Better late than never....

December is a crazy month for us anyway but this year was even worse. Brant was able to get a new job with Verizon Wireless and had to leave the Sunday after Thanksgiving for a three week training which meant he would be gone for the first three weeks of December. Talk about crazy!!! We were still able to get all the things done that we wanted too we just waited to do it when Brant got back. The kids always have a blast making gingerbread houses and eating the candy most of all. Its the one time I just let them eat alot of candy. Then of course Christmas came and was crazy all the kids had a great time and we enjoyed being with family. Then it was on to Laney's 6th birthday which I am sure I just had her. She had a great day and she decided this year she wanted to go to Leo's for dinner and play in their playland. Now I am not a big fan of the play areas but since it was her birthday I let her do it. We have had a great New Year. I was called to be the second counselor in the Young Womens in our ward. I was really overwhelmed at first but I am really enjoying getting to know the girls. We are still adjusting to Brant's new work schedule but we are really like the security about it. Are kids are growing way too fast I potty trained Maya about three weeks ago and she did a great job. It is really weird to have no diaper changing at our house. Believe it or not I kind of miss it. I think its mostly feeling like our baby stage in our home is over, but we have alot to look forward to. We are excited to go to boise in a couple of weeks to see my niece Megan baptised and of course to get our teeth clean as well. We look forward to having a great year!!!

Winter days are coming...

Well it has started already. When we had the first snow fall this year the kids were very excited to get out and play in it so I bundled them up and sent them on there way. They were still able to play on the swingset so they had a great time going down the slide cause it was slick. Then the day after Thanksgiving we had a ton of snow and we usually have to wait until Christmas or New Years to slide down my parents hill in the front yard but my brother and dad took the tractor and scooped up a bunch on snow and packed it down so we could go sledding. We had a great time. My dad decided to go down on one of the older sleds he got about halfway note that it was already cracked anyway we got about halfway and the whole sled just broke into pieces we were all dying of laughter even my dad. Anyway it was a great way to enjoy the holiday with my family.

Trick or treating...

We had so mcuh fun this year all the kids picked out what they wanted to be some years I have influenced the costume thing but this year I thought I would just let them decide. Laney since she is Kindergarten was able to wear her costume to school and have a parade she had a great time, then of course we just did the trunk or treat thing at the school which is right by our house so that was really fun, then we went and visited with grandparents and they got a ton of candy so I think it was a great night for all of them. Maya did say when people would put a box of Dots in her bag " I don't like that dad" and Brant would take it out and then when she wasn't looking put it back in she was a little bit of a stinker but I think she had a great time.

Pumpkins...

Well usually for Halloween we go to a pumpkin patch and pick out pumpkins well this year we had fourteen pumpkins in our garden we were so excited so the kids got to pick out the pumpkins just out of the garden and they loved it. We also decided to let the kids paint their pumpkins instead of carving they really liked doing that, we just let them so whatever they wanted and any color so we put paint shirts on and let them get to it. I invited my family over and we had homemade pizza and pumpkin chocolate chip bread it was alot of fun we love doing things for the holidays and eating good food and having good company.

Family Pictures

I have to say this has been a lot of fun getting ready for our family pictures this year it has been two years since we have had a family picture done so I was really excited about getting all the colors right for the outfits and making sure everything went together, I have a great friend who did an amazing job on our pictures. The kids did a great job even though it wasn't their favorite thing we did it without shedding any tears which is good for us so here is a few that our my favorite.