CHEER

Love to watch her cheer, she does such a good job!! When we were in Mexico one of her friends asked "Where's your mom.....she never misses seeing you cheer?" I felt bad because I do make it to all of her games just to watch her cheer and she looks for me too!!! Dad made it to this one and took the pictures for me.

Dance like no one is watching....

Look at that!!!

Pretty pointed toes!!!

Look at that face.....

Dance Force danced for one of the half-time performances over Christmas Break and Shandler's group was one of them. We love to watch her dance, but after seeing these pictures we were amazed at some of the things she can do. Stormie sat right on the sidelines and directly after the dance she came running up and exclaimed " DID YOU SEE THAT, SHE WAS AMAZING!!!!" Then she told Shandler the same thing as she came to see us after her dance. She did do very well and is so animated it is fun to watch her.

A little sledding fun!

While we searched for a tree Sayger and his dad kept their eyes out for the perfect place to sled. As you can see, it was almost dark before they found the perfect spot and I sat in the car and took a few photos of the fun. It was getting pretty cold so Sayger just took a couple of runs before his cheeks were frozen!

Finding the perfect tree....

Falling down the mountain.....

Really falling down the mountain......careful Auntie Brooke!

How about this one?

HMMMMMM......

I LOVE Christmas, it is my very favorite and in my house there are two trees. I have always loved looking for the perfect tree and often it would take hours in tree lots circling around looking for the tree I loved. My family hates shopping for the perfect tree in town but they enjoy the mountain search. We have a tree in the family room but have been unable to keep alive and green because of the fireplace, so we now have a beautiful pre-lit tree for the family room. It has all the keepsake ornaments on it. I used to have a tree flocked and placed in the piano room with red decorations but have since traded for a live tree directly from the mountains near our home. We invited my sister and her husband this year and went to Hagglar Canyon to search for our Christmas tree to place in the dining room near the stairs-at 12 feet tall. We packed the car with treats and hot chocolate, dressed for the weather and picked a perfect day. We did hike and I could not find the perfect tree!!! So we hiked some more and Kent found a tree, he cut it down and I did not like it, but Brooke did so they hauled it to their truck. Kent and I hiked some more, up to the very top of a steep hill in which Kent quickly pointed out mountain lion tracks bigger than a dinner plate. Needless to say the tree search began to quicken! I found the tree I loved, Kent cut it down and stood it in front of me and I hated it!! He told me "TOO BAD!"(there is more to the story , but it can not be posted) and hauled it to the truck. It turned out to be perfect and was a beautiful tree.

Big Sisters Birthday!!!!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!! That is what we heard all day! Charlce celebrated her birthday while she was here and I am not sure who was more excited for it, her brother and sisters or her!! They made her a beautiful cake equipped with candles and all. We sang "Happy Birthday" and she shared her treats with us. She even let the little kids help blow out her birthday candles. It was a fun day and I hope she knows how special we all think she is! 25 is half way to 50 ya know:)

Thanksgiving 2009....

Going to Grandmas for dinner!

Grandma Great making our favorite...noodles:)

Grandma and Sayger

We always spend Thanksgiving with my family and this year my grandma decided it was time to give up such a big house and big yard, she moved in with my mom. It has been great for both of them and less worry too. We had our usual, turkey, sweet potatoes, homemade noodles, gravy, dressing and pumpkin pie(which is Stormie's absolute favorite!!!). Charlce and Ricky where here this year and after we ate we played several rounds of Hand & Foot!!! It was a fun and FULL day :)

NASCAR Day....

Charlce lives in the South and has grown to love NASCAR, which she has passed on to my son!! While she was here for Thanksgiving, they planned a NASCAR Sunday!! They put on their NASCAR pj's and found a comfortable spot on the couch and watched the races all day!!! As you can see the remainder of the family had a good nap! I have to admit, the thrill of NASCAR would be far greater if I was there, but watching lap after lap on the television was not my favorite!!!

Something between dads and their sons....

On a trip home, Kent stopped at Cabelas in Boise-one of his favorite stores! He had been looking for the perfect gun for Sayger to learn to shoot with. He called and asked me what I thought. I had no idea and told him to get the gun he thought would be best. He purchased the Rossi-Trifecta and was so proud. He came home and hid it in the closet. We debated about it being a Christmas gift but Kent couldn't stand it. He called Sayger in and had him open the box. Sayger was thrilled and wanted to go out and shoot it immediately!! Kent took him to the field behind G&G Kidd's house to shoot. Sayger learned gun safety first!!! He also learned that his gun had a 22, a 223 and a 410 all in one. They shot cans and pumpkins that day and Sayger had a great time. However, he decided he does need ear plugs, it gets a little loud.

Halloween Dinner...

I never do any of those fun dinner posts but on the Monday night before Halloween I had this great idea so I put it together along with some fun recipes from the internet. We had mummies, monster blood, green worms and a little graveyard for dessert. It turned out really cute and by surprise we had a Valmont Rep. that was coming through and needed to pick up some promo items from Kent so he enjoyed it with us. He got a kick out of the creative dinner idea and loved watching the kids reaction too. It turned out fun!!

Soooooo it has been awhile....

I plan on working diligently on catching up my blog but remember I am a full time teacher, a full time mother, a full time intern, a full time taxi driver and much more so this has been on the bottom of my priority list. HOWEVER, I want to create books for my children so they not only have the pictures but they have the stories too. So hang on...... we are going all the way back to Halloween!