I thought I better hurry and post the holiday season, since I have two birthdays and a baptism coming up. Otherwise, I'm not sure it will get done.

Our first Christmas party was with the Stringhams.....

(Grandma and Joshua)

(Danielle, Jaxson, and Hailey)

(Carter with Mom)

Hailey got Mamma Mia!! Now we sing ABBA songs all the time.

Carter so excited about his present! Now he has a place to put all his hot wheels! Thanks CJ!!

(Josh chillin' with the college kids....CJ and Kylie)

(Hailey and Josh - is she hugging him or choking him? :)

Chistmas Eve Day!

The kids had so much fun ice skating, that we decided to go again. This time we went to the Olympic Oval. We took Tiffani and Danielle with us and the kids had a BLAST!!

I have never seen this before, but they have little walkers for 5 and under. What a marvelous invention!!! Carter was able to skate all by himself and it definitely made him feel like a BIG BOY! It was also much easier for me.

Now Hailey and Josh want to get their own skates.

I think this is going to become a family tradition!!

Angel Tree

Mike's work sponsored an angel tree last Saturday. We thought it would be a great idea for the kids to go and participate. Well, it turned out I had to do a Scentsy party, so this meant Mike had to take the kids ALONE. YIKES!! They went to Macey's, picked 3 names off the tree and then went shopping. I had to laugh when I got a phone call from Mike saying:

Mike: What size shoe does a 7 year old wear?
Me: Well, doesn't the paper tell you what your suppose to buy?
Mike: Ya, but it says a size 6! That can't be right.
Me: Just buy the size it tells you.
Mike: Why did I decide to do this?
Me: What?
Mike: Take 3 kids shopping! I've been shopping for 2 hours!!
Me: Isn't it fun?
Mike: NO!! GOODBYE!
Me: chuckling......

After the shopping was done, they brought their bags to NOAH's and had pizza for lunch and enjoyed ice skating. They even got a visit from SANTA!

After my party I joined them for skating.

WOW! I haven't been skating in a long time.

The kids keep asking to go again, so we

are going to go on Christmas Eve Day. Whoever

wants to come, your invited!

We MADE Carter put on skates.

This is him crying and saying....

I DON'T WANT TO GO!

Well, with some help from dad,

Carter wouldn't stop! He had a

great time.

....and Josh. Also skating for the very

first time. I can't believe I haven't

taken them sooner. We were a little

nervous with Hailey. We didn't want

her to fall and break something! :)

Mike survived the day and the kids enjoyed buying Christmas for someone else.

Now we are all in the holiday spirit!

Thanksgiving!

I can't believe it is the middle of December and I'm just getting around to posting Thanksgiving pictures. All the hustle and bustle with Christmas has put me behind.

A lot of my pictures were blurry, but here are some anyway.
I'm thinking I need a new camera! (Has anyone gotten the hint yet?)

We went to Idaho Falls this year for Thanksgiving. It was really great to see everybody. It has been a long time since we've had Thanksgiving with Grandma King and the Larsens. (well, some of the Larsens) All the kids loved hanging with Rebecca and they think Aunt Pam is the coolest! Hailey told me that Aunt Pam is a lot of fun, because she is NOT a party pooper! Our favorite game was Luck Of The Draw. If you haven't played this before, you must! I had tears from laughing so hard. Thanks for the great memories.

Of course mom had everything decorated so nice and really.....

there's no place like home!!

Has anyone seen Carter and Lexi? These two played their little guts out! This is one of their favorite things to do. Rolling the balls into the pockets. They played this for HOURS!

You won't believe all the men in the kitchen.

Dad sharpening the knives.

Mike mashing the potatoes.

And Uncle Leon fixing the gravy!

I told you the kids loved Becca!

One of the men's highlights was getting to drive Uncle Carey's cars!

Still playing..... and staying up WAY past their bedtime.

It's a tradition to go bowling the day after Thanksgiving.

We don't really care to be out in the C R A Z Y stores this day!

G. G. with Logan.

Our drive in the car with 3 kids and a dog went smoothly.

Put on the headphones, watch some TV, eat snacks and everybody is content...

even the dog.

Before & After

I took the kids into the eye dr. a couple of weeks ago, and now Josh has to have reading glasses too.

When Joshua's friend saw him with his glasses, he told him that it was sooooo cool. He wished he had glasses, because then he could be a mad scientist.:)

(Before)

(After)

(Before)

(After)

Carter kept saying he wanted glasses too, so

Hailey gave him an old pair and he cleaned them all up.

He took them to school today for "show & tell"

and wanted his picture taken also.

Disney on Ice

We enjoyed an outing with Grandma and Grandpa to see Disney on Ice. This time we actually stayed through the whole thing. I remember when the kids were younger, we left at intermission. Disney celebrated it's 100 years of Disney on Ice, and it was great!

Fun for all!

This was Carters first time,

and he was AMAZED!!

Grandpa thought there should've been more caracters

from the olden days. He remembers when snow white first

came out in the 30's.

HALLOWEEN!

I remember when I was little Halloween was a holiday that only lasted for one day. We now celebrate Halloween by doing the school carnival (which we were there from 3-9! I helped with the musical chair booth and then for 2 hours made balloon animals! If you ever need a balloon sword, I am an expert at that now), class parties (times that by 3), work parties, and a family party. How many times do I have to dress my kids up?

Grandma Stringham has a Halloween party every year so the kids can see what their cousins dress up like and we eat until were stuffed.

The kids love to have root beer over dried ice. They are mesmorized by the smoke!!

Are my kids really big enough to go trick-or-treating with their friends? Hailey thought so, but I tagged along with them..... for 3 HOURS! Yes, let me repeat that.....3 HOURS!!

Josh and his buddies went with another mom. It just seemed very wierd not to have all 3 of my kids with me. They are growing up waaaaay to fast!

Carter actually went with me for 2 out of the 3 hours! I couldn't believe he went that long. He did have to stop and take a drink.

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