HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR WILL BE FILLED WITH TONS OF LOVE AND LAUGHTER AND ALOT MORE BLOGGING!!!! :)

Thanksgiving is almost here!!

2 more days!!! Yay, I love Thanksgiving. I am glad I have in-laws that are doing a meal and that they are willing to invite my parents, since none of my other siblings were coming this year! :( So today I am grateful for

1. A warm house

2. a fire place, I love a warm cozy fire in the winter!

3. My husband (he really is so amazing!!)

4. Chicken Enchiladas!! I have been loving Mexican food lately!!! mmm mmm mmm

HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!

Thanksgiving!!

So, Thanksgiving is just around the corner! I cannot believe this year is almost over already. Did it go by as fast for you as it did for me?? So as a tribute to Thanksgiving I am going to post a few things that I am grateful for up until the 1st of December, it may be one thing, it may be five it may be 10 a day, but I am determined to voice some of the things that I consider a blessing or that I am grateful for! Today I will start with 5!!!

1. My family.... all of them!!

2. A warm home for the winter

3. The holidays! I love them!!! And I love the feeling that I have during them!!

4. NOW brand cream deodorant! Best stuff ever, and anyone who comes around me should be glad that it works!! hahaha

5. The gift of Life!!! For mine and how wonderful it is!!!!

What about you? What are a few things you are Thankful for???

Halloween!!!

I don't know about you, but Halloween with 6 kids... I'd rather sleep through the holiday!!! Most of my kids picked easy costumes this year, so I can't complain but there was one werewolf that made it a little more extensive!! But she looked great!!! Don't you think?

It was quite the chore getting that hair off after all the festivities!!!

This is....... who else??? My little DEVIL!!! Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures with her eyes open! :( But she looked great too!!

At the beginning of the night he looked great! This is after a little wear.. I'm sure not many of you know who he is.... Jacob Black from the twilight saga??? All the girls were swooning over him!! hahaha

What else would these two be??? And of course our little bumble bee! It was a great day! It rained while they did the trunk or treat but that didn't stop them from bringing home WAY TOO MUCH CANDY!!! And when all was said and done, I was pretty glad that I didn't opt to sleep through it all!!!

Can you guess who got their wisdom teeth out????

They will love me for this!!! HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE



I don't know if I have ever seen anyone swell up this much from getting their wisdom teeth out! Yikes, They were so far up there that they had to literally DIG to get them out... poor girls! But they were troopers, and now ready for "BRACE FACE" island!!! muwahhahahahahaha

Happy Birthday!

So my baby turned one, in September!!! I can't even begin to explain how fun she has been to have in our family! I am thankful everyday for the 6 amazing blessings that I have in my life!!! They make me laugh, cry, scream, lock myself in a closet (haha), but most importantly they make me realize what life is all about and they show me how much LOVE can really dwell in one persons heart!!! Happy Birthday to my youngest.... right now!!! he he:)

My kids, on our front porch the day of her birthday!!

Taliya.... eating her cake!!! LOVE IT Happy Birthday BABY!!!

School!

School started the monday after we got home from Lake Powell! Perfect timing, we had a great ending for our summer, just in time for the kids to Start school! They were so excited to start school this year, and by this time (after a long summer) I have to admit... their mother was a bit excited to! 4 out of 6 kids in school all day!! Not a bad situation! Maybe I could begin to get caught up from a summer of craziness..... and .... maybe not!!! So this year I have a 5th, 4th, 3rd, and 1st grader! How fun!!!

Very very late update!!! Lake Powell

This summer Dave and I had decided that we were going to take a real family vacation and go somewhere. We still hadn't decide where to go when we got a phone call from my parents. My aunt and uncle had called to see if we all wanted to go to Lake Powell with them. They had been planning to go with friends and the friends cancelled at the last minute so they called us. My first thought was..... They must be going through some sort of mid-life crisis to invite Dave and I and all of our little rugrats, who does something like that...... sober??? hahaha (they are very active church members so I knew they WERE sober.) So I am just going to come to my own conclusion and just say "they think we are the best family ever, we are so fun, and our kids are so well mannered that they new they could count on us for some good time adventure!!" Either way, whatever possessed them to invite us.... we are sooooooooo soooooooo thankful that they did! We hadn't decided what to do for a family vacation yet, so it was perfect. (and if by chance Aunt Brenda.. you read this, I have a thank you letter tucked safely in my day planner that I have yet to send. I keep forgetting to get your address! But it is there, and will reach you sometime! Because we are so grateful for being allowed to spend time with you guys!!!) So, to begin here are some fun pictures!

Of course we had to stop Here.... the Hollow Mountain, my kids thought this was pretty cool!!

