Erin's Thanksgiving B-day My sis-in-law, Renee, took this picture of Erin, I thought I'd add it since it's so cute!

Horse Heaven . . . Neighhhhhh! Jeep gets new hay today! Amelia, Lela and Erin had fun riding in the little green pickup through the pasture to deliver it to him. He came over for a little nibble out of the truck. What FUN! Notice this lovely shade of green? It matches the truck! :)

HaPpY #42 BiRtHdAy Yes, Brad turns 42 years old today! Wow! We had a fun family dinner at the Outback last night to celebrate.

Mmmmmm . . . . Cream Puffs Brad's standard request for his birthday is cream puffs. We bake them (so easy), then fill them with a vanilla pudding/whip cream mixture, then top them off with homemade fudge sauce.

Mmmmmm . . . . Cream Puffs Brad requests Cream Puffs for his b-day each year. It sure beats cake! And pretty easy to make too! Just bake them, fill them with a vanilla pudding/whip cream mixture, and top them with fudge sauce! Deliciouso!

Neighborhood Bike-O-Rama! Miranda and Daniel were too speedy for this picture. We had 6 kids biking up and down the street this afternoon. That's more kids than this neighborhood has seen outside in a long, long time!

Mom, Come Watch Me Ride . . . Pleeease! She still needs someone outside to start her off, but once she's going she's good!

Raking Leaves I would title this picture "Fall Fun," but we don't have to rake leaves here until January! This was a good job for the kids to do over the winter break.

Erin & Ella

Brave Erin sledding down the hill As you can see there wasn't much snow in ShowLow. But we didn't want to drive too far for an activity like this because the kids get cold and tired out too fast!

Marlee Sledding in ShowLow

Marlee gets a Digital Camera from Santa! Her dream come true . . . now we have a new photographer in the family! She has been having fun taking pictures and just deleting the ones she doesn't like! Cool!

Miranda got an awesome "Wicked" book! It's a book all about the broadway musical, "Wicked." As you can see she is wearing her new pirate shirt! She loves it, Amelia! Thank you!

Santa brought a bike for Erin! She hopped on and learned to ride it in on Christmas Day! We have to be out there to help her on and get going, then she's on her way!

Marlee also got a new bike! The kids had fun riding all together up and down the street. Luckily, there is not much traffic on our street!

DANIEL & RYLAND have twinner P.J.'s

Marlee Performing "You Better Watch Out!" Marlee is taking a teen jazz class and is doing very well. She is starting to gain confidence and poise in her movements.

Erin dancing to "Run, Run Rudolph!"

Erin's taking a Jazz/Tap Combo class. Here she is performing at the Dance Christmas Party. She remembered all her steps and it was very cute!

Charlee's getting in the Christmas Spirit! Look at our little reindeer! I had fun running around going to the kids' school Christmas parties today. Now they're off until January 8th! Ho, Ho, Ho, Merrrrrry Christmas!

Marlee's Christmas Braces She picked alternating red and green bands in honor of Christmas!

Daniel's 2nd Grade Class They had a fun Christmas party today and made fleece scarves. Daniel is in the middle at the top between his teacher (Mrs. Galhouse on the left), and the teachers aide on the right.

Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Christmas! We had a wonderful ward Christmas Party yesterday. We had breakfast out at the ramada near the ballfield by our ward building. Yummy french toast with strawberries, syrup, whip cream, and bacon! The kids made crafts and guess who showed up? Santa!

Christmas Caroling Cotton-Trailer Ride After all the food and fun we went on a ride in a ward-member's cotton trailer! More comfy than a hayride! We sang Christmas Carols around the neighborhood. The kids had fun burrowing in the cotton and throwing it at each other!

OUR CHRISTMAS ANGEL Marlee in the spotlight! Her 7th grade choir performed three songs for us the other night. First, "Papa Loves Mambo," "Love in Any Language," to which they also performed sign language, and "High Hopes." It was awesome!

MARLEE AND FRIENDS From left: Danielle, Brie, Marlee and Xan. They are all in the 7th grade choir. Xan and Brie are also in our ward. How can my daughter be short when I was always the tallest?!!