Happy Thanksgiving!

Last year we started the tradition that on Thanksgiving we make fun little turkeys, and whatever creative minds can dream of, out of gum drops, toothpicks, marshmallows, and candy corns. It has turned out to be very fun for the kids (and adults). These are just a few of the many creations. We hope all of you had a wonderful thanksgiving with lots of pumpkin pie.

Its a.....

GIRL!!! Yes we are expecting another girl. We had the ultrasound the day before Thanksgiving. We are very excited!

Go Josh!

Josh recieved his black belt on Nov. 19th. He has been working very hard towards it for the last three years. We are very proud of him and thank you to all of you who have supported him so much along the way.

He had to start out by doing 100 pushups and then go on to fight 10 different guys in 30 minutes. He did very well and walked away very sore for the next few days.

For those of you who don't know, he works with Jon Rochette and they teach control principles for women, a self defense class for women in the community. They also have been training their fellow employees at the police department. Jon has also been training Josh for his black belt and he is an amazing mentor, example, and friend. Way to go Josh!

Meet Rachels friend Alexis...

Rachel suprised me the other day when she came into the room with her new friend Alexis. I had to do a double take. isn't this picture hilarious! Alex and Rachel thought they were pretty funny so they went to a few of their friends houses to introduce them to Rachels new friend Alexis.

Rachel has been dressing up Alex as a girl since he was very little and he thinks its pretty funny, but this time after about 20 minutes, and his friends seeing him dressed as a girl, he couldn't change fast enough. I think this is what he will be for halloween next year. He could definitely pull off the wig and pass for a girl at first glance. Anyway I just had to share this with you. I loved it and thought you would also get a big kick out of it.

haylee fell asleep

We were outside playing a few days ago and Rachel came running up to me telling me that Haylee had fallen asleep on our neighbors trampoline. So I had to take a picture. She was so cute all cuddled up in her blanket. When we tried to gently take her off the tramp to come home she woke up a little staticy.

Haylee is 2!!

Haylee turned 2 on November 7th. We had her family party on the monday night before. Almost all of these pictures are from that evening. Sorry they are kind of scattered.

Haylee has been my sweet little angel. I have really had so much fun enjoying her. I think because she was my third I was more relaxed and I didn't want her to grow up fast.

She is such a fun little girl. Something you may not know about her is that she is a tease. She teases her older brother and sister to the point they are running to me and saying that Haylee won't stop teasing them and Haylee will just be laughing and laughing. She has such a fun personality and a tender heart. She is very caring. She loves hugs. She loves to read. I will miss all the time we spend together when the new baby comes. I love her so much and I am so grateful that I am her mom.

Thank you to all the family that came to her party and supported her. She is so blessed to have you all in her life.

After aunt april gave her the bag with suckers in it she wasn't interested in anything else but having one. We were trying to make her wait......

She kind of got upset and didn't really care about any of the other presents. Thank you to everyone for being so understanding of her new 2 year old attitude.

We had brownies and icecream. She was so cute because she blew out the candles so fast but none of the cameras were ready so we relit them and had her do it again. The second time she could not blow them out.

She kept trying and trying and then her dad helped her by lifting the plate closer to her mouth.

She is so cute!

I tried writing happy 2 haylee with m&ms on her brownies, but when they were cooking they sunk
into the batter of course! Oh well. they were
still really yummy.

We need more room for our big families. Thank you so much for coming. We love all you guys. Happy 2nd Birthday Princess Haylee!!!

Halloween!

Haylee was a butterfly. I love the old navy costumes.
They are easy and they are warm. She had alot of fun.
She ended up with the most candy in the end. ( I think the others were eating theirs along the way).

Rachel was Sharpay from High school musical . She was so funny. She got tired of the wig pretty fast. She wanted this costume for a while and so she earned the money for it. She kept telling me that she really was sharpay because she could sing just like her.

Rach, you are so much fun!

Alex was on the swat team. Are you suprised? He had a lot of fun dressing up almost like dad. He was so cute. I love this picture of him.

Do you love her smile? Its the one she does for the camera. She is so funny.

Carving Pumpkins

The monday night before Halloween we carved pumpkins and made Kitty Cat cookies.

We had a lot of fun this night. Joshs mom, dad, brothers kurt, devin, and andrew came all the way from Fairfield to spend time with us. I am so glad they came. It was nice to have them there. The kids also really loved having them here and they were a big help.

These pictures are in no order. I need to learn how to do a slideshow so that the pictures don't take up so much space. Bear with me, I will get the hang of this eventually.

A few years ago in our sharon park 7th ward, when Karli was the enrichment counselor, she had so many fun ideas for each holiday and Kitty Cat cookies was one of them. Every year since she introduced me to making them I make them with the kids and its become a halloween tradition. The kids have so much fun and they get more creative each year. They don't just make cats anymore, this year there was a mouse, a few dogs, and a couple of monsters. My mother in law Jeri, she made a witches hat. It was so cool. Thanks Karli!

Haylee enjoyed eating the cookies.

We had alot of fun. Thanks Hansens. We love you.