tubing with the family xmas eve 08'

I was lucky enough to get to go to soldier hollow tubing twice in one week. Once with Jeff's family and once with mine. It is sometimes a challenge to get everones schedules to work out, but it was definately worth it. We had a blast as you can tell in the pics. I forgot my camera with the White's so when I get some I will post them.

Ward Party

sorry my pictures aren't the greatest. I hope Santas elves have made some nice cameras this year!

I got a new calling to the activity commitee chairman for our ward and last night was my first official gathering to plan. I had a very crazy day getting everything gathered for the evening but it turned out great. Bill and Ken were awesome to get things gathered for me for the slide show we had at the end of the program. We had a great turn out. All in all I think it was a success. Now I can go to church tommorrow and relax.

Pics from Lynsie's preschool

Lynsie made her family for a preschool project. I chuckled all day when I read it. Dad likes to play with his family and mom likes to sleep in her bed. Man Lynsie has a lazy mom if that is what she remembers the most:) I usually am long out of my bed when she wakes in the morning, so it made me chuckle. They also got to write instructions on how to cook a turkey for preschool. Lynsie said... get a turkey, put stuff on it, put in in a pan, and bake it for six minutes and then eat it. If only everything was as simple as it appears from a five year old point of view.

Jeff and his dad and his brother went on horse ride this fall. I am stealing these pics from it off his dad's computer, :) they are too pretty to not post.

brunette again

Today when I went to Stevies to get my hair cut I told her to try something new, so...

This summer she put in highlights and some of my friends teased me about wanting to be a blonde. But there is no doubt I am a brunette now:) It is VERY dark,I really like it and it is growing on me. Whitney had her put some color in her hair and she cant wait to go to school tommorrow and show her friends.

Trunk or Treat

Today was our ward's trunk or treat. We had a lot of fun. I hope it's something we do every year. Whit had "blast from the past" day at school and dressed from the 90's, and she just stayed in her costume for the party. When I was ratting her bangs (I'm sure most of us remember that routine) I told her this is how everyone used to do their hair when I was growing up. "yeah" Lauren said "in the 60's"! Man my kids must think I'm pretty old:) Lynsie and Austin were Abu and Jasmine, Cody was a caveman, and Lauren was a cheerleader.

Top Ten!

I have been thinking of all the things I am lucky to have in my life and the biggest thing is my husband Jeff. Without him I would not have all that's good in my life. I decided to post the best 10 things about Jeff.

#1- He is patient enough it helps me be more patient.

#2- He really rarely says anything bad about anyone!

#3-He is a silly Dad

#4 He honors his priesthood

#5 He teases me (this can also be bad)

#6 He is a very hard worker

#7 He is very generous

#8 He allows me to play volleyball and teach scrapbooking and whatever other crazy thing I decide to do.:)

#9 He is easily pleased

#10 He loves me!

love you Jeff!

Thanks Dave!

Thanks to my Dad's friend Dave who was moving & selling his beautiful bedroom set. Now I have my first complete matching bedroom set. I had lots of shabby chic peices before (or as Jeff would call them JUNK) :) But now I have a matching set. So tonight I got a bedding set to match. Thanks Jen for convincing me the wall needed to be red. I now may have to sleep on the couch because my bed is too pretty to mess up!

I'm so glad when daddy comes home

The kids love welcoming dad home from work. This was thursday night when they knew he was off for 6 days:)

Whitney's volleyball game

Whitney is playing volleyball again and I can see so much improvement from last year. She blocked a spike last week, and is an awesome digger. She had us chuckling last game when she tried spiking left handed, because her right hand was "kinda sore." Jeff and I had a little fun teasing her about it. Anyway I am really proud of her. She is growing up so fast!

Good Morning

The other morning I woke up and didn't see much of Austin as we were rushing to get kids ready for school. He was standing in the hall just holding his "softy" I asked him if he was ok and he said "I tired" He just stood there for a long time. I sat down to talk to him and take his picture and he said "SHHH mom softy sleeping" How can you not wake up smiling when you have this to wake to?

The weight is over!

I am following Debra's lead and posting my weight goal on my blog. I weighed in today, and went to the foot doctor. So between knowing I will weigh in again next week, and inserts to keep my feet from hurting when I run, I am re motivated. I did good this summer running until my feet began to hurt. I need to re start however. I have got a little lazy and need to get so I can wear all the clothes in my closet. I am setting a goal to loose 2 pounds a week. I want to loose a total of at least 20 pounds total. So every thursday, not only will I have to weigh in but I will post my progress! So here it goes, wish me luck!

A special day

Nate came out this weekend and needed a babysitter. We got to take Hylan for the day. The kids had so much fun making him smile. He is such a cute baby and getting so big so fast. We were glad we got to watch him.