Taking down Spiderman!

So for Christmas my Mom sent the boys super hero sweat shirts. Isaac got Batman (who he loves) and Josh got Spiderman (he is obsessed with!!) As soon as Josh opened his he had all his clothes off and was ready to adorn his new found love.

Day 1

Day 5

I am hoping I can concur Spiderman and at least wash him! I do have to say, I think my Mom wins the ward for best gift! Way to go Mom!!

Sledding!!

We love to go sledding!

We have the best place to go! You know you will always have snow even if there is no snow at our house. When we got up to Mutual Dell there was no one there. It was so fun to have the whole place to ourselves!! The kids had a blast and so did Greg, I was still trying to get over the flu so I stuck with taking the pictures. Thank goodness Greg loves to play with the kids, some times I think he thinks he is still a kid .

When we were all done every one was SOAKED!!!

Ben going for his jump. Big boys are too cool to just do "normal" sledding.

These pictures are totally out of order, but this is Isaac having a snack after some fun sledding.

Megan had just come down the hill and wiped out. She was laughing really hard!

Some of the gang working their way down the hill.

Josh wasn't to sure about the sledding. He hung out with Mom for some of the time and then got up some guts to do some runs with Dad. He made his Dad carry him up the hill very time. He had some issue with being pulled in the sled up the hill.

Sarah had an awesome time! Isn't she so cute!

I love her face!

Total fear in Joshies face. He hadn't warmed up to the sledding yet.

Isaac had a blast!

So stinken cute!! They look sweet, but there's a whole bunch of trouble looking at ya!

Isaac's Christmas program

Well this has been our 5th Christmas program through the same pre-school. I love this pre-school!! They have many programs through out the year and they are always so cute.

This is Isaac's first year of pre-school and he loves it! He was very excited for his program. He practiced a lot for it and couldn't wait to show us all his hard work, not to mention Santa was going to be there as well.

He did a very good job but was easily distracted by the track walkers that was up above his head.

I can't believe how big he is getting!!

Isaac ans Josh were so excited to see Santa! They both told them exactly what they wanted. It was so cute!

What a handsome boy!

He did a great job singing! (crazy red eyes!)

He was so proud of his program! He loved to be there and sing his songs.

Megan

Megan is our true performer!! You ask her what she wants to when she grows up and it always has something to do with being in front of people and performing. I hope that she keeps that confidence as she grows up and doesn't lose that like I did.

In our Elementary school this year they put together a Ballroom dance team. They have been doing it since the beginning of the school year and practice every Monday and Tuesday's before school starts. This schedule would only work for Megan and not any of my other children. She is my, on time get up as early as you need to to make sure you get to were you are going on time kind of kid (I love that).

They had their first sneak peak of the dances they have been working on. In January they will go to their first competition.

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree!!

Every year we get a fresh tree. We love going out and picking it (at Home depot) bringing it home and the smell of it.

This year we heard about a tree farm not far from our home. You get to go out and look for your tree, cut it down and bring it home. What fun!! We ventured out and the hunt began. It was full of caroling, sweet smells, family bonding time.....Oh wait, that was a dream.

Have you ever watch the movie "Christmas vacation", the opening scene when they are driving to the tree farm, the kids are SO excited to go(megan and the little guys were excited) we had some protesting and some not so excited kids(Ben).

Once there we were hoping for a bright light to shine upon "the tree", but that didn't happen. I was very overwhelmed! So many trees to pick from and it had to be "the perfect" tree. We would find "the one", but then we would find another one. Ben was full of support and led the christmas caroling....NOT!!! He was cold and was ready to go!!

We did find "the one" and had a really great time hunting for it. We got it cut down and then had it pulled by a 4wheeler to the car. Now that was the best part!!

We have it up and I am thinking it is kind of BIG! Oh well, we love Christmas around here so the bigger the better!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I think the tree is a bit on the big side!!

On our way home!

Kids loved the ride and we loved that we didn't have to carry it all the way to the car!

Timber!!!

"The one"

The feast before the feast.

So this year we spent Thanksgiving at my sister Jenny's house. So to start the day off right we had a pre-feast. I went all out for breakfast and had a lot of fun.

We had:

Homemade sticky buns

Homemade hash browns

Eggs

Bacon

Orange juice

It was very yummy!!

As we sat eating our breakfast we went around and everyone said one things they are grateful for. Sarah: my family, Josh: Jesus, Ben: food, Megan: mom & dad, Greg: his family, Callie: my testimony and my family(i can't pick between those two).
I wanted to eat ALL the sticky buns!
YUMMY!!!!

Bowling

So now that the boys are getting older we feel like we need to spice up our family nights. We polled the kids the other night to see what they wanted to do for our activity. Their ideas were Ice skating, bowling. We thought we would start out easy and go for the bowling.

