I just thought this was the cutest thing. My Charlie is so cuddly.Kali is way into changing up her hair right now. If she had her choice it would be black, but I somehow get away with just dyeing her hair with temporary color.
We colored the front of her hair pink and purple. so cool
Now on to Kaden, the day has come, he has wanted braces for a while now, we have been waiting for his K9's to fall out but we got a good deal through Tanners orthodontist so we took him in for a consultation. The orthodontist said he would not lose his teeth on his own and he should of got them pulled years ago. So now he has to get them pulled and hopefully the permanent teeth will fall into place. Here is a before shot.......

Ha Ha
He has been in so much pain, he got spacers put in 2 weeks ago and then a week ago had a expander put in the roof of his mouth.
He chose blue and black, so cool. He had ramps put in on the back of his front teeth as well. They do this because he has such an overbite that he would knock off the brackets when he bit down. So now he can only bite down as far as he front teeth, the back teeth cannot touch. The orthodontist told him to soften the food on the roof of his mouth so he can eat it better but he has the expander up there so it makes it nearly impossible. So he will be eating yogurt and top roman for the next few months. Poor kid. Braces sounded like fun:(

Here is the after shot.....
Along with the new braces Kaden decided to cut his hair. It has not been short since 2007. He looks so much like Tanner to me now. I love it short, and so does he.
For all my fiends and family that I didn't have an address for here it is. Our 2011 Christmas Card. My mom was nice enough to take our pictures, even with a very uncooperative family, you would think they would grow out of it but they don't, yes even Kevin. I wasn't even going to attempt a picture with the us and the dogs.

Thanksgiving and then some

We were lucky enough to spend Thanksgiving with my family, it has been 5 years since we have been able to do this. Thanks to my dad we flew up, way better than driving. Kevin stayed home and worked hard and took care our cute puppies. The weather was so nice the whole time we were there. Very fall like.Kai was so excited to see us she had two babies in her mouth.
We were excited to meet our newest cousin/ niece Savaya

Savaya was loading her pants, lucky Kaden.
Kali played in the leaves almost the who weekend.

Grandma and Grandpa's house didn't have a ton of leaves so we headed to the church by their house.
My dad, Jason and Kaden went for an airplane ride. They called as they circled the house. They also let Kaden fly the plane. He loved it
Now for the big event. My mom has such a beautiful spread.
Xander was loving his Kaden
Even my Grandma and Grandpa were able to come. It was so good seeing them.
Kids table


Yummy food!!! Kali made the cutest napkin holders and these hanging pumpkins. My mom was nice enough to let her decorate with them.
More leaves, this time we got the boys involved


Kali is always up for a photoshoot



Sunday we needed to get out of the house, so me, my mom and the kids went to Memory Grove and the Capitol. It was great fun.

I was so thankful for the great weather, although the kids would of loved snow.
When we got home it was time to decorate for Christmas. Here is Kali putting the topper on the tree.
Kaden had to do it also, silly kids.
He's made it to the big time. Tanner has made is High School soccer team. The team is not very good, but Tanner is doing awesome.




He is so stinkin cute
Power Ranch had it's Winter Wonderland again this year, it was very lame this year. Kali did bum a ride with a friend on a sled.
While we were in Utah we wanted to go to Temple Square and look at the lights but it was just to cold. So this past weekend we went to the Mesa Temple and saw their lights, they are really pretty, not quiet as many as Temple Square but still amazing.

Fall fun

Kali's is way into taking pictures of herself, so cute.
We are all about soccer right now, Kaden is on 2 teams school and rec, Tanner is on rec and trying out for his school team, Kali is on her rec team and Kevin is on 2 teams. So ya we have soccer every day of the week.

On October 27th it was Tanners bday and he is lucky enough to share it with these two cute puppies.

We waited to have real cake until Grandma and Grandpa came to visit later this week
Grandma and Grandpa were able to watch all the kids play. Tanner did not disappoint by scoring 4 goals this game. Score 4-0.

Grandma even got in on the action during half time

Having fun carving pumpkins
The end result, mine, Tanner's, Kaden, and Kali's (with Grandpa's help)
Our spooky set up
Kaden and Kali went trick-or-treating with friends, Tanner finally decided he was to old to trick-or-treat, he stuck around and scared the little kids, it was so fun.
He is so responsible he is doing homework and and passing out candy. We put a hole in the bowl and someone sat under the table and put our hand through the candy and scared people. I have never done that before so fun. except for the brats that thought it was fun to brake my fingers.
Kali wanted to be a baby so she added a spooky flare.
I'm not sure why but Kaden was a missionary. I wasn't sure if people would be offended.
My puppies even got in on the action The knight
And the princess
Kevin trying to scare kids.

Kali getting a cuddle from Grandpa after a night of trick-or-treating.
Kaden's school has made it to the championship game. This game was a nail bitter, it was to qualify them to go to the championship game. the score was 4-3 Kaden made a great assist.
Kaden's school team