HaPpY NeW YeAR!! =)

I usually do a lil review of the years adventures, so here it goes... Minus the pictures this year!! I'm too lazy for that!

 

 

This year we have had some pretty fun, excited, scary, and big adventures!!

 

One of James & I's favorites was our cruise, then our families favorite was DISNEYLAND! We did lots of camping late summer early fall & it was a BLAST!!

 

Then I quit my job (SCARY!!) But got a new one that I LOVE!! for a GREAT company!! This just goes to show that "sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together!!" That's part of a favorite quote of mine & I find it to be very true!!

 

Then James & I finally bought a "REAL" bike.... Harley BABY!! =) LOVE IT!

 

Then last but not least we moved out of James parents into our own lil place that we are learning to LOVE!! & I am learning that bigger & better isn't always BEST!! It's not my 1st pick but it has everything we need & we are HAPPY!!

 

I am always excited to start a new year, I'm always up for a fresh start!! So here's to 2013

Bring it on!!

 

We don't have any big adventures planned, but I'll get workin on that!! =)

 

 

HaPpY NeW YeaR!!! =)

It looks like...

 

Santa found us!! =) Here are just a few pics of Christmas morning @ our house...

 

 

Mads was in heaven with her new 1D t-shirt!! =)

Kobe LOVED his new Lego set!!

 

After we did our thing we headed to Gp. & Gm Hales' to talk to Eric =) The kids were both way excited to hear from him. He is doing good & will be home next year @ this time. YaY!!

 

After that we headed to see my sweet gm. Kent, & then to my parents for our traditional ham & funeral potatoes!! YuMmM!!

 

We had a great time with family & friends & are looking forward to 2013!! =)

Well...

I just thought I'd give ya'll a lil update. On Sunday I got called to be a R.S. teacher, YIKES!! I'm a lil nervous, I might have been born & raised in the church but I don't feel like I know the gospel all that well & especially not well enough to teach. I have only ever taught Sunbeams & that was easy, cause they never knew if I was prepared or just reading it out of the book that day! =) lol We have only went to church in our new ward 3 times, so I was totally not expecting this...

 

So I guess here is to a new adventure!!

My handsome lil man....

 

 

Kobe went to gm.Delorise's on Thursday last week & him & grandpa helped her make sugar cookies... She sent Kobe home with all the fixings to decorate his cookies for Santa!! Friday was just a half day so he skipped school & hung out with his daddy-o! When I got home from work he got out all his business & got his cookies all done. His hair is a lil wild & crazy!! But other than that I think he is one handsome lil man & I love him to pieces!! Makes me smile inside & out!! =)

 

 

 

 

 

 

This pictures just makes me SMILE!! =)

 

 

I guess Mads is getting too old for this kind of stuff kind of bitter...sweet! But

 I sure do love that girl!! She had her 1st school dance on Friday & it was a hit!! I went to work early so I didn't even think to get a pic of her all dressed up. But she looked like a lil diva!!

Christmas Eve (Eve)

On the Sunday (12/23) my mom did the Kent family Christmas party, so that all the kids could be there. She always has the kids dress up in the nativity while she reads a lil Christmas story.... Mads thought she was too old to dress up this year but was a good sport & help with Zack & the star, Zack was so dang cute!!

 Look @ this sweet little thing!! He is so dang cute, I could eat him!!

 

 

Kobe Man

       

 

The whole clan =)

After Gp. & Gma's we headed home so the kids could open their Christmas Eve presents. The anxiety was killing Kobe!
This year I switch it up & got them slippers instead of p.j.'s & they both got a new book & a new pillow with some pretty awesome pillow cases!! =)

 

The BIG city.... NO Dad's allowed!!

