HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

This holiday season, I feel I have so much to be thankful for. This year has brought many changes to our family. We have moved, had a new baby, missed many family members, and met many new friends. I am grateful for the trials and opportunities that have come our way. I see so many people struggle, and it really makes me appreciate the things I have. I love being a wife, mother, sister, daughter, and friend.

Blah, blah, Blah..... But I just wanted to take this time to let you all know how grateful I am to have you in my life.

I leave for Utah on Friday ( 2 DAYS ROB!!) and will be back in January for a lot of posting I am sure! :)

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!!

until next year..........

GINGERBREAD HOUSES

This year for our annual gingerbread house decorating, we invited a few friends. We had so much fun, and our kids LOVE all these kids! It is so fun to watch all the kids design their houses, sleds, trains, etc. :)


It was just as fun watching Katie decorate her train while Eric had his own sled! ( I'm sure their kids were around somewhere :) It was pretty funny.


I think everyone had a good time eating ALL the candy. Unfortunately, there was too much left behind..... Well, my family has pretty much taken care of it already. Gotta love the holidays!

SANTA

Our ward had a pajama breakfast for our Christmas party. The kids' loved wearing their jammies, eating pancakes, and singing Christmas songs.

They especially LOVED Santa. It was a good year. No one was afraid of Santa. I'm sure next year will be a different story!

KNIT KNACK KIDS

Greg and I have decided to try an online boutique. We have been wanting to do this (or talked about it anyway) for a long time. We just haven't had the time, or found things we LOVED! Well, we are ready to give it a try. We will SLOWLY add new things. Check out our blog knitknackkids.blogspot.com We are still in the beginning stage, but with the cooler days and holidays approaching, we thought we just need to get it going.

*TO ALL MY BLOGGING BUDDIES...PLEASE ADD ME TO YOUR LIST TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT!* Thanks so much!

SOME FAMILY PICS!

Here are a few of our new family pictures. James and Michelle did an amazing job capturing candid shots of the kids. We had never been to Knights Ferry and it was awesome. Thanks so much Rognons!! Check them out...
www.rognonphotography.com

HALLOWEEN

Happy Halloween!


Love,
The Palmers

IKE IS THREE!

Ike had his 3rd birthday on Oct. 30th. Crazy how time flies! He wanted a Dora cake until he saw the Power Rangers. Luckily, we didn't have to make this one. It was very yummy. (Although, Greg did think our frosting was better!)

He wanted to go to John's Incredible Pizza, of course. We played our favorite game- Deal or No Deal. We won 200 tickets! Yea, we made a good deal!

Ike is such a fun kid. He has this great personality and is definitely the life of the party! HAPPY BIRTHDAY IKERS!!!

THE PUMPKIN PATCH

My parents came to visit for the weekend, so we took them to the pumpkin patch. Cole and max loved painting their pumpkins and Ike wanted his face painted instead. He chose a PURPLE basketball. :) We'll just say it is because he is a JAZZ fan! We had so much fun with Grandma and Grandpa. A weekend just isn't enough time. We miss you!

GOTTA LOVE THE MAC

Ike and I had too much time on our hands! He loves taking goofy pictures from the photo booth. SCARY!!

SOCCER...SOCCER...SOCCER....

Yep, That's about right. Cole and Max practice twice a week and their games' are on Saturday. (They have the same uniform but are on different teams.) I love being a "soccer" mom but wow it keeps us busy. They love it though. Not sure yet if Max likes the game or just the slurpee afterwards. Cole's team is really pretty good. His coach is INTENSE. Scary intense. (Right Kinda?) Kinda's son Braxton is also on Cole's team. Luckily, our boys' don't seem to mind. I think they are learning a lot.

GRETTA IS TRYING TO CRAWL

Everyone always says "enjoy this time while they are young because they grow up WAY TOO FAST!!" Oh, this is so true. I cannot believe she has two teeth already, and now she is trying to crawl! :(

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLE!!!

I cannot believe Cole is 7 already!! For his birthday he wanted an Incredible Hulk cake. Easy enough right? WRONG!! No one makes them anymore. So what do we do? Greg and I made the cake! Huge kuddos to my husband. I was getting frustrated as it was not looking like I had imagined. Greg stepped in and helped me out. He is very creative. Cole loved his cake. It was quite yummy. (Even though we all had bright green teeth!)

Cole invited his good friends Brett, Braxton, and Benjamin. We went to the park as usual for a water balloon fight, and pinata. My camera died, so no pics of the pinata :( All in all I think it was a success. HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLE!! We love you.

MINNESOTA

What a trip! We had so much fun, it was hard to leave. It was so nice to see the whole Morgenson group. Max just told me he sure misses those days! Funny huh? Me, too Max!! We love you guys!! (sorry the slide is sooo long, we had too many great pictures!)

THE AIRPLANE RIDE!

Here we are in Utah. We met up with my brother Rob and nephew Tag for the flight to Minn. The kids were so excited to see Uncle Rob and Tag. Hey Rob, thanks for taking the pics! :) Love this of Ike in front of Ike's restaurant in Minn. airport.

PICTURE DAY IN MINNESOTA

During our vacation, we had family pictures taken. These are a few from our camera. I LOVE the one of Greg and Gretta. So cute!

BAD WORDS!!

Today, Max came home from kindergarten and told me they say bad words in his class! WHAT? This is kindergarten!!! Well, they are learning short ( a ) now so they use the word fat. A LONG time ago somebody called someone fat on T.V. I told the boys that this was not a nice word, so they use chubby or fluffy (they came up with that on their own :) So now I have to tell them they can say fat but never CALL anyone fat. Boy, I wish they would always listen this good.

IKE JAMMIN' OUT!

( Sorry but you may have to pause the music)... Ike loves to dance, but he loves to play the guitar even more... My brother in law, Andy, caught him in action! We are in Monterey listening to a one-man-band. We may have a future rockstar !! I think this is pretty cute!!

Can you believe school has started? Yesterday was their first day. They were both so excited! I could hear Cole telling Max exactly what he would be doing in Kindergarten. (Now that Cole is so old ya know?) They did not want us to take them to school! They are ready for the bus. They lost out though :0 They did get to ride the bus home. Max is only on there with kindergartners. When I picked him up he was waving like crazy out the window and was so excited! Oh, I wish Cole could ride that bus! Luckily, he is the first stop home so I don't have to worry too long! He loves it! Max has lots of friends from church in his class. I think he is going to have a great year.

Cole doesn't really know anyone in his class this year. I'm sure he will make lots of friends. He does go to the cafeteria now. AHHH - Does the worrying ever stop? Please have a friend to sit by, please don't drop your tray, etc... Am I nuts or what? He really seems to enjoy going and picking his own food. He is very independent. Well, so far, so good! I will keep ya posted. GOOD LUCK BOYS!!!

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL