This year Christmas was at my parent's house. Tiff and Dave and their family were able to come and spend Christmas with us too!!! As you can tell by the pictures we had a wonderful time! Thanks mom and dad for everything!
Christmas morning:
Singin' along with Mitch Miller.
My Grandma Rex's Christmas skirt that she wore every year at Christmas.
Grandpa dancin' with the "babies".
My wonderful parents:)
Me with my beautiful Grandma Allan.
Emma and Hally dancing to Mitch Miller.
MYSTERIOUS!
Couldn't decide which one to post, because I love her face in both pictures, so I posted them both!
All of the grandkids in their Christmas jammies on Christmas Eve!
Addi and Hally have been taking ballet this past year at The Academy of Ballet. There are 4 academy's in Utah County and they're all preparing for the big ballet in June, Swan Lake. They had a small in-studio performance at Christmastime. While I like their instructor a lot and have noticed them progressing, I have not been thrilled with some things that have happened. Like no one showing up to teach the class, TWICE! Then when I called the main owner lady to complain, she just came up with excuses and never apologized. Yeah, whatever. We will finish out the year and let them preform in the big ballet in June, but then that's it. We'll find somewhere else to go and I won't recommend them to anyone.
Hally had her kindergarten Christmas program and she did fantastic! As usual the gym was WAY crowded so it was hard to see and take video/pictures. I did manage to take some video even if some guy's arm was in the way. Hally is just so cute!
This year we spent Thanksgiving in Cedar City. I LOVE Cedar City and really wish we could move back there someday. It's a quaint little town. This year, because the Stubbs' clan has gotten so big, we had turkey day in the church. The church is right across the street from Larry and Becky's house, so it was perfect. The kids could run around a little bit more and people could move around a little bit more. It worked out nicely. The day started out with the annual turkey bowl, which I'm bummed I didn't get any pictures of:( All the boys get together and play football. There are always some fun stories to be tolled of the turkey bowl. Then Tim had to hurry home and watch the Packer's game (GO Packers), which nearly made him miss dinner. Dinner was marvelous, as usual. Becky is a WAY good cook, then we all contributed something to her marvelous dinner. It was nice to be together, all of us except Elder Brock Stubbs, he's on a mission. After dinner we played some fun games in the gym, grandma had fun crafts to make, we ate some more food and enjoyed each other's company.
The next day all of the sister in-laws headed to St. George to do some shopping. Not necessarily black friday shopping. We just wanted to do something fun together, without the kids, so St. George it was. Once again I'm bummed I didn't get a picture of some of my favorite people ever, my sister in-laws.
Then the following day Tim and his brothers played paint ball pretty much all day. My SIL, Krista showed me how to make way cute, felt, hair flowers. Then we headed for home and back to work. It was a wonderful time had by all:)
Kendall turned two on November 17th. My kids are growing up and I'm feelin' old. For Kenny's big day we had a small family get together. She loved everything about her birthday. The pizza, the presents and the CAKE! Kendall is by far our most independent, outgoing and mischievous child. It's never good when Kendall is quiet, because you know she's up to NO good. She's drawn on the fridge and kitchen floor with all different colors of Sharipe. Black crayon now decorates our walls in several different areas. All I can say is thank goodness for the magic eraser! It's worked pretty good for the most part. Her favorite words are, "No" and "Don't". She is a little girl of few words. We keep waiting for her to start talking up a storm, but she's not really ready. She has her own language and knows the important words like, "candy." She's very smart and always knows what we're talking about. Just because of her age, she's not about to be left out by her sisters. Whatever Addi and Hally do, Kendall must do too. It's so cute to watch her mimic her sisters. If she gets in trouble she makes a painstakingly sad face and lets out a quiet whimper of a cry that no one could ever be mad at for very long. We love this little girl sooooooooo much!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday sweet and sassy Kendall!
Easiest giant cupcake ever! I used a small cake pan for the base and a pyrex bowl for the top. Pretty cute and cheap!
Grandma Juju with her Stubbs' grandkids.
Kenny Kaboodle (what grandma calls her) with grandma Juju.
So excited to open her first present!
The box of fruit snacks was probably her favorite present.
Cutest fairy there ever was!
Not sharing, but wanting grandma to open it.
Yay! Clothes!
Cute little dinosaur.
A movie:)
Fun to open presents!
The last of the Mohicans. That's what my dad calls her for being the youngest grandchild.
Dora backpack.
Dora couch.
Pretty territorial over her Dora couch.
Had to bring the Dora couch to the table for cake.
Yum!
Aren't those cheeks to die for? Happy Birthday Darlin'!
Last weekend we headed north to see Grandma Scott. Even though we would love to visit with this side of the family much, MUCH, more, we try to at least get together a few times a year. I love this side of my family immensely and so does Tim and the girls!
Grandma has seriously been through the ringer with her hip surgeries. I think there's finally some light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to surgeries! I am amazed by her determination! I know it must be quite discouraging much of the time to go through what she has, but I'm astonished by her upbeat, positive attitude. I am so thankful to have her as a wonderful example in my life. She is so genuine, nonjudgemental, kind, loving, giving, faithful, strong, etc. She's had an abundance of trials in her life, but she always has a positive outlook and comes out on top. I love her with all of my heart! I can see a lot of her personality and traits in myself and hope to be just like her. Love you grandma!
Addi's having so much fun hanging out with grandma.
Greg with Kendall.
So cute!
UNCLES! They're seriously the best!!! If I lived closer to them, we'd hang out so much, I'm sure they would get tired of me! Talk about some cool people. Richie and Greg are in this picture. They're funny, fun to be around, they make you feel special, they're nonjudgemental and would give you the shirt of their back. Love you guys!
Halloween Parade: Every year at the elementary school there is a Halloween Parade. Parents get to come and watch the kids walk around in their costumes.
This year the girls had coordinating costumes from Alice in Wonderland. We have the Mad Hatter...
...Alice...
...and the cheshire cat.
So excited to go trick or treating!
Addi with one of her best friends, Haven.
Hally with one of her best friends, Miles.
Why I love this neighborhood! So many friends, all the time! All of these friends are moving in the next month or so. We're very sad about that!
Tim dressed in his cheese head, taking the girls trick or treating. Go Packers!
I love being a mom and I have THREE beautiful little girls that just melt my heart. I have been happily married for over 9 years to my cute husband, Tim. He is so sweet to me and his little girls.