Here are some of my kids on Uncle Matts boat! Dave and I bought a boat this summer and thought that it was great.. having never owned a boat in our married life before, but when we got to Lake Powell with it, we were quickly informed by our children that our boat was NOT awesome... because Uncle Matts was sooooo much better! Well...... ??? I do NOT have a good debate for that one! hahaha! So the whole time they wanted Uncle Matt's boat and not ours... sorry Uncle Matt!!! But thank you so much for being patient and helping teach my 3 oldest kids to wake board..... they LOVED LOVED LOVED it!!! All in all, it was a great time, not to mention that the first night our family was under a shade on the beach to sleep, and the wind came up and took our shade away in the middle of the night (didn't get pictures because unfortunately I don't sleep with my camera), so we ended up having to kick Uncle Matt out of his bed so our whole family could move into the houseboat! i felt pretty bad about that! We had a couple good storms come through but the houseboat survived and so did our little 1979 James Bond boat... haha

It rained so bad that our boat was full of water, luckily Jared (my brother) was willing to go help Dave bucket out all the water! I even caught the water being thrown out! What a fun memory! :)


They loved the boat... and had a great time with their cousin!!!

It doesn't look like it in this picture, but the baby loved the water! Luckily we had alot of adults to help out and take turns. She loved going in the water with her grandpa! It was actually a little more difficult with this little one, she wasn't quite a year old, but she has NO FEAR of water, this made it a bit hard to have to constantly be watching her!

Wake boarding was fun!! My three oldest loved it!!! They all got up right away.. the problem was staying up, in fact my little boy got up his first try, I think they all stayed up just long enough for me to snap a picture! haha, but they begged us to buy a wake board! We will see!!! :) It was also great for Dave to be able to help them... he hasn't really done much boating in his lifetime, but it was great he was there holding his kids their first time trying out the wakeboard. They love their dad!!
I have a ton more pictures but I have probably posted enough to give you the general picture!! We had so much fun and can't begin to tell how much we appreciated being invited!!! Thanks again guys and we love you and had a blast!!!! I think this is a trip my kids will remember all their lives!! SUCH FUN MEMORIES!!!!

Update....

I am not writing to give an update... yet! But just wanted to inform you, that I am planning on giving an update.... soon! hahahahaha

GOALS!!!

I have set some new goals. I'll share the main one with you. I have made a goal that I WILL NOT go to bed until I have walked a minimum of 10,000 steps a day (which equals out to be 5 miles). At first I thought I wouldn't be able to, but I've done very well. There have been a couple of nights I've been out walking until 10:30 at night, but I've reached my goal for quite a few days in a row now!

So right now.... all I have to say is.... if my hind end isn't smokin' hot by the end of the summer, I'm am going to officially become a couch potatoe!!! hehehehehe

Summer!!!`

It is officially summer vacation!!! Actually my kids have been out since last Thursday, but I didn't really count the weekend because it was a holiday weekend. Yesterday was the first day of summer break and I have to admit.... it went pretty good!!! The morning started off great, and I was able to accomplish more housework then I do when the kids are gone to school (due to the fact that they played with the baby and were outside most of the morning) I could definately handle a summer like this, if it were like that everyday, I will keep my fingers crossed!

So I am going to get myself a summer present, I deserve it right???? Staying home with kids all day every day definately earns me something special right???? Anyone who know me, knows that I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE music!!!! So guess what I am finally getting myself..... YEP...

A new Ipod Touch..... I am soooooooo excited!!!! I'll tell you how much I love it later, I think I am leaving right now to go to the city and get it!!!! YIPEE!!!!

Things that make me smile!!!

I have been trying hard to look on the bright side of things.... so here are a few things that make me smile today!!!

My kids.... of course. They are so loving and innocent

my husband (although he is sick this morning, that doesn't make me smile)

I love that Shal tries so hard to please everyone (most of the time) and that she thinks she is old enough to do anything!!!

I love that Geege is learning the violin, and is a natural at anything she does. ( I believe this is from her HUGE lack of fear! .... gotta love that girl)

Dawson always makes me smile with his willingness to help, he is almost my best helper and he can be such a gentlman and awesome big brother.

yep, you guessed, it Briella makes me smile because she is sooooooo LOUD!!! She is a spit-fire and I love it

Addi, what 's not to make me smile about this one.... she is so kind and thoughtful. She will always comes up to me and hugs me and says "mom, I love you" and when I ask her to do something, like (I LOVE THIS) "Addi, can you go get me a diaper?" and she says " Ummmm, ya, sure!" Really fast!!! It is so cute! (and it's a diaper for the baby... not me!!! ha ha :)

And I smile everytime we turn on the song "Walk the line" by Johnny Cash and Taliya starts shaking her head and waving her hands (she's dancing) it is so fun!

I love to laugh, I love to Smile. Last night while driving back home from a violin recital, we passed a few little houses along the way that were out in a field and somehow they seemed to have this "serene glow" around them. It seems so peaceful, fun, and inviting! I'm sure you would have to see this to understand what I mean, but it definately made my heart smile to feel that feeling!!!!

And all of you..... who may or may not be following my blog!!!! You make me smile, however those who are following me, make me smile more!!! he he he Have a good day, and try to be thankful for the little things that make you smile everyday!!!!!