Seriously? Six...

Well hello little man- you are just getting to be too grown up for my taste. First your brother and now you- I don't like it one bit! I can't believe my baby is 6 already. Time has flown by way to quickly. I am proud to be your mom and am so glad that you complete our family. Happy Birthday Dude!

I love that when I ask for you to relax and be natural - this is the face I get!  I love it!!!

What could be a better gift than to take a picture with your hero- You have an amazing brother, I hope you always remember that and cherish each other!

Eleven...Really?

I can't believe my big guy is already 11! (Well to tell you the truth, he has been for awhile- I just take a REALLY long time to take his pictures) It is so much fun to watch him grow into such an amazing young man! Love you bud.

Birthday Girl

I am so very proud of my little Siera bug! She turned 8 this year and has made the choice to be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She was so excited and has been so happy lately. She is such a sweet little girl and is such a blessing in our home. I love being able to capture how quickly she is growing. She is turning into such a beautiful young lady! I couldn't be prouder of her. Happy Birthday/baptism little girl!    

Girls night

I have the BEST friends in the whole world! Since the beginning of the Twilight series we have all gone to the movies together opening night. It seemed fitting this year that the final movie came out right before I moved. It was a proper farewell. We went to the movie- WHICH WAS AWESOME!! Then we went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse- Oh my goodness we had so much fun. I have never laughed so hard. I felt bad for our poor waiter who had to deal with us, but to get us back they had me ride the saddle. Yeah, I did. Most of the people around us thought we were drunk, but not us- we are just THAT fun!! I love these ladies and am so grateful for their friendship.

I hate hospitals

A blast from the past...right before we moved Tommy has some weird infection in his neck and so had to have a CT then was admitted to the hospital for 2 days of IV antibiotics. The first day was pretty miserable, but once the medicine kicked in he was just fine. I am glad that whole thing is over and done with. I hope I don't ever have to sleep in a hospital chair again. I just have to say thank you to the wonderful people that helped with the other kids while I was with Tommy- you know who you are!!!

local wildlife

There are TONS of deer here. Every day on any given road you are bound to see at least one deer. We are pretty lucky that our backyard is right by an empty field with a pond and trees, it's really pretty cool. Well there is one little herd (is that what you call it?) that hangs out there. There are about 7 of them. My little Zoey LOVES to bark at them. I'm not sure if it's because she had never seen one before or because she can. She goes out and just barks and barks and barks- the deer are NOT afraid of her. So they like to come check things out and run up to her and stare. They are a little more timid when Rocky goes out but even more so when the kids come out. They don't leave, they just scoot a little farther away. See how close Savana got?



And see how close the dogs get?




It has snowed for the last couple of days and just dropped tons of snow- I've heard it can get worse too!! Anyways, this was my car this morning AFTER I had shoveled the snow off to get the kids to school! We have about 14 inches on the deck and thank goodness it finally stopped snowing so we can catch up on the shoveling. The kids are enjoying it though, so that's good!

We LOVE snow

It seems like a long time since we've been able to play in the snow. Since moving it has snowed several times and allowed us to actually use our sleds. We have an awesome sled park right by our house so it's great and easy to go. The hill is awesome to sled down but not so great to get back up, which we learned the hard way. So, we got some rope and made an easier way to get up. Oh the things we come up with!!

Savana is my little snow bunny. She LOVES to play in the snow. Maybe I'll take her skiing!! Anyways, she had a huge smile on her face the whole time- well just up until she face planted at the end, then she was done. But it wasn't anything hot cocoa and a warm bath couldn't cure!


Tommy is my die-hard adventurer. He was making jumps, going down any which way his body would go, and then he was styling on his falls at the end. I love that kid!


Since sweet Timothy left his snowpants at school, he wouldn't go down by himself. So we paired up on the big sled and had so much fun. After the second snow storm there was a LOT of powder and poor Timbo being in the front got white washed a few times. After that he made me go in front!! It was pretty funny.


Siera, my weird little girl, loves to sled. However, if she can't get the sled up the hill, she would just roll on down to get it. She could have fun going down the hill with or without the sled. I'm just glad she is so crazy- There is no greater sound than to hear her giggling all the way down the hill:)

Josh doesn't have any snow clothes- well he does, they are just in a box somewhere. So he stood watch, took pictures and helped set up the rope tow. I think he had more fun watching us fall, slip, and slide than anything. We had snow much fun- and since this latest storm there will be plenty of time to go some more!!