Pinewood Derby 2010

Yep here is another "lost" memory of 2010! Last year at some point Eli had his 1st pinewood derby with the boy scouts! He was so excited and worked so hard on his car! here are a few pictures of the event!

He took 3rd! He was very excited and I was too. Justin actually had Eli do all the work (aside from the table saw stuff). I think that is why it has survived until this day!

Do you see how dirty she is! the whole church and most of all the kids looked like this! I didn't remember my brothers being this dirty do you?

BTW This coming weekend is this years (2011) pinewood derby so if you see 2 in a row...that's my bad!

FOUR! Girls day out!

Ok do you understand the FOUR? It means "watch out" in golf! Here is what to watch out for...Last MAY a few of my college roommates decided it was a great time for a reunion. Well actually EAC was having a choir reunion and since all the roommates were in choir we decided to go. Becky drove down from Bagdad, AZ to meet us, Kandice drove from the west valley to drive us all over to Thatcher. They got me and drove to Globe where we picked up Jeannette and Amy. From there we headed over to pick up Monica at my parents house then reunion where Jodi caught up with us and we headed over to eat lunch! It was catered by one of the yummy mexican food resturants from the Gila Valley...the food wasn't really yummy that day, I think it is because mexican food is best served fresh. After the luncheon the choir preformed. We couldn't handle it the program is so different from when we were there that we decided to leave at the intermission. We went over to my parents house again where we readied ourselves to go visit the new Gila Valley Temple. It was such a wonderful experience. I hope we can do it again soon!

Playin Catch! Mine and Justin's 13th Wedding Anniversary!

So Last March Justin and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary! What a long time! At one point in the day I decided that we needed to embrace our "time" in that part of our lives and I decided we needed to take the kids with us out that night! I am not sure Justin really appreciated the decision but we did it! We went over to Red Robin and had a fun little night! Here are a few pictures that we got while out on the town.

You can now see why we don't take the kids out very often...maybe we should though so they know how to act while out with mom and dad and when they are out without is too!

Playin Catch up! Happy 6th Birthday Parker!

Well almost a year ago Parker turned 6! He had a great day. Mom took him out of school just for a bit and we went to the Lego store and he made 3 original lego men! Parker took a couple minute activity and turned it into a hour long ordeal! He loved it and I loved watching him figure out EXACTLY what he wanted for his lego men! Then he expressed an interest in having more, so I found a box of lego men and bought it to wrap it up for later! He also got a pair of roller blades that he still just loves and is still just a bit shaky on them! We had a great day with Parker and I am sure Parker just loved his 6th birthday!

Did I Mention...

Did I mention while Justin and I were in Seattle I made a day trip to Forks, Washington!

I know I am a dork but I had a lot of time to fill so why not! The trip was gorgeous! The town was cute and a little different I didn't have to much time after the 3 hour drive up there but it was a fun short little trip! Here are a few pictures I took! Ok more than a few but it was so pretty!

So there was Forks haha!

Here is the Drive up there! I couldn't help myself from stopping every corner brought something so beautiful!

This is a picture of the bridge to the fairies! SO fun!

Trip to Seattle

This last November Justin had to go on a "training trip" to Seattle for work...I was like "Luuckkyy" Well one thing led to another I Justin called me one day from work and told me he got me a ticket too!

Justin's mom came and Heaven's Bless her she watched our kids for a whole week!

Justin was in training all day everyday so I got to entertain myself by sightseeing all over Seattle! Here are my pictures!

View from our room at the Westin!

View from the Space Needle!

While I was touring the Space Needle I noticed a sign for a Harry Potter exhibition at a museum near by so I went on over there and did that too! The kids would have loved to go but alas it was only me! We weren't allowed to take pictures of the exhibit but this is the museum where is was!

I also go to go the the Pike Street Market! That was fun!

I also stopped in at a glass blowing shop! That is a crazy thing to me, it was fascinating!

I also road the Fairies! That was sooo fun I loved it!

View from the fairy!

I had such a great time and Justin said he was so happy that I was able to come with him and he wouldn't have and any kind of fun, but since I was there is was great!

Christmas 2010

Well it is January 5th and I guess it is a good time to blog about our Christmas! This year we did things a bit different! Justin decided to "put in" for a deer hunt for the month of December, well that meant that if he didn't get a deer the first week of the hunt the whole family would head over for Christmas! Well he didn't get anything so that is where the chaos started. I had to not only pack for the family for 5 or so days I also had to make sure Santa was all ready to reroute to Thatcher and to Grandma and Grandpa Crockett's house! That was probably the most difficult thing because I had the kids home all week with me and you know how mom's talk with Santa always in private!

So off we went to Thatcher for Christmas it was a great trip everyone had a great time!

On Christmas Eve we had a very interesting nativity I think Grandma thought her house would be struck by lightning! Michelle was Mary holding a doll and Bronson as Joseph, who was very attentive! Parker was an unruly shepherd and Grandma had to take his staff! Eli was a shepherd and wise man along with Kaitlyn, and Madelyn was an Angel (of course).

Emie zonked out and woke up just in time to go for a walk around Grandma's neighborhood and take a look at all the lights! This one guy had the coolest light display we looked forward to his house the most and it didn't disappoint! When we got back we had a few snacks while watching a Christmas classic "A Christmas Story". I was surprised to find out that my family had never seen this movie! They weren't impressed, however I laughed with Justin and Jeff!

Kids in PJ's from Grandma Platt

Christmas Morning was full of the usual excitement! The kids slept in until about 7 which I told Justin was good! I actually had to wake Parker up! We gathered around the Christmas tree and I played Santa. Our Christmas was little this year but the kids would have never thought that! They each got something they "couldn't live without" and a few things mom and Santa thought would be a good thing for them!

These pictures are blurry because the kids wouldn't back up!

After presents on Christmas morning we were invited over to Uncle Jon's house where we had Christmas Breakfast! They had about 40 people there, about 18 of which were kids, visiting and playing. Jon added on a huge addition so the family could be accommodated for Christmas this year and it looked great! And the food was fantastic, lots of food!

We stayed for Sunday and came home after church. When we got home we noticed that Santa actually left a few other presents here at our house! The kids were told to get a few things put away so we could open the remaining presents! They were a little surprised when they opened a box of paper (just white copy paper) and a package of 6 scotch tapes. They were less than enthused until they realized that that was theirs and they weren't going to get into trouble when they used it! Unlike when they use mom's grrr :(

They were then instructed to go outside to the back yard and look for something new! Yep, Santa left a basketball hoop! They are really excited about being able to "shoot hoops" and play with that! I didn't get any pictures of what Santa left at home so I am going to have to rely upon my memory for their cute reactions! We actually had to put the thing together right then we were up until 10:30 that night!

Justin didn't get a deer over the Christmas visit so we again left to go back for new years. We had a few things we needed to do before the fun started. Dad watched the kids while Monica and I went over to Old Grandma's house and helped her take her Christmas decorations down. After that we went to help Grandma out at her class room and cleaned up after a semester of nothing being cleaned...I am sure of that, the place was dirty! The next day Monica and I went shopping with Grandma and spent a little bit of money :) We went home that night to discover that Justin and Jeff didn't see anything to shoot! The last day of the hunt and nothing! I would say the guys spirits were a little defeated! New Year's eve was a little down played...we watched a couple movies the kids colored and colored and colored, until 12:00 and then it was off to bed! We left the next day, not without a great new years lunch of pork, mashed potatoes, peas, and sauerkraut.

All in all we had a great hoilday season and we are thankful for our friends and family and are greatful for all of our blessings!