Happy New Years!

We went to Dan's sister Cammie's house for New Years. We all had a great time. The kids played hide and go seek. The favorite place to hide was in the dryer! This is Kamber and her cousin Tiffany.



The boys had a great time playing the xbox. I think they would have played all night if we would have let them. It was great for us, because it kept them quiet and entertained while the adults played games. This is Boe and Cammie's son Kyle and her step-son Tyson. These three get along great!


We celebrated the New Year with the kids at 10:00. Then we put them to bed and the adults played games and chatted. Some of us weren't quite sure if we were going to make it to midnight. But we all did! This is Dan and our brother-in-law Brandan.

Merry Christmas!

We all had a great Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve with Dan's family and then had the whole day on Christmas with just us. We had a great time, we even went to a movie which was a real treat for all of us.

Boe gave Kamber a princess cd player that you can sing along with. She thought it was great. He always knows what she likes best.

The only thing Kamber asked Santa for was a princess dress. He gave her a whole trunk full. She couldn't have been happier.

Grandma Clayson also gave Kamber a new dress. What a great Christmas for a 3-year old princess!

Santa gave Boe a new Ninja Turtle game for his PS2. We had to drag him away from it get dressed and to go to the movie. The second he got back, he was back at it. I guess it's ok to play it on Christmas as much as you want, but after that, there will definately have to be time limits.

Kamber gave Boe a bb gun for Christmas. When he wanted to go shoot it, I told him "You're going to shoot your eye out!" Actually he is very responsible with it and we have strict rules that he has to follow in order to shoot it. He had a great Christmas!

We definatly had a white Christmas. It snowed 12 inches on Christmas Eve and kept snowing all day on Christmas. It is so much fun to have so much snow! I hope all of you had a good a Christmas as we did!

Pumpkin Carving

It's sooo much fun to have Grandma and Grandpa here. We carved pumpkins on Monday for FHE. We all had a great time and the pumpkins turned out spectacular!!

Let it Snow!

On October 4th we had a huge snowstorm. There was six inches of snow. My kids thought it was great to build a snowman in October! Kamber thought it was time for Christmas, not Halloween!

Here's a picture of the front of our house. I didn't post it with all the other pictures of my house.

Boe's Birthday

Boe had his 6th birthday on September 11. We let him invite one friend and they went to the Riot Zone.

The Riot Zone has a ton of blow-up toys for the kids to play on.



Riding the Go-Carts was Boe's favorite part.


They had the funnest paddle boats for the kids to play on.

They had a fun time playing miniature golf, too.

First day of school!

I can't believe that my baby is going to school! He was so excited. He gets to ride the bus. He wouldn't even let me take him to school for his first day because he wanted to take the bus. He went and had a great time. I was waiting for him to come home and the bus went flying by the house without stopping. I thought for sure he was going to be on the bus freaking out. I waited 20 minutes to see if the bus would come back and then I called the bus garage. They told me that his driver had been having some problems, so they dispatched her and she said that Boe was the boy she was having problems with because she didn't know where he lived and he didn't either. I gave them the address and she said he would be here soon. When Boe finally made it home, he was as happy as could be, even though I was almost in tears! He had no idea that anything had been wrong. I told him that he wouldn't always be the last one off the bus. He said, "I know that, we take turns. Sometimes I'll be first or second." I was so relieved that he wasn't freaking out. He has loved school and comes home everyday singing the fun songs he has learned and telling me all about his day.

New House

Well, I am finally getting around to posting on my blog. We moved to Rexburg a few weeks ago. Dan is going to be a teacher and the new wrestling coach at Madison High School. He is also helping with the freshman football team and will be the head freshman baseball coach. We actually moved to a little town about 7 miles south of Rexburg called Lyman. It is out in the country and we really like it here. We have painted every room and put new carpet and pergo in. It has been a lot of work, but worth it. The yard is completely weeds, so that is our next project. Hopefully we will get it done soon.

This is the view from our sliding glass doors in our kitchen. We love that you can't see any other houses. We are going to put in a sprinkler system and then hydroseed, so hopefully, this will all be beautiful green grass next year.

This is the living room when you first walk in the front door. Dan put in the archway that you can see in the corner. It really opened things up. He did a really good job.

Here's the kitchen/dining room. Shay came and helped us put in the pergo. It really made things look nice.

Boe and Kamber picked the colors for their rooms and helped paint. Boe's is blue and Kamber's is princess purple.

We put a new sectional in the family room. It has three recliners. We love to lounge in it and watch t.v.

Boe loves it because we made a little place for video games to be played at.

Kamber loves it because there is plenty of room for her to dance!