Look what I got for my birthday!!!!

The NOOK

I already downloaded my first ebook

"The Hunger Games."

What have I done to deserve this?

Thanks Babe!

I love it!

Happy 60th Grandpa Tom

My dad celebrated his 60th birthday on January 13. The girls decided to throw him a surprise party! Who doesn't love to a big surprise party on your birthday, right?!?!

Earlier that day, we took lunch to my dad at work. We told him that no one would be able to celebrate his birthday until that weekend. You could tell he was kind of bummed:(

He loves his birthday!

My mom took him out to dinner while the we decorated my house with balloons, streamers, banners and confetti. The little kids loved helping out.

My life savers that night!!

Thanks for the help girls:)

We had a chocolate fountain going with all kinds of yummy treats.

My dad was so surprised he started to cry

when he walked in the door. sniff sniff

We had a awesome turnout of friends and family.

Thanks everyone for making my dad's birthday unforgettable.

Happy Birthday Dad!

We LOVE you tons!

Flaming Gorge

Over Christmas break, we went to Flaming Gorge with the fam. Road trips are always fun when you have four little kids:) Good thing we made up for the drive with all the fun we had.

We were hoping for a lot of snow so we could go sledding, but no such luck. We did make the best of what we had though.

Kids watch out for the brushes!!!

Don't let this picture fool you, that hill was pretty steep.

We did have a few crashes but no one got hurt.

Thank Goodness!

Crash #1 Troy

Crash #2 Jessica

Crash #3 Carter

Crash #4 Tanner

Blakley had her fair share of "cuddle time" with just about everyone.

She ate up every minute of it.

She liked it so much, she decided to go without sleep.

She crashed hard when we got home.

Blakley couldn't get enough of Lela.

I even got her for a minute or two.

Grandpa Boyd giving her loves.

Tanner and his cousin, Clint had a blast shooting their air soft guns.

One night, we taught the kids how to leg wrestle.

Then we had a competition to find a winner.

We did a lot of lounging around and watching movies.

I Love this Man oh so much!

Flaming Gorge + Family = FUN

Carterism

"Hey Mom, Guess what I can spell?"

"Cat?"

"Nope"

"Mom?"

Nope"

"Dog?"

"Nope"

"What?"

"Boob! B-O-O-B"

That's great Carter, NOT!

(Remember when it was cool to say NOT?)

"Hey Grandma, Guess what my 2 favorite words are?"

"What?"

"Boob and Crotch"

(don't ask me when he learned that one)

Once again, Carter doesn't fail to surprise us!

Troyism

I always love when it is Troy's turn to say the pray because:

1. they are so sweet and sincere

and

2. you are never quite know what is going to come out of his mouth next.

The last couple of prayers, I have been writing down bits and pieces of them. Enjoy!

"Please bless the people who have no homes, no food and stuff and live in boxes"

"Please bless the people who have black fingers and toes, when they get too hot or too cold"

"Please bless the Tooth Fairy will give Carter a lot of money"

and my favorite

"Please bless my mom wouldn't lie because she promised to take us to the Tooth Fairy movie"

The other day Troy came up to me and said "Mom, you are my favorite mom ever. If I lived with a different mom, I would move to live with you." (ahhhh sweet)

Later that day, I warned him that if he didn't do something then he was going to have to go up to his room. He came right back with "Mom, don't you remember what I told you about being my favorite mom??????" me: "Yeah" him: "Well, then don't say things like that"

I Love You Little Man!

Never stop making me smile:)

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

I guess I should blog about Christmas before every last memory is gone from my mind.

On Christmas Eve, we spent the night over at my parent's house. We had a yummy potluck dinner with my parents, my brothers and their families, along with my Aunt Marilyn and my Grandpa.

My kids favorite part about Christmas Eve is getting new jammies from my Grandma and Grandpa.

Luckily, we had enough cookies leftover from dinner to leave out for Santa.

Thanks Em for making them, Santa LOVED them!

My kids were so excited to look over the railing and see their presents!