Megan really enjoyed herself. She is a good bowler!
Ben is better than me at bowling. Of course that isn't hard to do. He really had a good time, but of course worried about the boys the whole time. He is are worry wart. He is very protective of the little guys, but of course not over his sisters.

Out of all of the kids I think Josh had the most fun! Yes, he insisted on wearing his spiderman costume. He thought it gave him muscles to carry his own ball. He would not let ANYONE help him. If you got close to him he would tell you to "get away, I do it myself!" No matter if he hit a ball or not he had this high pitch scream. It was HILARIOUS!!!
Sarah was quite the bowler herself. She really enjoyed it and was very eager to help everyone with their ball.
I was surprised at how strong the boys were. They would pick up these heavy balls and carry them and never drop them once.
The boys worked hard on their patients. They did a very good job and were great cheerleaders.
All-in-all we had a great time!! The kids all walked away very happy and grateful and we made another great memory as a family.

Family

The girls and I got to go see Theo in his very first piano recital today. He did so well!! He was so excited and ready to show his stuff.

It is when I get to be a part of these thing that makes me so grateful that I get to live by some of my family. I wish I could live by all my family but I can't.

About 2 weeks ago I was lucky enough to go out to Wisconsin and be apart of two very wonderful events. Beth blessed sweet little Hector and Baptized Damon. My sister Beth and her husband Jason have done an amazing job with their family and I and grateful for their example.

I was able to be with both my sisters, which doesn't happen often. We had an awesome time together!! There were many late nights, lots of laughing (maybe a little of wetting our pantsbecause of all the laughing), and long talks about everything. I am so blessed to have 2 AWESOME sister in my life. I think I am the luckiest because they are both my older sisters, so I have to guardian angels looking out for me.

The sweetest addition to the ever growing Baker family!! I love family and we have a pretty dang great one!! I think there are 16 grandkids!!
Here is sweet Damon on the day the he got Baptized. He was so happy and excited. I am very proud of him. He is a wonderful example to his sisters and brother.
Cutest thing ever!!! Hector was able to share Damon's special day with him and be blessed. I am so grateful for the Gospel and the hope peace and joy it brings to me and my family. Sitting there that day and witnessing the Gospel touching my family was priceless. It was a real testimony builder.
Beth and Jason are wonderful parents. They have a beautiful family.

Yes I am not the best blogger.

Oh well, right.

Part of my problem is that I think that if I don't have picture's to show then I don't have any thing to blog.

Well I am going to try to get over that and blog my thoughts as well. I want to use this as part of my family journaling as well as keeping in touch with family and friends and not have it just be photo's.

Not very many people view or comment on my blog so I don't think it will bother any one if I start adding just my thoughts.

Well here goes. :)

The Fire Station

Isaac Had his first field trip with his pre-school. He thought he was sooo big! I can't believe that he is in pre-school! We started with a fire safety movie and than moved on to see the BIG fire truck. He thought he had died and gone to heaven! I love this kids!!

This is Isaac with his friends. They are of course the cutest girls in the class. He takes after his big brother.
Here he is having his lunch. This was the highlight of the whole day!! He absolutely LOVES to take a lunch some where and this day he got to take one to school with him. Now he thinks he needs to take one every time.

Loved to see the big fire truck!!

Humoring Mom and letting me take pictures when all he wanted to do was go eat his lunch.

Here he is so proudly holding his beloved lunch. He was on cloud nine that day. I am so glad I was able to be part of it.

Ben turns 12!!!

I can't believe that my baby boy has turned 12!

We had a great party for him a Noah's. It is a building that has like 12 rooms. Some are for movie parties others are for playing pool or ping pong. We got the racket ball room. It was heaven! We can put all the kids in a big glass room and they can go crazy. We can make a huge mess and don't have to clean a thing up!! My kind of party! Thanks to all the family and friends that supported us on the very special day!

I can't hear you!!!

I still can't hear you!!!!

A new Year!

Can't believe school is already here!! It is a bitter sweet year this year.

My Ben is in his last year of elementary school.

Sarah is on 2nd grade this year ans loving every minute of it!

Megan is an all to wise and fashionably ahead of her time 5th grader. She ran for class President and won! It has been a great first few weeks of school.

And here is my sweet, thinks he is an adult awesome 6th grader! He is loving school!

I have my 2 cute little guys at home with me, but they seem to be growing up as well. Isaac starts preschool this year and is very eager for that every Tuesday and Thursday. We have to make two extra lunches every morning for the boys. They love caring those around with them all morning long. You would think it is helpful, but by snack time the lunch is gone.

Love watching my kids grow and to see them make good choices and stand up for what is right. They all have the best friends and are in a very great environment.