Best Buds

BEST BUDS

Yummy Pizza & Nachos


THE GANG SLEDDING & Elmo Cupcakes

BODIE & CHANDLER

TANNER & MAXWELL

ASHER & JENNA/BRINLEY

MAWELL/PAYTON & IZZY/BRYLEE

CONNOR & BODIE WITH THE EASY WAY UP!!

DYLAN & JENNA/CHANDLER

I was lucky to be pregnant at the same time as a very close cousin, so of course my little girl and her little boy are the best of buds and I can't believe they are now both two. We had a fun day celebrating Bodie's Birthday with Pizza, Nachos, Sledding, and Elmo Cupcakes. Leslie and I took a cake decorating class, her cupcakes turned out so cute. And Elmo is Bodies favorite so of course gotta do what the kids love huh!! Just included some fun pictures of the Day, sorry so many, just too many fun cute ones I couldn't resist!! I have to admit I think I am one of those selfish mothers that want to be in on the fun too. I think I had just as much fun as they did. I was the loudest one going down the hill, it is just much funner when you scream as you go down, really it is try it next time. We were racing down and a few of the kids just kept on wanting to race again, they were determined to beat me down, but I guess the weight helps you go faster. hee hee!! What a blessing to have such a great family, my kids love hanging out with cousins which helps because I like hanging out with there cousins parents. It was a fun day, but would have been even funner if Daddy didn't have to work Saturdays and could have come and enjoy the fun.

Just before the race down w/my kiddos

Daddy's Girls!!

I do have to add as well, last week Jason and I were able to go help with the WSU Celebrating Marriage Conference and it was awesome, I volunteered to help facilitate one of the classes and hope to do it next year too!!!! Grandma/pa Ray watched the kids so we could go and they were going to take them out to dinner to Sizzler and the kids were excited and no sign that the kids were sick at all until they were waiting in line to be seated when Grandma Ray was holding Brylee and she threw up all over herself, Grandma, Grandma's Purse and Sizzler floor. It would have been on Tanner too if he would not have moved just a second before. Grandma rushed out while Grandpa broke the news to Sizzler workers so they could clean up the mess before any other customers had to leave and throw up themselves. Grandma said one lady said "Its ok it has happened to us before too." Another lady felt so bad she came up to her and said "Can I help you at all clean up?" That was nice of the lady, I don't think I would have offered to help clean up someone elses throw up. I have a hard enough time not throwing up when someone else is. I felt so bad when I went to pick up the kids and got the news. Grandma got some good cuddle time with Brylee so that was nice for her. Tanner loves hanging out with Grandpa Ray and bugs him to go to the store to help close the store and for a special treat, or for a ride up to the canal to look for deer or see all the cool construction equipment when the are working on it.

Sisters

My Sistas from other Mothers! My biological sister is a best friend, but today I spent some time with some friends I hope to never lose contact with.
Wow it is amazing what good friends can do for a person. You don't realize what good friends you have until you spend a little time with them and then they leave and you wish they could stay longer. That is when yo unknown you have good friends.
It started out quite a few years ago, I am going to date myself aren't I by saying the year we all met. Ok it was the Fall of 1994 and 1995 college. I first met my best friend for life, Diana we were in a college class together and our friendship just grew from there. And if I wanted to hang out with her on Wednesdays I had to join her sorority that she was in and so of course I pledged I think it was Winter or Spring Quarter and that is where I met a few of my other very dear friends that I will have forever as well Heidi and Susan. We have all been trying to make more of an effort to get together more often. We got together as Susie had a baby and visited her and this month we had the playdate at my house, and I loved being the host.
I am thankful for having such great friends and I hope we can continue more then once a year getting together as they do make me want to be a better person when I am around them. Thank you friends for your friendships, the fun we have enjoying one another company, laughing, and just being ourselves.
I found a scrapbook page Dinner Dance 1999 of the four of us , and so thought I would scan it as yes digital cameras didn't exist then, look how dang cute we are and reminds me of all the fun memories of college life when I was looking through my scrapbook!!! Love you guys.

Fun in the Snow

I think this is a record, two days in a row after not posting for a month! So Tan says he wishes we lived in our old house, I asked him why and he of course said because he misses his sledding hill, so we have some rocks in the front of our house, so he was pretty creative to start sledding down them, but we didn't have enough snow to last, so I piled up the snow better to make a better hill, and he is very happy now. We built a snowman and also suprised the neighbors that were out of town so they had a happy snowman in their front yard when they got home, that was even his idea, what a good boy I have. Bry was so cute, but she didn't last as long but she had a good grin and would even scream when she was pushed down on the sled. It was a lot of fun!!! While Tan and I were doing the snowman she went in with Daddy to get warm and play of course with her babies. Daddy was in on the fun too and took the pictures, and when I downloaded the pictures realized I didn't have any of him, so here is one of him from another day.

Cookies & Love

I thought ok Tanner is getting older what can I do for Valentines Day? I decided to make cookies and let the kids frost them with my cake decorating stuff. They loved it, and I say they because I was watching three of my sisters kids, so they joined in on the fun. It was a blast and the kids did a good job. Brin is quite creative and did the most. Chan and Dylan we had to keep telling them, "ok that is enough frosting, you are doing a good job," Tan was into it and very paricular. Bry just enjoyed eating the frosting and decorations and kept saying "More, More!" After she licked all the frosting off the cookie. Of course I had to join in and had just as much fun as them. Here are a few pictures of the fun event with the yummy cookies. I am looking forward to my date tonight with my Valentine while my parents watch the kids. Thanks Mom and Dad we can always count on you to watch the kids and we do appreciate it so much to get some time alone together.