The Haircut!

So today I finally had had enough. Caitlynn has never been one to battle me on doing her hair she lovvves to have "pretty" hair. But lately she chews on it and makes it all gross. She is also into not liking to comb it most of the time she is ok looking like an orphaned homeless child. So today yes I cut her hair. I think Aaron was more nervous than I. Ok well that first cut I was even second guessing my decision. But it got easier as I went a long. So it turned out super cute I am very happy with the result and might I add it is much easier to comb through. So it all worked out and Cait is also very happy with her new do! I should tell you also that while browsing through the internet to find some cute childrens cuts.. the one she picked to have was bright pink! yikes I think I am going to be in trouble when she is a teenager.

Caitlynn's first dance recital!

So in Sept I enrolled Caitlynn in dance at a cute little studio here in Saratoga. She has really enjoyed in. After fighting her all the time to go to gymnastic's and her telling me that she wanted to be a ballerina. I finally gave in. Believe me since I am a gymnast (err used to be) it was really hard for me to give in and let her take dance.. I then remembered a moment when I was young that I too wanted to give dancing a try. Well lets just say that it didn't last long.. shall we say I am not so graceful.. ever. Oh well such is life.. back to Caitlynn. She was really excited and the family even all came and watched her perform. She had a choice between red or white leo and tuttu.. I really wanted her to choose red but alas my stubborn stronged head child ( I wonder where she gets that from) choose white. ( She was also the only one that choose white.. the rest of those sweet little girls were all in red) She did look good though. She tried her hardest bless her heart and these pics are some of my favorites.

Christmas photo's

I know that I have blogged about picture taking before yet no matter how many times it smacks me in the face I just keep going back for more. Aaron has started to give me a bad time about how emotional I become about family picture taking. I am not sure why I do I just want so badly to have us all look good that when it doesn't go right I get all worked up about it. Anyhow, here is a prime example of why family pictures are difficult yet they turn out ok.

Thanksgiving!

Ok I know I am going to back track quite a bit here.. but I guess as they say better late than never. These past few months have flown right by me. Mostly I guess because having two active children and a baby keeps me really busy. Thanksgiving we kept on the down low this year. A few days after turkey day we had my brother Colin's mission farwell party and farwell talk. My Grandma came up for it and we all had a good time. I even got her to let me color her hair :)

Christmas time..

Ok I know so I totally skipped thanksgiving posts.. not to worry at some point I will post some pics.. In the mean time I will tell you that Thanksgiving we just kept it simple this year. It was me the hubby and kiddos, Aaron's nephew Micheal and Aaron's mom. It was a good relaxing day with yummy food. Aaron and I cooked together and I have to say we make a pretty good team. Turkey dinner sure was yummy. Although we both agreed that last years turkey was much more moist yet we made it the same way we did that yr before..??? we are still not sure how that happened yet it did. Oh well there is always next year to perfect right? Anyhow.. turkey day went by in a blur and now we are down to two weeks before Christmas. I love Christmas time! Things are so busy right now and I will be posting more soon and catching up on everything in between!

Halloween 2010!

My youngest sister Clairissa that was supposed to be a deviled egg.. But thought it would be funny to wear my wig and Cait's wings by the end of the night! I am sure she is going to love seeing this pic of her on here!
The Pumpkin's. And yes I did bake the pumpkin seeds and forgot to take a pic! Oh well there is always next year!
This is my nephew Eli as a monkey.. and yep you guessed it that is Roni as a tootsie roll and yes I could just eat her up! I think she is about the stinkin cutest tootsie roll ever :)

My sweet Roni girl as a tootsie!

Me and the kiddos. Yes I went as a devil woman this year! Aaron thought it was sooo fitting!

hahahaha!

Our little tinker bell!

Aaron's costume was originally Zorro. But he changed it later to be the guy from princess bride. ( I can't even think of his name) anyhow Ammon was Obie one Knobie.. ( he is currently loving anything star wars!)

Our very own Obie one Knobie!May the force be with you!

Halloween this year was alot of fun!

The Harvest

This year has been one big roller coaster of a ride for our family. Amist all the begining of the year bed rest and having to be oh so very careful Aaron was able to build me some garden boxes and I was able to sit in a chair and plant things. It was our first garden. I would say that even though about half of what I planted didn't come up what did come up did wonderful. I wish I had taken more pics of it. Soo here is what we did get, cucumber's, tomatoes, butternut squash, pumpkins, dill, bell peppers, onions, carrots, lettuce, radishes. I would say over all it was a very good year! Next year I am sure we will do better. We did plant a pear tree this year and hopefully in a few years we will be able to enjoy the fruits of that.

Colorado 2010

The kids at the cemetery. They were very well behaved! And it was the first time that our kids met Karis. ( hope I spelled that right)
Cait and Karis instantly became best friends! It was super cute!

