Red Rockin' Hawks Christmas Concert

 On the 17th, JD had his Christmas concert.  It's not just a choir, it's like a show choir!  These kids have routines memorized for all of the songs. It was pretty cool.

 Mrs. Baker does an awesome job with these kids.

 JD and I believe Nolan getting really into it.

Twoards the end, they were hamming it up.  It was comical, but I was afraid they were going to get in trouble!  JD is undecided if he wants to continue with choir or not, but I hope so.  He is good at it!

Kindergarten and Gingerbread Houses

 It's a tradition to make Gingerbread houses at Kindergarten. It's so much fun to see the creativity of all of the kids. It's also fun to see parents come out and help their kids.  It's one of the only times  you see parents show up in force.  Sad but true.

 Tyson was all over it.  He did such a good job.

Gosh, I love this kid.

Family Pictures 2010

Way back at the beginning of the month, Trina took some family pictures for us.  It was a quick, 20 minute session because we were running out of daylight.  They turned out so well.  

My goodness, I have beautiful kiddo's.

 They are the biggest joy and blessing.

 I don't know how we got so lucky to get such a beautiful girl.  She is so pretty and so full of spunk.  She cracks me up daily and touches my heart with her sweetness.

 Handsome little hippy!  He won't cut his hair.  He is such a good kid.  He is so kind and empathetic to others.  He loves to sing and loves to play video games.  He is just an all-around good kid.

 Mini Josh!  How I love this kid.  He makes my insides do flip-flops and he is so sweet and so eager to help.  You give him a matchbox car and you'd think he had died and gone to heaven.  He is so content with the simplest things.

 We're a pretty good-looking bunch.

 They are the best big-brothers and she has them wrapped around her little finger.

 Me and my sweetie!  He's a good man.  He is so good to me and works so hard to provide for our family.  I couldn't have asked for a better guy.  I love him so much.

Oh Christmas Tree

 Josh went up to Pine Valley got our tree this year.  We just didn't seem to have a day that would work for all of us to go together.  I love the tradition of having a live tree and the chance to decorate it with my kids.  

 Sarah helped us decorate it this year.  She is such a good girl and so much help.  That's a nice shot of my behind!  Thanks honey!

I didn't get many picutres because I was doing the majority of the decorating, but it was a fun time.  It's a beautiful tree!

Birthday Boy

Tyson turned 6 on the 2nd of December.

 We had a little birthday party for him and some of his friends at our house.  They jumped in the bounce house, ate cake and ice cream and pretty much ran wild in our house.

 A house full of 6-year-old boys is insane!  Props to those who have housefuls of kids.  I don't think I could do it.

 He was so excited about the McDonalds gift card!  Best present ever!!

Tyson is so sweet and such a good boy.  He's the kid I want to squeeze to pieces and I love to lay with him and snuggle.  He's also super ticklish and I love it!  He is so helpful and is so good to jump in and help without being asked.  You could give him a matchbox car and he would be the happiest kid alive.  He is so easy to please.

We love you Tootie!

He Earned His Wolf

JD earned his Wolf.  It was a pretty proud moment for this momma and den leader. Good job JD.

Thanksgiving

What a great Thanksgiving!  My whole entire family came down and stayed with us for a few days!  It was awesome. 

 Of course, there was shooting. It's a tradition.

 JD was so excited, he's been grounded for awhile. He was stoked.

 My cutie pie!

We went and took family pictures that afternoon.  I only snapped a few random ones.  Eric took them for us.

 I love this picture.  I love that Danny is grabbing his own butt and all the guns are showing.

 All the grand kids you will find standing in a row.

All the girls.  It was such a fun time.  I'm so glad that we were all able to hang out.  It doesn't happen very often.

One Brave Little Boy

He doesn't even look scared, does he?  Tyson had to have his adenoids out on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.  He was such a trooper.  He didn't cry through the whole experience. 

He loved the big remote that he got be in control of.  We watched Dinosaur Train and Curious George while we waited.

This guy could fall asleep anywhere :)

Me and my little buddy.  He was so brave.  I was probably more worried than he was.   I don't like anesthesia.  I hate seeing my babies come out of it.  He has done so well and is breathing so much better.  I am so glad that we had it done.

Science Night at Red M ountain

 We learned about making a phone out of tin cans.  Does it really work?  Yes!  If the string is tight you can barely hear each other, but they do work.

 We learned about static electricity.

 You can make balloons stick to you.  It's awesome and lots of fun!

 It also gives  you crazy hair if your a long haired hippy!

Wool and plastic rubbed together will make a magnet.  Pretty cool stuff.

My kids seriously have the best school!  Thanks Red Mountain for a fun-filled night!!

Due West

 I LoVe these guys.  I've blogged about them before.  I've been to a couple of concerts, I've met Tim Gates and all that good jazz.  My mother-in-law got some tickets for the show that they were doing at the Jubilee of Tree's this year.  Alway's glad to go and watch them jam out.

 Josh went with me this time.  He hasn't seen them yet.  He liked them.

 My sweetie-pie Sarah went with us too.  She and I were up dancing the whole time.

