St George

4 Generations: My cute Grandma, beautiful monther, me, and my adorable girls at Grandma Walker's house in St George.
We went to St George for my Grandma's 80th surprise birthday party. We did a game show theme of my grandma's favorite shows. Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy= "Joyeparty" (her name is Joye), and The Price is Right.
All of the questions were related to my Grandma's life.
The party was so much fun.

My super-talented husband made the PLINKO game for The Price is Right. The kids especially loved to play it.

My grandparents were so surprised.

We went and hiked around Dixie and took some cute pictures of the kids.

It is almost impossible to get them to all smile and look at the camera at the same time.

I sure do love having a day off to spend time with my wonderful family.

We spent a 3 day weekend at Panguitch Lake in January and had a blast playing in the snow.

Summer crashed into her cousin while sledding and her eye swelled shut. Poor baby. Surprisingly, that was the only accident.

Fun was had by all.

Joel's sister, her husband and their 5 kids came too. It was so great to have all the kids together.

There was so much snow that Owen was able to sled right off the roof of the garage.

I was glad Joel's dad brought his snow mobile so that we didn't have to carry the kids or all our gear while we snow shoed in from the mail road.

Owen loves his new "snow mobile" sled that he got for Christmas. He can turn it and it has breaks so he can slow down. I think that saved him from crashing into other kids a few times.

We did have a very Merry Christmas. Summer wanted everything "Mapunzel"

We had a fun trip to Las Vegas over Christmas break.
We took the kids to the outlet mall, let them pick out one toy for Christmas and their favorite part was riding the Merry-go-round.
They also always love swimming and enjoying the warmer weather.
We picked up a new cat on our trip. He rode in a wheel well from the LA airport and needed a new home. My kids couln't say no to a new kitty. I am allergic but just love the idea of no mice around my house. He is a sweet cat and almost a twin to the one we already have at home. It took them a while to get used to each other but now they are best friends.

The kids love having grandpa fix their teeth. Sophi had laughing gas this time for a little cavity. After having it on for a few minutes she told me, "mom, everything is sparkly." If you have ever had laughing gas, that is a pretty good description.

I just love this picture of Summer.

Nothing like Fairy wings and cowboy boots.

Pictures from my Phone

My sweet baby Summer split her forehead open on the corner of my metal bed frame while playing and had to get stitches in the ER. She was so brave and didn't cry or whine at all while they stitched her up. The nurse wrapped her up like a burrito in a warm blanket which she loved. I was so proud of her and could not believe how brave she was. The nurse and Doctor couldn't either. She got a sucker and a little teddy bear when she was all done which made her day. She went home smiling.

Sophi was so excited when she woke up to snow. She got her snow clothes on and collected supplies to go outside and make a snowman. I couldn't find my camera so had to take this picture on my cell phone. They had so much fun playing in the snow. She did have to change her wet clothes before school.

I love my kids so much and can't wait to be done with school so we can spend more time together.