2008-2009 Region Drill Competition

Last weekend Chandra, Miles, and My Mom came up to watch Nikkelle Dance at the Region Competition. They competed in 3 different dances, Military, Dance, and Prop. I think this was the best they have preform the Military Dance. They placed 2nd in Military, 4th in Dance and Prop. Then they placed 4th over-all so now they are headed to State Competition this weekend. Nanny, Porter, Kaitlyn, and I also came to watch her dance. I will be going to watch her at State, then we will be done for the most part with Drill, until next year. Thanks everyone for coming Nikkelle really appreciates it.

New Laundry Room

So for Christmas, I asked Shane instead of giving each other gifts this year. How about finishing the other Bathroom that is now our Laundry room. Having two bathrooms seems like it would be a luxury. It never fails when someone is in the bathroom, someone else needs it really bad. So he agreed that would be a good idea. So the first thing we needed to do was finish where the laundry room was going. So we get started and it took more money then we where planning on so now we only get the new laundry room until we have enough for the bathroom. I really like it, it is big then where we had it. Now that we have move it downstairs Nikkelle, Porter, & Kinyon have been doing their own laundry. With that comes problems with the washer, but I'm sure they will all get the hang of it. I still need to finish a little bit, we had it done but when we went to turn on the gas for the dryer there was a leak so Shane had to undo somethings to get that fixed. He found the leak and now everything is up and running. It sure is good to have a washer and dryer back after a week.


Shane pouring the self leveling cement that doesn't work. Don't ever waste your money on that stuff.


I had Shane build me this stand to put my washer and dryer on. Hopefully that will save me on my back. So far I really like it. I think it turned out really nice.

Annual Gingerbread houses at Nanny's

Nanny always buys Graham crackers and lots of candy for the Grandkids to make their own gingerbread house. This year she thought it would be fun to make trains if they wanted to. The kids look forward to this ever year. Thanks Nanny for all you do.

Cheyenne's Train. Sad thing happen to Cheyenne. When we were walking out to the car she tripped and dropped her train. It was pretty much in little pieces.


Kinyon decided on a house. He has his house set up so it looks the same all around.
He is very organized if you can't tell.


Kaitlyn made a train. She did a great job all by herself. It looks like her favorite candy was Skittles.


Ryder also decided on the train. He got very creative with all the stuff he had to work with.


Porter made a Train too. Hopefully he will stay out of the little kids candy this year.


Nikkelle got right down to work and said this is going to be the best house I have ever made. She had fun making it as cute as she could. She was also the last one done.


Ryder had left with Shane before I got all their pictures together.

Has anyone seen the camera!

Well I was going to post pictures of Christmas, and the camera was missing. Shane had taken it out to the cabin on New Years Day. When he got back I asked him where the camera was. He said "I don't know". So I kindly reminded him that he had used it. Oh yeah, I don't know, maybe I left it in dads truck. So another week has past and still no camera. Then last night at 3 a.m. Ryder's hound dog was barking a lot. So Shane got up to go outside to see what he was barking at. Then he comes in and wakes me up, Oh Honey I found the camera it was in my coat pocket. So now I can finally update.

The Holiday is Fast Approaching

Well, this is my favorite time of the year. I'm always look forward to Christmas time. I'm one of those people who plays Christmas Music the day after Halloween, until a couple days after Christmas. I like to get my shopping done early so I can spend the rest of my time baking and going to all the things my kids are involved in.
Tonight, I went and watched Nikkelle sing in her Choir group. I really enjoy listening to them around the Holiday. Kaitlyn has a Choir Concert on the 16th, she is really excited about it, this will be her first year. Nikkelle has lots of dances this month with Basketball half-time. She also has two competitions in December. The Drill team are making blankets on the 13th, in between their dances to take to the Christmas Box House next week. That will be a fun experience for them. We have the ward Christmas party on the 17th. Then its time for my family Christmas party on the 20th, so we will be heading to that on the 19th. This month is going by so fast, it will all be over before we know it.
We are so grateful for everything we have. Lets remember the season of giving, the true meaning of Christmas, the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. I hope you have a wonderful Hoilday Season and take the time to relax and enjoy the people you love.

Crazy Day at School

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Carving Pumpkins

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

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This turned out a lot better then I thought it would. Nikkelle found a dancer on the Internet so that is what she carved on her pumpkin. (image that) Ryder found a haunted house. Kaitlyn found a skull. Kinyon just wanted to make a scary face. Cheyenne's attention span only lasted on the cleaning out the pumpkin. Then she said mom "you can carve my pumpkin." So I just did a simple face, I wasn't sure who I was going to end up helping. They all did them themselves except Kaitlyn had a couple of really small areas to get out so I helped her with that. I think they all turned out really well. Porter didn't want to carve one. It was fun I think we will do it again next year.

Homecoming Parade

Well since Nikkelle is on the drill team, she got to be in the homecoming parade. I was really surprised how many people actually came out to this. All the girls were suppose to bring a bag of candy. By the time they got to us all the candy was gone.

Pictures of Porter's wrangler contest

Porter's Steer Ride at the Fair

Sorry this has taken so long, but there is just not enough time in one day to get everything done that needs to get done. I don't know about all of you, but this time of year gets to be so busy with all the canning, homework, laundry, and running kids to all their things they have going. At the end of the video Porter starts limping. Come to find out the steer had stepped on his back. He had a pretty good bruise from the experience. Shane took Porter to the State Fair and he rode the mechanical bull about 3-4 times before the guy told him to come back and he would teach him how to ride. So maybe next year he will have a better luck.