Another Year

I can't believe another year has already come and gone, and I posted once last year.  Wow! My baby, Cole, is already 15 months old.  He is in to everything, and a happy baby.  

Clay, is 13, and officially a teenager.  To think I have a teenager in the house is crazy.  Clay still likes wrestling. 

Chloe is 11, and still dancing and loves it. She, likes to be outside jumping on the tramp, and out with her horse. 

Macee, is 7, and still most of the time as happy as ever about life and school. She is still dancing also. 

Craig, is still plumbing, and I am still working on keeping up with my kids as they are growing and running all the directions they need to go.  

Life Goes By Fast!

Wow! Where to start, so much has happened since the last time I posted. Craig and I have now been married for 15 years this year. We had a new baby, Cole in May. He is now 4 months, time flies, it seems like yesterday he was just born. He rolled over for the first time Sept 14th, and he now loves playing with is toes. He is such a happy baby.


Clay turned 12 and now is passing the sacrament. He started middle school as a sixth grader.

Chloe is 10 and in fifth grade, and has Mr. Nagata. She is still dancing and taking piano. She was just in the Utah State homecoming parade, and danced the whole way.

Macee is still as happy as ever, and just went into first grade, she loves it. Everyday, she asks whats for lunch, and her teacher is Mrs Freckleton (what a perfect name for a first grade teacher). Macee, is also still taking dance, and was in the parade, but she got to ride the float. She keeps loosing teeth imagine that.


Craig is still working on his shop. He now has a little bit of insulation in it, the floor is all poured. It will be really nice when it's all done. Maybe I will be able to park in my garage this winter lol. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

May 2010 Health Days

Chloe and Macee were in the Health Day parade, they enjoyed throwing candy while riding in the parade. Clay with his friend Jayse handed out flyers.

Also, in May, Chloe had her dance competition, she did a great job.

March and April 2010

WOW, it's been over a year since I have done any posting. I probably should catch up. So, here goes. In March, we started our shop, for ALL of Craig's plumbing stuff, and so I can actually have a garage.






In April, Chloe and Macee had their dance recital, they did great. Chloe decided to do competition this year, this was the first time dancing for everyone by herself.

First day of School.

I can't believe it; the first day of school has already come and gone. My kids are getting so big, Clay is now 10, Chloe is 8, she was baptized this summer, and Macee is 4 and just started preschool last Thursday.

Clay, likes his teacher. He is getting quite the sense of humor, Craig doesn't know how to take him sometimes. He is a lot of fun to be around. He's still in piano, and he's very talented.
Chloe, is going to start dancing next month, and she is excited and can't wait to start. She is also still in piano. She started going to achievement days now, she will be busy this year.














Macee is a happy little girl, she asks if it's school everyday. She loves life and enjoys reading, playing make believe, and just having fun. She loves being with her dad. She loves her puppy, Daisy.

Clay likes horses again!!

This year Clay has decided the horses are not so bad. He occasionally goes and spends a little time with them. A few years ago he had something happen that he didn't want to have anything to do with the horses. He has decided that this one is his favorite, she still does not have a name. We need to come up with one soon. He still loves riding four-wheelers.

Summer Time.

Things are kind of settled down, the kids are out of school, dance recitals are over. Hopefully, it is time to enjoy the summer. Chloe had her recital a couple of weeks ago, she did a great job, and looked so beautiful. Last week, Clay and Chloe finished school. I finished foot zoning school, which has an absolute great adventure in itself. Our family life has become more positive.
Clay has started a sports camp this week and goes through next with one of his best friends. He loves it, he gets to try all kinds of new sports, that he has not had the opportunity to try.
Chloe and Macee are enjoying our new puppy, Daisy. Daisy, follows them around everywhere. She is a cute little thing, it seems like Craig decides we need a new puppy everytime he has to go for a week on a Young Men's activity (at least for the last two years he has done this). I hope everyone else has a wonderful summer.

Family Night

Last night we decided to bowling for family night. They were all excited to go.
We got our shoes, Clay did not like the look of the shoes, but he wanted to bowl so he wore them anyway. Macee wanted shoes too, but all the shoes they had were bigger than her size, so she had to bowl in her socks. She wanted shoes like everyone else. Eventually she didn't care, she just wanted to bowl.
Macee had so much fun she couldn't wait to push that bowling ball down the lane and then after she would jump around. She couldn't wait for her turn. Clay and Chloe was glad when their turn came around also. Everytime I would try and take Chloe's picture she would hurry and move out the picture, then she would say "I hate pictures." So she is a blur in a few pictures. We had pizza and root beer for dinner. I turned out to be a really good night to enjoy time with the family.

Gingerbread Houses

Last year we started a new family tradition building gingerbread houses. Everyone gets involved; grandma, grandpa, Jared, Craig, me, Clay, Chloe, Macee, Shelly, and Brandon. This year we had a new addition into the family, Rowdy, but of course, he was asleep. We all make or build our own gingerbread house, of course I don't usually make my own, I'm helping the kids with their own. This year Macee made her own, and she was so proud, she wanted to eat it, too.

There is a lot of quietness in the house when everyone gets building. Graham crackers are being used like crazy, cutting the crackers making sure they fit just right, and the icing everyone needs their own. We have all kinds of detail that goes into these. It takes about two days to finish, and even sometimes they don't quite get finished, that's okay we all have a good time.

A List for Macee

Christmas is just around the corner, it will be here before you know it. All of the children are getting excited. I went shopping with Macee, my sister and her baby today, everywhere we went she would say "can I get this?", or "we have to buy this for me." I would say "put it on your list." She would say, "okay," just as simple as that. I thought I was doing pretty well with a 3 year old. Some will throw a fit, but not mine today. Then we went down an aisle with little notebooks just her size, she happened find, she said, "here's my list we have to buy it." My sister says,"that's actually funny, you have to admit." Well there was no turning back after that. I had to buy it. Now, she is writing and drawing her lists in it.

My family

We have been in our new house for about a year and a half, we love it where we are. Craig is busy plumbing still, it slowed down the first of the year, now it's really picking up. He is also the Young Men's president, that keeps him busy along with everything else.

I was excited this year to finally get a piano, I have wanted one ever since Craig and I had gotten married. Now my kids can learn to play.

Clay is involved wrestling, he is really enjoying it. Chloe is in dance and piano, I think she will be our little pianist. Clay is also in piano, when he sits down to practice he does a great job, it's of course just getting him to practice. Macee is just as busy as can be. She loves life and just a happy little girl.

Halloween

Craig was excited to see the Headless Horseman this year on Halloween. He said he has always wanted to dress up like this but never has.