Sledding Fun!

We love to go sledding. This is a few pictures of us sledding at Peetetneet in Payson! I think everyone in town sleds here, we always have a good time. We are always exhausted after an afternoon of sledding and walking up the big hill!! This year even Madelynn joined in on the fun, she liked sledding down with one of the boys but cried all the way up the hill!! What a girl!! It is a good time, and it's also a huge plus that is is only about 1 mile away from our house. Afterward we go home and enjoy a glass of hot chocolate! Fun Times!!

Marcus All Bundled Up!!

BBBBRRRRRRRR Mckay!!!

Look At Our Big Mound Of Snow!!

This big pile of snow sits between our yard and our neighbors, its not going to melt until June!! I actually like winter but I am sure ready for Spring!! What a wild and snowy winter it has been, thank goodness for four-wheelers!!

The Luckiest Girl Ever!!

Madelynn is so Lucky!! She has three brothers literally eating out of her hands. They will do anything she wants(including playing tea party with her). They love her alot! She always wants what ever they are eating- she just says "I wanna Bite?" and they share with her. As you can see she is sitting in the middle of the table (which she is not suppose to do!!) begging from Matthew- and of course got her way!! Lets just say this little girl is one lucky girl to have so much brotherly love!! Thank goodness for girls!!

A New Year!!

Well it is now 2009! We are glad for a new year! 2008 was a crazy and exciting year for us! For New Years we went to Jake's sisters and played games with his family it was a good time! We didn't plan on staying all night but ended up staying until about 12 pm. We are definitely getting old!! Staying up late isn't like it use to be! Anyway we look forward to a better year in 2009 and hope you all have a great year also!

Robert & Minnie

This is a picture of my little Brother Robert! He wanted his dog to sit on Santa's lap so we made him sit also. He loves this poodle!! I think it is hilarious- he is this "cool" dude with a white poodle! Robert is single and a great catch if any one is looking??? (he is a fire fighter)

A Puppy For Christmas?!?!

This year for Christmas Marcus asked for a puppy!! He sat on Santa's lap twice and asked for a Dalmatian Puppy both times?! Thank goodness Santa Knows me and didn't send a puppy!! Marcus decided after Christmas that he must not have been very good because he didn't get a puppy. I told him Santa only brings Puppies to people who have fences!!

Christmas Break

We had a great Christmas this year! I haven't had time to update my blog so here is a recap of Christmas. We got to spend time with family and friends at various parties and had a great time! Its always nice to see everyone! For Christmas Eve we all go over to my parents house in Pleasant Grove for a party. Santa usually stops by to say hello to the kids. We order out Chinese food ( that's my mom's idea of cooking??). It is always a good time, we open gifts and eat and eat!! On Christmas we get up and unwrap presents and hang out! We always have a big breakfast- in fact our tradition is green pancakes! Which the kids love! For some reason they think green pancakes taste different then normal pancakes. (Whatever!) Then we play all day! This year we got the boys a WII! It was alot of fun-we had family and friends over all threw Christmas playing games on the WII. Matthew is really good at Guitar Hero! It would probably take me years to learn to play that game!! Usually on Christmas night we go to my parents and eat a big Christmas dinner. (Yummy ham from the honey baked ham store) This year Jakes parents came up from Arizona after Christmas and we got to visit with them- that was nice! We miss them! We had a great Christmas! It is always nice to reflect on how blessed we are for everything that we have!!

That's Not The "Real Santa"

So I think my 10 year old is starting to figure things out!! I over heard Matthew telling Mckay that this is not the "Real Santa". I asked him who he thought the real Santa was- he had no answer. We are going to have to have a little talk about Santa for sure by next Christmas! I cant believe I have a child that old-it makes me feel old!! For now will let him contemplate on the wonder of Santa!

Little Elves

The boys loved these hats! They all wore them to school the week before Christmas break. There grandma gave them a bunch of different Christmas hats and they wore different ones almost every day. That's one of the things I love about Christmas, seeing the excitement threw my children's eyes!!

Wrestling, Wrestling

& More Wrestling

The Boys just wrapped up the wrestling season! They had a good time. We are glad its finally over 2 months of 3 nights a week gets old. Marcus and Mckay both got third place at the league tournament, Marcus actually "Pinned" someone-after he pinned the kid he asked "can I get my trophy now?" It was classic Marcus!! Mckay gets really nervous when it is his turn, but all in all they had a good time. Matthew was in the "big boy" league this year and did awesome! He also got third at his league tournament. He had to wrestle one of his friends, that was hard for him. All in all it was a great season, well see if they all do it next year!!

Our Cute Kids!!!

We had family pictures this weekend and took this great picture!-I just had to share it. This picture shows each of our kids personalities-its not very often you catch a pose like that!! Matthew our mellow guy, Mckay our quite observer, Marcus our little sweetheart and Madelynn our giggly little girl! We love these kids!!!!

All These Sick Kids!!

It's been crazy at our house lately!! That's why I haven't updated our blog recently. We have had all kinds of sick kids!! Tis the season!! Matthew and Mckay had strep throat, Marcus had the stomach flu and then got Croup really bad (he spend a few hours in the ER one night) he missed a week of school. Just when I thought we were finally better-Madelynn now has Croup! I think we should be good now for the rest of winter. (HE-HE) The boys have also been doing wrestling 3 nights a week so we have been busy! However we had a great Thanksgiving! We went to my parents and ate Turkey and enjoyed each others company! It was relaxing! Today is Black Friday and just like tradition I went shopping with all the crazies! It was a good time, I do this every year with my mom and sister, no husbands or kids are allowed. ( we missed Karen this year) We did score a few good deals (at least I think). Happy Thanksgiving!