December 2008

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Our friend Di did our photos this year. She has done them

for us for the past three years. We think she did an incredible

Job! Thanks Di!

Kylie

Nolan

James

Brooklyn

I need a new Wii me!

So, we got the kids a Wii for Christmas. We decide to have a family tournement this morning. (We had one Christmas day also) I picked my wii person and James said "Mom, I would pick another one, that character can't hit the ball. You will lose." Dean, Kylie and I thought it was hysterical.

Santa is Coming in Two Days!!!

We have never had a kid quite as excited as
James when it comes to Christmas. The others
always got excited but James is bouncing off the
wall all day long. Its pretty exhausting. He is always
adding days to our count down calender, then he
comes and finds me and lets me know there are only
two days left till Christmas. Mom, hurry come look!
But, he never says anything when I quietly put them
back. We just do it all again the next day!

Please Be Another Snow Day!!!!

One of Kylies friends told Nolan that if there was

a chance of snow, if you wear your PJ's wrong

side out, it will be a snow day. So Nolan wore his

Pj's wrong side out all week and it must have been

beginners luck~They had three snow days this

week! It's hard to tell in this photo that his Pj's are

wrong side out but I am not sure he will ever wear

them right again!!!!

Thanksgiving

It was so fun to have Julia & Greg for Thanksgiving! We are so happy they took the time and made the long drive. We Love you guys!!!! We really miss living close enough to go see family and friends on long weekends!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Sunday Morning at Our House

I love Sunday mornings. Our church

starts a little later so it's the one day

a week we get to sleep in a little. It is

so nice to have one morning during

the week that we can relax and slow

down. So this past Sunday I decide to

get some pics of the kids!

~James insisted on standing in front of

the tree with his favorite dressy coat on.

~Nolan wanted to hold his scriptures and

stand in front of his two favorite ornaments.

~Brooklyn was so excited she found her purse,

she put a couple of animals in it and she was

ready to go~If only her diaper bag was that

simple.

~Kylie was not standing in front of the tree for

another picture. Do I have any idea how many

pictures of her I have standing in front of the

tree? Surely I don't need another one!

Our boys and Their Lego Wars

Nolan and James love to have lego wars-Nolan

comes to get me several times a day to get

pictures of what they are doing-He is going to

have a fascinating lego wars scrapbook one day!

He even asked for a camera and video camera

for Christmas so he didn't always have to borrow

ours. I am glad they have something they love

to do together!

This Ones For You Grandma L

My grandma gave my twin sisters

and I these Santa dolls when I was

still a baby, they wore out so my

mom made them new bodies, I really

have never quite known what to do

with it so every Christmas I set it out

under the tree. Well Brooklyn fell

in love with him this year. I find him

all over the house! So I had to get

pictures for Grandma to see!

We love you and miss you Grandma!

Happy 50th Dean!

This year was Deans 50th Birthday!

I new his birthday was soon, but I

never looked at the calender, so one day

he was opening his card from his parents

and I said Oh, what day is your birthday?

Of course he said today. Wow! How do you

plan for a 50th birthday and then not

realize when it gets here. It has truly been

a banner year for me!! I did throw him a

50th party a week later and it was fun to have

an excuse to get together with friends!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAN!

Her Daddys Hairline

I keep thinking little Brooklyns

hairline is going to fill in, but she

still has her Daddys hairline! I

try to do cute little ponytails

and it just emphasizes it, so our

usual stylin hairdo when we go

anywhere is a bow or flower, so

I can pull some hair forward

and make it look like she does not

have a receeding hairline already!

It's A Snow Day!!!!

It's our first snowday of the year! We always

love the first snow and to get to miss a day of

school for it- Who could ask for more???

Not All Heroes Wear Capes!

We were so proud of you!

Just across the Finish Line!

Dean ran his first Marathon in St George just before he turned 50!

what an incredible accomplishment! It rained for the first 17 miles and

he still ran every step of the way! We are so proud of you! You Are

Our Hero!!!!

San Francisco Marathon Oct 17, 2008

I went with my mom, four sister's, my aunt

and two friends to San Francisco to run the

Nike Women's Marathon.

It was so much fun and such a fun group-I

can't wait to do it again next year! I would still

tell you that I am not a runner-in fact I don't like

running at all-But, it was such a rush I can't wait

to do it again next year!

Run, Shop, Eat Like a Girl!

Fisherman's Warf* If we had any idea what our
bike ride over the Golden Gate Bridge would
be like we would have run the other way! I wonder
how many other peole have turned a 1 1/2 he bike ride
into a 7 hour bike ride!

My name on the Nike Town Wall! I had no idea

how much fun it could be find your name on

a huge wall while a hundred others are doing the

same thing!

Getting ready to Shop Like Girls! First stop

Starbucks...

You Go Girl!