Gone awhile, but I'm back!!

Alright. So I haven't done anything since August but I have good reason..... I have had a 10 year old computer, that took forever if I tried to upload any photos or do ANYTHING on it! Well I got a Christmas present from Santa this year! A new computer that will let me upload 300 photos in less than 3 minutes!

So here I go, its going to be a quick update.... just to get everything up to date and then this is going to be my resolution, to keep my blog UP TO DATE!!!

Starting kind of where I left off....

We ended up going in on Matt's brothers boat this year, so now Matt has what he grew up loving and we get to spend time on the boat with our little family and friends! We LOVE every minute of being out on the lake and soaking up some sun!!

Starting into October.....

We did our annual pumpkin picking with the Dabo's.

We sure have grown over the last 6 years. I think we started when Makenna and Olivia were only two, and Hannah was only 1 month old. So when we started doing this there were 7 of us and now there are 13!!

I decided this year that I wanted to make the kids nice, good trick or treat bags that will last them for as long as they will need them. So in my head I figured out what I needed to do and this is how they turned out! I was so proud!!

We carved our pumpkins, and yes that is a lot of pumpkins to represent our family, but just so you know one of them was just an extra... not representing anything but an ugly warty pumpkin. This year I decided to steal my friends (Jamie Dabo) idea and paint instead of carve the pumpkins. The kids loved it and had a lot of fun. Matt did too! He did Jack the skeleton :)

My girls this year were the chipettes! We had Makenna as Jeanette, Hannah as Brittany, and Alexa as Eleanor! They liked it at first and when they were together it was fun, but if they were alone people didn't understand and thought they were teddy bears! Oh well it was a cute idea and it was fun to do something together!

Drew and Sophie were BamBam and Pebbles. They were SOOOOOO Cute! We got a lot of compliments on them. Maybe this twin thing at Halloween time won't be so bad!

OK... Nothing so much in November so lets move on to December.... See already up to date almost :)

We went and saw the elf's at Gardner Village with my mom and sisters! It was cold, but not terrible. I had the twins snuggled up in their cute matching owl hats. Those were my only purchases at Swiss days this year, and I love them to death! Drew and Sophie look so cute in them!!

The girls had their Christmas Dance Recital, and as always they did such a good job. They are the cutest little dancers, they must take after their mom :)

Makenna danced to "Hot Chocolate" Hannah danced to "Bad Boy" and Alexa danced to "Hippopotamus"!

We did our gingerbread house, no sad tears like a couple of years ago, just SILLY faces!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

My cute 5 kids all dressed in their New Sunday Christmas outfits that they got for Christmas...

We had an awesome Christmas. Too much, it always seems, but it was great! Makenna and Hannah got a desk from Santa along with other things, Alexa got a barbie camper that has a hot tub and a hammock that pops up from the top, Drew and Sophie got little riding cars... Drew's was Lightning McQueen and Sophie's was a princess one....

Now on kind of a side note... Drew and Sophie were 9 months old on December 2nd. Just to let you know Drew is weighing in at a whopping 15.3 lbs and Sophie at 14.0 lbs.

They are still small, in the -3%, but they are growing and considering that just 9 months ago Drew weighed 3.12 lbs and Sophie was 4.8 lbs, they are really doing terrific!

I just took these pictures today of them eating graham crackers. They LOVE them :) And I LOVE these babies. They are getting teeth and Drew is being ornery lately, but he is my little guy!

Well there you go! The last 4 months caught up!

Look for new updated information and fun facts on our little big family!

Thanks for watching :)

Hannah in Kindergarten!

Hannah had her first day of KINDERGARTEN on Aug 8th!

She was so excited to go to school and start kindergarten! I decided to take her there the first day, so that she knew for sure where to go every other day. She said she had a great first day. She loves her teacher and guess what? Her teachers name is Mrs. Hanna! Hannah loves that her teacher has her name!



She was so excited to ride the bus home! She loved it and was excited for the next day to be able to ride the bus to school with Makenna and then home again!

She is getting so big and is so ready for Kindergarten!!

