it sure was fun to catch up.

Tomorrow I'm going to lunch with a friend that lived three houses from me growing up. The last time I spoke with her was when she called me after Eric died. Last week her brother died. It's too bad that life gets so busy that it takes a tragedy to reconnect.

I have been blessed with such wonderful friends throughout my life. I am so grateful for each one of you and everything that you have done (and still do!!) for me. I am one lucky girl!!

Megan's Christmas wish

Last night Becca and Megan were telling me what they wanted for Christmas. Megan mentioned that she wanted a guitar. I ask her why and she told me that she wanted one so she could play it when she was sad. I think the girl has seen one too many Disney channel movies!!

Temple

Today after church I forced the kids (none of them were too thrilled with the idea) to go have their pictures taken in front of the new Day Break Temple. (I know that is not the name, but we can't remember what it is going to be called. Is is Oquirrh Mountain, Oquirrh Hills, Oquirrh something? Anyone?) Anyway, I thought it would be neat for them to have a scrapbook page so they can remember watching it be built. I'm still kicking myself for not taking pictures the day we watched them putting the Angel Moroni on top, because that would have made another cool scrapbook page!! Even though they all think I am a dork right now, I'm hoping that someday they will appreciate it. (and everything else I do for them !!)

Standing by the new Temple and looking over the valley you can see the Draper Temple and where the Jordan River and Salt Lake Temples are. I need to remember the huge responsibility we have living here and be better about my Temple attendance! Especially now that I will only have to drive 2 miles instead of the whole ten minutes it takes me to get to Jordan River.

( I just thought I better add this disclaimer. It was not my kids that knocked down the fence!!)

Big the Musical

The kids, my mom and I went to see Big the Musical at Hale Centre Theatre. It was great. It was pretty much just like the movie. They even had the big keyboard on the floor. It took me on a trip down memory lane because it is set in the 1980's. The clothes and hairstyles were awesome!