Merry Christmas!

Our cute kiddos!!! Poor little princess with all those brothers!! Or lucky.... we're not sure yet!!

Christmas morning! Too bad we hid Carson! :) Notice what Gabe is holding!!!!!!

Aliya got her first baby doll!! She loved her little cabbage patch! She kept licking it!

Good morning Auntie Andrea! We had a nerf dart war at midnight and I think that she was definiltely the most into it!!! Well.... maybe a tie with the little boys!!

Lachlan the reindeer!!

Grandpa Gary was so cute in his Christmas jammies! What a ho!!!! HAHA!!

Uncle Marty in his but his were missing the hohoho on back! :(

Little Damien and Shannon!

Tyson explaining to Lachlan what this whole Christmas thing is all about!

Surprise!! Corban!!!

For Christmas this year Gabe let me have our family sleep over at my dad's house! It only took 10 years of asking! :) Thanks honey!! We had so much fun with all of our family. There were about 9 different families that slept over! What fun!! It was so fun just to enjoy being together. I am so very thankful for such a special family. I have been truly blessed. Thank you everyone!!!

YAY!! Getting excited for Christmas!!!

HAHA!! Aliya's face was like... who the heck is that guy???? We are loving Christmas time at our house! The kids are out of school now so we are just enjoying the vacation. Watching movies, making cookies, tamales at Mita's, wrapping presents, playing in the SNOW!! ETC.... The boys are at such a fun age this year... can't wait!!

How Time Flies!!!

Oh my sweet girl is 3 months old today!!! How I wished that this day wouldn't come! :) She just keeps growing and growing... too fast! But she just gets more beautiful every day. She is so full of smiles now and even a few giggles now and again. So precious. She is so alert now and has realized that she has hands! Now if she could only get them to grab things when she wants. Haha, she is still learning. She is just so sweet and the boys couldn't possibly get any cuter with her. Our cute neighbor Jonah who is 8 is crazy about her. It is so cute. He has her picture in his room and is determined he is going to marry her! Oh what we have to look forward to if it is beginning already!! LOL!

And Even More to be Thankful For!!

FRIENDS!!!!!! I have the world's best friends!! Thank you girls for being there for me all of the time. For the fun birthday and for making it the best "21st" birthday ever!!!! Love you all so much!!

So Much to be Thankful For!

I am so very thankful for all that I have been blessed with in my life. I am so grateful for my family. I'm sorry to everyone but mine is the best!! We spent Thanksgiving with my mom, Randy, Nate, Andrea and the kids. It was so much fun just being together and the food was delicious...of course...except what I made. Why did the "good cook" gene skip over me??? :) Thank you mom!! And to make it an even better day, it was my birthday!! 21!! YAY! Gabe was so cute and made me my favorite cake(rainbow chip with rainbow chip frosting) even though we had so much pie, he wanted me to have my cake!! So cute!! Thanks sweetie!! And my life would be meaningless without my little ones!! I am so very blessed to have my boys, and my new little princess. :)

On your mark, get set, GO!!!!!!!!

Braxton had his first Pinewood Derby! He was so excited!! With help from his dad and grandpa Brent he was able to win first place 2 times and 2nd place once!!!! YAY! He was sooooo excited!! Thank you Grandpa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rub a Dub Dub, Guess Who FINALLY Likes the Tub??

After months of stuggling and crying, Aliya finally likes her bath!! She kicks and smiles now. So much fun!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA RUTH!!!

My cutest little Grandma turns 87 tomorrow!! We celebrated her birthday at Leatherbys on Saturday. YUMMY!! A family favorite!! She was so cute and just loved the baby. This is a cute 4 genertations picture of all of us. Aliya just loved her and sat so snug in her arms for a long time, which was a little amazing in itself because she had been fussy all day long. SO SWEET!

WE DID IT!!!

Look!! I have earings!!!!! So pretty!!!!!! My mom and Merr ( Alyssa and Ryan too) were at the mall and just couldn't resist getting my ears pierced now that I am finally old enough. Sorry Aunt Kenzie that we didn't wait for you! I did really good and cried just for a moment but that was expected from the little drama queen!! :) We picked out little white gold diamonds that look so pretty with my brown sugar skin! Such a pretty girl!!!!!!!!!! Mommy's doll baby!!

2 months old already!!!

This month has had a lot of firsts! First of all we found out that Aliya is not avery good listener! We have told her and told her not to grow but she did!! She is now 12 lbs. and 24 inches long! Big girl! We find that most of her clothes are too short in the arms and some the legs as well!! She has been smiling and "talking" a lot. She even giggled at her mama for the first time. It was the cutest noise ever! She also rolled over for the first time from her back to her front, but this doesn't make her very happy! She has become quite the kicker and if we put a blanket on her it is soon off! Just practicing for when she is a famous soccer player~:) With pink addidas of course! We also found that Aliya has the cutest birthmark in the whole world!! I am biased of course, simply because it is on her right hand just like her mommy's!! SO CUTE!! She is definitly my girl! We are all still very much in love with her and she is still the most spoiled princess I know! WE LOVE YOU ALIYA!!!

Happy Halloween!!

What a fun day!! We started out with the Halloween parade at the boy's school, followed by fun class parties, and ending at Grandma Danell's house! We ate homemade chili and mummy hotdogs, then headed out with all the cousins trick or treating. What perfect weather and fun! The boys ended up with lots of candy and I'm sure 50 cavities! :) Even Aliya and Damien went and enjoyed the fun... Damien sleeping through most of it though! WE LOVE HALLOWEEN!!!

What season is it?

What??? snow?? Carson took full advantage of the snow and made a cute snowman that now resides in our freezer! And just a week later we wore Aliya out with an afternoon at the pumpkin patch! so whether it is fall or winter we are bound to have some fun. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GABRIEL!!

Happy 31st Birthday!! We love you! Thanks for being such a great hubby and daddy!!