YIPEE!

I finally got a new camera. Just in the nick of time too. Jim and I are going on a trip to Barcelona, Spain, Casablanca, Morocco, Agadir, Morocco, Las Palmas, Spain (Canary Island's), Funchal, Portugal and Malaga, Spain. I hope to take some amazing picture while I am there. I will update the blog with the pictures.

Holiday Re-cap

December was an extremely busy month for all of us. I wanted to write something down before I forgot. I was totally awful with getting any pictures. I guess I was way to busy will planning the party, hosting it and making sure enough food was out. SIGH...
The Sunday before Christmas we have my Mom's side of the family get together for a party. I was my Mom's year this year. Meaning she was in charge of the festivities. We had talked about it for months and we were going to try and do it in September, but my mom and I got really sick. So before we knew it December was here. I could see the stress in my mom multiplying so I offered to have the party at my house. (Mom's house is under some construction) What a big job. It took the kids and me two full days of deep cleaning to get the house ready. But, it was nice to have an excuse to clean out some of my cupboards. The day of we prepared the food and the games. The party turned out really well. Just about everyone... Grandma, Aunts, Uncles, brothers, sisters and cousins and their kids came. We did miss those who didn't come. The game turned out really cute as well. My mom asked everyone to bring a baby or childhood picture. We drew a huge Christmas tree on a big piece of butcher paper. We then took everyone’s picture and make ornament out of them along with a number. Everyone got a piece of paper and had to write in their guess on the picture. It was really funny because everyone got Rylan and Dylan's pictures mixed up. Anyhow, we had some great food, great company and a great slideshow.

Christmas found us with out any power. It was only about 21 degrees outside so it was a really cold with out a heater. The kids still enjoyed opening their gifts from Santa Claus. Biggest hit was the electric guitar for the boys and Savannah loved her scarf. She tells everyone that Mrs. Claus knitted the scarf just for her.

We had a nice dinner at both Grandmas’ on Christmas day. We stuffed ourselves. Plus we enjoyed seeing everyone.

New Year's eve we celebrated with friends. We had yummy food and enjoyed being with friends. The kids played truth or dare. It was funny to hear and see some of the dares they came up with. There were a few snow angels made with out coats or hats. Adults played "Pit". Thanks to April and Greg for introducing us to a fun game. New Year rang in with a "New Year's Kiss from my honey. We have really made any resolutions. So we will see what 2009 brings us. Cross your fingers for good luck!

Holiday craze!

I tried getting some pictures of the kids for the Holiday cards. WE got a little crazy! What do ya do?

Manner Candles

Jim and I decided to start manner candles for the kids. The idea comes from the Walker side. The basic concept is each child has their own candle stick. At each dinner meal we light the candle, they are to chew with their mouths closed, have no elbows on the table, say their please's and thank you's and talk in an appropriate manner. If they make it through dinner without having bad manners their candle stay lit. If they have a slip up their candle is blown out. But when they are done with their dinner, they asked to be excused and blow out their candle. We told them who ever has the smallest candles in two weeks wins an awesome prize. We will see how it works out.

BreeAnn's Shower

Aunt Anita, Beth, Lindsey, Nikki, Aunt Judy, Jen, Liann and Drew.

BreeAnn getting a little sum then sum then.......

Opening presents and fill out advise cards.

BreeAnn and Savannah hangin out.

Karcie and her lovely girls, Andee, BreeAnn and Cathy.

I can't believe its has come and gone already. Denise and I planned BreeAnn's shower and it turned out great. The food was good and the company even better. We missed those who couldn't be with us. On to the wedding. :-)

2nd row vs. 7th row!

I got two tickets to go to the Jazz vs. Bulls Basketball game. Jim had too much homework so I took Rylan. He was in heaven. The tickets were waiting in will call, so I had no idea what great seats we were getting until I picked them up. The lady handed me the envelope and I looked inside and glanced at the tickets. I looked up at Rylan all wide eyed. "Mom what's wrong?" Rylan said. I said nothing how would you like to sit on the 7th row behind the hoop? Rylan was so excited we started laughing and talking about how awesome it was going to be. Plus we received two tickets to the halftime munchies’ lounge. Basically you get popcorn, nachos, desserts and all the soda pop you can handle. We stopped by the concession stand and bought Rylan and Jazz baseball hat. He proudly put it on his head and we headed down to our seats. I have never sat so close. I could hear the player's talking smack, grunting and I could see the beads of sweat on their foreheads. Holy cow what a fun experience for Rylan and I. The folks who invited me had seat on the 7th row and on the 2nd row. After halftime Rylan took a turn sitting on the 2nd row. He loved it. But he said after the game that he could see better on the 7th row. Thanks Bobbi, Teresa and Chris for taking us to the game.

Dylan's Killer Season!

I have posted a little bit already about Dylan's awesome season. He made the D team. At the beginning of the season the boys were all a little (lets just say out of control). But the coaches were really positive and upbeat. I honestly beleive this is what made the team work as a TEAM! Dylan far exceeded my expectations. He really dug his heels in and learned every thing he could. The coaches were amazed with how quickly he picked up the plays and how well he tackled. I loved seeing how much he focused. This not only helped him in football but his grades are up. WAHOO! The season ended with 7 wins and 2 loses. Dylan's team was the only Copperhills team to make it to the playoffs. (this includes the Highschool) **let's hope that the football program gets better by the time the boys are old enough to play in highschool** Dylan's team took 3rd place in the 5A district. What an awesome season. YAY DYLAN!

Rylan's Football Adventure

Football season is finally over. Wow what an adventure. I have to admit I am secretly glad it's all over. For the first year the boys did so awesome. Rylan made the A team. This is supposed to be the best of that age group. In Rylan's case the best of the 10 yr olds. I am so proud of him because all of the other boys on the team have played football for 2 years going on their third. He had a lot of ground to cover in a short time. He definately held his own. The team ended the season with 3 wins 6 loses. At the award cermony dinner the coaches had each of the boys stand in front of everyone as they said a few words. The coaches recongized that Rylan made the A-team his first year and said how awesome that was and how well he did. YAY! RYLAN!!