Jessica turns 6!

I can't believe that my "baby" is 6. It's been a great year for her. She loves kindergarten. She has learned so much, reading, writing and numbers. She is truly a joy and blessing in our family. She had a great birthday week. She had grandma and grandpa from OK here for a few days, where we watched baseball, played, shopped, went to the Beach and of course Disneyland. Then her grandma from Tehachapi came up one afternoon and took her power shopping...that girl can do alot of damage in little time! She got some great dresses, a swimsuit and some cover ups for our upcoming beach trip this summer and a few other cute outfits. On Sat, she celebrated with a few friends with a Littlest Pet Shop party- we played games, read stories, did crafts and had a fun time.

Big Month for Jake

Jake, born in 1999, turned 10 this month. I can hardly believe it. It's been a great month for him so far. He went to Mammoth w/ Gary to snowboard, Spent his actual birthday at Disneyland with us, earned his Bear in cubscouts, along with quite a few beltloops, pins and arrowpoints, and played his first baseball game for Hart baseball, where he got on base 2 out of 3 times at bat and scored a run! He is such a great kid. He is so helpful and always wanting to please everyone. I am so thankful and proud that I can be his mom!

S'mores

Our backyard is FINALLY done. So to celebrate, we lit a fire in the fireplace and had s'mores. The Liddiard's were here for the fun. We had a great time visiting, watching the superbowl and playing. I'm not sure the kids were really into eating them as much as watching the marshmallows catch fire, but we had a good time.

Happy New Year!

We had a wonderful 2 wks. First Gary's sis, Karen and her family, including 5 boys crashed at our house one night. Then throughout the week we got together... Rockband, Pool, Legos, Magic Mtn, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hollywood Sign, Griffith Park...all kept us pretty busy. We went to Tehachapi for Christmas day to visit them at Gary's parents. We had a great time. It snowed, so the kids had a great time building a snowman and having a snowball fight with cousins. The power went out over our really nice Christmas Dinner. It was fine, we visited by candelight for a few hours then decided to take off back home, where there was power and heat and a bed to sleep in! My family came for New Years!!! We spent time with cousins for a few days at home and then...We spent 5 days, yes I said 5, at Disneyland! We had a great time. It was crowded, but it was fun to spend time with my parents, my sis and family and my bro and 2 of his kids. Other than some sort of fluke food poisoning or something with Gary and Jess, we had a really good time. Jessie loved our hotel room. She had her own "Tinker Bell" room.

Merry Christmas!

I wanted to post the words to one of the my favorite Christmas Carols growing up. It reminds us why we celebrate Christmas.

C is for the Christ child born upon this day

H is for Herald Angels in the night

R is for our Redeemer

I is for Israel

S is for the Star the shone so bright

T is for Three Wisemen, they who traveled far

M is for the manger where He lay

A is for all He stands for

S means shepherds came.

And that's why there's a CHRISTMAS Day!

I'm thankful at this time for the Savior and his sacrifice. I'm thankful for our family and friends and I'm thankful for all the great blessings we have received this year in our family.

Merry Christmas to everyone and Happy New Year!

Jessie's new smile!

I took Jessica to the dentist on Tuesday. YEAH no cavities! which is a miracle with all the work we had done last year. That night, her tooth was loose and bleeding. She was crying and complaining and really worried about it. I calmed her down and sent her to bed, hoping it wouldn't fall out during the night. The next morning, it was really loose and bleeding again, so I took a kleenex and pulled it out-UGH. She is pretty proud and the tooth fairy feeling bad about all the drama left her $2.00!

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