Christmas & Birthday..

These pictures are in such a random order, but here is our December in a nutshell.
We had a great Christmas this year and I can officially say I am depressed it's all over! We loved being able to spend time with family, eat, and lay around enjoying the season! We stayed at my moms this year and luckily Santa found us there. The boys got way to much and have spent hours playing with all their fun new things!

Eli loved his Tonka truck. The kids pushed him around in it all morning!

On Christmas Eve at my parents they have a little talent show where the kids are welcome to share anything they want with us all. Unfortunatly my kids had nothing to contribue but they enjoyed watching all the cousins.

Owen LOVES dogs. He would not let go of poor carmelo.

Here's my cute Grandpa and Eli. Eli is such a funny kid and his laugh is sooo contagious!

The cousins all had a snowball fight and Owen had a blast.

My Dad and Grandpa Hooked up the Horses and Sleigh and took us all on a ride. It was freezing cold but the kids had so much fun.

Last but not least.........Eli Turned ONE! This year has gone by so fast. Eli wasn't interested in all the presents but he sure loved cake! I've never seen a kid shove it in his mouth so quick. I should be sad that he's grown up so quick, but I'm not.....I love this stage.....He is so fun and Eli and Owen play together so well!

An Update?!

Owen just turned 3 and thinks he is sooooo big! He was really excited for his birthday and couldn't wait for all his cousins to come and sing to him.

I think we sang and he blew out the candel aboout 10 times! He tries so hard not to smile.....

Eli is so much fun lately! He is such a fireball and keeps us on our toes. He is always getting in trouble and Owen is right behind him saying "Eli that is not FUNNY, Mom is so mad right now!"

Owen got his first black eye. He thought it was great. I wish I would have taken a picture when it happened cause it is almost gone here. I think Justin was jealous....he's always wanted one!

Eli is such an eater so you can only imagine his excitement when owen dumped out his trick or treat goods. He could hardly stand it!

Owen went trick or treating with Lily. He wanted to go "until the sun comes up!" :)

HOLIDAY PARTY!

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

At Linda Simkins Home
Monday, November 2nd from 2:30 to 6:30

This is a GREAT way to get your Holiday shopping started!


*Art and Jewelry by GLITZY GLASS STARS *glitzyglassstars.blogspot.com*

*Skirts and Purses by JUST BE *justbefun.blogspot.com*

*Children's gifts by DOGWOOD CLOTHING (dogwoodusa.com), CADE AND CO(cadeandco.com), and SQUEAKY SHOES (heidishoes@gmail.com)

*Shirts, Hats, and Hair Accessories by LADY BUGS AND LILIACS

*Trendy Purses

*Name brand JEANS, SHIRTS and more by SIMPLY SASSY BOUTIQUE

There is going to be A LOT of great stuff! We would love anyone who want's to come to COME!!! If you need Linda's address or directions on how to get there just let me know!

LABOR DAY!!?

I GUESS BETTER LATE THEN NEVER.....
WE ALWAYS SPEND LABOR DAY WEEKEND DOWN AT JUSTINS GRANDMAS IN PAROWON. WE LOVE IT DOWN THERE AND SO DO THE KIDS! OVER LABOR DAY THEY ALWAYS HAVE A PARADE AND A CARNIVAL THAT THE KIDS LOVE. HERE WE ALL ARE...

THE KIDS ALL HAD SO MUCH FUN AT THE CARNIVAL.

OWEN ATE AN ENTIRE BAG OF COTTON CANDY. BETWEEN THAT AND SPINNEY RIDES I DON'T KNOW HOW HE WASN'T SOOOO SICK!

JUSTIN WASN'T AS LUCKY! HE WENT ON ONE RIDE AND CAME OF GREEN! HE WAS SICK THE REST OF THE DAY!

I THINK OWEN THOUGHT HE WAS REALLY DRIVING THE MOTORCYCLE! :)

LAST BUT NOT LEAST....OWEN LEARNED HOW TO RIDE A PEDAL BIKE ALL BY HIMSELF!! I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT! WE GOT HIM THAT STRIDER BIKE THAT HE CRUISES AROUND ON AND I THINK THAT HELPED ALOT! JUSTIN JUST PUT HIM ON TO SEE WHAT HE WOULD DO AND HE DID IT!

Lake Powell

We just got home from Lake Powell. We look forward to go every year with Justin's family and are so depressed the weeks allready over! We decided to leave Eli home this year which was kinda sad but we had so much fun spending time with Owen.

My sister-in-law got the little kids these little "boats" that they loved cruising around on.

We ate at Stans in Hanksville and the kids got these animal masks. They loved them and would not take them off.

Here we are going crack swimming. It totally freaks me out!!!

Owen skiied all by his self this year. I was so excited he did it!! It is so funny to me to watch all these little kids ski....they look sooooo tiny behind the boat!

Here are some pics of some of my cute neices and nephews wakeboarding and skiing. They are seriously so good!

We all went to rainbow bridge this year. I had never been before so it was fun to go and see.

All of the cute grandkids minus Eli and Isabelle.