Winter Sports

We have some winter sports going on to try to keep the lbs off during this wet winter slump.
Katelyn is taking group volleyball lessons with the plan to play in Junior High. She has really enjoyed it and learned a lot!

Amy is playing Jr Jazz basketball for the first time and is doing great! In her first game, Amy made all 4 points. They just had their first win this last week and she made a couple points there too. She really likes it and has 4 other girls from her school on the team. Always fun to play with friends!

 

 

 

 

Tyler is also taking a basketball training class and the rec center again. He loves basketball too! I think it runs in their blood!

 

 

A Young Women...

Today is Katelyn's Twelfth Birthday! Really 12?!!! Last week she had her Primary exit interview with the bishop and today was her first Sunday in Young Women's. She was super nervous, but said everything was fine and that everyone was friendly. Katelyn is amazing. She has grown up so much and turned into an awesome young lady. She has always had strong standards and is unwavering. I could not have six children without her help. She is always helping me and cleaning for me and babysitting for me. I will be sad to loose her to the sisters in the ward- they are all so excited to get her babysitting for them!
Katelyn always cares about the underdog and wants everyone to feel comfortable. She can't stop till' the party is over! She is amazingly talented in art and music. Always keeping us entertained!

Happy Birthday Katelyn! We love you!

Winter Wonderland

Holy Snow!! It was too hard to believe the Ground Hog when he said there would be an early spring! It seems like the snow is never going to stop. The one thing that is good about the snow storms is that it blows the smog out of the valley. There is always a silver lining right? 
 Another silver lining ... Katelyn gets some great pics with our new camera.


Some of my favorites..

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Teasing keeps you humble...

Mike is a teaser. I am not. Thus we struggle.

Some of our kids are teasers. Some are not. Thus they struggle.

Teasing might just be for the fun of it, but I still, after 13 years of marriage, think that teasing is a way of telling the truth, but making it lighter so it doesn't hurt as bad. I have come to accept that a certain amount of teasing, if done with love ( if that is possible), can help us be more humble. Teasing helps us laugh at ourselves. I want my kids to be able to laugh at themselves.

Tyler and Brigham have always had little "ticks". Brigham's latest is to pull his upper lips up to cover his nostrils and sniff his nose. He does it all the time and does it several times in the time of one complete sentence.  We were giving him a hard time one night during dinner. Hopefully, he will be more humble because of it.

Welcoming in the New Year!!

What were you doing to welcome in the NEW YEAR?

Amy, Riley and Jess were playing with dolls.

The rest of the fam was down n the basement rockin' out!

Mike was lead guitar and even able to do a great job while being tortured by Mr. B.

Ty guy was nailing it on guitar too.

KK on vocals


Mr. C banging it out on the drums. Every once in awhile his sticks would stray and hit an unsuspecting target.

Headed up stairs to enjoy some bubbly in very fancy glasses and watch the ball drop in NYC.

Ready for 2013!

A WHITE Christmas!

This winter has been a wet one! We thought we might be in trouble with such a mild fall, but I think we are getting plenty of moisture. We got some of that wonderful white stuff right before Christmas!

Dad got up early to take a pic of Santa's Spoils!

We couldn't wait to take a peek!

Line up in order to go down the stairs! Can't you smell the stinky breath?!

We open stockings first and then dive in to all our presents!

We had a wonderful morning! Lots of fun new stuff and not any tears! No tears is always good!