Kayla lost her first tooth!

What an exciting time for Kayla, finally after turning 61/2 and seeing friends much younger than her lose teeth she has lost one! What a miracle it is. She even pulled the tooth out herself! We were so proud and excited. Oh no, another sign that she is growing up and is no longer my baby.

My Anniversary

Joe and I have been married for 8 fabulous years this year and we actually went away. We got to stay in a timeshare in Anaheim. We had a blast! We went to Disneyland for two days by ourselves. We actually got to ride all the big rides together. I can't even remember the last time we did that, definitely before kids. We had fun, sleeping in and sleeping the whole night through. We even went in the hot tub without having to blow up any floaties. It was a great time to reconnect with my husband and spend some time together!

Danny got glasses!

At the end of last year, Danny's right eye was crossing. We took him to the Doctor and got referred to a specialist. For two months he wore a patch for a couple of hours a day, and yet it did not help his eyes. At his last appointment the doctor told us that Danny is far sighted and so his eye crosses when he is up close and is trying to focus. So here comes the part when he gets glasses. We went and he picked them out, (Spongebob glasses) and I think he looks really cute. He has been very good about wearing them and so I hope that this transition continues to go as smoothly as it has.

Happy New Year!

We arrived home on New Years eve, and went to a party at our friends house. We played games at some great food, and toasted the new year. The kids had a great time with their friends and being able to stay up so late. All of our kids actually stayed awake until we went home after midnight.

Daddy's Neighborhood

On the way home from our trip, we stopped in the area where Joe grew up. We went back to his old house and the owner let us take pictures.


We went to a country store Joe went with his Grandpa, and we even went to the Elementary school that he went to. It was fun showing the kids where their dad grew up.

Merry Christmas!

Sorry this has taken so long to post. We had a great time in Oregon for christmas, it wasn't white but it was definetely cold. It was nice to spend it with Joe's parents, it was definetely less crazy than it is at my parents house. On Christmas Eve we went to the Thomas's (friends of Joes parents) and had a great time dressing up the kids and letting them do the christmas story, they all looked really good dressed up in the outfits. We hope everyone had a nice Holiday!




On Christmas morning the kids had a great time opening presents. Danny kept saying,"I got so much stuff!" It was fun to see their faces and see the joy of the holidays through them.




This year for christmas, Joe and I decided to not get anything for each other, it did not stop Joe from getting Coal in his stocking! (Yes it is Chocolate, but it was very cute, called Santa's coal!

Tillamook Cheese Factory!

While were in Oregon, we visited the Cheese factory a few times enjoying the samples of cheese, eating Ice cream and watching the workers package the cheese. It was a yummy good time!

They had these cows with christmas hats on the kids loved them!

Jenna and Danny loved watching the workers, Jenna even had them waving and smiling at her, she said, "their waving" and then she would wave back. It was very cute!


We all loved eating the ice cream, it was delicious. Jenna love bubblegum (well, its pink), Kayla love Rootbeer float, Danny loved anything chocolate, Joe love peppermint candy, and I loved German Chocolate cake icecream. Such amazing yummy flavors to eat. It is good we don't live close I would have ice cream for breakfast, lunch and probably dinner. I guess I would skip dessert :)

Off to Oregon!

We went to Oregon to visit Joe's parents for Christmas this year! It was very cold and wet while were were there, but we had some great times. We went to the beach on the only non raining day and fed the birds, chase the birds and took pictures of the birds. It was fun!


Jenna loved just chasing the birds and she did not want her picture taken. She was not a fan of holding the bread!


Danny and Kayla both had a great time feeding the birds, we were all very cold but it was nice to be outside without it raining. The Oregon coast is really beautiful!

Kayla got an award

I know that I am a little out of order on my posts but so much has happened and I am just going to try to get them all on the blog. I think in November Kayla got an award for being a great reader and having perfect attendance. I was very proud of her of these accomplishments. She is reading very well, almost 3rd grade. I love reading with her and seeing her growth!

Yes it snowed in Apple Valley!

We had a crazy snow storm right before we went out of town! Kayla got out of school early and the kids had a great time playing in the snow! It was really cold outside but it sure made things look beautiful!



Joe and the kids went on a sled, ate snow and made snow angels. It didn't last very long, for they all got really cold really fast!



Here were the kids with Joey and Aaron Wheeler making a sad looking snowman,(yes I helped, probably why it looks so sad) It had arms out of utensils and a sucker for a nose. I think the kids liked him anyway.



I thought our tree looked so pretty with all of the snow on it! I also loved the rose with the Icicles the next morning, it looked amazing!