Spring Break

Spring break this year was crazy! We had so much fun. We watched 4 extra cousins while Josh's sister and her husband went on a vacation without their kids........yeah!

The big kids played and played while little Jackson was trying to keep up with them. He got in the middle of everything that they tried to do. This is Madelyn's solution to the problem.

Thank goodness for nice weather. The first year that I can remember that it didn't snow during spring break.

Sugar cookies are always easy to make with 7 kids????? LOL

Yummmmmy!!!

We played at the park. We thought the weather was nice but as you can see it couldn't have been to warm if there is still a huge pile of snow in the middle of the park. Oh well!

It was really fun to make GREEN eggs and HAM on St. Patrick's day.

We made sure they were all nice and tired and took everyone swimming. It was a blast! Then came the fun part.....we ordered 9 ice cream cones. You should have seen the people in the restaurant stare....and the poor guy who asked if they were ALL my kids?

Sunday dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's is always a fun adventure!

See look....everyone is getting along, playing with smiles on their faces.

This is the best moment of the entire week. Getting 7 kids and myself ready for church by myself.......and you got it, we were on time! Hair combed, check, tights on, check, smiles on, almost!?

Thanks for a super fun week! Maybe next year we will reverse roles?

The Party!

Jackson loves cheese....all kinds. So I made him a "cheese" cake. It was a lot of fun! We are so blessed to have Jackson as part of our family. He brings all of us JOY! We love you Jackson! Happy Birthday little man!

When we gave Jackson his cake to just smash all over his face and whatever, he seriously reached for a fork. That makes me so happy!

Happy Birthday Jackson!

Jackson Turns 1!

Jackson loves to go swimming.....so that is what we did on his birthday!

We Love you Jackson!

More pictures......

This guy is is 10 1/2 months! This picture is at the doctors office where he was in heaven eating the paper on the bench. Let's just say that I DO NOT sit around with this guy! He keeps me going, going, going! He is pulling himself up onto anything and getting into everything. Soooo Much FUN! His face tell the whole story!

I think that they Saw Mommy Kissing Santa??!!

Josh and I are on a roll.......we dressed up for both of our work parties this year. His party was a western saloon party. We had a great time. We learned how to play poker. Whooo Hooo!

Christmas

We have had a wonderful Christmas season this year. We have been able to spend lots of time together and with our extended family. We finally found a good sledding hill in town. We will enjoy it for now until they put a fence in the middle of it. Oh well! We had a blast! Madelyn and Jacob are fearless......they went up and down the hill time after time and after time! They are crazy. That's why we love them!

I love you Josh!

You always have to have a birthday party or two during the holidays. I made this truck cake for my future brother-in-law . Happy Birthday David!

Christmas Eve.....awaiting their "softie"

Josh collects Santas. We have absolutly NO room for another single one; or so he thought! I surprised him with an 8 foot Santa. You can see it below.... he is standing on it. That was the only place left in the house without a Santa.

Christmas morning!

Jacob playing his new Wii game.

Look at all that smoke! What a bon fire! Yup I turned the big 30! Just cuz I feel and look 18 doesn't mean I am. Ha Ha!

It has been fun to have the kids out of school to play in the snow, have sleepovers and lots of play time. We can fit 5 kids, fully stretched out on our couch. I love it!

Wow, what a cute kid! He loves Oreo's. Also you can see some of the Santa collection on the mantle behind him. Josh has got to stop collecting at some point. Oh well, it's fun!

We hope you have had a very Merry Christmas and we will have a Happy New Year!

ps. sorry for so many pics.... I got a new camera :)

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

We Certainly have had our share of winter lately. Lots of snow and very chilly weather. Last weekend my dad brought his 4 wheeler and barrel train over here to Flagstaff to take all the grand kids for a ride in the Christmas Light Parade in downtown. They had a great time! My camera doesn't really take good pics at night, but you get the idea. The big guys on there were two of my brothers (or you can say they were the brakes...)

Here are the COLD spectators.......

Our little snow man ......hey, I think that he could have gone with us to the 80's party wearing that show suit! He loves it. "No Coat" he says.

More Fall Fun!

Fall has come and gone! We are inside all day today with over 2 feet of snow on the ground which means no school! How Fun!

These are a little late but better than never!

One of these days I'll catch up with these crazy times!

Is that Grandma?

Gotta Love that backpack! He would go anywhere in that thing.