Happy 17th Anniversary!!!

Can it really have been so long that we have been married? When we decided to get married we were both students and not making much money. Brett's dad was a little worried and said, "You can't live on love alone." Well we haven't, we've added great memories in those 17 years we added 4 children, 1 big dog, lived in 4 different states (some more than once), 7 apartments, 3 houses, many trips to lots of different places, only 3 trips to the emergency room, a few pounds to each of us, and we created a fabulous relationship with each other. Brett and I are different from each other in so many ways and have to laugh at most of them. For example, he stirs his hot chocolate slow and smooth while I prefer to do it fast and furiously. Oh well, we seem to live each day in our own way and somehow it works out at the end of the day.

SNOW DAY!?!

Hooray, it snowed!!!

It started snowing Monday morning with just little flakes on and off during the day. When the kids got off the bus there was more snow and it just kept coming down. Early evening it was announced that school would be on a 2 hour delay and we were all hoping that school would be cancelled. Sure enough school ended up being cancelled Tuesday morning. Snow days are the best! It is all about snowball fights, snowmen, snow angels and hot chocolate.

Yesterday in Denver my friend, Teri, said some of the buses couldn't run because it was so cold. Yet, school wasn't cancelled. Well, it only takes this amount of snow to get the schools closed down here in Albuquerque. What a fun day!

Very Cool Skateboard Cake!!!

Justin had a "WAY SICK" cake! Audrey made this cake and it turned out great. All the boys loved it, both the way it looked and tasted. Before we could light the candles Justin had all his friends hold the cake to see how heavy it was. This cake was definately the BOMB!!!

In the end, this was all that was left of the skateboard dude!!!

Justin Turns 12!!!

My Sweet Little Justin is 12!!!

Justin is 12 and I can't believe it!!! He is such a great kid (I wanted to use the word boy, but he seems to old for that word. He is the child that keeps us laughing, solves the arguments, has no fear (about anything), can create amazing oragami, jumps off our 6 foot high walls landing on the rocks in his bare feet (without feeling pain), will do what he wants without caving into peer-pressure (that can be good and bad), can turn anything into a game (grocery shopping is an adventure with him along), and he sees the good in everything.

Brandon and Justin will now be in Young Men's together. Brandon said he'll make sure Justin stays in line. I never had to wonder how Brandon would behave. With Justin, I wonder.

For his birthday he just had a few friends play lazer tag, eat pizza and yummy cake,

and then goof off!!!