Our Family

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Thanksgiving

After the Iron Man my sister Ryanne and her little family came for a recovery week.

We did crafts

Had a GREAT Thanksgiving dinner. And after dinner...............

Chad some how got put in charge of the 2 little ones and neither one of them was ok with it. It was pretty funny

One day we drove into Pinetop to feed the ducks and play at the park. I love November Arizona weather!

It is not easy getting a picture of all these kids together but it was fun to try

My kids were so excited to spend time with their cousin we always wish they could have more times like this

My parents and Riki and Levi (after a forgotten wallet, missed flight, and late night pick-up) came down for a great weekend. First was Justins Birthday, then Jessas dance recital then we all headed down to Phoenix to watch Casey (my brother-in-law) compete in his second Iron Man. Now if you have never heard of an Iron man it is 140.6 miles of craziness. 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride followed by a full 26.2 mile marathon. Ryanne made us all matching shirts so he could easily spot us in our bright yellow. It was actually (and surprisingly) a lot of fun to watch and be able to cheer him on. Casey did really great! His goal was to finish in 10 hours and he came in at 9:59:53! I didn't even get 1 picture of him during it...bummer!

Considering that we were there running to different spots to see him all my kids did really well.

Justin and Jessa enjoying a snow cone waiting for Uncle Casey to zoom pass on his bike.

The day before the race we went to the Phoenix Zoo. I am always so glad when there are other people to ride the carousel with my kids. One trip around is about all I can handle. Jessa of course asked her Daddy

And Justin requested Uncle Levi

I am so glad that Levi and Riki decided to come down. My kids LOVE them BOTH so much!

We LOVE having family come visit and had such a GREAT time!

Dance Baby Dance

Jessa has been in a little tap/ballet dance class for the last 3 months and in November they has their first dance recital. They did a little ballet routine and she was VERY cute even though she said she likes tap better.
Jessa and her great friend Reese

I only got a couple pictures of her up on stage because they were all turning out yellow with the lighting.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Best Birthday EVER!

Justin was having a great birthday party (And yes, that's my replica of Chads truck. I must of made a mistake somewhere along the way because my kids think that I can make whatever cake their little imaginations can dream up.)with 6 crazy buddies

when there was a knock at the door...who could that be.....of course it was Grandad, Grandma, and Aunt Riki who flew in from MT for one great weekend. My kids face were PRICELESS !!
Justin was one lucky boy. Not only did he get the great surprise of family but his Daddy also thought he was ready for his very first Gun. I don't know who is prouder of that little camo BB Gun...Justin or Chad
Grandad was more then willing to take Justin out the very next day for some shooting practice
Jessa just so badly wants to be part of EVERY single thing Justin does

Happy 6th Birthday Justin!

Thursday, December 8, 2011

THIS IS BEST SAID BY....

Moto Moto from the Movie Madagascar "I like 'em BIG, I like 'em CHUNKY, I like 'em BIG, I like 'em PLUMPY"

I saw him standing there and just couldn't resist capturing his perfect cuteness.

I feel like I blinked and my 3rd baby had his 1st birthday! We had a little party for him and he did great.

Look at his face. It says it all: get me away from that crazy lady! He was sitting by me and I was being the crazy Mom shoving gifts at him so he crawled over to Marcie and sat on HER lap to open gifts. (We all love Reese and she LOVES Caleb!)