Christmas Guests

 Grandpa Steve and Grandma Nessi Came for a visit before Christmas bearing Gifts we really enjoyed there visit.  Good food, Gifts, Fun Games, and then we went to Thermop for some fun Swimming it was a great couple days!!!

The Girls Loved their gifts and were very polite and gracious. I love to see that!  I loved my gifts as well...new purse, essential oils, new Computer chair :), gloves, and other goodies.  Brent also liked his especially the marshmallow gun he got it to use right away we had to use pillows to block his steady flow, but Cloe was just trying to catch them in her mouth.  I didn't have to worry about cleaning them up either cuz she went around eating them. :)

We love our Home

Paige actually has a messy spaghetti face. :) Dad's request to send him a picture at work so she would eat her spaghetti because otherwise the spaghetti is too messy for her to eat it.  Sometimes when she doesn't want to eat something it's because it's, "too messy!" 

 

Cloe had a friend over they had a lot of fun!

Kota had a friend also the other day and we took them to see Arthur's Christmas at the Basin Theatre, they had fun and even sat "by themselves" on the side seats.

  I just thought this was so cute!  They usually don't get to eat out in the living room (I must have had Christmas goodies out on the table and still needed to work on them)  so they can get a blanket out and eat in the living room and watch TV every once and awhile, they just think this is awesome!

 Here is my Studly Husband! If I could whistle I would.  He asked for a dark blue nice shirt for court and apparently he didn't mean Navy blue but I still think he looks pretty darn sharp!

 We had the elders for dinner and FHE.  They each gave an object lesson, it was pretty fun to see all the different variations on teaching, Faith, Read your scriptures, pray, and go to church.

Paige made this life size picture of herself at preschool.  It says, "I Like Horses," and "I made my Hair like Rapunzel's."  and of course it's purple too cute.

Kota had a riding lesson and got to ride bare back this last lesson.  She said it was really cool and she described what it felt like by bobbing herself back and forth and called it bumpy! She really loves Horses.  Anytime we mention her doing other things, she always says, "Can I still Ride horses?"

I Subbed Quit a bit before Christmas, and babysat too, and of course getting ready for Christmas we have been keeping very busy!

Cloe is a Blue Dolphin

 Cloe's first Swim meet for US swimming in Worland.  OH, I just felt like such a proud momma.  She did a great job and it was so fun to watch her.

She is the first one in the first lane getting ready to go.  She didn't win but she kept right up with everyone and she even did 50m in a relay race.  It was a freestyle race she started out front crawl and then got tired on the way back and then switched to her back stroke and just took off like a rocket.
It was a very long day and the other girls were so good, coloring, watching movies, eating, and cheering cloe on.

This is Cloe doing the back stroke she is in the last lane, lane 6.  Way to go Cloe, great job!!!

25 Days of Christmas

 Went up and got our christmas tree, I dragged the kids in the sled, the kids were a lot happier.  We decorated the tree and house for the holidays.

We made Gingerbread Houses.  Lot's of fun!  The girls had some creative ideas.  I love Paige kept saying, "I'm copying you Dad."  Dad put his gingerbread man on the roof and so did paige.

 

We made cookies.  See Top 5 holiday treats for all our goodies we made.  It was a lot of fun!  They also got very creative with their fat sugar cookie gingerbread men.

Other things we did this year:
FHE's about the Story of Jesus.
Read Christmas Books
Christmas Program (Pictures to come)
Sang Christmas songs
made christmas cards and kids helped stuff and stamp
wrapped gifts and bought gifts in the opposite order
Made gifts/necklaces
Deliver Goodies and cards
Watch Christmas movies
Ward Christmas Dinner
Work Christmas Party
Look at lights
Christmas Bingo
Visit Friends and Family

Turkey Day

We Started out Thanksgiving day with our first Annual Turkey Trot.  Brent put together this 5k Run Walk or Bike and he put together a t-shirt for it with the help of our artist friend Tina Terry.  WE had about 50 people show up for the run and sold 30 t-shirts.  It was a great start to the day.  Good Job Hunny!  I manned the tables hot cocoa, cider and helped time.

 

 

Ready, Set, GO!!!

We had our friends over to help celebrate Thanksgiving.  We had good food which included turkey of course, sweet potatoes, rolls, corn, green bean casserole, stuffing, and gravy. Yummy...even if I did over salt the gravy. Whoops tsps not TBLS on the broth mix.

The kids had fun with friends and shared what we were thankful for and enjoyed pumpkin pie and cherry cheesecake for dessert.  Look and those cute kiddos! Great Day!

"No" Fun!!

Snow ball fights!!!

Snowman Building

Paige: "I wanna go inside" Mom: "Can't I get your picture with the snow man first" Paige: "Nope" I'm thinking, "I"m getting your picture anyway homely and sad will do." :)

Cloe lost another Tooth,  She's lost many and after many threats from her dad now she goes into the bathroom and pulls the teeth herself. :)  Too cute, and so proud!  Now if that stinkin tooth fairy could be on time.  Some how it got out that the tooth fairy pays double if she's late.  Dang it!

More news on Cloe: She won the Maverick Coloring contest and won a 5$ gift card man she was excited to buy all those goodies in the front that mom never let's her get. :)  The other girls were a bit jealous and really tried hard on the next one.

Friends, Tea, and Fun

 Here is Paige at Story time with some of her buds.  Cassie did this really fun story time where they read a book about a leaf hunt and then she set one up outside and the hunted for leaves and sang and even found the skunk at the end and ran back through all the obstacles like "waterfalls, and mud" and then they did leaf rubbing of their leaves they found.  It was a blast!

Paige and her buds having a Tea Party at her friends house.

We have been really busy lately when Brent was working the evening shift I said, "No" that I couldn't do a lot of things.  But then I scheduled everything for the week that he got off that shift so then that week was completely packed I had two extra Dance classes to teach besides my own classes.  Cloe Started Blue Dolphins which is a US swim team and she swims twice a week.  I am very excited that we decided to do this.  I was afraid it was going to be too expensive but they got their own life gaurds this year and it is going to be really affordable.  And she is really good at it, she can already swim the length of the pool on her back and front without any help.  She will be going to meets.  Then Girls Scouts and then Cloe and Kota got invited to an activity with some friends.  Then I went to PAC meeting Parent advisory Council for the elementary school. I also Attended Town Council, I must be a dork but very interesting.  And on friday I got a sitter and then went to the High school play with Cloe and some friends.  A Great yet busy week.
I love to be accomplishing things it makes me feel good. :)