Christmas…

Baylee helping me make chocolate pies..

The kids were more than thrilled with what Santa left for them. Connor’s favorite gift was Halo Reach, Carson & Brynlee’s favorite gift was the IPod Touch, and Baylee just loved everything!

Our family has been so blessed this year, I am truly thankful for all the wonderful blessings that we receive. This has been a busy and hectic year but we have so much to be grateful for. This year in primary the theme has been “I know my Savior lives” and this I truly know with out a doubt. I am so grateful for my membership in his church and for his love for me. It’s so comforting to know that I will be with my family for Eternity. I love them more than I can say. I have the most loving husband and the sweetest children and the best family & friends. Thank you to each of you for touching my life and making me a better person! I hope each of you are filled with the love of Christ this Christmas Season!         

Girls Dance Recital…

This was Baylee’s first dance recital and she loved it! She is in Ballet and she did a cute dance to Frosty the Snowman! She did such a great job, even remembering  the entire dance. I thought for sure she would get on stage and just stand there in fear. When it was over she asked if she could do it again.

Then we have our little pro Brynlee. She is in Hip Hop this year and did an excellent job with her routine. She always lights up the stage with those big blue eyes! This year was even better because her cousin Kamille was in her class.

Family Portraits

In October we had some pictures taken of our beautiful family, here are a few of our favorites…

Spoiled!

 

Connor spent last weekend with his grandparents for a fun late birthday weekend. They promised him that for his 12th birthday and all the grandchildren’s 12 birthdays that they would take them to do something special for a weekend. Connor was given a choice to either spend money on a hotel or take the money and buy a gun. Well you can see the choice that he made was to buy a gun. He was so excited to get his very first gun. They bought a scope for it and took it out to the shooting range where Connor broke it in. Everyone was worried for my reaction thinking that it would be bad but honestly I was excited for him. He is a very responsible kid and knows that this gun is not  a toy. He had a blast with his grandparents and will always remember this exciting weekend. Thanks Dad & Jana!

Black Friday All-Nighters!

We had a great Thanksgiving this year spent with family and loved ones. We are so blessed! We had a delicious dinner at my mom’s and then played games with my siblings. Then our night really began. For the second year in a row my children asked for things for Christmas that were on the Wal-Mart black Friday ad that I could not pass up. So Warren dropped me off at Wal-Mart at 11:00pm on Thanksgiving night and I went and got in line for the item that we needed. It officially went on sale at 5:00am so we had to stay in line all night. We were the 8th and 9th person in line and they only had 23 total to sale. Warren tucked the kids in bed and then met me in line where we camped out all night. We both had to be there because we needed two of the item. We made lots of friends around us and the time went by rather quickly until we got a call from Connor telling us that Baylee was awake and freaking out for us. So Warren went home to try to put her back to bed but she would not go. So the only thing to do was to bring her to Wal-Mart in the middle of the night to hang out with us. We finally checked out of Wal-Mart around 6:15am and headed home for bed. The things we do for our kids, now that’s true love! I took a 2hr. nap and then headed out shopping with my mom & friend Sarah until 5:00pm. Long 24hrs but the good thing is that my holiday shopping is about done!

The Grand Canyon

While we were in St. George we decided to drive 2 1/2 hrs. to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. I had never been there and have always wanted to go. As we were driving and getting closer, you could see the drop offs out the car window and my heart literally sank. I was scared before I even got out of the car. You could say I was the Mommy Nazi that day. I was so freaked out that I kept yelling at my kids if they even veered off the middle of the path. There were only a couple of places that had railing so it was very scary to have kids there. My dad even brought a rope to tie to the kids if  needed. Carson was close to getting tied to the rope. Baylee would scream from the stroller if Warren got her too close to the edge. The pictures just don’t do it justice. This place is the coolest place that I have ever been. I loved the majestic beauty of the canyon, it was breathtaking. At one point I walked as close to the edge as I could bare and my legs were shaking so bad I couldn’t snap the picture. If you have never been I totally recommend getting there.

The rocks on the bottom of this picture is what lined the path. So basically that is the only thing keeping you from going over the edge. SCARY!!

Thanks to my dad and Jana for the awesome trip to St. George and all the fun little excursions that we went on. It was fun for the kids to hang out with their grandparents! We ended the day with a drive to Lake Powell and then back home, what a day.  We were in the car for about 6-7 hrs that day but it was so worth it! What a beautiful world we live in!

St. George trip

Here the kids are with Grandma Rawson at a Ghost Town that we visited.

Here we are at Zion's National Park. Beautiful place but Carson and I were very carsick during the ride. The kids loved going through the tunnel’s and yelling to Daddy to honk the horn.

Swimming is always a favorite part of St. George and we did a bit of that. The weather was colder than it has been in the past years but that didn’t stop my little fishes! I ditched on the swimming and went shopping, my favorite thing about St. George.

The boys went golfing a few times! Later to come our pic’s from the Grand Canyon now that place is truly amazing! We had a great time and spent not as much time as we would have liked with the Dutson’s. But thanks, so much for letting us stay at your house. You guys are awesome!!

Halloween 2010

Connor was Batman…

Carson was a Nerd….

Brynlee was a Golden Pirate….

And Baylee was a Spanish Dancer….

We had a great time despite the Rain. All the kids looked so cute and had a great time at their grandparents trunk or treat. We stopped by grandma Cherie’s who is recovering from gallbladder surgery to show her the kids’ costumes. We ended the night with Warren begging the kids to keep going trick or treating. It was a hoot they told him No that they were too tired. That’s my crazed candy lover husband for ya! Happy Halloween!!

Here is a couple pictures with our friends….

 

Jordan vs. Herriman

Oct. 9th was the game of all games. In four years of little league football and what are the chances. It finally happened, cousin vs. cousin, sister vs. sister, and even coach vs. coach.

It was so fun to watch my newphew and Connor’s team play each other. Connor and Kaden even went up against each other with a few hits, it was great!

We had so many people there to support the boys and their teams!

Kamille even recruited Baylee into being a Herriman Cheerleader. We let it slide this time, Baylee doesn’t know better.

The game turned out as planned, Jordan stomped on Herriman 26 to 7.  It was a pretty friendly rivalary although I did have to tell my team to block my nephew because he kept sacking our quarterback, sorry Kaden.

Good Job Beetdiggers!!!!

We love football but even more we love these boys….