Twas the Night Before Christmas

Billy, Katie, Ellie, & Johnny


Sisters


The Boys


The Girls


We read the Christmas story and hung up the stockings. Then the kids and Todd and I got to open up our one present. PJ's. I tried to get a family pics but it didn't work out too well. Here is the best I could do. We have too many goofballs or babies in the family. All the girls and boys got matching pajama pants. I thought it was fun! Especially since I matched my two girls:)The kids got to talk to Santa on the phone today. Katie asked for a flute, Billy for a car, and Johnny for a sword. They also made some cookies to leave out for Santa. We had a fun evening!

Dress Up

The girls wanted to play dress up so they pulled out the dress up cloths. Johnny just loves playing with other kids that he wanted to join in too. I told him he looks so pretty. Todd won't be too happy:)

Snow and Ellie

The boys wanted to play in the snow so they went out and had fun. Johnny doesn't like the cold so he doesn't stay out very long but he has fun when he is out. Ellie is now 7 months and her hair is long enough for pig tails. She is so cute!

Vacation

It is finally vacation:) We drove to Manti on Saturday for a couple of weeks. I like going on trips. Especially to Todd's family. They are cool. Todd, Ty, Jesse, Jen and Travis and their kids all went skiing today. Todd and I are planning on going next week with Katie. I will try some bunny hills. See if I can do it. I have only been skiing one other time in Germany and it was scary. I don't like hights so it is something I need to get over.
The kids have been having so much fun with there cousins. We have played pinochle and I have been working on some geneology. It can get addicting. Not much else. Just relaxing and enjoying family:)

Company Holiday Party

The FRG put together a Holiday party last night for Todd's company. I can't take much if any credit for it. Lauren and Monica put the whole thing together. I couldn't find anywhere that we could aford so I asked Lauren if she could look for a place for us. She and Monica went out and found a place on Base that was perfect. And we didn't have too cook anything and it was in our budget. Danna came up with the idea for a cake. She went to Sams and they even were able to put our crest on it. It turned out great! It was great not to have to cook and try to decorate a place. We had a great turn out too. Over 200 people came. The kids had fun with Santa. I tried to talk with as many people as I could (which isn't in my comfort zone) since I am the FRG leader. We are trying to set a good impression for the FRG as a lot of people have had bad experiences with them in the past. I definatly wouldn't want to be the FRG leader without my leadership. They have taken most of the burden off of me and it is nice. We still have a lot more to do to prepare for next summer but we will get there. Oh and I am proud of Todd. I think he is great! I am very lucky to have him!

Office Party

I was on my way to pick up Billy from school and was listening to the radio. It said that if you wanted to win an office party then be one of the first six callers. What it was was for a free steak or chicken dinner at Cowboys East for 20 of your friends for the next night (Friday). I thought that would be cool. Plus Todd and I have been country dancing there. So I called. It took a few tries to get through but I won one of the spots. YEH! I called as many of my friends as I could think of to come. I called our normal babysitter and she was able to babysit. Last night we were able to get 15 people at Cowboys for the "party". It was a lot of fun. the food was OK but heh it was free for all of us. You can't beat that. Here are the people that came; Todd, Me (of course), Mom, Becca, Jeff, Jeff's sister, Rebecca, Damon, Bridgette, Micheal, Bridgette's friend, Johnny, Liz, Bryan and Kristen. We played some pool, hang out and danced. It was great!I forgot to take my camera in to the club but here are two from after we left.

November

So two months later....we are still alive. I still can't find my cord but when I do I have some cute pics. Katie and Billy are enjoying school. Johnny wants to go so bad. I tell him he gets to go next year. Ellie is six months. She wakes up once a night for a bottle but other then that she sleeps great at night. I like putting all the kids to bed at 8 and then having the evening to myself. I have been reading a couple of new authors. One is Anne Perry. I like her books. I have never been able to guess who did it and why until the end of the book which is saying a lot. I also started reading Robert Jordan. I read the first book in his series and now I am looking for the second book. They are hard to find.
I have been busy with FRG stuff. There always seems to be something going on or some meeting to go or some event to plan. Mom is a great help because she watches the kids for me when I need to go somewhere without them. It is a blessing! Todd and I just finished the boy's bunk beds. It only took over a year and I am very happy they are finally done. They look cool too. Billy fell off the top bunk once already but hopefully he won't again. He is too much of a wiggle worm.
New moon finally came out and I love it. I thought they did a great job with the movie. I went to the midnight movie with mom and three friends. Then I dragged Todd to see it with me yesterday. He is a good sport and came.
Katie and Billy both played soccer this year. Katie is a great midfielder and she loves to play. Billy at least kicked the ball a few times. He still seemed to have fun though. Katie just started dance. She is in a Pre Ballet/tap/jazz class. It was fun buying her ballet stuff. She looks cute all dressed up. I hope she enjoys it this year.
Halloween was fun. I made costumes for the kids and Todd. Mom found my outfit at a yard sale. I was Tonks, Todd was Lupin and Ellie was Teddy Lupin (Tonks and Lupin's baby in the seventh book)Billy was Harry Potter, Katie was Ginny Weasley, and Johnny was Ron Weasley. WE had way too much candy after Halloween but got rid of a good portion last week when we made pinata's for cub scouts. They were fun to make.
We are staying here for Thanksgiving as Todd is serving Thanksgiving at the DFAC on Thursday. We will have a great week though and enjoy our time together.