Brayden's 9th Birthday

Yay for birthdays!!! Brayden has been counting down the days and making sure I knew everything he had on his list of what he wanted. Kay and Steve came over in the morning and made him breakfast which he always LOVES! He then headed off to school. I went over and got to spotlight him in his class and take some fun treats. He chose Training Table for his dinner so we met up with Kay and Steve again to open presents and eat dinner. He was thrilled to get presents and loved ordering his own turkey sandwich and fries that he didn't have to share with anyone! Happy Birthday Bud!!!

Samantha's Tree

We got together to start decorating Samantha's tree for the Festival of Trees. It was fun to the spend the evening with my family. We got it just about finished, but realized by the end that we still needed to work on it. So we will buy some more stuff and finish it at the expo center on decorating day.

Mattress Slide!

Once in a while I try to let the kids do fun things that I would rather them not do. This is one of them. I bought a mattress from the neighbor, so of course it had to be a slide for a while...like a couple of days. The kids loved it!

Getting' Cold!

We love how long it takes for winter to come. It's fun to be able to play outside still. I'm NOT looking forward to being inside all day.

Games with Claudia

Kids are great. They don't care about race, color of skin, or even language. We have amigos come stay with us all the time and the kids love it. They will play with them and interact with them even though they can't communicate. The kids loved having Claudia around and cried when she left. Here they are teaching her how to play Spot It!

Big Helper

Brooklyn has always loved playing with everyone and anyone around, including babies. She has been my biggest helper and will play with Brielle or Britney whenever I need help. Brynlee, on the other hand, is more reserved and likes to play by herself. It's fun, though, when she does play with Britney and wants to help out. I love seeing her interact with the younger girls bc I know it's doesn't come as naturally for her. She was so proud when she showed me she could carry the baby!

Cabin Trip w/ Claudia

We hosted Claudia for the week from Mexico. Josh baptized her on him mission and sh has been saving up to come here. We spent the week trying to take her downtown, BYU, and anywhere else we could think of. We thought it would be fun to take her up to the cabin so we loaded up and headed out. We weren't there very long but it was a lot of fun. I didn't take many pics, but it's always nice to get away for a few days.