Happy Birthday Tim!

I just wanted to let everyone know about the great guy I'm married to! Today is his 42nd birthday, and even though he won't be here so that we can go out to dinner or sing Happy Birthday or have cake together, I wanted to share a list of things I love about Tim:

1. He is always helping people.
2. He smiles alot.
3. He is very good at fixing things.
4. He still flirts with me.
5. He works VERY hard.
6. He is a great dad and loves his kids very much.
7. He doesn't give up.
8. He is always positive.
9. He makes everyone laugh.
10. He always wants me talk to him about what is bothering me - even if it's crazy.
11. He cooks and cleans and is always ready to help me (or to assign a kid to help me.)
12. He loves me no matter how frustrating I can be.

Christmas 2008

Our Christmas was great! Especially the quilt from my mom (see post below).

Kirsten really got into opening gifts, even though she had to wake up at 5:30 AM!



I used to make an ornament every year for each child - I decided to restart the tradition and made these this year


Hayleigh playing the new Wii. She really gets a workout when she plays! (notice the wallpaper in the back - it's slowly being torn off and thrown away.)


The doll bunkbeds that Tim and Tyler made for the girls.


Hayleigh and Kirsten looking for gifts.

Look what my mom made!!!

and guess what?? She made it for me!!!


It was such a surprise and such a beautiful Christmas gift!!!

Please wish some snow for us!!

Despite my best efforts of making the blog look very wintry, it has not snowed at our house! In fact, it's been in the 60s and 70s here. GEEZ!!!

Tyler was able to enjoy some snow - he went to visit Brandee and Scott on Christmas day (he will be returning on the 1st). The 3 of them went to Scott's brother Josh's place in Colorado where they went snowshoeing. (I think that's how you spell it - we don't get much snow here, so I rarely spell anything with snow in it!)

Thanks so much to Josh who willingly shared these pictures of the snow fun!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

From our family to yours, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and many blessings in the New Year!

What a week (or 2)!

I was hoping that once soccer was over for the fall, we could calm down a bit around here! Apparently NOT.
For the past 2 Sundays, Keenan has marched in the local Christmas parades. Last week, I had Enrichment meeting on Tuesday, taught the Faith in God for Girls class on Wednesday, and we went to the Ward Christmas party on Friday night. On Monday, Tim and Kyle went to the livestock auction and bought a new "Elvis" for our farm. He's a 'bigun' and seems to be taking it in stride that of course he was purchased and brought to a farm with a harem of females who really want to meet him.
Last night we went to Ethan and Dallin's middle school band concert - which went way too long, was too full of people and was too hot. The program went like this:
1 - 6th grade chorus; 2 - 6th grade band; 3 - 7th grade chorus; 4 - 7th grade band; 5 - 8th grade chorus; 6 - 8th grade band. I don't think they took it into account that most of these kids would not only have parents attend, but also grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, friends, etc..... It was very warm with all of those people in one room and one of the 8th grade chorus girls ended up passing out. Maybe next year will be better:) Ethan and Dallin both did awesome - Ethan plays the French horn and Dallin is in the percussion section. Ethan recently made all-county honors band!
Tonight, we have the youth meeting at church and tomorrow night is Keenan's Christmas concert at the high school along with their chorus. In the middle of all of this, Dallin has a Harry Potter Scrapbook book report due on Friday and our internet keeps going up and down with the very wet weather we've been having. I also have to grocery shop for the all of the cookie ingredients which I have to bake starting on Friday. Saturday we have scrimmages for Kyle, Keenan and Tyler's soccer teams and then Sunday I teach the Relief Society lesson at church - which I haven't even looked at yet.

What a view!

The hotel we stayed in for the Disney soccer tournament had quite the view from our floor. I'm not really fond of heights, and as Piglet says to Pooh "do you have to go so very up?". I bet we could've had a room on a floor that didn't make my legs go weak and my stomach hurt.....If you look really close, you can see Ethan and Dallin.