 Eva even got to go.  She loved it.  She was so intersted in watching it and dancing with everyone.

I think Josh likes her.  What do you think????

A "Hair"owwing experience

My good friend Jess owns Colour Hair and Body Spa.  She asked if I wanted to come in and be a model for a color class that she was teaching.  I was super excited to get some fun highlights in my hair, so I said yes.  I went in and got my hair done and that was fun.  I was supposed to come back to help with a class that night.  She said wear all black and be back at 3:30, we are going to do some fun up do's before the class.

Well, this wasn't exactly what I had in mind.  A super tall and skinny gay guy named Chad did this to my hair.  I don't think the whole class was to going to originally be like this, but you roll with it.  I felt like I was on some type of reality TV show.  It was the most surreal experience of my life.

My head weighed a million pounds and I had about 100 bobby pins in my hair along with all of the extensions.  It was insane!  I was definitely out of my comfort zone by a long shot, but I did it.  Don't think I would do it again, but it was fun to have the experience.

Sweet Moments

Today was a good day.

I had some sweet experiences with my kids.  There were of course moments that weren't so sweet.  For instance, tonight in Lins, I went grocery shopping with all 3 of my kids.  Not sweet, but the rest of these moments make up for that one moment of craziness.

I went to pick JD up from choir today and it was cold and starting to rain.  I was a just a few minutes late getting to the school and JD was waiting outside and pacing the sidewalk.  He looked really agitated.  The first thing he said was, "Mom, we've got to go find my friend Nolan.  He had to walk home and he has not coat.  I tried to give him my sweatshirt, but he wouldn't take it.  Can we go find him and give  him a ride?" 
We went looking for Nolan and found him just down from the school.  The rain was starting to drizzle.  We tried to give him a ride, but he wouldn't accept it.  He was just about in tears. We tried to get him to take JD's sweater, but he kept saying no.  Finally, JD asked me to stop the car.  He jumped out and ran his sweater over to Nolan and made him take it.  He got back in and I watched Nolan pull on his sweatshirt and my heart was so full.  I am raising a sweet, sweet spirit.  He has so much compassion and empathy for others.  It was a sweet moment.

Later,  I was working with JD on his cubscout book.  We worked on the Duty to God chapter.  He was amazing me with his answers to the questions I was asking.  He is so full of knowledge.  He does listen!!!  I was so proud of how much he knew and how he answered the questions so thoughtfully.  He is going to be an amazing man someday.  I am so blessed that he calls me mom.

Laying on the couch tonight with Tyson after family home evening.  We were talking about being a missionary like Abinidi and Alma.  I asked Tyson if he was going to go on a mission.  He said, "Nope, I'd miss you to much."  It melted my heart.  He's a good kid.  A momma's boy, but oh so sweet and good.

And of course, we can't forget little Miss Piper.  The girl makes me climb the walls most days.  Today was no exception.  She is as sweet as she is full of attitude.  Today she was all over me, hugging me and kissing me all day.  She is my little angel.  I told her that I loved her this morning and she said, "Love you too!  And Poppa, and JD, and Tyse and my daddy!" 

I had to write these moments down.  It seems that they are growing way to fast.  I miss them being babies.  At dinner Tyson told me that he wanted another brother.  I told him that we weren't going to have anymore kids.  And so we talked about that.  We talked about why they wanted another baby and we talked about what we would name a baby.  Just silly talk.  Tyson wants a brother but if we had a girl he wants to name her Jesabell.  And JD said, "I'm gonna pray to Heavenly Father for a brother."

Just sweet little moments.  I love my kids so much and am so thankful to be their mommy.

Halloween 2010

 Tyson was Luke Skywalker.  This awesome costume came from Shelley.  She made it for her boys a few years back.  So cute!!

 Piper the Flutterfly!  The tutu came from Shelley and so did the shirt and the cute shoes!  Geez, you'd think I wasn't very creative.  I had this general idea, but was having a hard time putting it all together.

 J.D. was Prince Daston.  I had to order this costume off the Internet, because it was nowhere to be found in St. George.  It got here and it was to small, but we made it work.

 All my kiddo's and an extra!  J.D.'s little friend, Ryland did our wards trunk-or-treat with us.

 Piper and her darling little friend Truly!!  They were both so cute!

 After the trunk-or-treat we went to the Doty's to trick-or-treat in their neighborhood.  Here is all the cousins.

 Ha, ha, ha,ha!!! Paul is one of my very favorite people.  He was dressed up as mad cow disease.  Hilarious!!!

Cute, cute pumpkin Eva!  I love her.  She makes my uterus do flip-flops!  Seriously!

 Ran into Mandee and then for like 2 seconds.  Here is Baylee. She looked awesome as the 1/2 angel, 1/2 devil chick!

Varney, Grandpa and Josh. Now there is trouble!

Shelley and her family met up with us for a few minutes over in Santa Clara, but it was really dark and so I didn't get many great pictures.  It was so much fun to see everyone though!   I am so glad that Halloween is over.  It seemed to be the holiday that never ended!