Morgan's Christmas debut performance

We have an UBER talented neighbor, that Morgan affectionately calls "Mizan".  (Her name is Andrea...Miss Andrea....Mizan).  Well.  She volunteered to put together a Christmas program for the 2nd graders.  They had to practice early in the morning before school each Wednesday, and Morgan was so excited.

Mizan kept telling me how much she loved Morgan because she likes to sing so much.  This program was a super big deal....with a LOT of songs.  It was fun to watch them perform.

Plus I get a kick out of seeing their faces in these photo's.  They were really into it. :)

Mizan gave Morgan a special "task" during Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.  Morgan's job was to ding that cowbell during the off chants (....."like a lightbulb!" and "like Columbus!").  Can you tell Morgan took that seriously?  Check out her stance and that concentration in her eyes.  Don't mess with her.

 

They just sung their little hearts out.

My Styrofoam Stinkers

Aaah.  I never thought I'd need to get Styrofoam off of my children.  Leave it to these 2 to find a way for this problem to come up.  Chance has a very large, and very "in the way" Styrofoam target that he uses for his bow practice.  Apparently these 2 decided it would be fun to poke and dig and demolish the thing.

So. 

I got to spend the afternoon picking little tiny pieces of Styrofoam off of my children.  Do you have any idea how hard that is?  It sticks to EVERY.  THING.

It's a good thing these guys are so cute.

PS ~ can you tell that Crede could basically care less?

Catching UP

It's a sad day when you realize that you still have oh......about 300 photo's still on your SD card just waiting to be downloaded to your computer. **sigh**

I'm here, and I'm behind. My sanity has been around though, so maybe that's a GOOD thing I haven't been blogging so much lately. My organizational skills have improved, my vocabulary isn't quite as lacking (due to my book obsession as of late) and I've actually been spending time with the Childdrrrn (Cat in the Hat reference there...)

So, the point of this random post? Keep checkin' back for some fun filled (and late) posts. I promise, you will be left breathless. (Or at least you'll smile to yourself.)

Lataz.

GAPkids

Hi everyone! I'm just posting this short post because I just entered my cute kiddies in the GAP casting call. If you want to go vote for them, go here for Grace, here for Crede, and here for Gage. I'll have to enter Morgan next time 'round.

Here are the photo's that I entered:

Nichole Van

I have the best husband ever invented. This guy has been so great. Ever since buying a new "entry level" DSLR camera, I've re-discovered my love for photography. I can't believe I've gone 10 years being happy with point-and-shoot snapshots. I'm also so glad that I have the background in photography that I do so that I actually know what F-stops and Shutter Speeds have to do with exposure. I'm not going to lie though ~ it's taken me a while to get to the point where I don't have THINK so much during a photo shoot. It's so easy to forget things, and I'm grateful that this "hobby" has been found again.

I found this amazing photographer ~ Nichole Van ~ and she just happens to offer some AMAZING photography workshops. Whoda thought?! I asked Chance, he immediately said I could go, and VOILA! Here are my finished photo's. I had SO much fun, and met some pretty incredible ladies. Enjoy...

Our last day...Bear Lake Camping Trip

The morning before leaving for home we decided to go on an official, LONG, 4-wheeler ride. The kids all got geared up and we headed out. It was such a cool morning that we all had to wear our sweatshirts. It was NICE. We rode for awhile and then came back to camp to eat a quick lunch before leaving for home. Of course we had to set up the tripod to take some "group" photo's ~ and we had some fun doing that as well (as you can see.)

We're very lucky to have family that we are close to. Thanks Token and Corey for a fun trip. Here's our pic's from this last day. Enjoy!

Here's our little Gage all ready for his big ride. Cute little boy.

Oh Grace. Crede didn't look too thrilled....crazy kids.

Smile!!!

Aaaand here's our group pictures. Yep ~ we's crazy.

Day #2 ~ Bear Lake Camping Trip

We drove to Bear Lake today. I didn't bring my camera because #1...I didn't feel like it, and #2...I could just picture sand and more sand. 'nough said.

We spent the day there, had fun ~ UNTIL ~ Token's cornea got scratched somehow. It kept getting worse so we decided to pack up and drive back to camp. Token, on the other hand, drove to the Dr. We got back to camp and finally decided to OFFICIALLY sing to Gage for his first birthday. See what happens when you have 4 kids? This never would have happened with Child #1. We stripped him down and gave him pure sugar. I'm not sure that he liked it all that much though...oh well.

We let the kids play a little that evening, and then a HUGE thunderstorm rolled in. Thank HEAVENS for camper trailers. Needless to say, we spent the remainder of the evening watching movies and playing card games. Token got some eye drops that helped numb her eye, and she was good to go. Fun times.


Here's our Gage just before getting his sugar-fix.





Yeah, I guess it wasn't a big hit. Aw well.



Crede with Tatem and Hadlee playing.......who knows.

Yeah, for the record, I didn't think this was such a good idea. Grace and fire should never be in close proximity.

Day #1 ~ Bear Lake Camping Trip

Yep, it's our annual Bear Lake Camping Trip. We didn't arrive to camp until about 10:30 at night, so this was our first, REAL, day of camping. Corey and Chance had to drive into town for a part (for Tucker's dirt bike) so Token and I hung out at camp all....day....long. We sat, relaxed, and watched Morgan find a cow skull and the proceed to hammer the teeth out of it with another bone found nearby. We also got some fun photo's of the kids just sitting around too.


Here's Morgan practicing with a BB-gun...she had to sit down to keep herself steady. This was only allowed while DAD was in camp. I don't care for firearms. :)

Grace and either Tatem or Hadlee. I can never tell. Sorry Token.

Oh boy. Grace is crazy on this thing.

During the boy's absence ~ what else was there to do? Photo-shoot!! Here's Morgan...
Grace...


And token being the good Mom that she is, brought some fun coloring pages for the kids to play with in her camper. Crede loved it.

Yep, the skull....and the teeth. SICK.

Grace's feet after ONE day. Not even a full day really ~ just a 1/2 day.

Crede doing what he does best.

Aaaand my "photo-shoot" with Crede.

Token and Corey fixing our hobo-dinners for the night. Do you like Corey's wicked awesome "ove-glove"?

And Token, yet again, being the amazing Mom that she is ~ brought "Minute to Win It" games for the kids to play. Complete with prizes. here are Grace and Crede just before trying to jump the ping-pong balls out of their kleenex box. Cute kids.

Morgan really got into it.

Our last game of the evening ~ unwrapping a present while wearing gloves.

The prizes......

The kids couldn't wait to blow up those balloons. They were actually pretty fun!

Gage and Dad sittin' by the fire. Chance just has a knack with this kid. He loves his Dad SOOOOoooOO much.

Night little man. Little one-toothed hillbilly.....