Brenden's 11th Birthday~December 20th, 2011

 Brenden's Gifts!

 Brenden woke us all up at 6 am to open

up all his presents!

 This MP3 player has to be his most favorite gift,

he wasn't expecting that at all!

He fell over in suprise :)

 Gormities! He loves them.

 He has wanted this for a long time, A new

charger for his R/C car.

 He was really excited about this present too

He loves frogs and this is a small Pillow Pet!

 Hotwheels cars!

 Of course Erin wanted to get him a

tackle bag so he can go fishing :)

 All his Presents!

 Brenden asked for a Motorcycle cake!

 Happy Happy Birthday to Brenden, We love you!!!!

GingerBread Houses!!!

 Alaina had so much making her gingerbread house!

Alaina made snow man army around her house! So cute :)

 Mackay being cheezy!

 Mackay's Gingerbread house!

 Having fun decorating!

 Great job Clayon, Looks Awesome!

 So Neat Brenden, Great job!

Mackay and Clayton!

HO HO HO!!!

Alaina got to see and tell Santa Clause what she wants

for Christmas! She told him she wants
a teacup (toy) Chihuahua for Christmas.
Santa also gave her M &M's.

It's always fun when Santa clause comes to town,

he comes riding in the fire truck with the sirens going.

That sirens lets all the children know he's here!

The boys have all decided that they are too old

to sit on Santa's lap!

Webelos~Brenden

We are so proud of Brenden, he's been working really hard.

He earned his Webelo Badge and his Arrow of Light!

He has also earned several pins, handyman, citizenship, fitness,

artist, family member, craftsman, geologist, and outdoorsman.



Brenden's Christmas Story!

Brenden wrote this cute christmas story in his 5th Grade class, I thought I would share it with you! Enjoy.

Froggy’s  Christmas

It was Christmas Eve and Froggy could not wait! Because, there was only one more day until Christmas. Froggy went to bed and it was only 8:00 am and when he woke up it was 12:00 in the afternoon. Froggy ate his fly soup for lunch. Then he decided to go back to bed at 12:30. He woke up again it was only 5:00 o’ Clock and so he helped his mom make dinner.  It was his favorite, Fly and worm Enchilada’s. After dinner he helped his mom clean up the kitchen. He then decided to watch his favorite television show Frog Mania, by this time it was 8 o’ clock in the evening.

He finally went to bed and he fell fast asleep. But, he kept waking up, so the night was very long! Froggy’s Mom and Dad were putting out all the presents under the tree. They didn’t see Santa Clause, because he was stuck in Froggy’s Chimney. All the kids in the animal world would be wondering why they did not get presents from Santa. 

Froggy woke early that morning and was very excited to see what Santa gave him. But, he didn’t see any gifts from Santa and was very sad. He decided to look outside, and he saw a red light. Froggy got a ladder to see what it was. He climbed up the ladder and saw Rudolf. Froggy got on the sleigh and there were tons and tons of presents still on the sleigh. Accidentally Froggy pressed a button and then heard a noise. Froggy saw Santa Clause coming out of the Chimney; he had to hurry and hide! Santa Clause had just enough time to jump onto the sleigh as it was starting to fly away. Santa didn’t know Froggy was on the Sleigh. I watched as Santa’s Elf were throwing presents down all the chimneys, Santa didn’t want to get stuck again.

By now it was already 8 o’ clock in the morning and all the little animals were wondering where their presents were. They were very happy to see the presents coming down their chimneys. We flew all the way back to the North Pole! Froggy was so happy to see the North Pole.  He followed Santa in the room where Santa makes all the toys.  He screamed with Joy, it was so cool to see all the toys! Santa turned around quickly and saw Froggy. Santa said, “What are you doing here?” So Froggy had to explain how he got to the North Pole. Santa Clause was very nice. Santa wanted to make sure I got home safe; Mom and Dad must have been worried. We took another ride in Santa’s sleigh. 

When Froggy finally made it back home, his Mom and Dad were so happy to see him. Froggy told them all about his adventure. They ran outside to see if Santa was still there, but he had left. Froggy’s Mom made him the best Hot Chocolate, with fly sprinkles. Froggy finally got to open his gift from Santa and it was exactly what he wanted, a Fly trap! Froggy had the best Christmas ever!

