Christmas

Christmas Eve at the Turners. The Awesome Elf brought us Awesome PJ's. We had a yummy candle light dinner. The entertainment for the evening were the great gifts that Annie and Greg gave each other. I don't want to see you wearing that Greg.

Lots of fun presents. Colby gave me a Kindle. Rileigh took a pic of me opening it while talking to Colby on Skype. We sure missed you this year, Colby. Thanks for the surprises! What a great Christmas this year.

Wii Tennis Tourney Video

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Wii Tennis Tourney

Hopefully this is a start of a new tradition. Susie set up a Wii tennis tournament. We had a prize for the best tennis costume. Mom won that. I am sure the two pickle ball medals around her next and her visor helped. Some of us had never played before, and quickly were eliminated. We had trophies for the winners, Greg and Chads team took 1st. Kaden 1 and Kaden 2 took 2nd, and Susie and Rileigh took 3rd. So fun. We also had a smorgasboard of free pizzas thanks to Heather. They came from 3 or 4 different pizza places. What a fun idea. Thanks Sue!

Lunch with the Lundin Girls

Amy had us over to her house for a lunch with the ladies. It was so much fun. Susie is in town, and it was so good to get together, eat yummy food, and talk about old times. We'll have to do it again. We missed you Abby, Sherrie, Cathy, Laura, Tish, and Taisha. maybe next time.

Must Be Santa

Carly and Bode went to see Santa at our bank. He is such a cute and jolly Santa. My kids just love him. He lets them ask lots of questions and he answers them so creatively.

Nutcracker

We went to our annual tea party and Nutcracker. It was quite an adventure this year. After we took all of these fun pics, Hallie went running off and slipped on the wet floor. She fell and her tooth went through her lip. After a ton of bleeding, she finally sat down and enjoyed her first time to the Nutcracker.

Beautiful...

I got this beautiful flower arrangement from Colby. I just love it! The Pine needles smell so delicious! The cute little Christmas house even lights up. I have never seen anything like it. Thanks Colby. I love you, too!

Sugar Cookies

We made sugar cookies. It's a fun tradition that we love to do every Christmas. Can you tell that their mom lets them lick the frosting!

La Ragelles Camp

Carly and Hallie did the La Ragelles Dance Camp this week. They went Mon.- Thurs. and learned a cute dance, and had the performance tonight. They were so cute. After it was over, they just couldn't stop dancing and spinning in the commons area. Oh, to be young.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Carly looked so cute for school today. I thought she looked quite Chistmasy. When she got home, I talked her into taking a few pics. In case you haven't noticed, she is about the only one of my kids that I can bribe into taking pics of.

Santa Claus

Trimming the Tree

We decorated the Christmas tree today. It took all day. When we plugged in the lights from last year, not one of them worked. ARGH! So I had to go back to Target to get more lights. Anyway, it turned out beautiful. I always have all white lights. It's so fun to have some red, too. Rileigh was a Grandma Wallis', so I will have to take some pics of her tomorrow. Kaden lifted Carly to put the star on the top of the tree. He had to stand in for Colby. Thanks, Kaden. We extra missed you today, Colby. Love you!

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving. We spent it with the Lundins. It's always so fun to see all of my cousins. It's crazy, living in the same town, you would think we would see more of each other.

Silhouettes

For Young Women, I made these silhouettes of all of the girls. They turned out really cute. This is Rileigh's. Colby wanted to see how they turned out.

G's last FB game

Hanging with his buds.

Team with their trophys.

Handsome G.

Wrestling

Garrett is so busy this season. He has also been doing wrestling. He is pretty good, but he doesn't like it very much. I think if he had more time to practice he would enjoy it more. He put in quite an effort. Nice job.

Flag Football

Garrett is playing flag football. He has a great team and coach. It's so nice because he has a few friends on his team. They have won quite a few games. He is really enjoying it. Go Rams!

Bug Collection

Kaden has been busy the last month and a half collecting bugs for a Biology project. He did a great job, and got lots of family members catching them for him. Our favorite was the Tarantula that Chad caught him. Nice job Kaden.

Happy Birthday Amber!

Yep your favorite sister has hacked into your blog to wish you a happy birthday! Hope you have a fantastic biRtHDaY! Love ya!

COWBOY UP! {click on photo to enlarge}

Kaden's Costume

Kaden's too cool for Costume photo shoots. So, this was the only chance I had to snap a couple of pics of him. He's getting way too old for me! I makes me feel old.

Flowers

Colby sent me flowers for my birthday. They are so pretty and smell wonderful. Thanks Colby. What a nice surprise.