Peace...

All the kids went off to school today. My first day of being left alone.  Of course it was for only 2 1/2 hours since the little one is only in Preschool.  But it was sweet peace. :)

First Day of School...Again

Clarissa started Preschool on Tuesday. She was so excited for it to be her turn. She was so happy and had such a great time.

Tayden started Kindergarten today. He was so excited he got his pajamas on 2 hours before bed time and was up at 7:00 getting ready for school.  He was so excited to go with his older siblings. I never thought this day would happen. I will admit I did shed a few tears but I am sure it was a mixture of many little things.  

Tayden with Braxton and Sammy on his first day of school.

Tomorrow they all go off to school. What will I do???

Back to School....

Wow! Back to school again.  When we moved into our house Braxton was going into Kindergarten.  Now he is in 6th grade.  WHAT HAPPENED???  Samantha was 3 years old and mommy's helper with the new baby. Now she is in 4th Grade. It seems a bit unreal to me. Next week we will have two other children going back to school. So this is to be continued.....

Braxton 6th Grade

Samantha 4th Grade

Happy 4th Birthday to My Baby!!!

She was so excited to wake up and find a bike waiting for her. We went out to a park and Gardner Village. Unfortunately, the petting zoo and ponies are no longer there. It was really sad. We had pizza and Grandma and Grandpa Hotton and Aunt Ashlee came over to celebrate and watch Tay play a baseball game. We celebrated with Grandma and Grandpa Fuller and the other Aunts, Uncles, and cousins on Sunday. She is just too cute and growing up all too fast. Love you Baby Girl!

St. George May 2011 Vacation

The Pictures say it all!!!!!

Happy Easter 2011

Happy Birthday Samantha

Ok so her Birthday was actually March 9th but I am finally getting around to posting about it. We love you so much and can't believe how quickly you are growing up.  You bring so much joy and happiness in our lives. (Although, we can tell you are getting to be a bit older. The attitude has changed a bit. ;). lol) 

Her actual birthday was just rush rush rush. She still enjoyed it though. Then she had a few of her besties come over on Saturday and she had a Spa party.  They enjoyed getting pampered.

We love you and think that you are growing into a beautiful young lady both inside and out.

Competition Dancing

Sammy decided to try out Compeition dancing this year.  She just had her winter review at the end of January.  She looked so cute. Only problem is that their costumes were not finshed yet. She is wearing a partly finished costume. Competition actually doesn't start until half way through March.  She has enjoyed it and has a bunch of cute girls on her team.  The other day she told me she didn't want to do competition next year. She just wants to do Jazz and/or Tumbling. I told her it's her decision but I am not going to hold my breathe. 

Happy Birthday Braxton!!!

It's hard to believe that my oldest is now 11.  It is so crazy to think how quickly the time has gone.  It seems like so long ago that he was just a wee little one...Ok he wasn't so little but he sure was cute.  Today we started off the day going to his last Jr. Jazz game. I finally remembered to bring my camera so I was able to snap a few.

Right after the game we headed off to bowl.  All Star Bowling is right by where he played so it was quite convenient.  The kids loved bowling. It was so cute to see Braxton help his baby sister. He would cheer her on and be so good with her.

I couldn't get these pictures into picasa for some reason so I just through them on here.  We went to Applebees for dinner.  They sang to him and he got completely embarrassed.  Sammy and I took off and left the rest of them there cause I had to get her to an extra dance practice.

 

After picking up Sammy from dance we came home and opened presents. He loved all his gifts. 

We then sang to him and enjoyed cake and ice-cream. Unfortunately, my laziness kicked in and I just didn't have the energy to make a cake so Sam's Club had a fabulous football cake that hubby picked up. He wanted a football cake anyway and thanks for it being Super Bowl time they had plenty of football cakes to provide.


We love you Braxton and we are well pleased in the wonderful young man you have become and are becoming. 

Pack Meeting

We are done with Cub Scouts for at least 2.5 years.  We had a great Cub Master which I have to give props to.  He did a fabulous job and we appreciated all his hard work he put into each pack meeting and into Cub Scouts itself.  Thanks to all of Braxton's leaders as well.  He loved going.  His last pack meeting they had a graduation ceremony for him.  It was also talent night so he got to play the piano for them since he is learning to do so.

What do these pictures below have to do with Pack Meeting?  Well, I was snapping pictures trying to figure out a good setting to have it on.  These were some of the pics I took while at Pack Meeting.  Just thought I would include them in.  The first collage is so sweet...Now the second one, maybe not so much.

Raja Bell Meet and Greet

Corey and I won passes to a meet and greet with Raja Bell...Some may ask who that is.  He is one of the JAZZ players for those that need to be clued in.  :)    Each pass let two people in. I was going to go but let Corey take the three oldest to meet him. The kids had a blast talking with him and getting their pictures taken with him. They also got individualized autograph pictures of him. 

Holiday Happenings

I really need to try to be better at this.  I just haven't been motivated to keep up my blog. Which is bad because it is like a journal for me anyway.  Well here goes:

Below are just some pics I took of my girls one day after church.

We have Christmas Eve at my Grandpa's every year. Every once in a while it is held some place else. But this last Christmas it was at Grandpa's.  We acted out the Christmas Story, had story time, singing time, and ate and visited with one another. It was great fun.

Opening gifts at my parents home.  We didn't get pictures taken at Corey's parents because by the time we got in and settled all the kids had opened their gifts already.

Below are pictures of Christmas morning at our house.  The picture at the top left is where the Reindeer ate the carrots we left for them. They made quite the mess. Santa ate his treats and left a really wonderful note.

We didn't exchange gifts with my side of the family this year. Instead the adult children decided to have a White Elephant exchange.  It was quite fun and entertaining so I think this will become a tradition with us.

We went to my brother Reid's house for New Years Eve.  We hung out with them last year too.  The kids all made it until midnight this year...I mean ALL the kids made it. Even my little one year old niece who just wouldn't fall asleep. The collages below show all the fun we had that night.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU! MAY YOU FIND HAPPINESS AND JOY THROUGH OUT THE NEW YEAR!