December 09, It's sledding time Yeah!!!

I can't remember where we went but my dad was in charge so he snuggled up with the kids to watch a movie (he loves cartoons... Really he loves them!) and when we got home they were all asleep. We woke them up when we came down the stairs so we had them re enact them sleeping cuz it was just so darn cute!!

Oooh the look on my dad's face is not good, not good at all! Good thing Ella came over to make peace with him. Thanks Ell

Here he is working on the "new" manger, good thing we all apologized it is Christmas people

Not even a doll could sleep in this manger

What started out as a fun little project with my kids and I turned into a major knock down drag out miscomunicated(is that a word) brawl. Well, not really but we totally did NOT see eye to eye on the whole deal. First of all my dad thought Jesus was about 4in by 4in (we couldn't even find a doll that size ha ha) So after some feelings were hurt and words were said we decided to take the whole thing apart and start over. I don't have a picture of the finished project but it turned out pretty good! Thanks dad for all your help ;)

November 09

Aunt Kelli and her neurotic dog Beavis came to Thanksgiving this year so we decided to go on a beautiful hike up squaw trail. It's always a fun time caring a goofy dog and chasing around kids so they wont fall off the cliff. . . Sheesh I sound like my dad ha ha

This toy drawer was the best invention ever. . .

Maya was a Monkey for Halloween and I don't even have a good picture of her in her costume:( but she kinda looks like a monkey here ha ha

Ava was a Rock star and I just love this picture of her. she gets so shy when the camera is on her.

Ella and Drew dressed up for pajama day... notice Drew's floods. Tyler and I laughed so hard that he went to school like that. ( you should see him from the behind ha ha ha ha)

Sad that this is the only picture I have of them dressed up ;(

October of 09. .

What was I thinking?? I bought this shirt for Ty on his birthday, found it at TJ Max. It's an Ed Hardy, I had never even heard of this till we were in Vegas in the summer and our hotel had an Ed Hardy shop and Tyler said he liked "some" of his stuff... so when I saw this I thought it must be "some" of the stuff he liked. As you can see even Drew wondered what was going on with all that gold and glitter ha ha ha ( I think Ty did wear it though when we were in Mexico hee hee maybe he felt like he would fit in better down there)

Ella reading her Home made birthday card for her daddy. . .

Arlyn and Maya snugged up reading a good book. You got to watch out because if your sitting down on the couch she will snag you up for a little reading time. Notice the "lello bankie" in the corner.. .My mom and I made that for Ella (i picked out the material the day before we found out she was a girl) it has gone through all our kids but Maya has kept it for her own. She can not even think about going to sleep with out it and when it's in the washer and dryer she sits and screams till its done. She loves her "bankie"

Crazy hair day at school. Drew has a black Mo hawk but it's hard to see in this pic.

Jeff and his tree. I think he picked this spot just so he could be the one in charge, of look like he's the one in charge hee hee