Madison and Austin news

Madison and Austin both got the CEO award at school this month. Madison on December 5th, and Austin on December 12th. CEO stands for chief example to others. Madison got the award for always coming prepared and with a great attitude! Way to go Madison! I am so proud of my kids. They are such good kids and students at school. Last Sunday Madison got her hair cut. She got bangs, and some highlights! At first she didn't like it, but I think its growing on her. I love it, sad thing is it makes her look older! She is still as beautiful as ever! Thanks Cara for the great hair cuts and colors you always give us!
Austin got the CEO for following directions! I'm so proud of him too! When they get the CEO award they get a free kids meal at Mimi's Cafe. Way to go Austin!

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had such a great Thanksgiving this year! Jake had to work so we had dinner with the Schaugaard family, and then a few hours later we had dinner at the firestation. Jake's crew invited their families to come and eat. It was a good day with a lot of good food, good family, and alot to be thankful for!

The day after Thanksgiving, we went to Kemmerer! We love to go there, and had alot of fun. The kids love going to the chicken coop to gather eggs. Jake and Blake were able to go duck hunting, and Stratton and Austin went with them one of the times. They all loved that.
When we got there on Friday, we went to the forest to get fresh cut Christmas trees! Jake really didn't want to get one I'm not sure why, but we all talked him into it, and we came home with 3 of them. All strapped to the top of our Yukon!! It was pretty funny.
Madi wanted her own tree, so we let her pick one out for her bedroom.

The kids all loved looking for trees. I think we need to make this a tradition!

Tagged
7 Things I Can Do
1. Love Kids
2. Cook for a lot of people
3. Clean
4. Shop
5. Have many kids at my house at once
6. Watch Maycee and Kemry dance to HSM3
7. Talk on the phone and deal with kids and many other things

7 Things I Can't Do
1. Bake (such as cookies, etc.)
2. Alot on the computer
3. Have patience after 9:00 p.m.
4. Have Jake home with alot of kids here
5. Talk about my mom without getting teary or crying
6. Watch my kids suffer or hurt
7. Sit down during the day knowing how much I have to do!

7 Things That Attracted Me to Jake
1. His voice/accent
2. His looks
3. Funny personality
4. His Family (I'm lucky-they are awesome!)
5. His knowledge of the Gospel
6. His dark hair and brown eyes
7. He's polite (always opening the door for me etc. And he still does when he can!)

7 Things I Say Most Often
1. Maycee Claire!!!
2. Love you!
3. Thanks for playing so nice together!
4. How's it going?
5. Hey Babe!
6. How was your day?
7. Sleep tight don't let the bed bugs bite!

7 People I admire
1. Jake
2. My Mom
3. Ashlee
4. My sisters-in-law (Jeri, Cara, Angie, Kelli, Steph, Cindy, Janie)
5. Mother-in-law
6. President Monson
7. My Aunt Joy

7 Favorite Foods:
1. Roast and potatoes
2. Soup (any kind)
3. Zuppa soup, Salad, & breadsticks from Olive Garden
4. Mexican food
5. Steak & baked potatoes
6. Chocolate
7. Homemade Salsa

7 People I tag
1. Steph
2. Cindy
3. Janie
4. Lisa
5. Eryn
6. McKell
7. JeNeal

Halloween

We had such a fun Halloween this year! My friend DeeAnn's family always invites us to their Halloween party. This is all the kids at the party.
Austin and Kesler

Madison and Kambrea. They were so surprised to see each other in the same costume this year! These two are such good friends. We wish they lived closer.
Kemry, Jaida, Sydney, Maycee, and Presley

On Halloween we went to our friends Erin and Mike's house. We have been doing this for the past few years, and it is so much fun! Jeri and Blake came this year, but Austin went trick-or-treating with his friend Carson.

Madison and 2 of her friends Ashley and Sienna all planned to be hippy's this year. That's why she was so surprised to see Kambrea as a hippy too.

Austin loves Indiana Jones from the movies to the WII Game! His decision to be Indiana was a pretty easy one! Thanks to Matt and Lisa for letting him borrow their WII game for so long!

Ashlee took Kemry shopping for her Birthday and told her she could pick out her own Halloween costume. She wanted to be a "pirate girl!" What a beautiful little girl she is!