The End

The New Tile Backsplash!!!

Our New kitchen!

 Front view of half of the kitchen.

 Another front view of the kitchen.

 Notice the glass cabinet in the corner,

that was something I wanted and I love it!

 This is my favorite part of the whole kitchen

we now have a cabinet just for the garbage can :)

 We know have a small Pantry,

which I'm so excited about.

 We decided on a simple crown molding.

With the new kitchen we also got a new stove,

refridgerator and microwave.

 The far end cabinet is for flour and sugar.

 Closer view of the counter top. I love the color!

We are thinking about using this tile as

part of the backsplash.

This is the sink and faucet you have know Idea

how excited I was to finally have a sink,

it was a long awaited prize and I am excited!

Back on Alaina's Birthday September 2nd. We had

a fire in our kitchen. It was the absolute most

scariest thing I've ever been through and I never

want to have to experience that kind of terror ever

again. Now over 2 months later, we finally

have our kitchen back to normal. Erin's brother

Bruce has been working very hard to help us

get us a kitchen and we couldn't have done it with

out him. He helped with drywall, and lighting as

well as made all the cabinets and counter tops

they are just beautiful! We have had my visiting

teachers, Relief society presidency and Bishop

all helping us get through it. When it was all

said and done it has just been such a blessing

and we feel truly humbled every single day.

We are so greatful it was just our kitchen and

now our whole house, we have had true angels

looking out for us!



Happy Halloween!

 I don't think Alaina could have been

any cuter! She was a Pink Witch.

When she told me she wanted to be a

pink witch for Halloween, I told her

they didn't make that kind of costume,

boy did she prove me wrong. We

went into Kmart and sure enough

we found a pink witch costume!

 Mackay was just amazing this year,

he dressed up, he even went trick or treating

and I was very proud of him.

He went as a Marathon runner!

 Eww how creepy, Clayton

was a Grim reaper!

 Brenden just loved this costumes

he wore it around the house way before

Halloween. Cutest M&M ever!

 All the kids just before we left to go

trick or treating!

 The Elementary School does a Costume

Parade every year! They had a great time

and all the kids look so great.

 They blow horse in front of Brenden is Mckenzie,

one of Brenden's best friends. They were too darn Cute!

What a busy, busy Halloween it was for us this

year. We had to get up early that morning to

get all dressed up in thier halloween costumes

for school. Then we had the costume parade,

then later on we had the Halloween carnival at

the Elementary school. They have been preparing

for that for quit some time now. It was a fund raiser

for the school, and all the ticket money went to the

school. So I was so happy about that. Let's just say

120 tickets later, we were so pooped. But the kids had

an absolute blast. Then it was off to go trick or treating.

We started off in Lyman and then Alaina had

had enough. But the boys still wanted to go longer

so Erin took them to Bicknell. They ended

up with so much candy, Oh my!

Dad and Jane, I'm not sure how many are

still viewing my blog. I don't think very many.

So needless to say, this blog is for you. I

hope that it keeps you up to date on the

happenings of our family. We miss and love

 you tons! We are hoping to come up for

Thanksgiving this year. But it all depends

on the weather and what we are going

to do with our dogs. I'm nervous to

leave the puppy at home, so we will see.
Check back to October posts, we got
a new dog!

CaRvInG PuMpKiNs!!!

 So silly!

 Yuck!

 Mommy's Pumpkin.

 Don't they look great all lite!

I had a great time carving pumpkins with the kids,

Erin was a party pooper and didn't want to carve

one this year. But, I think all the pumpkins turned out

so great! 

Then we made roasted pumpkin seeds,

it's becoming a tradition in our house.

Many people have asked me how you make them.

Well lets just say, it's very easy!

Rinse them well of all the pumpkin slim.

Then just had a little bit of olive oil on a baking dish

add salt, garlic, seasoning salt, toss and bake for

30 minutes at 400 degree oven. Best part is

you just add whatever spices you want at the time

and they are so Yummy!