Watch Out Beyonce!

     Sarah was practicing her dance moves and David walked in and told her he could teach her a couple of cool moves.  Maybe he should leave the dance moves to Heather and Sarah.

Sam's Home!

     Samantha decided to fly home from Hawaii for Thanksgiving.  She flew all night, and then Sarah and Heather said it was soo nice of her to fly all the way home to go to their gymnastics meet. . . so, she got to spend the entire day (with no sleep) cheering her little sisters on.  We love having Samantha home!

State Gymnastics Meet!

You are looking at the Eighth and Tenth place Beam Champions in the entire state of Arizona!!!  Way to go Sarah and Heather!  They did awesome in vault, floor, and bars.  They got their best scores in all the events.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday Mom!   I have always loved this picture.  It is a picture of a picture so the quality is not very good.  You are so beautiful and happy.  It reminds me of the many times I would come home from school and laundry would be freshly folded on the kitchen table and the smell of warm bread was coming from the kitchen.  You did everything for your children.  Even when you had to go back to work, you continued to be SUPER Mom.  Seven children, the first four of us one year apart, I am amazed how truly talented you are.  Now that I am a Mother of five children, I appreciate what you did even more.  Many summers Dad was gone to scout camp or on high school students on tours of Europe, or building homes for an extra income.  You would take care of us filling the void and doing it all.  I know how tired I am at the end of the day, and you taught sewing classes in the upstairs room of Baron's Fabrics.  Many nights I  would go to class with you.  I was sewing my own clothes by the fourth grade because you taught me.  I love that you passed that down to us.  It is becoming a lost art and I'm glad my Mother taught me.  Sewing was such a small part of what you taught us.  You taught us compassion, selflessness, love and inner beauty.  You are truly a remarkable woman.  

Happy Birthday Mom!  I love you.

Thanksgiving

What is everyone doing for Thanksgiving???

American Girl Doll

I think these are the times that when your children grow up, you will miss.  Heather is eleven but still thinks the American Girl dolls are the coolest thing ever.  All she talks about is which American Girl Doll she wants.  She filled a baking pan with water and froze it so she could make her doll ice skate.  Of course, Max is her side kick in anything that she does.  I told her next year when she is in Jr. High she may not get to play with dolls.  Its so cute tho.  I love the little girl that is in Heather.  She is so sweet and simple.  

Going Private

     I have been thinking that it is a little creepy not knowing who is reading your blog and that I should go private.  It's like all these little kids that you tell, "don't talk to strangers," or if a man drives up to you and offers you candy, don't take it because he will pull you in his car and drive away.  But then our children ask if they can have a lemonaide stand with their friends and you say sure.  So next thing you know your seven year old is on a corner going up to strange cars and collecting money for lemonaide.  That just never made any sense to me!

     Anyways, please let me know if you want an invite to my blog.  It's not that exciting, but I will feel safer blogging about my kids.  I just went to my neices blog, Jessica, and from there went to her friends who said she was going private.  I felt weird reading about someone I didn't know.  Then when I went back to Jessica's blog I noticed my blog is listed on the side.  (I love you Jessica) but then I realized the craziness of blogging.  You can be intertwined to everyone through your friends.  Sorry, I'm a little slow on technology.  This article didn't persuade me, but it is interesting if you want to take a look.  I stole it from Jessica's friend (see its madness)!

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4699330

Good Times!

     I found this picture the other day and I forgot how we used to do everything with Nate and Ryan.  I miss Brooke holding the twins when they were babies and thinking she had two new sisters.  I miss Lisa hugging my kids every time she saw them and making them feel they were the coolest kids ever!  I miss Brian having two older brothers to look after him and play "dudes"with.  As we trick or treated in our old neighborhood, I realized how much I miss our old neighbors and millions of kids roaming the streets on halloween.  I miss the relationships I used to have with all of my sisters.  I miss Samantha living at home. . .  There is one thing that is constant in life, and that is that it will always change.  Enjoy the moment.  It wont be there tomorrow.  

     I love the time I am living and the children that surround me and the relationship that David and I have, I wouldn't change a thing, I just miss some of the good things and relationships that have to be left in the past.  Wow, I had no idea that this blog was going in that direction.  I just wanted to post the CUTEST PICTURE EVER!  We remember Nate in our prayers every night.  Hope the gospel is growing in Hondurus.  We miss you.

Homecoming

I'm just a little behind on blogging.  Coaching soccer has taken a little more time then I was anticipating.  (Is that a good excuse, cuz I can come up with another one if I need to).  Isn't Brian handsome.  We just bought a new suit for the dance.  Also for winter formal, prom, and his mission!

Happy Halloween!

I am seriously behind on my blog.  Halloween, is of course, my favorite holiday!  I don't know why.  Its kind of like Amy's obsession with Disney Land. . . can't explain it.  Sarah and Heather were suppose to compete in a gymnastic meet in Las Vegas, but we decided not to go the last minute.  We had to invent some costumes the day of halloween.  (Thanks Jill for your forrest fairy).  Sarah and Heather went with their friends Sami and Brianda and Max was pretty much a "Mama's boy all night.  I kind of like that he is scared, he's my baby.  David and I took him in a halloween store and I had to cover his eyes and lead him around.  He bumped into something and thought it would be "creapy" and started screaming like a little girl in the store.  No, seriously, we had to run him outside he was so loud and blood curdling.

     One funny story.  We went around in our neighborhood with Max and there was not another soul around so we decided to go to Uncle Steve's house.  Max met up with some friends.  As they were going door to door, they knocked on Steve's door.

They peeked in the window because no one was answering.  They saw a man sitting in the kitchen with a big bowl next to him ignoring the door.  Max's friends started banging on the windows and yelling at him to get up.  Max said, "hey thats my uncle."  his friend said, "well your uncle sucks!"  (Not the nicest friend).  Anyways, it turned out Steve ran out of candy, but it appeared he was too tired to answer the door.  Its bad luck to run out of candy on Halloween.  All in all it was a good night.  I just miss the chaos of all the kids in our old neighborhood.  We had three trick-or-treaters all night.  Of course, $50 worth of candy was missing at the end of the night.  It had to be Sarah and Heathers little boyfriends that kept coming over. If you were a twelve year old boy, wouldn't you want to play with the twins and their friends?  Dah!  I'll have to add a picture of Brian's halloween costume later.  Yes, he is 18!