Me!

Me, Cait and Karis!

Noah and I! Sure do love this sweet little boy!

The Fam at the burial!

One night Paul let his kids spend the night with mine. I know you are all thinking that I am crazy, it was Aaron and I and 5 kiddos sutff into one small bed room at Lana's. But here is the amazing part I got them all ready for bed and set up there bed stuff and then I sat in the rocker feeding the baby and singing to them and they all went right to sleep. They all slept all night long without any problems. They got up the next morning happy as could be. It was fun and the kids sure did love it!

Aaron and I!

Noah!

Ammon looking tuff!

A year ago Aaron's dad passed away. We decided that he needed a headstone and place to be buried. So thanks to my parent's ( who own a headstone co) for getting us the headstone, we were able to take it with us and now Aaron and his sibling have a place to go visit their dad. While we were there we went to the park and bbq'd and had some fun with birthday's and such. Over all it was a pretty good trip. Here are some pics...

Veronica Two months old...

Ok so I know I have fallen behind. I have become what is referred to as a "soccer mom" being a stay at home mom now that my kids are getting older is soooo much busier than I was anticipating. Between taking Ammon to school and picking him up at the bus stop, taking him to karate and gymnastics, then there is Cait who has play group and dance, and to top it off I have Veronica who is rapidly becoming oh so fun and sweet. My life right now is super full. Oh did I mention that I joined the PTA. Well I did.

Veronica is now two months old and she smiles and will talk to you with her sweet little cooo's. She is a super good baby for the most part. She eats and sleeps really well, there are a few nights here and there that she can definetly give me a run for my money. But for the most part I have nothing to complain over. She is a very strong baby and even her cry is super sweet. I love this little girl soo much. Ammon and Cait love her so much and they try very hard to be careful around her.. unless she is sleeping then they think it is funny to wake her up.. not so funny to me. Cait will even try singing to her little sis if she is fussy and I would she probably about half of the time Roni will stop and listen and or go to sleep. It is really sweet to watch. Anyhow enjoy the pics!

Family Picture Time Take 2!

Ok so Monday night for FHE I bagged the two outfit idea and putting on our matching stuff. Got everyone ready and loaded up. This time with the tripod and the right sd card. I have to say that I love my hubby so very much for me being able to tell him what kind of shots I wanted and him being able to make that happen. Also he stayed up so late with me last night helping me edit these few pics the way I wanted. They really turned out so NICE! My kids are growing so fast I almost feel like crying. ( Although I am sure that is more post pardum hormones talking than anything) So hope you like these!

Family Picture time take 1.

So on Sunday I decided that it was time for some fmaily pictures. It has been awhile since we have taken any and I thought well what the heck might as well. Well let me just say that taking your own family pictures is much harder than I anticipated. We went down to Mona to visit my mother in law and we know a few spots up there to take some good pics, so we loaded up and off we went. We got there and just relaxed for awhile and then came dinner and then I changed the kids into their "picture clothes" which I thought I would bring two sets per child and take individual pics and then together pictures in their more "matching attire" By this point it was 7 pm. I was rushing to beat the light.. well let me back up and tell you a little story about when we left. I had everything all set out to bring.. as we are leaving Aaron had put some sinus medicine in the van and come back in to get more things to bring, well Ammon decided he wanted to try that medicine, so he put it in his mouth and tried it... when I found this out I began to fret that he was going to die or that we needed to take a trip to the ER. I forgot that tripod was still sitting in on the counter and that the sd card for the camera was still sitting on the office desk due to the fact I had just down loaded everything from it. Now Ammon told us that he thought it was candy or something and that upon putting it in his mouth it was gross and he promptly spit it back out. So we thought we would watch him close and give him plenty of water to get it out of his system and we left to head to my mother in laws house. So back to " rushing to beat the light" Upon getting up the mountain I realize that I have left these two very vital belongings at home which is more than an hour away. Caitlynn on the way there is falling asleep( and we all know how that will go if she gets all the way to sleep and then we try to wake her up.) By this point I was rather upset and Aaron was like lets just try to take a few and then we can do more tomorrow for FHE. Well upon arriving up the mountain both children pronouce that they have to go PoTty. ARE YOU KIDDING ME! This was the breaking point, and I thought WHY? So after potty breaks a few pictures the light was gone and well my dear mother in law did try to take a couple family pics for us, but well we were done by that point and the only one of the family that came out decent half my head is cut off. The other ones turned out blurry and the light was pretty much gone. I was fairly upset about the whole ordeal since I had envisioned beautiful pictures of my SWEET children and of all of us together. So... these few pictures did turn out pretty good, and I can now look at this and laugh a little.