Cheerio Head

Andrew is so talented that he managed to place a cheerio in the middle of his forehead.  He is a pretty messy eater, but the food he smears on his head usually falls off.  We thought this was too funny.  I am just loving up this little guy right now.  He is so fun and happy.  He was sick for a while, but is finally feeling better and back to his old self.  The only thing that worries me is how fearless he is. He reminds me a lot of his older brother.  He will wrestle anyone, no matter what their size.  He climbs all over everything, and jumps from anything.  Boys will be boys I guess. 

Girls just want to have fun!

So, having three girls isn't always easy.  In fact, sometimes the drama is too much!  But, most of the time it is so smuch fun.  The girls get along 97% of the time, and they play so well together.  They have such great imaginations and I love to hear the games they come up with to play.  Their favorite right now is Rugrats, which they discovered on Netflix.  They love it and play it for hours.  We are lucky enough to have a huge basement with a playroom where the kids can play without me worrying about the mess too much.  (Justin is in charge of keeping the basement clean, hehe) I found these pictures on my camera the other day and they gave me a glimpse of what those silly girls really do down there.  Isn't Ellie a great photographer?  Even though they can be a bit much sometimes, I am so glad that my girls have sisters!!!

Christmas in Fallon

Well here are some pictures from our latest trip to Fallon Nevada to visit Justin's family.  As I mentioned before, I forgot my camera at my mom's. Luckily, Shawn let me borrow his to take a few pictures.  The kids had a good time and it was nice to visit family.  I am so glad that the kids got to spend time with their cousins. 

Noah with a dirty face, which is pretty  much how he looks the whole time we are there.  Its hard to keep the kids clean on the farm.



Not sure what Ellie is doing in this one??

This is Noah and his cousin Adam, they snuck under the piano to watch a movie.   There isn't much space, so the kids really get creative.

Joslyn had a great time.

Here is Andrew trying to sleep. He got woke up a lot, poor guy.

Taylor loved the wii fit.  She is an excellent hula hooper.

Tyson and Heather

The kids just run around until they pass out.  Little Alex with his dad, Brandon

Look at those moves

Taylor and her cousins Tiffany and Jessica.

Playing catch up

Here are some random pics of the kids from right before Christmas.  I don't know why I can't post things in order, but I can't.  After I found my camera, I noticed there weren't very many good pictures on it.  I need to be better this year!  It doesn't help that my little brother and sisters love to take hundreds of pictures of themselves with it.  It makes for a lot of deleting on my part.  I love this pics of Taylor because she looks so grown up.  I really can't believe it, she is reading everything now and learning so much.  I love helping in her class and seeing how much she is doing.  I wish I could go back to 2nd grade, it is so much fun.  She just signed up for another after school 4h club.  She will be doing dance with a few of her friends.  I hesitated letting her do this because she is already taking two dance classes during the week.  She loves to dance and we had a fun time this Christmas watching the nutcracker together.  She really wants to be a ballerina.  She also wants to start piano lessons and play soccer.  We won't be doing all of this at once, but I think its great she is interested in so many things.  By the way, isn't she gorgeous?

This picture of Noah was taken after he decided to start Christmas early.  He just went under the treee and started opening presents.  It took him a while until he found one that was for him, but he was so excited when he did.

Our little Andrew has been through a lot lately.  He has been sick with a new cold every week! 

Merry Christmas

I know that I am way behind on blogging, but I have a good excuse!  My camera was lost!  We were so sad and didn't know whether we would ever find it again.  Then last week someone at my mom's house found it in the couch!  How it stayed in the couch for almost a month, I will never know, it is a pretty big camera.  Anyway, for this reason I haven't added anything new to the blog in a while.  Here are the pics from Christmas morning.  We had a lot of fun.  This year Justin and I planned ahead and actually got a decent nights sleep.  We tried hard to buy them less this year, and it still seemed like it was too much.  Eventually we will get it right.  Christmas day is kind of hard because I always feel like we are rushing to get somewhere.  This year we tried to relax and we even got to go to church, imagine that!  We didn't go to my mom's until the afternoon.  But, we are always trying to pack for Fallon and that is stressful.  I look forward to the day when we can stay home all day and enjoy it!  Spend time reflecting on the Savior and just being with the children.  All in all it was a great day.  We have so much to be grateful for!

My little man

Just wanted to post some pics of my little guy. He is so dang cute and fun. He is always making me smile with his silly faces. And he is by far the most cuddly baby I have. He loves to snuggle and put his head on my shoulders. His big brother and Sisters fight over who gets to play with him. Today Taylor spent time reading to him and then he spent lots of time playing trains with Noah. He is however, growing up too fast! He is starting to talk more and more. I just want to keep him little for a while longer. Love that boy! 

Andrew hanging out in the car.  He has the best seat, front and center. 




Love his laugh.




Seriously, could he be any cuter?