~The Girls Being Silly~

They other day I was down in Nikki's room talking to her while she was getting ready for her date. The little girls were in there with us, dancing to the music being silly. They had us laughing at some of their moves, but they were so cute I thought I would share with you.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

When is the bus coming

Nanny called me about 1:40 yesterday after I got home from work. She said well we have had some problems today. Oh whats that? Well she was busy doing stuff around the house, I can't remember what she said. So she sent Cheyenne out to catch the bus around 12:10. I said "okay". Well she didn't catch the bus, she has been standing outside waiting for it for 1hr and 10 min. Cheyenne finally came back to the house after the neighbor came over and told her to come back. She said that freaked her out. She had been crying. Nanny asked what happened Cheyenne said "the bus never came". I've been calling for my mom. She was cold and wet from all the snow melting and the puddles down their lane. So Nanny hurried and put her pants in the dryer for a little bit, then ran her to school. She then calls me and tells me everything that had happened. When she went to take her into the school they couldn't find her Minnie Mouse ears for hat day. Poor kid had a not so fun day. So I ran over to the school with dry pants, socks, and another Minnie Mouse ears. I forgot to get shoes. When I change her socks her shoes where wet. So the teacher just let her keep her shoes off. Nanny felt bad but everything is fine and I hope the next time she misses the bus she don't stand outside for 1hr. What a Silly Little Girl

Oh yeah, the Saint Bernard that ended up at Chandra's house, that ended up missing. Came back to her house on Tuesday night after a week. Her kids are way excited, and mine can't wait to go back up to play with him again. I never knew that a stray dog would end up being so loved.

Family Winter Trip

Nikkelle got a new camera for her birthday. I gave it to her the day after we got up there. So the first thing the girls go do is start taking picture with all their silly faces.

Here are some pictures of us outside playing in the snow. The kids all had fun even though some of the kids toes about froze off. We had sleds, snowboards, tubes, and snowmobiles to haul the kids back up to the top of the hill.

While we were up in Ashton, Nikkelle had her sweet 16th birthday. I can't believe she is 16. I remember when I turned 16 and it doesn't feel like it was all that long ago. She had fun having a lot of her cousins, family, aunts, uncles, and grandparents there. Thanks for all the kisses, a least now she can tell people her first kiss was from family.

Then there was a hot tub, air hockey, ping pong, cards, pool, and then the theater room. Their was always something for everyone to do. The cabin was big enough that it really didn't seem like there was 21 kids running around. We could all spread out and it was lots of fun to be with everyone. We talked and laughed about old memories and made some pretty funny new ones. The kids will remember this for the rest of their lives and that is what family is all about. Thanks for planning the trip Brandon. Lets do it again.

Last week we went up to visit family. I had told Chandra I wasn't coming because it had been snowing all night and into the day. The roads where covered in snow. So I went downstairs for awhile. Then I came up about 4 and looked outside. The sun was shining and the roads where clear. So I told the kids hurry and get pack we were going. We had everything packed in about 1 hr. I decide not to call and surprise Chandra and the family. We got there about 8. I saw the TV on so I thought we had enough noise to shut doors quietly. Well Chandra was sitting at her computer right by the driveway so she heard us pull in. So they gathered their kids together and met us at the door. When they opened the door they screamed surprise and we did the same. It was pretty fun. Then we took the kids to DQ to get ice cream for Valentines Day. Before we had got there someone had dropped off this Saint Bernard. He is very friendly and the kids had a lot of fun with him. Brandon said he was going to keep him. But he is gone now they are all sad. Here are some pictures to remember him by.

A new member of the Family!!

Shawnee went down to the hospital Sunday Jan. 25 to see how much further she had progressed. They decided to keep her because she was having contractions and the roads where bad. The doctor came in around 8:30pm and then things started to happen. Nikkelle, Porter, and I got down there about 10:30 and at 11:30 Benjamin was born. He weighed 6lbs. 15ozs. was 18 1/2" long. He is so cute. I'm just glad it was Shawnee and Ryan and I can just hold the cute little guy. You can sure tell that Ethan and Benjamin are brothers. They look a lot a like. If you ever need to rest just call and I'll be glad to come and get Ethan. He likes to come over and play with his cousins. Congratulations!!!

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.