Tis The Season

Yummy Treats

Excuse me???  I think I ordered the LARGE cappuccino.

(So I Married An Axe Murderer :)

And just so no one freaks out.....that's a hot chocolate.....relax

School Christmas Show

Christmas Parties

Woo Hoo!!!

Aunt Kristie was the only one ALLOWED to sit with Ava on her bench :)

Christmas caroling on the trailer :)

(wish I would have taken a picture with everyone on it)

and best of all......

a new puppy :)

Tis the season to be jolly!

Christmas Dance Show

The Christmas Dance Show was a great success this year!

We had a professional piano player....

Some beautiful singers....

And super duper talented little dancers!!!

I've had so much fun teaching my little preschool dancers and I'm so proud of them!

Way to go, ladies!

First Haircut :)

Ava had her first haircut by Aunt Erin :)

She was SO cute. She never moved a muscle. She was so excited to get to do what she's watched Mommy and Gracie do so many times. I think she felt like such a big girl. It was actually pretty funny to watch because she seriously never moved the whole time.

Afterwards she wanted to have a dance party with one of her favorite little guys.

He very graciously accepted and they danced the day away :)

SO cute.

It was a very full day for little Bean. It makes me sad she's getting older. I don't want her to be old enough for haircuts and dance parties. I guess she's going to get older whether I like it or not, so I better just enjoy the journey.

Love you, baby.

New Moon

Does this look familiar???

This is me and two of my BFF's at New Moon.

This is us at the midnight showing of Twilight...

Notice Julia is a little more enthused for New Moon than Twilight and that she wore her fake non prescription glasses to both showings.

We even had the same seating arrangements. Except Krista isn't sitting on top of Katie for New Moon. Maybe Kris can have that seat back for Breaking Dawn.....or better yet, maybe she should sit on top of Julia, just to balance out my pictures. We'll see :)

Can't wait for the next one.

Don't forget your glasses so that you can see every detail of Jacob's chest in the next one too, Julia.

My Boys

They definitely get their good looks from their Dad ;)

Boys Are Retarded

When I was going through pictures on my camera, I found this.

I remember my best friend growing up had two older brothers that always had headless mirror shots of their  upper bodies too.  Apparently all boys are born with a need to photograph their upper torsos???

Whatever........I thought this when I was younger looking at my friends brothers pictures and I still think the same thing.........BOYS ARE RETARDED!

The Pictures Say It All :)

All better :)

Halloween.......a little late :)

My two little kitty cats......well, according to Gracie she was a black leopard,

she needed to change it to something that was her idea :)

So cute.

This is pretty much what every picture looked like that I tried to take of the girls that night....

Gracie trying to get Ava to pose with her and Ava screaming trying to get away.....

My princess

He's very secure in his manhood.....

Happy Halloween!

Date Night

Colton and I went on a super fun date to an ASU football game.

It was so much fun to just be one on one with Colton and enjoy each other.

He's so funny, he kept me laughing all night.

ASU lost, but the night was still a success.

I love my little man and have so much fun with him.

Can't wait until the next date night :)

Family Campout

A few weeks ago we went on our ward family campout.

The kids had so much fun!  It was great to be together as a family.

Ava loved snuggling up with Logan in the Carlos's snuggie :)

She also loved all of the time she had to just relax......

something she usually has so little time to do :)

The boys made dirt jumps for their bikes to which they continued to see how high they could get before someone got hurt.  Oh, I love my boys :)

This was a dump truck that belonged to one of the other children at the campout that Ava was obsessed with.  She looks so cute pushing it around with her binki in her mouth :)

It was such a fun weekend with perfect weather, and  great company!

Can't wait until the next years campout :)

Happy Birthday To Me

I have this great idea (actually I stole it from a friend, shhhhhhh)

It's always fun to think about the 'good ol days', so for my birthday I would love it if everyone would leave a memory you have with me, as a comment. The more memories the better! I think this is a great birthday present to myself ;)

So excited!

What My Husband Does When I'm Not Home

Last night I went out to meet some girlfriends for dessert.  One of our friends is visiting from Utah and last night was her last night here.  It was lots of fun to see her again and to laugh and hang out.

When I came home that night, Aaron was watching Biggest Loser and was close to the end of it.  I decided to just go ahead and watch the end of it with him and go back and watch the first part later.

I sat on the couch next to him and grabbed the couch pillows and snuggled up to them.........

Me:  Ummmmm, honey, why are the couch pillows all wet????

Aaron:  What?????

Me:  Ya, they are all wet....... did the kids have water in here???

Aaron: -silence- (and a very strange look on his face)

Finally Aaron starts laughing and says:

 This has been a very emotional night on the Biggest Loser, OK.

That right folks, my husband was sitting at home all alone on the couch, crying his little eyes out while watching the Biggest Loser.  I think I laughed so hard I might have even peed my pants.  The best part was how he kept trying to explain it to me:

Well, you'll understand later when you watch it.

I didn't have any tissues!

Danny just keeps pulling at my heart strings. (ok, those weren't his exact words, but close enough)

So, to all of those men out there who are closet criers when it comes to The Biggest Loser,

You're not alone..........you're not alone.