Christmas!!

Merry Chrismas!!!!! We had a wonderful day! We had church at 9am so we decided to wake up early. Kiersten decided she would set her alarm clock, which was probably smart since everyone likes to sleep in and usually will still be asleep at at 9am. She set her alarm clock for 6:30am.... A little too early, but it is Christmas.

Donnovan wasn't all that happy to be awake this early and actually climbed on the couch and tried to go back to sleep. It wasn't until he actually saw the what Santa brought him did he decide it was worth getting up early for. Santa brought him his own video game system!! Hopefully he'll leave Dad's and Ryan's alone now.

Emalee wanted a doll with a doll bed. Santa brought her a new doll and a bunk bed with matching blankets and pillows. She was soo excited! She was a little surprised that Santa got her and Donnovan's stockings mixed up. Silly Santa!!

Santa brought Kiersten an I touch! Talk about spoiled rotten.. or being super good this year! She was soo excited and had a hard time letting brother play with it. I don't blame her, he is totally into electronics and would steal it if Kiersten would put it down.

Ryan asked for games that the family could play together. Santa brought  him Kerby and Epic Mickey! He is excited to play with the family, which means playing with Dad while Kiersten and Emalee watch.

Donnovan got a lot of things for Christmas like a new bike from Grandma and Grandpa Mick, a lamp from Grandma and Grandpa Redmond, a talking dump truck from Mom and Dad, tools, cars, Buzz Lightyear pillow pet, barn animal magnets and or course new jammies.

Emalee got a new princess doll, a princess little kitchen, a beautiful lamp from Grandma and Grandpa Redmond, a barrett kit from Grandma and Grandpa Mick, squinkies, guess who game, and a princess flute from Felicity. She is soo excited that I haven't hid the flute yet.

Kiersten got a new case for her new I touch, a bank that counts for her, stickers, boots, a lamp and barrett from the Grandma's and Grandpa's, and mom got her some shhh bras shhh. She was a little embarassed about it. My little girl is growing up!!

Ryan got luggage for his trip to DC, some video games, pringles from dad (7 packages of them.. Dad shopped all by himself), legos, a lamp from Grandma and Grandpa Redmond and money from Grandma and Grandpa Mick. He also got a cool bag with his name on it from Aaron.

We all got these fun marshmellow guns so we could have some real fun as a family. Dad got a snow cone maker, hoodiebuddie, saw horses, Kiersten made him a hand made game and he got his snow blower fixed.

Mom got some new clothes, luggage, pictures of the kids that they took themselves, and a new kitchen!

It was a wonderful, wonderful Christmas!!!

Tattoos and Moustaches!

So we are a little silly tonight and Donnovan found some moustache tattoos that I got and he wanted to wear them. So I thought it would be funny to put them on the girls also. Dad already had his own moustache and tattoo so he didn't want anymore. Ryan was too busy playing with his video game to join in in our fun.

This is Emalee and her Villian Moustache.

This is Kiersten and her Investagator Moustache.

And here is Dad's tattoo!! It is the CTR crest on his ankle. He got this tattoo while on his mission. I know, I know... your all thinking "what?!" Yep while serving a mission he wanted to have something to remind him of his choices and his beliefs, so he got the Choose the Right crest tattooed on himself. Don't know if that was the right choice, do you?!

My Parents are Going on A Mission

My parents have decided that they needed to have a little excitement in their lives, so they have decided to go on a mission! They told us at a family meeting right after confrence that they had been secretly getting ready for the last 4 months to put their papers in. We were all excited for them! We asked where they wanted to go and Grandpa said somewhere English speaking, because they were too old to learn a new language. ( Hello thats what Rosetta Stone is for...)
Anyway, we all started to give our predictions to where they would end up. I said Alaska or Australia, thinking that I would love to come and visit them during their mission. Everyone gave different predictions from Idaho to New York. Grandpa said he would end up in Tuba City Utah ( which isn't even on Google) which is a teeny tiny little town which is probably 5 mobile homes. We all laughed and laughed.
Well, guess where they're going!?! Farmington New Mexico mission!!! Guess what's in their mission? TUBA CITY!!!!! Bwahahahahaha!!
The Lord listened to Grandma's prayers by sending them somewhere warm, and listened to Grandpa joke about going to Tuba City. Well, never will I doubt that Heavenly Father listens to us! Serves Grandpa right!
Well, they'll be gone for a year and will be living out of their motor home. Dunno about living out of a motor home for a year in the New Mexico heat.
We wish them I wonderful time and look forward to the blessings they will share with us.

Potty training... for Mom

You know, I forgot that potty training is soo hard. We are trying to potty train Donnovan, but I feel its mostly Mom who is being potty trained. Mom and Dad are the ones who are constantly reminding him to go and we're the ones trained to tell him to go potty. Man I can't wait till he's all done, cause then I won't have to do this ever again!!

Welcome!! I'm New

Welcome to our blog. I am completely new at this and I'm not sure what I am doing so..bare with me. I decided that I needed to start doing this because I am a horrible writter and with my wrist I can't do it anymore and I really need to start writting down all the fun things that happen with my family.

My family is great. I have a wonderful husband and four great kids. I met my husband Robert back in 1996. Our first day was December 7th and we were married February 28th. I know, I know way to short, but we have been married for almost 15 years so we must have done something right...right?! He works evenings at Detroit Diesel and I work days at Beehve Storage and as a substitute teacher. Maybe thats why its worked soo well.. we're never home at the same time.

Ryan is our oldest, born Jan 4th (again I know super short, but way worth it!). He is now almost 14 and is in 8th grade. He is a great kid who tells his mother that he loves her and still kisses her good night. He is a huge computer and game system junkie (gets it honestly from his father). His favorite food is pizza and steak. He is allergic to penicillin and horses.

Kiersten is our oldest girl, who was born on Aug 18th . Kiersten is 12 and in Young Womens and 7th grade. She is a little shy, until you get to know her, then she is all over the place wild. She takes after her father in that she is TINY. I mean she's 12 and weighs 54 pounds. She could pass for a 9 year old. I told her that when she gets older that she will take that as a compliment, but for now she gets mad at me when I say she's looks younger. Her favorite foods are lazanga and walnuts. She has a cool history of her teeth... remind me and I'll tell you later.

Emalee is my little girl. She was born on March 27th. She is 5 and is in Kindergarten. She goes to Mrs. Gisbson's all day kindergarten. She is loving it!! I knew she would. She is a sponge when it come to learning things. She is a spitting image of me when I was little (a feel bad for her about that) and she has my temper (feel bad for me). Emalee's favorite foods are turkey and cinnamon toast.

Donnovan is our caboose. I have met my match and his name is Donnovan. He was born on July 21st and is now a very active 3 year old. His favorite things to do are to color on walls, jump on furniture and climb into bed with Mom and Dad...every night! I guess its true what they say, the older you get the lazier you are with the parenting. He gets away with more than the other 3, but don't tell them I told you. He tells me his favorite foods are pop tarts and chicken nuggets.