WHAT A MONTH!

This month has been crazy at our house. We have ALL been sick. Cole had a terrible cough that would NOT go away... well three weeks later he lost his and I must have found it! It is miserable. You dont get any sleep and neither do the people in your bed. (yes, at our house it is people in my bed. Every night we have Ike with us, and for some reason Max has been joining us the past few nights. Is a king even BIG enough??) Max had double ear infections, and Ike had some random fever that still comes & goes. Strange.

Then, Gretta had RSV and bronchitis! Poor thing. She had to do breathing treatments every four hours and HATED it! The boys were so concerned for her. So, just when everyone is getting back to normal.....

Wham- Greg sprains his ankle playing basketball. He thought he had actually broken it because of the loud POP but I guess he severely sprained it!? He is supposed to get an MRI this week. He is your typical guy. He didnt need the pain meds offered to him from the hospital, or crutches. Well, now that all MY left over vicodin and percocet is gone he had to see the Dr. :) Also, our friend found us some crutches. MY lifesaver. Now Greg can get off the couch. I knew I didnt want 5 kids!! JUST KIDDING!! Love ya :)

Well, we are all feeling so much better! Just in time for Gretta's birthday party. :) Thanks Eric for taking Greg to the ER, Bryan for the crutches, and my cute friend Jennifer for the heart shaped pizza and yummy brownies! (we still owe ya) We have the best friends ever!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

For Valentines Day, Greg gave me the prettiest flower arrangement! (so, I had to share a picture with all of you :) He likes to go to the flower shop and "design" his own bouquet. He did a fabulous job!!! Thanks boys!- I love you!!

The boys gave me a webkinz! THE LOVE MONKEY! I love playing the webkinz games. ( I also know that many of you do too, secretly) ! If you haven't tried it....don't start! It is almost as addicting as Facebook! ( If you want to try, go for the smoothie moves! It is so HARD!!) Greg used to give me a hard time about always being on webkinz. I needed to win money for my kids, right?? Whose bulldog is that, you ask? Yes, I have now corrupted my husband!

Ike wanted to get in on the action and have a picture with ALL of our webkinz. Yes, we all have them!! LOVE them.

Hope you all had a wonderful Valentines day full of love.....

GO THUNDER!

Our friends, the Poyers, invited us to go to a hockey game on Monday. Our kids are all pretty much the same age and we have the best time with them!


The boys' playing around in the gift shop.





Gretta and Ike were not too sure about the mascot!





It was a great game. (until the end) Our team started losing in the last period, so it pretty much turned into a boxing match. Every 30 seconds masks went flying and the players were brawling. The boys didnt understand why all they wanted to do was fight. I think our team did win when they werent skating.

**What a great family home evening** :) Thanks Poyers!!!

RANDOM CHRISTMAS PICTURES

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!