Alex's 6th birthday!

Alex had a great Army birthday today at home. It was so much fun! He is one happy boy! We had our own little boot camp. I made a tank cake, which was so much fun to do.

A compressed recap!!

So it has been a very long time since I blogged. So here goes with the last months update!
We spent our entire Christmas break in the bay area which was so much fun, other than Kyle getting the stomach flu, Sam bronchitis, Kaylee and Alex getting colds.
We celebrated Sam's Dad's birthday at Black angus.
We had a wonderful Christmas Eve. The kids enjoyed their new pj's!
The kids absolutely loved feeding the ducks. The ducks were not shy at all. They came right out of the water and chased us!!

My birthday rocked!

So for my birthday Sam and I spent the day in LA! We went to a fantastic swap meet, guys saw a movie, did some shopping, ate at the pink taco, and saw wicked. I loved it so much. It was so funny! Thanks to my in laws who watched our kids! It was a wonderful 29th birthday! Thank you Babe!

Kyle, Alex, and Karlee's Video You Have to See This!!

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Our Thanksgiving!

This year we were fortunate enough to have Sam's brother Shawn and his family down for Thanksgiving! I think it is safe to say we all had a fabulous time.
This year was a bit of a rite of passage for me. I finally cooked my own Turkey! I know crazy huh!? It turned out awesome! My sister Mindi was there for me for moral support as I tackled the bird. One of the guts bag emptied so we got to see the liver, heart, etc. So much fun. We had a wonderful meal that Mindi and I made, did some crafts with the kids, played the wii, watched football,played a game in the street, and Sam did the dishes. What a trooper!
The next day Mindi, Hannah, and I hit the mall! I had never gone the day after Thanksgiving before. We went to 3 stores and it took over 2 hours because we spent and hour in the parking lot. We had fun though. Then we met up with the boys for lunch after they spent the morning at pump it up. After luch the guys took the kids to see bolt and the park until it was dark and Mindi and I and the little girls went to furniture stores. Then we all crashed. Saturday after lunch we said goodbye to our guests and went to the park.

After going to the midnight show of twilight and getting to bed at 3 I was up at 6:30 to go help out at Alex's Native American Day at school! It is quite the production. I was exhausted but happy to be there. It was freezing! I had no coat! The school put out 12 centers for the kids to participate at. It was 3 hours. Alex had a wonderful time.

Kyle's program It's a Zoo out there!

unfortunately my seat was on the wrong side. Kyle had a speaking part but some of the other kids blocked him so I didn't get a good video of it. It was quite the cute program.

We finally to the kids to our favorite restaurant Tahoe Joes

I guess Kindergarten can get pretty rough!

This is how I found Alex when I picked him up from school.

I found my necklace!!

Believe it or not, in the middle of the night last night I found my necklace I lost almost 2 months ago.

It was in a very strange place. It was in an empty pepto bismal box in the medicine cabinet.

Of course I found it a week after I bought a new one. Now I have 2, I guess i will have some back up next time I lose one!

I was tagged!

I was tagged and found out a little late :) I got a little behind with my blogging.

8 tv shows I watch

The Office
Greys Anatomy
Dancing with the Stars
Thanks to DVRS GH
Extreme Makeover Home Edition
American Idol
Man vs Wild
Desperate Housewives

8 Favorite Restaurants

Tahoe Joes
BJ's
Claim Jumper
Piattis
Mexicali
Frugattis
Cheese Cake Factory
Mimis Cafe

8 Things I did yesterday

Up at 7 get Kyle off to school
laundry
took Alex to school at 11
Grocery Shopping
Rented Get Smart at blockbuster
Went to Target and Michaels
Made Tacos for Monday Night Football
Opened my traffic ticket, found out it was $540.00 (bad news)and got an extention on my traffic ticket

8 things I look forward to

Going on our future trip with Sam back to Germany. (no dates yet)
Christmas
Having all my kids in school
One day having a maid
Sleeping in
Seeing my fam again
a new dining room table

8 things I love

Sam
Kyle
Alex
Kaylee
Dessert
Sleeping children
back rubs
pajamas

8 things I can't stand

being late
a messy house
cleaning toilets
getting a ticket by a jerky cop
when my kids are loud
long lines
taking 25 minutes to get to church
losing things

8 things on my wish list

slouchy boots
a new camcorder
dining room table
granite counter tops in kitchen and bathrooms
healthy family
family vacation to Hawaii
a boat
a happy family

8 people I am tagging

Andrea N.
Nicole B.
Ashley W.
Alaina T.
Becky L.
Memzy
Crissi F.
Sarah H.

favorite family photos

Kaylee's Birthday

Kaylee's 3rd birthday was Sunday. We had a family party and then a party with all her little friends today. It was a princess tea party. It was so cute.

Notice Amy in the background everytime a kid hits the pinata. So funny!

Kaylee loved all her presents. After the party I had hours of entertinment for her. Thank you!

I did Kaylee's hair really cute on Sunday. I was pretty proud of it. I haven't ever done a braid like that!

Halloween

Alex was a soldier, Kyle was Darth Vadar, and Kaylee was Cinderella

Jogathon

Kyle and Alex ran and ran and ran. Kyle got a fasted boy medal with for 23 laps. Alex ran the most laps in his class too. Kindergarten didn't give out medals though.

We had a wonderful busy Halloween. I spent the whole day with the boys helping with the parties and the jogathon. Sam had Fri. off so it was great to able to do that.

Clippers and Nuggets game

Kaylee's Prayers

We have Kaylee say our family pray alot and she says the funniest thing. We go through the members of our family, Mommy, Daddy, Guy(Kyle), Guy 2(Alex), and me (kaylee). She will not call them by their names, it is so funny.

Kyle's straight A Report Card

I went to Kyle's parent teacher conference today. I have to admit I always get nervous. I really never have a good idea of how they are doing before our first conference. Kyle sailed through with flying colors. I always knew he was smart, but he is even smarter than I thought! :)
This was the first year he was given grades, which is another first for me.
I am thrilled he is a little smarty pants and his teacher wants him to be challenged, but it means extra work for me. I hope I can do it all! Thanks to Alaina I have a ton of chapter books to keep him busy for quite some time. I felt kind of lame because his teacher said he should only be reading chapter books, and I didn't have any at home. Lame MOMMY!
By the way, Thank you Kellie for watching Kaylee and Kyle!

My Monday Morning Scare!!

So, this morning I go upstairs to get Kyle up for school, just like every morning. I looked down the hall and saw Kaylee's door was open. I walked in and there was no Kaylee. True to form I panic, run downstairs, ask Sam if he has seen her, check my bed, but no Kaylee. At this point Sam is worried too. He hops out of the shower and starts looking. We are calling her name, no answer. Kyle now is getting nervous. We all run upstairs again for another look. Luckily Sam looked under her bed. There she was sound asleep under her bed, no clue we had been looking for her.

I love MONDAY MORNINGS!!

pumpkin patch

We went to a wonderful pumpkin patch today after soccer games. It was so much fun.

Favorite Friday Fotos

Kaylee's Halloween preview

my little cinderella. She couldn't wait to put her costume on.

Sam and Alex's first field trip

How cute is that? Sam rearranged some meetings and went with Alex on his first field trip to a pumpkin patch. He is such a sweet DAD! They had a wonderful time.

our weekend with family for austins baptism and Nicholas getting the preisthood