GINGER house!

 I am lovin having all our kids home!!!  We bought our first house kit and the girls decorated it!  What fun they had putting their special touches on it and licking and eating as much candy/frosting as they could get away with!  For some reason we call them Ginger Houses and not gingerbread houses....Im not sure why but I think it is cute so I call them Ginger houses too!!

Santa time!!

 One of our FAVORITE family traditions...Christmas Village....and yes...Roxy the dog goes EVERYWHERE with us!!

 This is the first year Savannah has smiled and even looked at Santa...she asked for a Bee Pillow Pet!

 Kendall loved Santa and was super excited to get a candy cane after asking for a Music Box!

 Reese asked for a Ballerina for Chirstmas!  Santa said is that it....Reese said ...yes!

 BRONSON turned out to be our FIRST ONE year old to NOT cry when we handed him over to Santa....However, he would NOT look at him (:

It might have been freezing outside but, you would never know it!  Bronson never made a peep.  Later we realized that he gnawed off the plastic from the candy cane and was happily eating it!!

A dogs best friend...

The nutcracker.....and a suprising new member of our family!

I took the girls to the Nutcracker for our girls only night out!  We had soooooo much fun and I think Reese was so into it this year!  T he girls always love to watch the dancers and it is so fun to take them.  When we got home this is what was waiting for us................................................................................................

Thats right!  A DOG!  Alan had to one up me so he went and bought a dog without even talking to me!

She is a sweet dog that the girls named ROXY!  And yes they like to tuck her in at night!!!

So our newest member of our family arrived a little sooner than expected...The good news is she is already potty trained (:

HOW TO....FHE style!

 If  you ever wonder how to do FHE with 4 kids here is a little tutorial for ya!

GOT IT!  I know It will be hard to top ours.....but, go ahead and TRY!

What we do during School!

  We are counting down the days till Christmas Break!  We miss Savannah and Kendall terribly.  To pass our time during school hours we entertain ourselves by......

wrestling a helpless dog......

 pretending to be Bronson's mommy....(actually she is quite good)

 And doing a little bit of homework!  If you ask her is she is in preschool, Reese will say yes. If you ask her who her teacher is... She says, "Mommy!"  I love love love having her with me.  Besides if everyone was in school then I would have NO excuse and would have to have a clean house AND dinner ready.  I am not ready for that!

Temple LIGHTS!

Seeing the lights at Temple Square is one of our favorite family traditions!  We had a blast on Saturday and even got to have dinner at the Lion House Pantry too!  Every year it gets more and more beautiful.  Reese kept saying..."Mom, this is so pretty!"....."Mom, this is so cool"......."Mom, this is awesome!"

SEVEN is HEAVEN!

 Our sweet Kendall is SEVEN!  She was born a month early due on Christmas Day she arrive Thanksgiving morning!  She is always in such a hurry to keep up with everyone it is no surprise to us now that she came so early!  Kendall requested waffles for her birthday~ Since it was on a Saturday we had a fun day of what ever she wanted to do.
After waffles and opening presents we went to see Tangled with the other girls and my SIL.
Then home to pick up the boys and we headed back out to Chuck E Cheese for pizza, pie, and games!
My camera stopped working so I didn't get any pictures there but Kendall asked for a cheesecake this year so we made her a pumpkin one and she loved it!  It was a super fun laid back day.  She loved getting her zhu zhu's from her grandparents and we got her a little boombox that she listens to everyday!
SEVEN THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT KENDALL:
::She is super smart and catches on to thing very quickly
::She is super strong!!  Which has helped her in tumbling this year!
::She is a nurturer-always the first to be your friend if you are sad
::Competitive....she doesn't like to lose...especially if you are her sister or her dad.
::Loves EVERYONE....seriously...she does.
::Is very photogenic and the best poser in our family.
::When asked what she wants for her birthday or Christmas....she really asks for simple things.  She is easy to please (:
We just LOVE LOVE LOVE HER and there is no one like her!!

Giving Thanks!

I am so thankful for a WONDERFUL family!  We got to go to my brothers house for Thanksgiving this year!  My SIL Meagan always makes amazing food and a beautiful environment to eat too, and they don't seem to mind feending 9 kids!!!!  They even made Kendall a special pie JUST for her.  Since she was born on Thanksgiving!  The night did not end there....after coming home and putting kids to bed Alan and I headed out for our black Friday shopping.  We left at 11pm and got back home after 5am!!  We had a blast and we now have a good system for shopping and got EVERYTHING we needed.  It was so nice to see our dollars get stretched a bit further this year thanks to all the steals at the stores. It was hard to wake up after only 2 hours sleep but we managed (:  Until next year!

Her special day!

 The fam!  Yes we look a bit crazy but that's just how we roll.  Did you notice I am a foot taller than Alan in this pic? AMAZON WOMAN......that's me!

 Isn't she just glowing?!

 Yes...they do have a brother.....he is just not in many pictures....see him trying to run off.  Just camera shy!!

Her big day....was November 13th 2010.  She was baptized by her father as the newest member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  She was glowing her her beautiful white dress given to her by her grandparents and was dunked flawlessly in the baptism waters.  It was a packed event with lots of friends, relatives, and ward members who love her.  Many thanks to those who helped at the lunch-in.  There were alot of people to feed and I really appreciated the help! I would be lost with out great family and friends.
Savannah has seemed a bit older since this day....making great choices!  We love her more that we could ever express and so proud of her choice!

Fall has come ......and gone!

 

Well we had fall like weather for about 2 days this year.  One day we woke up and all of the leaves had fallen.  So of course we had the girls go and pick them all up.  An hour later I looked out to see if they were still outside to find they picked all the leaves up and put them on the tramp!  For the next 2 hours they jumped their little hearts out throwing leaves and being crazy!

To follow fall my hair in now BROWN!  Its way easier than blonde for the winter!  And this girl had a big day last Saturday....more on that later(:

ONE is the loneliest number

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Two can be as bad as one
It's the loneliest number since the number one

No is the saddest experience you'll ever know
Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know
`Cause one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number, worse than two!

So we will be adding a little Brother for Bronson.  HE will join our family this SPRING!