Christmas Came!!!!

This year we got a bunch of pictures because Ellyn recieved a camera from Santa.  So, there are even pictures of me,  which is strange!    Merry Christmas enjoy our pictures.

 

Waiting to go see what Santa brought.

 

 



RaeAnne posing in her stylish new outfit.

 

Tropical Tree Hunt

This year we went with our cousins to Tropic Resevoir area and got a beautiful blue spruce Christmas tree!

They are off hunting for a tree.

 

 



 SUCH A WARM DAY!  No sledding this year.

 



"He-Man!"

Jenny 

Coulson so excited by what Jayson is saying!  He is jumping up and down!

After getting the tree we went to the Resevoir and threw rocks on it!

Thanksgiving was great!  We enjoyed family coming to us this year and playing with "the cousins"  Love this season!

ADILAIDE-4 year old Princess

 

Princes Adi!  We Love this cutie girl!  Where did she come from with all her pinks and purple...we're not sure.  She wears skirts and dresses 90% of the time and Loves Pink Puppies.  But don't let all the girly stuff fool you, she gets down and dirty in her princess clothes.

She LOVE, LOVES Puppies and dogs.  For the last 2 years she has woken up most mornings as a pink puppy who needs to be snuggled and petted before she'll eat her breakfast.

She loves to give kisses, and being in charge of her siblings.

Our neighbors recently put in a zipline, she didn't hesitate to "zip" on down.

All ready for church!  Her best buddy Karsin, is in her primary class.  At church they are inseperable.  Sometimes the teachers have to stop them from kissing.

I took this a couple nights ago.  She even snuggles in her bed with "Scottie" her puppy and

 "Tink the Teddy."  We love this bossy, classy, "fancy nancy", "snug-a-bug", little sweetie.

School Pictures

No picture of Adi yet.  But she'll be in kindergarten next year.  My babies are growing up!

 

Here's a Coulson Funny:  We have a CD of primary songs and one of the songs is about being a mother. Here is one line from the chorus: "When I grow up, I want to be a mother, and have a family..." Poor Couls, had this song stuck in his head and it was just too funny hearing him going around singing about being a Mother.

Halloween Attack!!

 

Adilaide the Pink Girl Fairy

 

 

 Da-Da-Da-da da da da da...BATMAN!!!

If I Only Had a Brain...

actually Quinn is a very intelligent scarecrow.

 

 

 Elly couldn't decide what to be, first she was Hermoine Granger.

Then, she was laundry for the school parade, which was really cute but I didn't get a picture of.

 

 Then she was Ginny Weasley.

I was some sort of tourist.  I had to be something summery since the weather was so warm and I could wear flip-flops and capris.



We went to our local trunk-or-treat.  Which is my favorite part of Halloween.  The kids had the idea to put our candy in a bowl with leaves in it so that other kids would have to search for the candy.  That was the trick part.  And it was so funny when a little 2 year old would come up, give you a really weird look and take a leaf out of the bowl.  They were always happy when I explained there was actually candy in the bowl and they wouldn't have to eat a leaf.

This was the best day of her life.  She dreams of her hair turning permanently pink!

We had some really great jack-o-lanterns, unfortunately I didn't get very great pictures!

Fall Break

This last week the kids had Thursday, Friday and Monday off of school for fall break. YEAH!!!

Well, our cousins and grandma and grandpa next door went to Disneyland and Legoland for the vacation, we hadn't saved up our pennies to go, plus I am not the hugest fan of the whole "HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH" My happiest place is with my family in a nice quiet uncrowded place, laughing at somebodies silliness. We decided to have a fun weekend our style so our kids didn't feel like they were missing out on Disneyland.

 

THURSDAY:  The kids and I went to the Aquatic center to play.  We were the only ones there for a little while and even after people started coming the numbers were low and we had a BLAST!!  Quinns favorite part was playing foot tag.  The kids are getting to be better swimmers so I didn't have to watch them like a hawk the entire time.

That evening Seth and I went on a date while Ellyn babysat. ( I am so glad she is responsible.)  We went to dinner and then went on a walk around backstreets in Cedar City.  The leaves were great and we enjoyed looking at all the old homes, I loved it.  That night after the kids were in bed we watched "The Avengers"  good movie.

 

FRIDAY:  Navajo lake.  We spent the day on the bottom of Navajo lake looking for sunken treasures.  The water level is down since the dike broke and we found fishing treasures and a boat anchor.  We fished and watch the dump trucks and tractors work on fixing the dike.  Then we took off on a hike.

 

At the bottom of the trail it was all snowy and muddy, but FUN!  Our goal was to make it to the saddle so we could see down the other side of the mountain.

 

The view was worth it.  We could see Zion off in the distance as well at peaks in Arizona, one of which had a fire on it.  Lots of Elk tracks up on the top.

That night was our family movie night so on the way home we picked up a pizza, and watched "Madagascar 3 Europes Most Wanted."  Another good movie.  Made us all laugh ALOT!

 

 

 SATURDAY:  In the morning Seth took me to breakfast.  Thank you to Ellyn again for watching the kids.  Then we again walked around some more streets in Cedar.  I love taking walks.  After going home and picking up the kids we headed to Parowan.  I love this small town.

 Destination: Hay maze!  We all loved it. Plus it was more tricky than we thought it was going to be.

 In the maze you could look for marbles and if you found one you could turn it in for a piece of candy.  That kept it interesting and I would definitely say it was worth the $3.00 per person.  The man who owns the hay maze, thanked us for helping him find his marbles.

 There is also a pumpkin patch there.  We didn't buy any pumpkins since we grew our own, but it was still neat to go walk through it and think about Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin.

Afterwards we played at the Parowan Park, complete with merry-go-round and teeter-totters!

That night Ellyn had a Mama-date she earned from playing piano.  We went to dinner at Applebee's, shopped at walmart then came home, blew-up the air mattress and watched Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  She is watching the movies as she finishes the books.  I told them they couldn't watch the movies until they were old enough to read the books.                                                                                                    

 

  

MONDAY:  RollerSkating. We went to the Cedar Skate and for much of the time we were the only people there.  Ellyn had some friends comes and it was so cute watching everyone learn how to skate.  We ended up staying almost 4 hours.  No one wanted to leave.

Finally, Last night the kids were playing in the leaves and Ellyn got some good pictures.  What awesome kids.  I love these amazing blessings!!!!