Snow day

This is Teagues first time out in the snow. At first He didn't really get the point of all these confining clothes and cold white stuff.

Brode tries out a snowboard for the first time. He has been on the slopes on skiis but I think he is ready for the board now!

A lone little guy in the snow.

little climber

This is where we found Teague as I was making breakfast last week. What a crazy kid!

Giving Thanks

This year we decided NOT to travel for the BIG feast. We stayed here close to home and spent thanksgiving day with our wonderful friends Frank and Toni. It was a great time and some really great food. But most of all Thanksgiving has brought me to thinking about all the things that my family is blessed with. We have hit a fairly humbling time in our lives as many people have in this economic slump. This has pushed me to realize how blessed we truly are. I love that our Father in Heaven gives us reminders just when they are needed. I have really come to view this unemployment as a blessing in our lives as we have pulled close together as a family and are spending countless hours together working, playing, and just going through daily stuff. I have recently (usually while jogging on my eliptical trainer) sat and thought about how lucky I am to have a husband who I have always been able to depend on for our every need. I have such faith in him that I know that things are going to work out for the better for us. I know that he would not accept anything less. He is my best friend. We really do have fun together and get along so well. I have been so blessed to have a man who is so dedicated to the gospel. We both can come together and believe in our cause, for our children and for each other. I was talking to my youngest sister who is single and dating and it made me think about what qualities you should seek in a man to marry. There is only really one that comes to mind when I think of what is truly important. It is a testimony of our church. It is believing together. I truly believe that if you have this then all the other stuff falls into the background. I am so grateful to have a husband that strives for all the things that I strive for ...and is super macho and hot, (because he came home from the turkey bowl with a big cut under his eye and a black eye), but not to macho to ask our heavenly father for help and to believe that he guides our family in all that we need and want in our lives.

I Walk Alone!!!

Our little man is growing up sooooooo fast!! I can't believe he is starting to walk. Enjoy the video.

Halloween 2008

Here is our Little dinosaur

Who slept through the ward Trunk or treat on dads shoulder

Here is our Princess Aurora

and last but not least....IRONMAN

Here is our spooky haunted house pumpkin carving.

We had a great Halloween this year. The kids trecked the neighborhood till 9:00 and got tons of candy. We had an awesome ward Trunk or Treat, chili cook off . It was a super busy day and alot of family fun!

Peytons pumpkin patch preschool field trip

Peyton got to go to a pumpkin patch for her preschool halloween field trip. There was a straw maze, a haunted house and a playground. She had a great time with her friends and her Grandma Freddie who was in town for the fun event. Peyton was an extrmely cute Pirate for the event although she changed her costume preference for the rest of the Halloween celebrations.

Sassy Pirate

Having lucnch in the sunshine

The Annual Castle Rock Elementary "Sock Hop"

This is a really fun event put on by the elemetary school each year here in Castle Rock. Instead of a Halloween parade the kids learn dances all October and then perform them at the Family Sock hop. It was a great time and we were lucky enough to have Grandma JAckie in town for the event. Here is brode resisting the YMCA dance with grandma.

Brode and Peyton got their hair dyed

Brode Rolled up his own sleeves and slicked back his own hair. HE looked like a real 50's stud!

Dancing the bunny hop with his good friend Kaya.

Here is Peyton with her pink spotted hair!

"Princess Day" at dance class

Peyton had the best time of her life on a special day at her dance class. They all got to dress up like princesses and dance to princess music and they even decorated the dance room with twinkle lights and castle worthy decor.

Here is the whole class. Peyton is Sleeping Beauty!