SANTA!!!!I

Every year our ward has Santa come to the Christmas party.  This year Ryan told me that they were thinking about not having Santa come.  I told him that he better do it because I don't really want to go to the mall or anywhere else to have our kids get a picture with him.  I love the Santa Christmas party pictures we get each year and it has become a tradition to have them.  Alexis was trying to act like she was way to old and cool to sit on his lap this year and I had to chase her down to get her to take this picture.  

I had to laugh because when Brytlee sat on Santa's lap she pulled out her list of what she wanted and handed it to Santa.  It was a long list….. 

Max and his little "max hawk"  

Love all my cute little kids.  It is so crazy that they are all mine!!!  I am so grateful for that and with them and my husband I have all I want for Christmas!  

Nerd Alert!

Is this not the cutest little nerdy boy ever.  He was thinking it was so funny to have my glasses on.   I just hope he couldn't really see out of them.  I have the worst eyes again and it makes me so sad.  I had 20/20 after I had surgery on my eyes eight years ago and now my eyes are worse than they were to begin with.  I wonder if I wouldn't have had them done in the first place if I would just be as blind as a bat now. …. kinda scares me.

Who doesn't love some family tub time.  They are getting big enough that they have to wear swim suits when they get in together but that doesn't stop them.  

Fun at the Mall!  

Found this cute little outfit for Christmas and can not wait to see him and his daddy dress up like little twins.

I was on the phone with Ryan and told him that Max was playing with Barbies.  He said, "he better not be!"  I just had to laugh and tell him it was alright because at least they were the boy barbies…..

We did a ton of coloring for the coloring contest this year.  Brytlee was the only one to color for the gas station and when she came out with this large ice cream all the girls really wanted to go home and color fast and go back…. Elizabeth won at the dentist office this year and Adison won at the tire store.  They had  a ton of fun doing it and dropping it off is always like trick or treating because they always get a treat for each one the deliver. 

After dropping of fifty coloring pages we went and saw the lights.  Elizabeth was so excited to see the IDAHO sign and wanted her picture with it.  You can not really see her in the picture but it is cute anyway.  She has been learning all about Idaho this year in her class and she is loving it.

My little model at the pool!

Nerd Alert!!!  Ha ha.  I had to tease her because she wanted to get braces so bad… even though I told her she really didn't need them and her teeth looked just fine… but I do have to say that she does look adorable in them.  But I still have to give her a hard time.  

This is something that my mom made by hand when Annette was in the hospital and my brother Brad was just a baby.   I have always loved the saying and wanted it for my baby's room….. and now it is mine!  Love it

Vegas 4

 While we in Vegas the day after thanksgiving, my parents received their mission call.  My aunt Nancy called her friend that works at the post office and once it came in she had her open it and take a picture of it and then she texted it to my parents.  We were all for sure they were going to be called somewhere out of the country because the stake president had told them they were needed over seas and for a 2 year mission.  But when they opened the call….. they are going to the New York, Rochester mission and only for 12 months.  I am so happy for them, but I am so scared for them to really leave us.

We saw another worlds largest limo!

We took the kids and showed them the cool hotels and walked through a bunch of them.  I was so tired by the end I could hardly walk.

I took this picture really fast and what do you know…. he walked up to me and put his hand out and held up a sign that said  $$$
It was a little crazy in Vegas because I think everyone in the world all thought it would be fun to visit at the same time so there was sooooooo many people it made it not as fun.  At one point I lost Brytlee and I am still so thankful that a guy watched us leave and saw her stay behind and he brought her to us.  So many things could have happened to her and I am so thankful that nothing did.  

The day we had to leave Adison was so sad.   She loved all of us sleeping in the same room and thought that was our new house.  When we told her we were going back home she didn't want to and thought it would be fine to live in the hotel forever.  

A few more pictures form the cruise to Mexico.  They all got matching hats and look super fly

They loved the drinks 

and the vanilla soft serve ice cream cones.  

The night we got home Brytlee had a loose tooth that I just pushed on a little and it came right out.  She was so happy!

Max was so excited to be home and in his own bed.   He is so sweet and I could just stare at him while he sleeps forever…… 

Vegas part 3

Max got to go with the Adults and so did Alexis for a yummy Buffet dinner.  They were both so happy to be with us and loved the food!

My little buddy the elf

Max was so worn out on this trip.  I love holding him when he will sleep on our shoulder.  He is such a sweet heart and he just melts my heart.  I love him so much.

The girls so happy to be together, but even better they are going to Circus circus.  

They couldn't believe the limos all over and then they saw the world largest limo!  So cool

Poor little adison wasn't feeling very well.  She had a really runny nose, and she had a fever this day.  She was such a good sport and played as much as she could

Cute little Jossy.

They all played so hard and had so much fun.  It wasn't busy the first part of the day but the longer we were there the  more people came and it got a little crowded.  

Adison was so tired and took a nap for a couple hours.   It looked so funny with her legs hanging out of the stroller.  

When Adison woke up she found out that her tough daddy had won her a flower!  

These three loved all the little rides and had so much fun together.  

Greg and Jackie stayed at the pink flamingo down town and we went and saw them and then went to eat dinner at a Mcdonalds.  (i don't know how to spell it)  we just finished up eating and Cache decided to pull the fire alarm for some reason…. it was so loud and it turned the lights off and made some emergency lights come on that blink.  It was so loud and it went forever…. Everyone was looking at us so I just yelled, "sorry" and then we all ran out.  Cache felt so bad and he cried but we all thought it was funny…. it made a great memory.