And Here's July!!

So here is my BIG POST about JULY!!

On July 2nd, Makenna got BAPTIZED!

It was a beautiful day. There was Makenna and one other girl (also named Makenna) that got baptized. I really couldn't believe that she was really 8 and was ready to be baptized and receive the gift of the holy ghost! She was so ready and so excited.

Something funny that happened... when Matt went to confirm her, he couldn't remember what to say. He sat there just silent. At first I thought he was just very emotional, but nope, he couldn't remember the words that he was supposed to say. Finally Matt's brother Randy, leaned over and whispered.."confirm you a member"... and then Matt took off from there! It was such a great and beautiful day for our family!

Drew and Sophie turned 4 months old!!

They went to their checkup and they both weigh 11 lbs. 1 oz.

Drew is 23.5 in. and Sophie is 22.8 in.

They are getting so big! I love each and every day that I spend with them! They are such a blessing to our lives!


Happy 4th of July!
My 5 amazing kids... in their red, white, and blue!



The week after the 4th, we went to St. George with Matt's family to celebrate Matt's parents 50th wedding anniversary!

We went boating, did some hiking at Zions and just hung out!

There is this rock in St. George that people call the Fat Mans Rock... you go through this very,very thin slit through the rock and walk up it. Matt and the girls all did it. And I love this.. Alexa called it the SQUISH! When we were getting ready to leave, she kept telling us that she wanted to do the SQUISH again!

On July 16th... We went to Lagoon for Matt's work. Between my sister, Stefanie, and Matt's Mom and Dad... we left the twins for some good fun times with the older girls!

We got there at 10am and left at 10pm.... the girls were tired, but they all had so much fun going on rides over and over again!

The best part was that we played BINGO for Matt's work and Makenna and I each won $100!


We decided to go to the 24th of July Parade downtown with Matt's mom. The weather was SO nice! It was overcast, so it felt perfect... not hot at all!



Makenna started 3rd GRADE!!!


All I have to say here, is I have one GOOFY red head!!


So Picture it... The day before Alexa's birthday...

Being on the roof of this car....

Falling onto this....
Equals this :( ..

So for Alexa's birthday (July 30th) she had a Mickey and Minnie party with some of her little friends! We had a treasure hunt, played pass Minnie, and pin the flower on Minnies dress.

She got lots of fun presents and had some YUMMY cupcakes and Icecream!

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY to my BEAUTIFUL girl!!

Happy July everyone! I hope yours was filled with as much fun and excitement as our was!

June Happenings!!

Well it's been a while since I have updated this thing.... and to make it easier on me and any readers.... I thought that I would just roll the whole month on June Happenings into one post!

So here we go!!
Hannah learned how to ride a bike with NO training wheels!! GO HANNAH!

The girls had their dance recital!
Makenna danced to Wishin'n'hopin.....

Hannah danced to Splish, Splash....
Alexa danced to Beautiful Doll & Good Ship Lollipop....



Our oldest daughter, Makenna, turned 8 on June 10th!!

She is getting so old and big, I couldn't believe that I had an 8 year old!

On her birthday, Makenna and I went and got a pedicure done! She loved it so much, even though it tickled her feet!!

The day after her birthday, she had a little birthday party. She had a few friends come over and they had a makeover party! My sister Stefanie came and did updo's to all their hair, I did makeup and my other sister Ami, did their nails. It was so fun and they all looked so cute!!

For my baby shower, I got these cute little onesies....

For Sophie..... Sugar, Spice, and everything nice

and for Drew.... Snips, Snails, and Puppy dog tails.

They are so cute, I had to take a picture!

Hannah graduated from preschool! She is now going to be a kindergartner! Wow, where did that time go?!!?
Hannah and her teacher, Miss Colette..... Alexa had her end of the year preschool program as well!

Alexa and her teacher, Miss Lori....
Hannah and Alexa did SWIM LESSONS....
Hannah is swimming so good! No water wings anymore!

And Alexa is doing great with her big Icecream Scoop arms!

And there's June!!

I sure LOVE these 5 kids of mine!!!!