Happy Valentines Day!

This is what my little Kindergartener looked like when I picked him up today. He got in the car and said "Mom, I'm a valentine" Too cute! Notice his orange stained lips from all the candy.

Chase turns 9!

In the spirit of trying to get caught up on the blog. A big event that happened was Chase turned 9! He has been so excited for his birthday this year. After seeing Kelsey's 3DS she got for Christmas he knew that is what he needed as well. So he was really excited (see picture) when he opened his presents and got one. Of course, we forgot about the order of the presents and he opened a 3DS game before he opened the 3DS.

Chase is such a great kid and is so good to do his chores and work on his homework. He's a great protector to his big sister and little brother and a big part of our family.

Christmas 2011

I can't believe Christmas has been over for well over a month and I am just getting around to posting about it. It was a great day, filled with lots of excitement and lounging around in pajamas. We told the kids that they couldn't wake us up until after 6 and the little stinkers set their alarms and woke us up at 6:01. Next year we will be smarter and tell them not to wake us up before 8.

Kelsey must be turning into a teenager because all she wanted was clothes and accessories. Chase's theme was all wii and DS games. Sean asked Santa for lots of little playsets.

Festival of Trees..

Kelsey had her first performance with her new dance studio. They performed at the "Festival of Tress" and had a "Dr Seuss" themed production (That explains all the crazy hair). That is a gatorade bottle on her head, wrapped with her own hair (and heavily hairsprayed).
She performed a production number with her age group and then also danced in the hip hop number. Hope to post video soon.

Thanksgiving 2011...

Just a quick note about Thanksgiving. We went to Roosevelt and had dinner with my family. It was a good turnout and we had 6 of the 8 kids there and about 40 people total. It was so great to see everybody.
My little buddy Sean ran into a door jam at the church house and after an ER visit and 2 staples later made it an unforgettable Thanksgiving.

Halloween...

This year the kids were....(insert drum roll here)

Kelsey was a fairy. Which was great because we were able to incorporate one of her dance costumes that we already had.

Chase was Mario of course. The kid lives and breathes Mario games. He was also really excited when he found out that the costume came with a blow up belly :).

Sean was "The Flash". Which he demonstrated over and over how much faster the costume made him.

Pumpkin Walk 2011..

The pumpkin walk at the kids school has come and gone again. The school always comes up with the cutest ideas for pumpkins. Each class picks their own "theme" and goes from there.

Seans pumpkin is a "cookie" pumpkin. His is mostly brown because he wanted lots of chocolate chips on his pumpkin.

Chase's class did eyeball pumpkins. A little creepy since that thing is still sitting on my front porch "watching" everyone.

Kelsey's class did cowboy themed pumpkins. Another cute idea. Her picture here has her with an orange vest on. She volunteered to help with the walk for 2 hours one night.

Most Authentic...

Kelsey has recently been learning about Egypt in school. She had to do a replica of a pyramid for one of the projects. She decided to build it out of styrofoam and with a little help from mom (who ran the knife for carvingthe pyramid), It looked pretty good. When it was all finished it included a pond made from glue and food coloring (that took 4 days to dry), trees , and people. And for all her hard work she won "Most Authentic".

Sean Soccer...

Sean played soccer this fall on the "Little Pirahana's" team. He was so funny. It took him a couple of games to decide that he was gonna play ball instead of run around playing tag with his friends. He had several games where he made goals and at some point we had to remind him it was soccer and not football (tackling) I'm not sure how they many wins or losses they had but, he had tons of fun.

Lake time...

In August our family was able to meet up with my brother's family and spend a day at a lake just outside of Duchesne Utah. Philip brought their jet ski and pulled the kids around on a tube. He also "educated" Fred on holding on tightly when riding the jet ski or on the tube. It was a great day to get a little "sun" and we ended the day by going to U.B.I.C. in Roosevelt.

First day of school...

School started a few weeks ago. Kelsey is in 6th grade, Chase is in 3rd and Sean is in Kindergarten (He started a week after the other two). Where did the summer go?

15 Years...

15 Years ago I married my sweetheart. It's been a wild and crazy 15 years and at times challenging..but so worth it. So what did we do to celebrate it? We got take out from "Texas Roadhouse" and came home and worked on the house (will post about that later).

My sweet kids (Kelsey, with the boys signing it) made us a card for our anniversary. It says:

Dear Mom and Dad,

15 years is a long time. You have had so much fun before we were born so tonight go to a movie and dinner and keep me to watch.

We love you, Kelsey, Chase & Sean

Parade Days...

Kelsey was in the local parade again this year. She has joined a new dance studio and this was their first hoorah. We were really lucky to have it work out that my parents were out for the event and got to see both Kelsey and my neice Aubrey.

The below picture of Sean...He wasn't interested in anything at the parade and kept asking to go home. Until, this group of teenage girls comes walking through the parade and he stands up and is in awww. They start so young...

Baseball...

Chase decided to play baseball this year and is loving it! He played t-ball couple of years ago and didn't like it so, Fred has been patiently waiting for him to "come" around.
Chase and his dad have been practicing lots and lots and it pays off in the games. He plays 1st base and is hitting really well (we need to get some more pounds on him though).

Dancin Disney...

Kelsey's dance team was invited to dance at the Disneyland and at Califorania Adventure parks. So, 30 minutes after her recital was finished on Saturday June 4th we were in the car headed to California. All of Kelsey's immediate team and a good majority of the studio were able to make it. It was a great experience and Kelsey got a collector pin and a cool t-shirt out of the deal.