Maycee at first wanted to be a penguin, but then decided that she wanted to be Gabriella! She made such a cute Gabriella and looked so cute with dark hair!

October Fun!

I feel like its been forever since I've posted, so here is a little bit of what we've been doing! Over UEA we went to the park with Cindy and Jeri and their kids! It was alot of fun! We got pizza for lunch and Jeri's mom and sisters were there also. With all of us I think there were 19 kids and 6 adults. I wish I had my camera out for that!

The last few years we have grown pumpkins and it is so much fun! These are the pumpkins we grew and the kids have wanted to carve them since we picked them.

Kemry dancing with the witch my dad gave us! Thanks dad for the cute witch!

This is our new favorite place to get ice cream. The kids got coupons for a free ice cream from school for meeting their reading goal for the month. We've been back another time since this!

Preschool zoo, dance, hunting, and teeth!

For preschool Maycee had to pick an animal and make a cage for it and then Mrs. King held a mock zoo. Maycee picked panda bears, and luckily she has a very talented dad who helped her make a cage for her pandas!!
Maycee and Presley with Hannah the Hippo!
We love Mrs. King! Thanks for the fun activity, even though Maycee and Presley don't look so happy about it. Actually this was when Presley was realizing that she couldn't bring her hippo home yet, and she was very upset! Maycee was feeling her pain.
Kemry and Brynlee have taken dance together since they were 2(almost 3) and they love it! They have taken tap, ballet, and this year jazz!

Kemry and Brynlee are best friends, and we are so lucky to have them live around the block from us.
Austin was able to go hunting with Jake, Steve and Toby for Steve's Mountain Goat. He was so excited. He always wants to go with his dad, and I think Jake was just as excited to finally be able to take him. This is one of the things Jake has always wanted since Austin was born, was to be able to hunt and have a buddy to go with him.
Austin got to miss 2 days of school to hunt, and luckily on the 2nd day Steve shot the Mountain Goat. Austin was able to make it back to school on Friday.
This is my handsome boy before he got his 8 teeth pulled! We went to the orthodontist, and he wanted them pulled to save us money and Austin time on having to wear braces in the future.
This is Austin with his Jack-o-lantern smile after the teeth came out! Still as handsome as ever! We had him put under so they could do all of them at once, and he was a little nervous on the way to the dentist. Austin was so brave and was able to get the I.V. without getting a shot first to put him to sleep. I was so proud of him for being such a brave little guy!

I've been tagged!

8 Tv Shows I love to Watch
Extreme Makeover Home Edition
Dancing With the Stars
Good Things Utah
American Idol
House Hunters

The Bachelor
Oprah
News
8 Favorite Restaurants
Texas Roadhouse
Training Table
Pizza Factory
Panda Express
Paradise Bakery
Olive Garden
Red Robin

Cafe Rio
8 Things that Happened Yesterday

Went to Maycee's preschool to see the mock zoo
We took a treat over and met our new neighbors
Took Austin to the dentist to get 8 teeth pulled
Bought 2 Birthday presents for parties on Saturday
Visited friends Erin and Mike

Played a game with Maycee
Got Kemry's hair cut
Cleaned the bathroom
8 Things I am looking forward to
New York July 2009
General Conference
spending time with family Saturday night
Next summer
Going to Kemmerer next weekend
Bunko
Sunday afternoon with my family
Jake coming home from work in 2 days

8 Things on my Wish list
Get Kemry's room done downstairs
A Vacation with my Husband
Disneyland
Good Health
Finish all our house projects
Happy, healthy children
My children to love the gospel and marry in the Temple
Shopping Spree
8 People I am Tagging
Jeri

