Our new camper

We have been looking for a camper for almost a year now and this GREAT deal popped up and so we got it. The kids of course want to sleep in it every night. Now if the snow will melt we can't wait to use it. Aaron is already planning out our summer. We call it our 72 hour kit.

Now if I only had a truck.....

Anson's birthday

So Anson's birthday was a month ago but I am putting up some fotos anyway. He wanted to decorate his own cake, so he made some "Lego things" and put them all over the cake. We then went bowling with Aaron's sister's family and had some wild and crazy fun.

thoughts for the day..

Why do we keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance? 

 The statistics on sanity is that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you. 

 How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?

 Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? 

 Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard? 

 Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are almost dead? 

 Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale? 

 Just a few thoughts to chew on...

Finally

We have been in desperate need of a family photo for a very long time. After much disapointment with "professional photographers", I just let Amy Jones go to town with her camera and this is what we got.

Christmas fun!

Here are some things we have enjoyed while on our Christmas break.

LOTS of snow...

Our gingerbread house...

my shepherds in the Christmas play...

decorating the tree..

Yummy sugar cookies....

 

 of course Christmas morning Anson was up at 4 AM and did not go back to sleep. He could NOT control himself or his excitement.

A sure sign of old age

So Sunday night Aaron and I went to my sister Callie's Christmas concert. She is in the UVU institute choir. For those who don't know about Callie, she is my only sister and we are 16 years apart.... making her 22.

So the concert ends and Callie comes down to a small circle of family and friends to tell her what a great job she did.. yada yada. So in this small group of people is a friend of Callie's I have never seen before, along with my brother and sister in law with their baby. So this girl turns to Stacey, my sister in law and says, " are you Callie's sister?" Stacey says "no, I'm the sister in law and this is my baby." She then turns to me and says, "and your the mom?" Stacey busts out laughing as I say, "no, I'm the sister" she says "oh, sorry, so your the OLDER sister." yes, I am.

Now the rest of the evening at the institute is a blur as I am instantly aware of every wrinkle and grey hair on my head. All I remember is that she STUCK AROUND! I would think she would be embarrassed and take off, but no she just hung around right by my side as everyone visited. Then when we decided to leave she was right there with us and walked out the same time. Holy crap! .... get lost

I guess I could have had Callie when I was 16. It's not impossible... but geezzz really?

ladies and gentleman........my children!

So yesterday on the way home from school (I picked Anson up early because he threw up 2x in the lobby) he tells me when he grows up he wants to be a lunch server in the lunch room. It looks like fun and they always get to eat first.

Later that same day, I ask Morgan if she wants a banana, which she likes, and she says "no, I'm alergic to bananas cause they have snot in them."