'08 Gingerbread Houses

This is a close up of Sid's. He went all out this year. We are looking yes at the house, but just behind it we are looking at a teeter totter. He also did a fire, and snow. He did a great job! We have tons of fun doing this every year with Grandma Shelly and her family. Did I mention that we also eat TONS of candy!

This is Davis and the house that I helped him do. It was actually pretty difficult. I did it with him in my lap. So, what I did is lopsided and everything he did, well, he did! He had tons of fun and enjoyed the candy.

This is Sammy and the house that Cliff helped him with. Sammy told Cliff what he wanted and then together they made it happen. His was the only one with a two car garage and a super swamper jeep. He is very creative. It's a good thing he had Cliffs help and not mine.

Caitlin did hers all by herself this year. She really did a great job. I was shocked when we got to see the finished house. She put it all together and did all of the decorations with no help. She did AWESOME!! She is so cute and just giggled the whole time!

Here is Sid. As you can see he is very proud of his accomplishment. I love the facial expression. Way to show your true personality. He is usually so shy that he only acts like this around those he knows REALLY well. He's a goof and we love it!

Superhero fanatics!

Sammy and Davis love ALL of the superheros. They have everything with them on it. This is Sammy's spiderman place mat. Unfortunately, there is only one. Not that it matters. I use it as a cutting board!! It works great. It works just those those other plastic cutting boards you can buy. Oh, well! This is Davis trying to wear spiderman. I guess his costume isn't good enough!

What a mess!!

This is Sammy. He and ALL the other kids thought it would be funny to, well, make snow. They took one of the cubes that protected one of my christmas decorations and seperated it into individual little balls. Balls that stuck to EVERYTHING! They were so staticky that It tooks weeks before they were completely gone!

Sid, attempting the clean up!

This is us looking for a christmas tree. Who do you see? Cliff, in the back, Sid, two of Sid's friends, Chase and Diego, and Davis up front. They could honestly careless about the tree. They all wore their Heely's. That and little holes in the shelves for them to climb around in was way more fun!!

Caitlins 7th Birthday Party!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAITLIN! We ALL hope that you had a great time. You are the sweetest girl! From top left Maliah, Claudia, Katherine, Rori, Sophia, Emily, Caitlin, Amy & Ryann.

Caitlin wanted her hair and make-up done for her party. Why not, what will it hurt. It IS her special day. She looked absolutely beautiful. She didn't need the make-up and hair to achieve it. She is so pretty all on her own. I love you Caitlin!!

This is Caitlin with Emily. This is Caitlin with her make-up on. She is wearing purple so that it matches her outfit.

This is the gang! We had tons of fun! We had pizza, cupcakes, did art, fingerpainting, and even made a homemade necklace. They formed it, backed it and then painted it. Then we put it on a string. I hope they had as much fun as Caitlin and I did.

This is Caitlins friend from school Amy. They have lots of fun together. Unfortunately they don't get to see eachother very often. We live about 30 mins. apart. But, they are dying to get together and make necklaces from the kit that Amy gave Caitlin.

This is Caitlins close friend Maliah. Maliah and Caitlin love to hang out and just have fun together. She got her a talking animal. Caitlin loves it.

This is Caitlins friend Emily from school. She got Caitlin the Little Pet Shop toys. Caitlin loves those.

This is Ryann, Rori, and Sophia Russell. They live across the street. I actually grew up with their mom Heidi (Chapman). It is fun to have them close too. They got her the infamous Hannah Montana backpack & hat. They also got her her very own make-up. Love it!!

This is Katherine and Claudia. They are cousins. They got Caitlin a bratz chair. Not only does she love it but so does Davis.

Now your probably wondering why I have a picture of Davis on this blog. Well, he was 'helping' me make cupcakes for the party. He's a great help. I didn't have to make as many cupcakes!

This is Davis 'helping' me make the cupcakes. We had lots of fun. I think he had the most fun!!

Gone to see Santa

Somer, Shelly and I took Davis and Melise to see Santa at the mall. All of my other kids were in school so this is it. We also played in the little play area. They had tons of fun, especially when us moms couldn't see them. Crazy kids!!

Here Melise is make-up and all. I knew there was something missing, "Wheres the paci?!?"

I was just lucky to get Davis to sit in his lap at all. I especially love that I am holding one hand and the other is in his mouth. He did pretty good. He warmed up, kind of. He, or I, I can't remember, told Santa that he wanted a bike for Christmas. There is this little boy in our neighborhood that has one so he always says, "I want a bike like Eli!"

Thanksgiving

On Thanksgiving day my family all met up at my dads house. We wanted to keep up traditionby having it there. My mom was missed but we still seemed to enjoy our day. After eating TOO much food some of decided to go for a hike. We went up the mountain just in front of my dads house. Justin and Diane came and brought Shea. Me and Sid, my dad, and Ainsley. This is Sid heading down. He absolutely LOVES hiking.

This is Grandpa helping Ainsley down the side of the mountain. She wanted to run and jump. Not exactly a good idea. So, Grandpa thought it best to 'help' her.

This is the view from the top of the mountain. We are looking south. My dad lives west of the mountain.

Here we are on our way out. It was nice outside. A little drizzly (if that's even a word), but nice. Since then my dad has lost about 12 pounds. He looks amazing.

Mexico

Okay, some of you didn't get enough of the Mexico pictures, so here you are. These the the most recent pictures. We went in November and had a BLAST. We had a big group with us. Carter & Tiffany w/6 kids, James & Emily w/3 kids, Clete & Celia w/2 kids, Somer & Aaron w/2 kids, Cliff & I w/4 kids, Triston & Melanie, Tiffanys brother and wife, Emilys Mome and Dad, Her sister, hubby & 2 kids. We all had a great time. We just hang out, enjoy the sun, the breeze, the ocean, the sand, the kids, our company, eat Mexican Food, and yes OUR TRAILERS!!!! It wouldn't be Mexico w/out them.

This is Sammy just being Sammy. We love him so much!!! He is our little surfer boy! He would love to live on the beach.

This is Davis. He loves it there so much he never seems to NEED anything. He loves the sand and the water. He goes from fully clothed to a diaper. So DANG cute!!!

Well, this is obviously a picture of me. I didn't say a good one, I just said it was. I went and got a perm the day we left so that I had a GOOD excuse not to wash it. Thank goodness the water was too cold for me anyway. By the time we left my hair was straight up JERRY CURL!!!

Oh, yeah! We also had a family from the ward come with us. One of Sids very best friends Chase Madder & his family came with us. It was fun to have them with us they are a great family. This is Melise, Davis and Annie just hangin out on the tramp. Oh, and half of Caitlin.

Did I mention that the kids LOVED having the tramp there. They seriously never got bored or ran out of things to do. We just ended up leaving the tramp in the trailer.