Sun 12.25.2011

Merry Christmas! We had a late night at Nana and Papa's and we let Colton sleep in, while the twins opened their gifts. It was nice letting them be the center of attention. Although, I wish we could have seen Coltons reaction to everything under the tree. Im not sure if he's old enough yet to get super excited though.  After we opened gifts at home, we went to Grandpa Pauls house, and had brunch with Aarons sisters and Grandma and Grandpa Tine. After that we headed back home, Grandma Chloe and KC came over, we opened gifts with them, then we got dinner ready and my parents, Keri and Joey came over for dinner. Busy day, but it was so fun seeing so much family all in one day.

Sat 12.24.2011

We spent the evening at Nana and Papas house for Christmas Eve. It is SO much fun watching Colton and Abigail play together. They are 4 months apart, and they are just so cute together!

Fri 12.23.2011

We took the kids to Dickie's BBQ for lunch. The girls ate great, and Colton behaved so well! I love taking outings like this, as a family!

Thu 12.22.2011

We FINALLY decorated Gingerbread Houses. We always build our own from graham crackers, and home made frosting, but we saw these kits at Sams Club, and figured it would probably be easier this way. We got 2 kits. Claire and Aaron decorated one, and Carlie and I decorated the other! We put Colton down for a nap before we started, and we had a lot of fun.

Wed 12.21.2011

We love going around looking at Christmas lights. We heard of this neighbor hood that had TONS of houses that decorated their houses and yards. We drove by and were not disappointed! The kids LOVED all of the houses!

Tue 12.20.2011

Grandma Chloe got these cute Santa hats for all of the kids. They LOVED them! The girls wore these hats around the house for days!

Mon 12.19.2011

Ok, it kind of seems like our lives revolve around the Rebels. Well, it does. We try to go to as many home games as possible. We watch, or listen to EVERY away game. Me and Aaron grew up watching the Rebels. We know the first and last names of every member on the team, where they are from, what HS they went to, where they transferred from and so on. We follow most of the players on Twitter. We read every stat, and article written about the team! Basketball season is just something that we are really involved in. We love our Rebels!

Sun 12.18.2011

Colton is constantly being naughty! He likes to get up onto the fireplace and run back and forth. Scares me to death!

Sat 12.17.2011

Watching the Rebel game with Colton boy in our Rebel gear. We won!

Fri 12.16.2011

For the last day of school before Christmas break, the girls were able to wear what ever clothes they wanted for school. I made them these cute Christmas Tree shirts, out of ribbon. I think they turned out super cute!

Thur 12.15.2011

Aaron and I have been trying to do Christmas shopping while the twins are in school, Colton gets to tag along with. We were at Old Navy, and saying hello to EVERYONE. he even went up to the mannequin and said hello to it! It was hilarious!

Wed 12.14.2011

The kids didnt have school today so my friend Sarah and I made chocolate covered pretzels for our neighbors and friends. The kids had a lot of fun playing, and we worked on these pretzels for a couple hours! We made 30 bags total. Each had 7-8 pretzels in them, so over 150 pretzels were made! Lots of work, but they were SO yummy!

Tue 12.13.2011

We took the kids to the Bass Pro Shops to see Santa. The line was crazy long, so Aaron waited, while the kids and I played the free games, and looked at the crazy fish. Luckily Keri came along with us, and helped entertain the kids!
**scan in Santa Photo**

Mon 12.12.2011

We went to the Ethel M Cactus Garden to look at the Christmas lights! It wasnt too cold out! It was fun walking around and seeing all the fun displays and lights. Afterwards we went on the mini tour of the chocolate factory. At the end of the tour, we got a fresh chocolate!

Sun 12.11.2011

Every year we get together at Grandma and Grandpa Valentines to help decorate their tree, and celebrate Grandma's Birthday. It has become one of my favorite traditions during the Christmas season. I enjoy seeing all of her ornaments that she has had for YEARS. Each year we give Grandma a new ornament. The last few years we have given her ones that are able to have a picture put inside, and I put a picture of each kid inside. Its fun to see how each kid has grown through out the year!

Sat 12.10.2011

I was out running errands today, and saw this up in the sky! Someone has been sky writing the last few days!

Fri 12.9.2011

I went and saw Melissa's new baby Lincoln today! He is such a cutie!!

Thur 12.8.2011

Notice the bars on my cell phone? It goes from 3 to searching to none! The life of having AT&T ... Service in my home is horrible!

Wed 12.7.2011

Another Rebel game! We werent able to make it down the the Orleans arena, so we watched the game online instead. UNLV vs Cal State San Marcos. We won!

Tue 12.6.2011

It has been COLD the last few days. I do NOT like it one bit! We had to finally buy the girls real winter coats. Im sure we will only use them for a few days, and it will warm back up.

