Crack Kills!

The neighbors were over today. Aiden and Lily decided to eat snow like dogs. Poor girl.




Kayla was getting quite the work out trying to keep everyone together. She would go crazy when one kid would go to a different part of yard. She wanted to herd them together. lol!


Aiden worked all day to make this. It's suppose to be the head to the snowman (that never got built).

Idaho

We had such a great visit to Idaho. It was so nice to see everyone and spend time with my family!

I don't think it ever got over 0 degrees the entire time we were there! Brrrr......




The mud room was empty when we got there!!! This is what it looked like after our first morning playing in the snow.




Frosting Christmas Cookies!!





My parents awesome bathtub! The boys favorite room in the house!!

Tara painted Whitney's toenails. She was blowing on them all night! Check out the drool. lol!

Getting ready for church..... Lots of girls!

Whitney's new fake smile.

Mike needs to have a son. Connor used his new-found ping pong skills all weekend long to beat just about everyone there. He's wearing a pair of my shorts because I forgot to pack pj's for the boys. They keep falling down.

Early Christmas

On our last night in Idaho we celebrated Christmas a little early.

Whitney didn't like all the wrapping paper messing up the floor. She wanted to clean it all up.

COUSINS!!!!!!!

The kids had so much fun with all of their cousins! I feel so fortunate that they have so many cousins close to the same ages and they all got along great. I'm so glad that they all got to know each other better. I enjoyed getting to know them better too. I am so proud of each of them. They are all great kids and have great parents!

They were so cute, I just couldn't stop taking pictures!

Connor had all the cousins cracking up during the entire trip!
He's just like his Daddy... a little comedian.

Coming Home

2 Long car rides + 2 plane rides in one day = 1 tired Momma!!

The kids were great though. It was hard but they were troopers and even had a little fun!

The boys loved watching movies and Direct TV on the plane. WELL worth the money!

The pilot was so nice and let the boys fly the plane for a little while. ha ha. (Scary!)

Grandpa Holley

We've been in Northern Idaho for my Grandpa Holley's funeral which was on Monday. Everyone came for the funeral and it was really nice to see everyone. I learned more about my Grandpa at his funeral than I ever knew about him when he was alive. Here are some pictures they showed during the slide show.

Here is a pic with my brothers and my sister, Tara. I'm sitting on my Grandpa's lap. Look at my brother, Preston. He is the little cutie to the right of my Grandpa. Aiden looks so much like him!


Here my Grandpa is walking with me and my cousin, Valerie. I'm on the left. Don't you love the cigarette hanging out of his mouth. lol!


I love this picture. My Grandparents really loved each other so much. I teared up at the funeral hearing about how much my Grandpa adored my Grandma. They were married 50+ years. Their marriage was a true love story.

The Winner!!!

It's over! YAY!!!

Our Biggest Loser Challenge is finally over. Yes, I did win... but I felt like a cheater. I wasn't really working at it like the other competitors. In fact, my Mom actually joined a gym for the first time in her life and would drive all the way to Newport after working all day to exercise. She lost more pounds than I did, but I lost more percent of my body weight, making me the winner. I did accept the title (as well as the $100). But, I am so proud of my Mom and feel like she deserved it a lot more than I did. Good Job Mom!!!