Thanksgiving

It was a quiet Thanksgiving for Niel and I. The boys were with their dad in Idaho. We celebrated the best we know how.... with family.

We had dinner with the Jaramillo Family, including Grandma and Grandpa Dean too.

Lots and lots of fun to be had and plenty of good food to eat too!

Awesome Coaches

Football is over but end of year parties are the final way to end the year. We have so much fun celebrating a wonderful year.

I forgot my camera the night Gar had his team party. Below is is awesome team!!!

Zander loves Coach Edwards. Me too! I don't know how anyone has so much patience for a little team like they had. It was great to spend another year with him as Zander's coach! Zander won the "Hit Man" award. He definitely had a great year!

Coach Templeton and Coach Hancock are were fantastic as usual. Stocks is lucky to have them. We celebrated at Shakey's and had a ton of fun!

This was Conner's last year with the Livingston brothers as his coaches. Conner has played every year with these good men. He has learned so much and we appreciate all their dedication.

And I just had to add this picture. This is me and Conner and our difference in height. Yeah.... I am sad my little boy is turning into a tall, young man.

Christmas Tree

We decided to put up our tree very early this year. Even before Thanksgiving.

I say.... bring in the Christmas spirit early.... why not?

Terrible Sickness

I really should have taken a picture of all the sick-ies in our house the past week. Yeah... it last an entire week. Stocks got it first, but it only lasted about 3 days for him. Conner, Garrett, and Zander all ended up missing an entire week of school. It was terrible. They had fevers, chills, headaches, body aches, and yucky noses. They were so sick, they couldn't even play video games... that is seriously how ill they were. I missed a couple days of work to take care of them, Niel took a day off too. We even called Grandpa Dean who came over one day to help us out. Thankfully, Grandpa didn't get sick and the sickness past.... but WOW! Never seen anything that bad and hope we never do again!

A Little Update

School keeps us plenty busy. Here is what we have been up to...

Conner did his science project nearly all by himself this year. He made a motor and tested magnetic pull. He did a great job!! He received 98% on his project.

Way to go Conner!

Stocky worked long and hard on a model based from a book. Stocks did fabulous and received 100% on the project!

Yeah Stockton!

Gar had to make an Anasazi Indian replica out of natural resources. He used clay, grass, sticks, and rocks to put together his creation. He receive 100% on the project.

Awesome work Gar!

Zander hasn't had any real big project yet this year (thank goodness). Instead, he has been keeping Niel company at BYU basketball games. Don't they look so great in their BYU get-up? Zander's favorite player is Noah Hartsock.

Go BYU!

I wish I were doing something a little more fun. Check out this awesome picture. Ok, so don't look at the terrible hair do... my eye is the problem. I ended up with a terrible eye infection that required a trip to the InstaCare. NOT FUN!

I have had better looking days.

Happy Halloween!!!

Another great year in the books!!

Garrett was GMAN for halloween. I have always told him he has super hero powers. He sure looks like a super hero to me.

Grandma Dean made his awesome costume this year. Gar got to design it himself and Grandma put just the right touches on it.

He looked incredible!

Zander made a perfect Joker. Look at that mean face.

Stocks knows just how to be Michael Jackson. He has the moves and everything!

Conner was a Knight. This is a super awesome costume because we are Lonepeak Knights.... everyone loved it!

Here were are..... the "Where's Waldo" group. Check out my awesome manager. Doesn't he just make a perfect Waldo?

All the kids are old enough now to go Trick - or - treating with friends. Niel and I were spent the holiday handing out candy and watching a scary movie. It was a great Halloween!

More FUN!

Smile! We are just having so much fun!!

This was the secret to our successful Disneyland trip.... FAST PASSES!

We stayed at some pretty fun hotels and even squeezed in a little time for some swimming!

They had a big breakfast buffet as part of the hotel stay. YUM! I broke the waffle machine though. Trust me, it was super embarrassing. I spilled waffle batter all over the place.

I believe the favorite ride for the older kids was Tower of Terror. They went on the ride over and over again. They are the goofy kids on the top left. Conner, Kayla, and Megan on the top back row and Stocks and Carson on the second row!

These orange socks have almost become part of the family. Conner wears them everywhere he goes.

This was one of Garrett's favorite rides. Grizzly rapids. He loved to see how soaked he could get.

We took a break and rode on some of the more simple rides.

Some of our favorite Disney characters.

This was my least favorite ride. It was a gigantic ferris wheel and moved and slide. It freaked me out!

YUM! The pineapple drink was delicious! It's a good thing we didn't try it until the last day at the park. Otherwise, I would have been drinking them all day long!

We rode the bus into the park and back home each night. We were tired by the end of the day.

Our California Adventure was awesome! We had a great time together as a family. It is truly one of the most happiest places on earth!

Our Second Magical Day

We ran into some friends while at Disneyland. Kinda funny because these were the same people we ran into at Las Vegas last Spring Break. They just have good taste on where they vacation. We watch Kayla and Carson do a special dance performance.

Pluto was the only character we could find to get our picture taken with!

So proud of Stockton. He isn't a big thrill seeker. He was a little unsure about going on the big roller coaster. But once he did....

... he was sure glad he did. We all had a great time on the big roller coaster. It even went upside down!

California Adventure was our favorite place! All the riders on that side of the park were fantastic!

This is a painting. It was pretty cool!

Tired after a long day of fun!

The Happiest Place on Earth

Disneyland is a magical place!

I couldn't help but snap this picture.

"The Lost Children"

Those were the only frowns we had the entire trip!!

What's vacation without some good food to eat?

We had several Disneyland experts tell us we needed to try the corn dog stand on Main Street. They weren't kidding.... these were the best corn dogs ever! YUM!

Garrett was my driver for the cars adventure. He actually is a pretty great driver. We only crashed once and it was pretty minor.

I remember as a kid going on the tea cups ride. It was a favorite of mine. The kids seemed to enjoy it also. We spent move of our time on the bigger rides, but we did sneak in some of the older Disneyland specials too.

As I was saying.... onto the bigger rides!

Splash Mountain was a favorite of ours.

We also really liked Star Wars. The first time we rode it, Zander was the spy. The second time we rode it, Garrett was the spy. Who knew our little kiddo's were spy rebels.

It was a great first day at Disneyland! The crowds were pretty light and the weather was perfect!