Mon 12.5.2011

Sun 12.4.2011

Colton REALLY enjoyed the tree. He liked throwing all of the ornaments off. Claire sat down with Colton, and talked to him about the tree, and how we shouldnt touch! It was super cute!

Sat 12.3.2011

We got the tree up and decorated today! I love it! We also put up all of the other decorations for the house.

Fri 12.2.2011

A nasty storm came through last night. Crazy wind and rain! The mountain behind our house even got snow!

Thur 12.1.2011

Homework time! Sitting down with Claire doing homework. Her hand looks so tiny to me!

Wed 11.30.2011

UNLV vs UCSB live feed from the internet. The game wasnt televised so we watched from the vernues camera. Crazy game! We won though.

Tue 11.29.2011

Happy 1st Birthday, sweet Abigail!!

Mon 11.28.2011

I have been looking for new ways to style the girls hair for school. I saw this hair style on Pinterest, and decided to try it out. It turned out pretty cute!

Sun 11.27.2011

I have had these blocks since last year, that i hadnt done anything with yet. I finally got the crafting bug, and made them into Christmas 'Countdown' blocks. They look super cute in  the house, and the girls love changing the numbers each day.

Sat 11.26.2011

Colton was trying to get the Nerf gun to work for him. Such a serious face!

Starting up again.

Once again, I'm going to try to do this picture a day thing! And I'm starting today.

Day 98

Thursday April 7
We are supposed to go to Parowan tomorrow for Aarons turkey hunt. It looks like it's going to be dang cold!

Day 97

Thursday April 7
Claire and Carlie love playing around together!

Day 96

Tuesday April 5
Coltons breakfast. 1 cup infant oatmeal 1 jar fruit. He loves it!

Day 95

Monday April 4
Keri and Joey are headed back to Washington today. Claire and Carlie LOVE having them here, and have already said several times how much they miss them, and cant wait to see them again.

Day 94

Sunday April 3
Danish Pancakes! Every session of General Conference, we make Danish Pancakes, and watch conference as a family. This is one of my favorite traditions!!

Day 93

Saturday April 3
Claire and Carlie FINALLY were chosen as Students of the Week! As a reward, they got to go to a local toy shop, and pick something from the treasure chest. Well, it was more of a treasure box! It was a huge area, with "sand" (recycled milk cartons, that were tiny little pellets). They were given a little pouch, and they could keep everything that fit into that pouch! The girls had SO much fun!

Day 92

Friday April 1
KERI is married!!!!!! I am so happy for Keri and Joey! These 2 are the cutest! I just love them! Welcome to the family Joey!

Day 91

Thursday March 31
I got my hi-lites redone today for Keris wedding tomorrow! I LOVE how my hair turned out!

Day 90

Wednesday March 30
Colton boy thought it would be fun to try and feed himself. He was a mess, but he enjoyed himself!

Day 89

Tuesday March 29
Keri and Joey arrived today, and took Claire and Carlie mini-golfing with my other sister Lindsey! They had SO much fun!

Day 88

Monday March 28
For dinner tonight we got sliders, and went to the airport to watch airplanes land and take off. It was a fun little outing as a family!

Day 87

Sunday March 27
Well hello spring!! Im LOVING these warmer temperatures!!

Day 86

Saturday March 26
I finally found some shoes to go with my dress for Keri's wedding! Gotta love Target!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 85

Friday March 25
Colton and Aaron relaxing on the couch. These 2 hang out quite a bit while im getting the house clean, or getting ready for work. Colton was happy as can be sitting up like a big boy!

Day 84

Thursday March 24
Today was 'Spring' picture day at school. Claire and Carlie got to wear regular clothes! They look so grown up to me.

Day 83

Wednesday March 23
Colton boy is 8 months old!! He is SO close to crawling and sitting up! He's not really a baby anymore. He LOVES his sisters, is a mamas boy, loves attention, doesnt snuggle, gives the best open mouthed kisses, and is the happiest baby ever!

Day 82

Tuesday March 22
Happy Birthday Aaron!! Aaron turned 32 today. He is such a great husband and father, and we just love him!

Day 81

Monday March 21
Babies R Us had a sale on baby food, so I stocked up on some of Coltons favorites! His little corner of the pantry is looking pretty well stocked at the moment. He is going to eat me out of house and home though! He eats, 1c oatmeal + jar of fruit in the morning. 1 jar or pouch of veggies for lunch, 2 jars/pouches of turkey/chicken/beef and a veggie for dinner!

Day 80

Sunday March 20
We had my parents, David, Linda and Abigail over for dinner. I love having family over for dinner and games. We were getting ready to play Ticket to Ride, and Claire, Carlie and my dad were talking to Abi. The girls just love babies!

Day 79

Saturday March 19

Carlie and Colton laying on the couch together. Colton LOVES his sisters!