Merry Christmas!

Santa must have thought the kids were better than I did because they got a ton of great stuff!

Megz got a nice, new flat iron!

Zander got a few new costumes to add to his collection.

Conner got some new cool shoes and a big LuvSac (but no hot girl)!! :)

Stocks got a huge, crazy shooter nerf gun! Watch out!!

What? A Kinect?? Lucky kids!!

We had the family over for a yummy dinner!

We love having everyone over to celebrate!

Merry Christmas 2011!!

Christmas Eve

Grandma and Grandpa came over with a very large bag of gifts on Christmas Eve! They must love us!

For Christmas we each get a new pair of PJ's. Here we are.... modeling our new attire.

And here we are being our inner selves!

We had a fun Christmas Eve. We each picked something for an awesome dinner. WE WERE STUFFED. We each picked a game and played a bunch together. Then, we watched ELF. After a long fun night the kiddo's settled in for a good nights rest.... anxiously awaiting Santa!

Temple Lights

I love traditions. Our Temple Lights traditions is one of my favorites.

Riding tracks is all part of the experience!

Next stop.... JB's!

Then we walk around temple square and take in the Christmas spirit! It's beautiful!

Gingerbread Houses

Here are our creations from this year's Gingerbread making day...

Good times!

Holiday Decorating

Aunt Ang invited us over for some delicious soup and she had some fun decorating things for us to do!

There were ornaments, cookies, and gingerbread houses to create!

All the cousin came which made it even more great!

Grandma and Grandpa were there too! They jumped right in and helped us make some fun things!

It's so fun to have everyone's creative juices flowing.

Christmas Concert

We received a special treat and a perfect way to start the holiday. Megan's choir put on a Christmas concert. It was so great to hear her sing.... she did a great job!

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.