Cara

Cindy

Becky

Louise

Betsy

McKell

JeNeal

Good Things Utah/Time out for Women

I know its been a few weeks since this, but on September 12, Jake and our nephew Nate were able to go on Good Things Utah to promote Nate's school hero program, and the 5k run that our sister-in-law Cindy put together. Nate had to choose a hero and he chose Jake as his hero. What a great kid Nate is! Don't let Jake forget about the candy he still owes you Nate. I love Good Things Utah, so it was fun to go and watch. Doesn't Jake look like a hottie in his uniform!!
After Good Things Utah, all the girls in Jake's family met and we went to Logan for the weekend to go to Time Out for Women. We had such a good time, and I love getting together with all of them. Time out for women is an evening and a day full of speakers and musical talent. Friday night we heard James Ferrell the author of The Peacegiver, and The Holy Secret. Also Jenny Oaks Baker who is a violinist. She was amazing, and if you haven't read The Peacegiver, it is a must read. I'm still reading The Holy Secret. Also Kenneth Cope(an LDS artist) sang Friday night and Saturday. Saturday was a day full of women speakers, who all did a very good job. It was a very uplifting weekend, and we are all looking forward to another one!
This is all of us with Kenneth Cope. Angie, Kelli, Steph, me, Cindy, Patty, and Janie. I love you girls and am so grateful that you are all a part of my life. Thanks for all the good times we always have together.

Happy Birthday Kemry

Happy Birthday to our little Kems!! Kemry you are such a special little girl, and we can't believe that you are 5 now! We are so lucky to have you in our family, and we feel especially blessed that you are so healthy after such a rough start in life! Kemry you are the sweetest, most tender hearted girl. As I was blogging a few weeks ago about my mom, I was crying as I was typing, and poor Kemry ran out of the room just bawling. I went after her to see what was wrong, and she was so upset because she missed grandma Cheryl! We love your kisses and snuggles that you always give to us. We especially like it when you kiss your blanket because you love it so much. You are the best sister and friend to Maycee. Kemry, you are such a beautiful girl, and we are so proud of you and all you do! We love you to pieces!

High School Tag: I was tagged by Shalise Benjamin
1. Did you date someone from your school? Yes
2. What kind of car did you drive? Pontiac 6000 station wagon!!Ha Ha! We loved the wag!
3. Did you pass your driver's license test on the first try? YES!
4. Were you a party animal? No!!
5. Were you considered a flirt? No.
6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? None! I wanted to be in the choir in 9th grade, but Mr. Broomhead said I wasn't good enough!
7. Were you a nerd? I tried to be friends with everyone.
8. Were you on any varsity teams? No.
9. Did you get suspended/expelled? No.
10. Can you still sing the fight song? Yes.
11. Who were your favorite teachers? Mousaw thanks to Shalise.
12. Where did you sit during lunch? In the main hall, we would also eat upstairs by the bookstore, and walk to Maverik quite often.
13. What is your schools full name? Jordan High School (the old one, was located where Jordan Commons is now)
14. School mascot and colors? Beet Digger (Digger Dan); Maroon and Grey
15. Did you go to Homecoming and who with? Yes- With Jesse Shaw 16. If you could go back and do it again, would you? I loved high school, but I'm happy with my life now. 17. What do you remember most about graduation? Watching the dark clouds coming as the speakers were still speaking, and hurrying in to the gym cuz it was raining. We had an all night party at the Life Centre it was alot of fun.
18. Where did you go senior skip day? I don't remember!
19. Were you in any clubs? No clubs, JV cheerleader, and a Charlonian when I was a senior.
20. Have you gained some weight since then? A little.
21. Who was your prom date? Adam Mendenhall
22. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? I went-it was fun to see everyone.
23. Did you have a job while in high school? Yes, Allied, and Wasatch Shores tanning salon-funnest job ever! Now I tag: whoever wants to do this.

Fun Weekend

Thank to Blake and Jeri for inviting us last weekend to go to the health fair up at the U!! I really wasn't sure if I wanted to go cuz Jake was working, and they wanted to leave early! I'm glad we decided to go, and at the last minute we got my dad to go. It was so much fun! The kids loved it and we got tons of free stuff including food, balloons, and face painting. The food included hot dogs, cotton candy, snowcones, and creamies!!
I had to take a picture of Maycee and her "best friend". As we were walking to the fair, Kemry was holding Blake's hand, and I asked her if she was holding her best friends hand? (Blake always asks her if he is her best friend). She said yes, but even cuter than that, Maycee said I'm holding my best friends hand!! My kids sure love their grandpa, and we are so lucky to live right next door to him.

It was fun to watch the helicopter take off. I think the kids were surprised at how windy it was when it was just above us!



Thanks Blake and Jeri and grandpa for a fun time! We are already looking forward to go again next year!