THANK YOU SANTA !

It took me 4 trys to get a picture of sofie with her eyes open, she keeps blinking at the flash.

sean got hulk gloves,

and so did ryan, but josh seamed to play with them more.

josh got almost everything he asked for(except a wii), Oh well maybe next year.

Christmas came and went ,again, it was so great for the kids. I remember how fun it was when I believed in santa. So I'm going to cherish this time while I've got it. The kids had a blast opening everything at 4:30 in the morning, that's ok, I was excited to get up with them and see there little faces lite up, I think I get more excited than they do. Thank you to all our family and friends for all the great gifts and cards, we really appreciate them.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSHUA !

Joshua got everything he wanted this year(lots of Bakugans)!

He loved the guitar,

He loved his homemade cake,

This year was really special for josh because it is his 8th birthday and he will be getting baptized next month with his cousin in sac .He wanted to go to reno but the weather wouldn't permit, so we went to round table and had a great time just the kids and us. we're really not use to celebrating with such a small crowd, but we sang loud and off key so it felt like alot of people were there. All & all it was great, thank you to all of our family who couldn't be here but sent cards and called josh, he was very happy to know that people remembered him.

SNOW IS HERE !!!!

There is at least a foot or so of snow in just a few hours.

the boys couldn't help but run around in it, Joshua gets a little crazy.

Sean was pretty cold but always cute.

and Ben decided to become a nudest,(pretty scary).

So we had our first real snow of the season, the kids and I were screaming with joy and Ben just kept thinking about all the snow he would have to shovel before he went to work. I don't care, I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. It's beautiful, but I can't leave my house till the snow plow comes and shovels my driveway, that won't be until 4:00pm, josh missed the bus, but this time it wasn't his fault, the buses came way to early so there are alot of kids home today.It's going to keep snowing till weds. then a break for a day then another storm comes in on thurs.I really hope that all of our family can make it over the mountains. we'll just have to keep praying for a miracle.

RYAN TURNED 3 YEARS OLD

everyone got into the birthday fun, sofia loves cake and she's really using a soon well.

sean and josh don't seam to remember that it's ryans birthday not their's, it's ok ther just kids.

josh has always ben full of alot of hot air,but when he showed me this trick I was truly amazed.

ryan was so happy with all his gifts, espcially the CARS toys.

He was so cute blowing out his candles, I really can't believe how fast time flys, it seams like we just moved here and it's already been over a year. I was looking through my camera and found the pictures from ryans last birthday,(still not developed), he looks so different , it's funny how much they grow and change and you don't even notice. Pretty soon he'll be in school, then on his mission , then off to college, it's really freaking me out how fast things are happening, my life seems like a whirlwind of diapers,crying ,and smiles. I feel like as I'm getting older( almost the big 30) I can't seem to remember things as well, thats why I'm glad to have these small little moments to reflect and write stuff down. this is the closest thing I have to a journal and maybe someday my kids will read this and understand what life was like for me while they were growing up, maybe they won't be so quick to remember the things I didn't do. and just know how much I loved them.

HO HO HO!

LAST NIGHT WE DECIDED TO DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS, AFTER WE HAD SOME PUMPKIN PIE WITH COOLWHIP. AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAD ALOT OF FUN!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

WELCOME TO MY HELL, this is the best and worst time of the year for us . we love Christmas but are a bit overwhelmed with the 3 birthdays, not including our extended family, We have a total of 7 birthdays this month and they are all before Christmas. It's crazy right now, my family just left from thanksgiving, and my husbands family is coming up on the 20th. In between that I have to plan and help with our wards Christmas party,our secret Santa, our family service project, and shopping of course. I'm so tired, we'll see how much I really get done this year.