Grandpa Toms' Birthday...

My Father in laws Birthday was on January 11th, I know I am a little late with this post. Morgan was so excited to make Grandpa a GIANT cupcake with the new cupcake pan that Greg gave me for Christmas. It turned out super cute and was amazingly easy! We took Grandpa to the Cracker Barrel for lunch the day before his Birthday. Then on his Birthday we took over a balloon, cards that the kids had made (sorry no pictures of them), and his cupcake.....

The Whole Family....

Just before Christmas we were able to get everyone together for a photo shoot. It was FREEZING but I think they turned out great...



This is my parents with all ten of the grandkids...



My parents with my kids...



This is my parents, myself, and my siblings...



My sweet little family...



Morgan...


Jordan...



This is all six of the girls...



We tried to get one of all the grandkids, but baby Kyle was not having it....



Morgan and Natalie...



Jordan and Brady...



This is Taylee, one of my brothers twins...



This is Taylor, the other twin...



This is Ashley, my brothers oldest...



This is Eleesa, my older sisters only girl...



This is Brenden, the oldest grandchild...

This is Scruffy...

She is the stray puppy found outside my mother in laws condo a few weeks ago. She was on her porch curled up under the snow shovel. It was FREEZING outside so she brought her in, made flyers, tried to find her owner, with no luck. She named her Scruffy but didn't really want to keep her, (they already have a black lab who lives inside their tiny condo.) My mom has been wanting a puupy, so I called her up and asked her if she wanted this one. My kids really wanted to keep her, but having her at Grandmas is the next best thing.....

Our Little Rudolph...

Our Snowman....

Morgan was so excited when we finally got some snow, she REALLY wanted to build a snowman, but the snow was not cooperating with us, it was just not sticky enough. So on Saturday when Greg told her the snow was perfect for a snowman, she ran down and got all her gear , called her friend Damaira, and headed out! Greg went out and helped her build "our very best snowman ever" according to Morgan. I am really glad I got some pictures of it, because that night it was destroyed by some nieghborhood kids:( Greg heard some noise around midnight, and when he looked out he saw some boys out there, they had knocked the snowman over and were carrying the pieces into the middle of the street, where they were attempting to rebuild it. When Greg turned on the porch light they ran off. The worst part is that they lost some of the pieces to my snowman kit.....

Visit With Santa...

We always take the kids to see Santa at Provo Towne Center, always on Sunday because there is usually no one there, and we have NEVER had to wait more than 5 min. This year when we got there, there was a line, not a long one mind you, but every single group in front of us was having Kiddie Kandids take pictures. My kids are not patient, they kept asking when is it our turn, but they were actually pretty good, they were just soooo excited!! We had to wait for about 30 min, for our 2 minutes. Jordan asked Santa for "All the Nerf Guns" and Morgan told us she was going to ask for a REAL laptop, when Greg told her that Santa probably wasn't going to give a laptop to an eight year old she said "Fine then I'll ask for a Nintendo DS. And she did. When Santa asked her what she wanted, she said "I want a laptop and a DS." Santa laughed, and said "Well, this girl sure knows what she wants!" Greg and I thought it was pretty funny....

Snow Fun...

My kids were soooo excited when they looked outside this morning!! They were up and putting on their snow gear before Greg and I were even out of bed. Jordan did not last too long, he played for a few minutes, then came in saying it was way too cold out there, and could he just have some hot cocoa. So, no pictures of him all bundled up. Morgan on the other hand would stay out there all day if we would let her I think. She was making snow angels in the drive way and was not too happy when Greg came out to shovel. But no worries, she just moved over to the grass....