Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Thankful

It's the day before thanksgiving so I thought I would take a sec and make a list of what i'm thankful for...Some of it will be truly materialistic and more of it heartfelt, hopefully! and in no particular order either:)
~ My fabulous husband who puts up with so much crap from me it's not even funny, I could never find anyone better!
~ My handsome boys who make me smile and make me love them more than life itself.
~ My jobs and the people I get to work with and laugh with everyday.
~ My house which I love to come home to.
~ The gospel and the atonement, also my testimony and the power of prayer.
~ My friends who always make me laugh and no matter how many years or minutes have passed its still the same:)
~ My ipod and cell phone
~ My siblings who have endured everything I have and share the same experiences, especially my sister who is truly one of my best friends who I love!
~ My Mom who has been gone almost 3 years, who taught me everything and who I still miss everyday!
~ Tylers family who raised the best husband and father, I will forever be grateful for that.
~ My health, the fact that I get to wake up and am able to exercise everyday!
~ My Dad, I love to talk to him, he cracks me up!
~ Freedom and those serving our country!
~ The things I now know and continue to learn everyday.
~ My kids' friends for making good choices, and being good examples. (even if they do eat me out of house and home)
~ Good books!
~ Hair product and make-up! haha
~ Vacations.
~ Sports, both watching them and having my kids play them!
~ Mostly for family time!

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Family Pics 2011













































































Taken by Alisha Black

Trick~Or~Treat!





Karsten and Mason. They wore Whitnees old cheer uniforms from when she was a senior in High School, and they fit perfectly. Can you believe that?




Jax the ninja




Wilma Flinstone, the Werewolf, Ninja Jax, and The Joker





Whitnee "the dead firefighter" & Jade "the witch"




Dylan




Batman & The Joker aka Trey & Dylan




This year for Halloween it really sunk in how old my kids are getting. Dylan and his friend Trey stayed home and handed out candy, then went to a Halloween party at their friends house. Karsten and Mason went trick or treating on their own ( they're too big for Mom and Dad now) Jaxon started out the night with me, Tyler, Whit, and Jade, then ended up running into his friend and his mom and finished trick or treating with them. So in the end it took 3 adults to take Jade trick or treating haha, oh well we still had a good time.

Thriller 2011











Me and Kelsey the Zombie, shes my friends daughter that got the chance to dance with them.





I love thriller! We go every year and this year we took our kids for the first time. They loved it, Karsten was laughing so hard Dylan had to tell him to be quiet:)

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Carving Pumpkins




My kids cheesing it! haha




Karsten and his Jazz pumpkin

Me and Jax with "our" pumpkin




Dylan and his Colts pumkin (thats supposed to be a horshoe but it looks like hes a fan of the "U")






Last Monday we carved pumpkins and I'm so glad now that my kids are old enough to do this "fun" activity by themselves . I hate gutting a pumkin it grosses me out. So Dylan and Karsten were on their own and we made Ty gut Jaxons then me and him carved it!

Time for a Change






I don't know how much you can tell in these pictures but I cut 8 inches of my hair off, and donated it to wigs for kids. It feels great and is so much faster to do now. Thats two and a half years worth of hair!!


Falcon Football 2011






Karsten #10





Dylan #87





We also just finished up a football season with both Dylan and Karsten playing. This took all our free time and weekends of traveling but was all worth it to watch my boys play. I'm not gonna lie I'm kinda glad its over I can now take a breath! We had a good time though:)

Soccer 2011




















These two cute boys played soccer this fall they did awesome and had a great time!