This last weekend Jerian invited me & my kids to go stay in Salt Lake & go to the lights & do a lil shopping!! :) It's been a few years sense we have done this, so I was all about it!! Our hubby's had to work so it was just us & the kids. Cade was going out of town so I invited Jacki & her kids to join us. Angie joined us as well, and we had a FUN weekend!! :)

 

  

 

Jacki & her kids @ Temple Saquare

 

My 2 cute kids, that I love & adore!! :)

Maddi, Me, Emry, Jacki, Asher & Kobe

 

 

 

Shay, Kobe, Maddi & Triston

 

 

Shay & Kobe enjoying all the food they could eat @ Tucanos!! YuM!! Kobe had his mouth full of chicken hearts, lets just say it wasn't as good as he thought it would be!! :) LoL

 Kobe hooking arms with Shay making sure they stayed safe & stayed together. I think this is the last time we will see them hooking arms or holding hands. They are getting way too cool for that!! :)

Before we left we were supposed to meet up with Jerian & the kids to put together these little care packages for the kids to hand out to people we saw down town that were less fortunate than they are. Our schedules never matched up so Jerian & her kids put them together for us. I LOVE this idea!!

They had candy canes & mints, tooth brushes & paste, kleenex, jerky, granola bar, hand warmers, wipes, a water bottle & a few other items.

 

Kobe & Shay getting ready to pass out their bags. It was so awesome to see the kids doing this AWESOME act of service!! Kobe even got a few tears in his eyes, he said he just felt so bad for them. It was amazing to see how different each person reacted. Some said thank you & you could see they truly needed it & others just took the bag & still asked for money. One guy even gave it back & said he really didn't need it. It was very interesting!! But I thought it was awesome & it brought a few tears to my eyes as well, LOVED it!!

 

 

 

We hope you all have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

 

ONLY 6 DAYS!! :) Yikes... I'm so EXCITED!!

Here's what I've been up to....

 

 

Becki, Jacki & I have been trying to master candy making!! Our grandma Kent always made the BEST candy, and it always looked like a pro dipped them. Us girls have struggled with getting ours to look like a pro's. :) We have been doing this for the last 3 years & this year I think is the BEST one yet!! We didn't waste near as much as last year, we finally got the thermometer figured out & mastered the caramel making!! And Jacki & Becki made the BEST batch of fondant so far...YaY!! I just thought it would be fun to post a lil photo to show off our almost pro candy making skills!! :)

 

 

 

 

P.S. Even when  it looks like poo, it stills taste dang good!! :) LoL

It's being to look a LOT like.....

CHRISTMAS!!

 

I was just going to put up a lil tree I had gotten last year that was perfect for the "pad" (a.k.a James parents basement). But when I told my kids they wanted to get a REAL tree!! At our old house I always did 2 fake trees, a kids one down & a more "fancy" one upstairs.... The last 2 years @ our house we just did one REAL tree upstairs & my kids LOVED it!! So last week we went & got a REAL tree. James worked last weekend so the kids & I decorated it. It was fun!! Kobe loves Christmas music so Mads got that goin for us & we gotter done!!

 

This year I'm kinda having a hard time getting in the "spirit" so I haven't put up/out any other decorations, so hopefully I can get that done this weekend.... Here is a lil photo of our tree. It's not my favorite, but it does the job!! =)

 

 

Last night was our ward party & Santa was there... Well neither of my kids wanted to sit on Santa's lap. Kinda made me sad, they are both getting too big! Kobe said he did at first but then once we got in line he changed his mind. :'( Kinda sad to think I will have a teenager next month & my baby boy will be there before I know it. I pulled Kobe aside & asked if he still believed in Santa & he said YES!! LoL I've always told my kids that if they don't believe they don't receive....

 

I'm kinda sad but in away I guess it's good, cause I'd rather they know & focus on the true meaning of Christmas!!

 

I use to not get very excited about Christmas, but sense my kids have been old enough to realize what's going on I LOVE it!! I think I get more excited than they do!! I hate waiting to give them there gifts... I am such a sucker like that, yesterday I let Maddi wear one of the shirts I got her... LoL

 

ONLY  17 MORE DAYS!!!