The Always Eventful Dinner Table

This is not for the weak-stomached viewer!!

Funny happenings around our dinner table...

Grayce and Emma have discovered the fun of smearing food into their hair.  Grayce's new-found love is picking the food out of Emma's hair to satisfy her appetite.

Obviously Emma doesn't mind a bit!

Grayce is proud of her accomplishment and Emma thinks it is funny!  What a pair!!

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!

This is for all of ye nay-sayers and non-believers!!

Yes, the tree is up.  

Yes, it has been up since my birthday.

No, we wouldn't have it any other way!

WE LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!

Abby's Poem, "WOW"

As per many requests (mostly grandparents), here is Abby's poem...

Reflections

This fall Abby and Bryant both participated in the nationally sponsored PTA Reflections program.  The theme was "WOW."  Abby wrote a poem and illustrated the background (only the poem was judged).  Bryant painted a piece of wood and decorated it (his is only judged at the school level because of the category he entered).  We went to the awards assembly last night at their school.  Bryant won a ribbon for participation.  Abby won a trophy for the "Award of Excellence."  Abby's is going on to the district level to be judged there.  They both worked hard and did amazingly well.  It was fun to watch them decide what to do - it really reflected their personalities.  Anyway, we are so proud of both of them and think they did GREAT!!  Good job Abby and Bryant!!!

KSL High-5

Last year Bryant had the most amazing kindergarten teacher.  She was the kind that you wish you could tie to your children and untie her at high school graduation.  She truly has a genuine love for the kids that she teaches.  We were so impressed by her and so appreciative of the love and goodness that she both taught to and showed to Bryant.  So, last year Nick and I nominated her for an award that KSL (the Utah NBC affiliate) gives out on their news program.  Well, so much time had passed and we hadn't heard from them so we thought that they must not have chosen her.  Well, out of the blue they called and asked if we were still interested in giving her the "High 5" award.  Of course, we were.  It didn't matter to us that Bryant had since moved on, she still was so deserving.  So, they asked us to organize what we could with the school and gave us the date/time that they would be there to present the award.  Well, we ended up being able to organize an entire school assembly.  It was A LOT of work, but with the help of many other willing parents, the PTA, and our good secretaries, we were able to pull it off without Mrs. Baxley knowing.  She was so cute and appreciative of the award.  She cried all through it and was teary in her TV interview.  They interviewed Lisa (not something she wants to do again soon).  It was just a lot of fun.  The sign in the background was one we made at home the night before.  Anyway, it was great.  

Lunchtime!

Time for lunch.  We don't feed them much, so they get really excited and very happy when they get food!!  Aren't they cute?!  We think they are the most adorable baby girls in the world - we couldn't resist getting those faces on film.

Let It Snow!!

We woke up to heavy snow and ended up with about 6 inches (the official report).  The kids were delighted and we ended up in a frantic as we searched for snow boots, gloves, and hats to wear to school.  To say the least, mom was not prepared for a major snow storm.

We love the snow though.  It is so pretty on the trees.  It is fun to see all of the snowmen being built everywhere too.  There is just something about the snow.

It is going to make putting up the tree on Saturday just seem all that much more appropriate.  LET IT SNOW!!!

Halloween

Emma also got to choose to be a fairy - the pink version. She is trying out her powers as she tries to turn the pumpkin into a coach. Isn't she a little young to be trying things like this already?

Halloween

Grayce didn't get to choose. But, if she would have chosen, she would have wanted to be a purple fairy.

Halloween

Tyler was an astronaut.
He wanted to be just like his brother.

Halloween

Bryant was an astronaut.
This is Bryant and his best friend, Kanyon.

Halloween

Abby was a fairy - and a cute one at that!
This is Abby and her friend, Marta.

Halloween 2008

Halloween... What a holiday. I don't love it, but the kids sure had fun. Kind of funny that we go door to door asking for candy only to give it out at our own house. We need to have the kids periodically come home and dump their stash so we can weed out all of the "not-so-good" stuff and give it out at the door - I should remember that for next year.
Actually, the kids were really cute and we all had a great time. Abby and Tyler were done after about an hour. However, Bryant wanted more. So, he and mom went back out with a couple of his friends for about another hour. We dumped out his bucket when we stopped at home to drop off Abby and Ty. So, when we started up again, it was empty. So, at the first house we went to after that, the man that came to the door asked Bry and his friends if they were just getting started. Bryant's quick response was, "This is my 4th bucket!!"
FUN, FUN, FUN!!!
Abby, Grayce, and Emma were all cute fairies this year. Bryant and Tyler were both astronauts. They all looked great!

The Ball Babies...

We are adding this because it is one of our favorite pictures.  We used it for our Christmas card last year - so you will all recognize it.  We just think it is a fun picture and thought it would be fun to put it to good use again.

Finally we are up and running.  

Understand that we will do our best to keep on top of things.

This is our latest family picture.  We had it taken in September 2008.  It was no small feat to get everyone looking in relatively the same direction (Nick was the hardest).  

Abby is almost 9, Bryant is 6, Tyler is 4, Grayce is 1(on the left), and Emma is 1( on the right).

Our children affectionately call us "the Seven Family."  That all started with Abby calling us the "Four Family" when Bryant was born and it has continued since then.

We are staying very busy trying to remain sane and keep everyone alive:)  So far, so good.