Girls Night Out!

Lance took the boys snowboarding, so we decided to go to the movies, go shopping and just hang out!


Alyssa invited one her favorite friends, Lizzy, to come with us. We went to Edwards Theater to see the Princess and the Frog, which they loved.


Afterwards we went to the mall to go earring shopping and the girls wanted to play on the toys there as well. I think this dinosaur ride is getting the better of them!




After going to dinner we came home and painted toenails and fingernails and watched Hannah Montana.


I love having a little girl that I can do girly stuff with!

STUCK!

Lance and his friend Mark hunting in Bliss. They did a little more than hunting!


They said it was really muddy and even put chains on the tires, but I guess they got stuck in a sink hole and did everything they could to get out!


They had to call Lance's dad to come and take them back to Lance's car at the bottom of the mountain. Mark's truck is still on the mountain! I told Lance this was payback for killing animals!

IS IT SUMMER YET?

I WANT SUMMER!

Christmas Day

This is a picture from Christmas Eve, usually the kids get new pajamas, but this year they all got new soft blankets. I was also hoping that the blankets would help them fall asleep faster, but that didn't work too well, they were too excited!


The kids woke up around 6:30 and we came out to the living room to find a bowl full of clues that Santa had left telling where he had hid the presents around the house.

The boys got a Wii, Wii fit, games, board games, Webkinz, books, clothes, and their most favorite thing of all, the NXT 2.0 that Grandma Cannon got for them. They played with this nonstop Christmas Day, Mason finally passed out on the floor in his room at around 2:30 in the morning and Taylor was right there with him. We also played Super Mario Bros, Paper Mario and Shaun White's snowboarding game. We stayed in our pajamas all day long and just played games and had fun! (For some reason my new camera's date was mixed up, but all of the below pictures are from Christmas Day).

Taylor playing the online game from his Webkinz, "Hippy" that he got.

Mason and Taylor built the Alpha Rex robot.

Alyssa told Santa that all she wanted was a desk and a garbage can, so that is exactly what she got. She also got some music, a Webkinz, a ton of craft and coloring stuff, a pink garbage can, books, a dress for her and one to match her American Girl Doll, and a Barbie game for the Wii. She stayed in her room all day listening to music, singing, coloring, and doing activities. Now she has a place to store all of her craft and coloring things. Taylor even made her bookends for her desk.

One of the crafts she made. Grandma Cannon gave her a whole box of crafts to do.

This is what Lance did most of Christmas Day! Alyssa gave him a teddy bear so it would help him sleep because it was soft. Lance got a new camera, a snowboarding helmet, and a hat with built in earphones. I got a heated blanket, (which I love!), a camera (just a small one to take around, instead of our big one), and a picture frame.

We have also been working really hard trying to give Jesus a gift this year. We have a big jar that every time one of us does some act of service for another we get to put a puff ball in there. We almost had it all the way full! I am proud of the kids for learning about service and giving something back.

Later that day Lance's parents, Vicki, Pat and Casey came down to spend the night. The next day we all got up and went to Rexburg, to the Hogi Yogi, to spend some time with Lance's brother Joel and his wife's family. Holly's family owns the Hogi Yogi, so they closed the doors to the public, and we ate, played games on their Wii, and watched a movie on the projection screen up in the loft. The kids had a blast! While the kids were watching a movie, Lance, I, Joel, Holly and Brent snuck into town and went shopping. We found some good deals, but it was crowded!

It was a fun holiday spending time with friends and family!

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve my side of the family got together at a church (the only place we will fit now) to play games, eat dinner, see Santa and just be together. Ed and Cam organized some football for the kids and the adults played lightning and card games.


Santa came and brought the kids some presents and made sure they were being good!


Aunt Ken and Lysa

Playing "BS", my family should be very good at this game!

We played our annual white elephant game and yes, the "white elephant" and the picture of Lance showed up again. Whoever gets the picture of Lance is supposed to hang it somewhere in their house for the year. Nate sent me a picture when he got home and it showed the picture of Lance hanging over their kitchen table! Other gifts included some redneck bubble bath, old motorcycle gear, a pregnancy test and my favorite a nice holiday CD cover of my brother Ed looking rather festive!

HAPPY 13TH ANNIVERSARY

Tomorrow is our 13th year wedding anniversary, I can't believe 13 years have flown by! Looking at these pictures makes me laugh, wow we look like we are about 12 years old! I can't say it has always been easy, I think our 1st year and last year were our hardest years, but I love Lance very much and he keeps making me laughing, which is one of the reasons I even started dating him! Every year if I am not with Lance at 11:45 a. m. he calls me and tells me happy anniversary (that is exact time that we got sealed). I love that he thinks of little romantic things like that.


Lance and Tris at the reception in Buhl.


I remember this picture, because Lance was so nervous to kiss me in front of everybody! (I am sure he will not admit that to anyone though!)



At the reception in Idaho Falls, this is Lance's brother Greg that nobody ever sees because he lives in Korea. I loved my flowers! The perks of working at a flower shop was that I had the most amazing bouquet and other arrangements.

Lance and his brother Joel. Everyone thinks that Lance has blonde hair, but I always think of it like it is in this picture, curly and very red!

SO PROUD!

This happened a week ago, but it is something I want to put on here so Taylor will always have it to look back on. I was coming home late from school last week, like 20 minutes behind schedule, so Taylor was in charge while Mason was at robotics, anyways when I got home Alyssa was sitting on the couch with tears in her eyes. I asked what was wrong and Taylor said, "Alyssa was choking and couldn't breathe so I did that one thing that you did to me when I was choking of a piece of sucker."

I had to think for a minute and when Taylor was about 5 years old I made homemade suckers and we were eating the extra pieces and he got a big chunk stuck in his throat and couldn't breathe so I had to do the Heimlich maneuver, and the piece went flying, it was a pretty scary moment!

I couldn't believe that he actually remembered and knew how to do that. I was so proud of Taylor and sad that I was a bad mom and wasn't there to help at the same time! The rest of the night Lysa was giving Taylor luvs and kisses, telling him thanks! I am so proud of you Tay!