How could I forget?

How could I forget to post the most important thing of all! I know my mom will call me just as soon as she sees this, so she can give me an earful about posting pictures and videos of her on my blog. However, I could not resist and will gladly take that phone call! My Dad was unable to go with us to Utah, so we had to make sure my mom was having a good time. I think she did :)

Love ya, Mom!

Winter Wonderland!

(Kyle and his cousin, Carson)

For Christmas, we planned a road trip up to Utah to spend time with my side of the family. My brother (Jason) and his wife (Jill) were awesome enough to let our entire family stay with them...there were close to 30 of us all together, so it was a house full! It was the most perfect time to be up there: the weather cooperated and we finally got a White Christmas which looked like a Winter Wonderland. Here are a few pics to prove it!

As you can see from the following pictures (and the 3 above), we were able to play outside on several occasions with my brother's snowmobiles.The kids had a blast! Jessica and Josie being pulled.
Emma pulling Kyle and Carson.



Erika was definitely hands-on in everything we did. I think she is our little dare-devil! She is not afraid to try anything.

All Kyle was interested in doing was eating the snow!
This definitely was a Winter Wonderland for us desert folks!

Here I go again!

Well, it has been almost two month's since my last post. I seem to do this quite often! We have been busy preparing for the Holidays, and having a lot of fun doing so. I will post more when I can, but I just wanted to say Happy Holidays (a little late) to everyone! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas, and have a happy and safe New Year's. (I really slacked this year on sending out Christmas cards, so here it is!)

All dressed up!

This is a rare occasion, having all of us dress up! Ken and I usually do not dress up for Halloween, however Jessica and Erika really wanted us to this year. I am glad we did! It was actually a lot of fun, and makes you feel like a kid again. I would recommend it to anyone! We did the whole trick-or-treating thing in my in-law's neighborhood. My brother's family (Justin) went with us as well, so it was fun for the kids. Jessica actually went off with a group of "guy friends" for a couple hours...I was really surprised as she is usually so shy. Here are a few pics of the night!

Pumpkin Time!

This year we took the kids and a couple of their cousins to Schnepf farms to enjoy the fall festivities and to pick out their pumpkins. The farm is a lot of fun, but I think definitely overpriced. Next year we may just get our pumpkins from the Wal-mart bins...can't beat pumpkins for under $5 each!



(I think it is time for a new camera, mine is really not working so well!)


We had my family over this past weekend to carve pumpkins and enjoy a yummy Mexican feast! I am hoping this becomes an annual family activity as it is always a lot of fun!




Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!

Vampire

Scary Kyle

I couldn't get a good shot of him because he kept moving around, so it is a little cropped. However I thought he really does look creepy! I am almost tempted to change his Halloween costume to a vampire.

Jessica's Birthday

Jessica turned '15' on October 22nd...yikes, I still can't believe I have a teenage daughter. Last year we didn't do much for her birthday since we had only been home a couple weeks with her and Erika. This year, she wanted a party so we invited a few of her friends over. They ate, played games, and sat in the hot tub and told ghost stories until the party ended. Instead of eating the cake, they all shoved it in their faces...crazy girls!