Just Dance...

My sweet little Ali just had her first ever dance Recital! She did not want to get up and get ready for her dress rehearsal at all, but as soon as we got there and she saw that her little dance friend was all fancy she was ready to go home and get her hair curled and dance make up on (which is mostly lots and lots of glitter) She did her dance to the song "When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney", which I had never heard of before, it's a cute Christmas song that I think is more popular in the UK. She did such a great job on her dance she remembered MOST of what she was supposed to do, and tried to smile while she was dancing. She had a big cheering section with lots of us yelling and whistling for her and she was so happy that lots of her family could come and watch her! Everyone spoiled her with flowers, Jed and Charma brought her a cake, Shawn and Nikki made her a paper rose and a little present box, then after all that she got a huge Lollipop from Santa! She had such a great time and we are so proud of our Big Girl!

Waiting for the music!

Action shot

Wow, she can strike a pose!!

Ali and Erin After the show.

Fun with the fam

We had a short, but fun trip to St. George earlier this week. Ali and Brody were excited to go there again we always have a ton of fun when we go down there on our annual vacation in the spring but this was our 2nd trip this year. I drove down with my mom and the kids, Charma drove separately with Erin and Emmy. I refuse to drive that far without another adult in the car if Brody is coming, he is very high maintenance on long car rides, and spent about half of the 4 hour ride down there screaming at one of us, and only about and hour screaming on the ride home =) He really wasn't meant to be confined!

Charma got a great condo with a hot tub on the balcony, we turned it down so it wasn't to hot for the kids and they loved to be able to go swimming outside. Ali was a crazy maniac jumping around in that thing, I hadn't realized how much she must be missing going swimming, she got really brave during the summer and thinks she is a swimming pro!

We spent the morning at the Dickens Festival, they had a booth set up with these wiggle cars for the kids to try, It was hard to get them away from these! Especially Brody and Emmy because we strapped them to a stroller the rest of the time.

Later that night we went to Tuacahn to see the live nativity (which I would highly recommend to anyone and everyone) and the lights. They had these set up for people to take pictures, all of the kids thought they were so funny!

Brody had a little talk with Santa about what he would like for Christmas, which incidentally is a wiggle car. Ali thought it was great to see Santa, but she does not want to sit on his lap, stand by him, or even talk to him for that matter. I told her she needs to talk to him so he knows what she wants for Christmas, she decided he can bring her what ever he wants to, she won't be talking to him!

This is every one sitting waiting for the nativity to start. Oh wait Brody isn't sitting waiting at all, he is trying to climb over the seats while Grandma tries to wrangle him and everyone else is posing nicely for the camera. He was really good once the action started, and like that they had real animals on the stage, especially the camel!
This was the morning we left, I was laughing so hard when I saw this, I had to go tell everyone else. They stayed asleep like that for quite a while and Erin kept sneaking in to look at them.

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Oh these Patterns are soooo adorable, check them out!

The Handmade Dress Patterns GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Halloween!

Cowboy BrodyAli the Good Witch

Ali and Brody were a ton of fun this year on Halloween. They both thought trick-or-treating was a lot of fun......at first. We got about half way around the block and Ali decided that she had enough candy and was all done and ready to go back home. Oh well it was fun while it lasted. Ali kept telling us she was a good witch because she didn't want to be mean and scary! Of course Brody dresses like that every day, so he was happy to be able to get some candy out of it, and wondering when we are going again.

A Long time coming!

Here are a few pictures from Brody's Birthday party. Which I had every intention of posting a long time ago, but better late than never.....right?

He woke up soooo happy! (which definatley makes my life a lot easier)

His cute cake!

Grandpa Buddy took him for a tractor ride, the highlight of his day!

We had his party at my Grandpa's "Hardway Ranch" which Brody believes is hands down the greatest place on earth (Shawn and Nikki's house is a close 2nd) and if you have have ever been there you'll know it is really an awesome place to go. Needless to say he had a great time with friends and family!

A to Z all about me!

A- Age: 30

B- Bed size: Queen

C- Chore I love: hmmm...that's hard! Maybe organizing junkie drawers and cupboards.

D- Dogs name: no dog at the moment :(

E- Essential start to my day: Music!

F- Favorite color: Depends on the day =) Green today

G- Gold or Silver: Silver

H- How many times have you been outside the USA: Once, a fun trip to Mexico

I- Instruments I play: I have played Piano, Saxophone, and Drums, and I'm horrible at all 3 =)

J- Job Title: Wife, Mother, Housekeeper, Chef, Secretary, Chauffeur, Personal Assistant and the list goes on!

K- Kids: 2 adorable kids

L- Living arrangements: with my hubby and kids

M- Most popular dessert at my house: right now it's cup cakes.

N- Number of times I have stayed overnight at the hospital, not counting my own birth: Just twice, once with each of the kiddos.

O- Outdoor activity I have never tried but would like to: I can't think of one, I'm kind of a chicken, I don't have any desire to go sky diving or bungee jumping or any thing like that!

P- Pet peeve: Toy room mess!!!

Q- Quote from a movie: "You know what the Chinese say cookie, 'beware what you wish for'."

R- Restaurant I could eat at everyday: Tepanyaki, it has been too long since I've eaten there!

S- Siblings:Well Lets try and get this straight... 2 older brothers, 1 younger sister, (Each of them are married so 3 in-laws) 3 Little brothers, 2 Little sisters. 3 sister-in-law's and 4 brother-in-law's (married so 6 more) 23 total!

T- Time I wake-up: Not sure I should answer that! Not early! =)

U- Unknown fact about me: I don't care for Chocolate

V- Vegetable I dislike: Tomatoes, YUCK!

W- What is my dream vacation: Somewhere tropical, with white sandy beaches

X-rays I've had: on my back and my knee

Y- Yummy food I make: Chicken Fried Steak.

Z- Zoo favorite: giraffe

I TAG- Torre, Janet, Charma and Nikki, and anyone else that wants to do this! =)

I have been playing around alot with photoshop lately and making some new stuff so I thought I'd share some if it with you. This is what I love to do in my precious spare time, and I often do it when I should be cleaning my house!