Gymnastics

Sammi did gymnastics at the AF rec center for a few months with her cousin Kimberly. She had a lot of fun and learned new tricks! She said her favorite thing was jumping on the trampoline. It was so fun to see her have something that only she does. It seems like when you are so busy with the oldest doing lots of activity and sports. The others get a little forgotten. I hope we can find something that she really loves and gets to do often and gets good at it. I think the next thing is to try out dance, all though it is so foreign to me, we will try! Any ideas of places to go to would be great! Thanks

Happy birthday Barrett!

I just wanted to wish my hubby a happy birthday today! He is 29. He really is amazing and does so much for us. I asked the kids to say why they love daddy and Brock said, "because you go to work and get us money to buy all the stuff we need and he is nice to us and he takes us camping and fishing." Sammi said I love daddy because he tickles me and lays with me. I love you so much and really do appreciate all you do for us. You are an awesome father and husband. Hope you have a great b-day and I am excited to go out and have a break from the kids.Love you always and forever!

Briggs

Briggs is 10 months old. Wow the time has flown by!! He is busy crawling all over and pulling up to everything. He loves to stand and walk. He actually took some steps on his own which was exciting. He is still our littlest at 19 lbs 13oz and 28 in. I think Brock was that at 6 months, but that is ok. He is such a sweet baby and loves to follow his brother and sister around. He says momma, dadda, uh oh and claps and waves!! It is so fun to see them grow and develop into themselves. He had such a fun silly personality. We love him so much!

Ice Fishing

Brock and Barrett went ice fishing with some friends in January. They had a lot of fun. They did not catch anything, but saw a couple of other fish from other people. It was quite an adventure keeping warm and keeping Brock out of the holes. Brock's foot actually slipped into a little hole and he said it was so cold but he didn't seem to upset about it. I was freaking out when I heard that, I guess it is good I didn't go!

Sammi's hair!

Sammi did what just about every child, especially girl does in her lifetime. She cut her own hair as you can see. It was cute when she did it she said she wanted it short like mine. Then she said she really wanted it like Brocks. Which had me a little nervous, at least she really didn't go that short. We then took her in to a really cute place called cookie cutters and they made it so cute with bangs. She seems to think she has a fohawk like Brock though. I keep saying no they are called bangs. She loves Brock so much and wants to be like him. Is that normal? I guess I was never a girly girl either. Honestly it is a cuter cut and much easier to do, so she is pretty smart I guess!!

Update of the Holidays!

First of all I wanted to say we did not get cards out this year and want to thank everyone for the cards we did get!! Life got crazy and we didn't get a cute picture of us all. So sorry we love you all and hope your holidays were wonderful.
We had a wonderful Christmas, spending Christmas eve with Barrett's family acting out the nativity was so cute! Brock was a very handsome Joseph, Sammi was a sheep I think, and Briggs was supposed to be baby Jesus but Abby was to scared to hold him. I am sad we do not have pictures but it was cute! Then Christmas day we woke up to find all the fun things Santa brought. The kids were so fun and thrilled with what they got. Then we fought the storm and headed to my parents to get more fun gifts and play some fun games. We had so much fun and are very blessed to have a wonderful family. New Years we spent playing games with friends and did stay up with all the kids! We had so much fun and found a new love of Rock Band 2, thanks to our friends!

Merry Christmas

We have had a fun Christmas season and wanted to share some of the events. We first had a party with my Dad's family which Santa came and we ate and di some fun crafts. Then we had a party with my Mom's family and we played some fun games which included dressing up my Dad as Santa. The grandkids loved that. Then this past weekend we went up to Idaho for Barrett's Mom family party. We got to go bowling, eat good food, see Santa, and exchange our homemade ornaments. We love spending time with our family and can't believe we are only days away from Christmas. We had fun see extended family and sharing some favorite traditions. We love looking at our tree with all the homemade ornaments and remembering each year and family. Brock and Sammi, and even Briggs loved seeing Santa Claus a few times. Although Brock could only say kind of when asked if he was being good, I am sure he will come and get him just what he wants. We love this time of year. We do know the most important part and have also spent time reading stories and talking about Jesus. Merry Christmas!!!