Lainee's day!

So the snow has come this year and the kids have been having a ball in it. Except for lainee who has no snow boots and gloves. She has a snow suit but not the boots. So every time the boys went out to play in the snow she would cry to go . So we headed to was-mart today to get her and tanner some boots.(tanner had been using mine). We bought her some cute princess ones that can also be used as shoes and some gloves and came home she suited right up and had a ball playing out in the snow all by herself.
Lainee's snow angel.

Well bell followed her around so she wasn't entirely alone.


Preslie decided to throw on tanners boots and head out while I was taking pictures. She wanted to play out there so bad but I told her she was too little. She did not like that at all!!

She loved it until she fell and the snow hit her hand and that was the end of the world. She started screaming I had to get her in.


lainee playing with bell

This is lainee's first year of dance she has done so well and loves it. Tonight was her first recital. This is backstage all dressed and ready to go.

I gave the camera to kaylie to take pics but I forgot to turn the camera to night time and so the pics need to be touched up but here is lainee on stage. She did so good she owned that stage. It being her first time I was worried that she would not do her dance. She pranced right out and knew every move and smiled the whole time she loved it . I am so proud of her. I love you sweet heart you are such a wonderful little dancer.

The Biggest loser!!

So I have been thinking about this and then I seen Josie's post on her blog about it. We all make our new years resolution and I am sure half of ours is always to loose weight. I want to loose 26 more pounds. But I am not willing to start a diet until after the holidays It would be doomed from the start. So starting January 2ND. I will be hitting the diet and the treadmill. If anyone wants to join me I say we make a pledge mine is 26 pounds. We don't have to disclose our weight just the number we want to loose and then we will weigh every Monday and post our weight loss or our progress. I think it is easier to stick to a diet if other people are there to do it with you and to get your report. I will be using the south beach diet and a treadmill. As this has been successful for me in the past you can each use your own way. Let me know if your on board and we will begin our journey to be the biggest losers.

Tagged by Josie

This post is all about belief. Here are the rules - some of your answers can't be religious. You should include at least one belief about food and one belief or unbelief that reflects your philosophy about life.

6 thing I believe!

1. I believe every room in my house will not be cleaned spotless at the exact same time ever!
2. I believe their is no your time or my time to die! (I have a very educated philosophy on this if anyone ever wants to know)
3 .I believe I married the love of my life!
4. I believe I have the greatest children in the whole world!
5. I believe one day I will have great boobs again! (I have to believe this to continue on each day)
6. I believe life is worth it!

6 things I don't believe

1. I don't believe there is a preappointed time for any of us to die! ( I know it's a repeat but it counts)
2.I don't believe I will ever get over it when all my kids leave home!
3. I don't believe in knowing how the story ends before it begins!
4. I don't believe in believing everything you hear!
5. I don't believe I could ever have found better friends and family than mine!
6. I don't believe people who say they don't believe in God!

6things I'm not sure about.

1. I'm not sure I will survive motherhood!
2. I'm not sure I always make the right choices!
3.I'm not sure why alot of people think I am stuck up!(really this baffles me I am the least conceited person I know)
4.I'm not sure my husband and children really understand how much I love them!
5. I'm not sure I will survive many more hunting seasons!
6.I'm not sure about alot of things but try not to wast to much time worrying about them.

Well there you go. I tag Steph,Kami, and Emilee

Happy Birthday Ron!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RON!!
Today is rons 34th birthday. We went to St.George for the weekend to finish Christmas shopping and celebrate both our birthdays. We spent two wonderful days just relaxing and doing whatever we wanted to it was nice (we missed our babies though and were glad to see them.) A big thanks to my mom who came over and stayed with the kids so we could get a brake. I really appreciate her soo much.

I want to tell my husband how much I love him. He is such great person he has the biggest heart. He would do anything to help anyone out. He is always calling me in the middle of the day just to say I love you and miss you. Which is great to know that while he's away he is thinking of me. He loves his children so much and puts so much into them. I love the way he is always spending time with his boys hunting and doing the things they love and then is so tender with his daughters. They all worship him.
I couldn't ask for a better husband I love you Ron and appreciate you. I hope you had a wonderful birthday.
We bought Ron a cake real fast since we had just gotten home.

All the kids waiting for the candles to get lit.

