December fun...

Since Lissa and David are moving this week, we had to put up our Christmas tree. The problem is, we couldn't find our good tree...all we could find is the 4 ft "Christmas Bush" as Lissa and Zach would call it. ( seriously..Logan is as tall as the bush). We had to put up ugly old ornaments and everything. I am going to the storage unit tomorrow to try one more time to find our good tree. I am bound and determined to put up the pretty purple Christmas tree before Christmas. I dont know how it will look against the blue walls...but at least I will get to put it up!

A few weeks ago Logan got an award in school. He got the award for the best writer. I was very proud of him. There were only about 5 kids in each class that were recognized. Plus...drumroll please... he knows all 55 sight words! hooray! He can graduate kindergarten! I am very proud of how well he is doing at reading. ( Logan's teacher is the one in the pink dress)

Zach started school a few weeks ago to continue on the path for nurse anesthesia school. Zach let Logan help him with his lab. It was very fun for Logan.

The kids have been drving me just about crazy lately. So...we took a trip to the good old park! It suer is easier to handle them when they are having fun!

Jocylain loved the slide...but she didn't like to go down by herself. She would climb up and wait for Jade to come and help her down.

Jocy has been helping me in the kitchen lately. I have to keep her busy so she doesn't get into everything.

I have been meaning to post this picture for a LONG time. I love the picture and I think Grandma and PaPa will too!

November so far....

We have had to seperate our kids from David and Lissa's kids at night because the talking never ends. We started putting all three of my kids in our room. The first night Logan kept coming out saying that Rai was bugging him so he couldn't sleep. I told him to ignore her....you can see that this is exactly what he tried to do. I went in to check on them and he apparently had fallen asleep plugging his ears!

My musical girls...

so...Ever since Logan could talk he has been against me singing. I would sing at the piano or in the car and he would tell me to stop. I think he may have even plugged his ears a time or two. Maybe he just thinks I am terrible at the piano and at singing. *sigh* I tried to give him a piano lesson a few months ago, and he wasn't having any of that either. It really is too bad because he has a great voice! He makes up songs all the time, loves the radio, but he just isn't a music guy himself. But... It looks like I might have some hope with my girls! This is a duet waiting to happen!

Just look at those fingers...they are getting technical and everything!

I always have some random picture in my post that doesn't fit the "theme" so here it is... I looked up some hair- dos online and copied them so that I could actually make Rai's hair cute. Look how great it turned out!

Halloween!!!

ok...so this picture isn't a Halloween picture, but I had to post it! This is Rai's Christmas dress and I made it!!! I know! Isn't it cute??! I will say that the tulle was VERY hard to work with but the dress turned out so great it didn't even matter! I am working on Jocy's matching dress now, and Lissa is refusing to help me...so I have had to do and re-do almost everyhing I sew. I closed up the sleeve seam ( both of them) before I even put the sleeves on. That was a big pain to rip out! I guess that is one way to never make the same mistakes again!


This is Jocy's favorite cupboard in the whole house...Its where all the food is!

Happy Halloween!! We went trick or treating in Lissa and David's neighborhood this year for Halloween ( since.. you know... we live there and all!) It seems to me that Halloween is kind of going by the way side. We walked around the whole neighborhood, and there were only about 4-5 houses on each street that were handing out candy to the kids. Luckily we got a really good walk out of it and the kids still got a lot of candy. They had a lot of fun! Rai, Jocy and I dressed up like witches. I think this is the first year I have dressed up since I have been married! Zach went as a Paramedic ( original I know). We realized that Logans only dress costume that I left unpacked for him was WAY to small..so we had to improvise on his costume. David cut jagged sleeves on Logans pajama shirt and Jagged bottoms on his sweat pants to make a pirate costume. Lissa had a pirate hat that he used...which was good because I don't know that anyone would have known what he was with out it!! Logan LOVED his costume and that is all that matters!


The three witches!

Oh.. what a week!

I had my sister in law take some pictures of my family yesterday...I love them! I have some more of me and the kids that Mindy took of us while we were in Utah.I havent picked my favorites so I dont have any to post yet..I will soon though!

The girls decided it would be fun to put make up on mom. I look lovely I know.

We had a trunk or treat on saturday in Melissa's ward. I only had one costume for Logan since the rest are in storage, and it didn't fit. HIghwater legs and all. SO...he wore this ghost costume of Lissa's and it was way to big. They tried to tie it so it wouldn't drag, but it didn't work. The bottom is black and it doesn't want to come out! I think for halloween we will change it u a bit and he will be a pirate ( which is also a grown up costume...and its a girls..just don't tell Logan that) But it looks really cute on him.

The girls before church a few sundays ago.. I made Jocy and Rais matching dresses and Lissa made her girls. I am in the process of making Christmas dresses now and they are beautiful!!!

Logans Birthday...(and some other random pictures!)

Logan turned six on the 9th of October. I can't believe how big he has gotten. He is so smart, and very giving. I am so grateful to have such a special boy in our family!

The kids watching a movie...I love Logan and Stormie in this picture.

Um...I don't know what to think about this one. Logan hates to do anything girly..so how in the world did Amber convice him to dress up like one?

Logan and his birthday cake.

We made a fun double layer cake. I wasn't strong enough to write with the store bought icing, so Zach had to do it for me. THis is how it turned out. I did frost it myself and even put o few sprinkles on it though!

Finally updated!

Oh wow. Where to start.....It has been a crasy couple of weeks and way to much information to possibly type all of it. So...I am just going to post some random pictures of the last month!

This is Rai doing an arabesque as she saw it on the Barbie movieThis is Lissas next door neighbor Frank. He came over, and Rai came running into the room and started hugging his leg. I thought for sure that she thought it was her Dad or even her Uncle David....nope. She just immediately loved Frank. She would stop rubbing his face and put her head on his shoulder. Luckily he is a nice man and Lissa and David know him really well...Even still..We will have to have the stranger danger talk once again!

Jocy LOOOVes the cats at Lissas house. She cant get enough of them!

Logan and his Uncle David playing at our house in Las Vegas.

Jocy does NOT like sitting with Lissa at the table for breakfast. This is a regular occurance at the table. In fact, she doesn't like when Lissa talks to her at all! You would think that she would be used to her by now since we have been here for 2 and half weeks already!

Cutting Logan's hair. I did a pretty good job too if I do say so myself!

Logan, Amber and Jade in Las Vegas