All posing with the cake (Chocolate Oreo!!! my choice of course if I had been really nice I would have gotten his favorite carrot cake Gross I'm puking at the thought)

Ok so i think i repeated this pic on accident sorry

Ron eating my favorite thing (chocolate) on his birthday without event the slightest complaint I love you baby.

Happy 34th birthday..

Keeping kids busy.

Friday steph went into have her baby and me and my mom and Ron were on kid duty. I had went to the craft store to get some stuff to entertain them. We made some foam necklaces and then these bags that they were going to take treats home in later.

We made smores on a stick. The kids had a ball doing this all by themselves.

getting into the chocolate dipping.

some of the finished product.

They put these in their bags and took them home with them. Over all we had a good day. I think the kids had fun. And congrats to steph and clint on their new baby girl. she is beautiful. And a BIG thanks to my wonderful husband who watched all of the kids (at one time) for about three hours while we all went to the hospital. he is not used to that and so i know how nervous he was. i appreciate you doing this for me so I could be a part of stephs baby's birth. I love you your the best.

Tanner's Toilet Flood

Wed night tanner headed to our bathroom to do his thing. From previous posts you all know that it seems that when tanner uses the bathroom it always seems to go bad (the clothes starting on fire earlier this year). Well I knew he was back there I was doing something and forgot about it. He came out and I knew he was finished I should have went and checked to make sure tings were still standing but I didn't. Ron was gone and about an hour later Ron came home he headed back to use the bathroom and I heard a few choice words escape his mouth and I knew something was bad. Tanner had clogged the toilet when he flushed and the pump had stuck at the same time and water was pumping out pretty fast from the toilet bowl. WE hurried and shut off the water and Ron headed to home depot to get a new toilet. I got the shop vac and began to suck water. We worked until late into the night until we both finished our projects. The next day I called the insurance company because the water was out into our bedroom about 2 feet, into our closet ,and had went down the heating vent and soaked a wall downstairs . They said I should tear back the carpet and take the pad out. So sat we did this but didn't want to tear up the bathroom floor until we knew what they were going to do. The adjuster from the insurance came today and looked at it. She said we would need to replace all the carpet and the linoleum and fix the sheet rock tape on the wall downstairs. They cut us a check to do this. I am thankful we have a good insurance company because without it we would not be able to repair this mess. I think we are going to build an out house outside for tanner that is the safest way for him to use the bathroom.

This is what my bedroom looks like now minus the carpet pad we cut out. I will keep you posted and show you the new photos when we get it all put back together.

Pumpkins, Halloween and our Anniversary

I need to catch up on my blogging so bear with me on this.

We go to the pumpkin patch every year in paragonah to pick our pumpkins, this year it was freezing and the girls had fallen asleep on the way over and were extremely ornery. So it was a quick miserable trip but we got the pumpkins none the less.

Stetson with his big pick

Tanner with his pick

Lainee showing her misery so Kaylie helped her get a pumpkin

Preslie all bundled up and everyone ready to go

stetson getting his guts out


Tanner was the least thrilled about gutting his

Lainee was having a blast

Preslie just dug right in. She loved it she even enjoyed eating the raw seeds

The proud carvers with their finished products. I think they all done a great job.
I didn't get a lot of Halloween pics but we always have our carnival a week early so I took some of the kids in their costumes then.

Stetson as a pierced devil. He done his all by himself while I was working on the girls. I think he did a really good job.

Tanner was a vampire

Lainee was a fairy.(she wore the wings upside down)

Preslie was Tinkerbell she loved her costume

And today is our Anniversary. EIGHT years today!! It seems like longer but in a good way it just seems like I can't remember my life before Ron. I don't think I want to remember it without him. Here is a trip down memory lane. ( It took me forever after I scanned these pictures to convert them into jpeg format. After that I could not get them to go to a regular size so just bear with them.)

Me and Ron at our wedding

Me and my dress. I loved my dress!!

Ron putting my ring on

Our cake I loved it too!!


Now This is us EIGHT years later. (We are missing shawn and Kaylie in the pic)

We are sure alot more now. But I love it!! We have both changed so much But only for the better.I love every one of our children and could not imagine life without them. I adore our life we have built together. It is hard and some days I just want to scream. But I chose a good man who loves us so much and is a wonderful husband and an awsome father. It has been the best EIGHT years of my life and I know that they will only get better. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY baby I LOVE YOU!!!!!