The past couple months have full of good weather that we definitely took advantage of. I went skiing with all the Daems boys and Whitney. Best ski day I've ever had!! I love my brothers and sister and Rich, who taught us that it's not nearly as fun skiing when laying down. :) Ethan and Seth both advanced to new belts in Karate. Ethan is now a purple belt and Seth is a yellow belt! We spent a lot of time at different parks and hiking in the hollows of Kaysville. The boys asked for haircuts! Usually I have to beg them to let me cut their hair, so this was a big step! Ethan nailed his back handspring, I am so proud of him! He has another karate tournament in a few weeks, hopefully he will bring home some trophies, especially since we are adding in the back handspring. And lastly, we had a Frozen party last week. It started out as my kiddos and a couple girls that live a few houses down, but I couldn't help but invite all my favorite neighbor kids. We ended up with 15 kids here partying. I bought some little caesars pizza, Ethan's best friends' mom sent over some popcorn, and one of my favorite 11 year old girls made some cup cakes decorated with snow flakes. It was SO much fun!!! I love when the neighbor kids come to play!

It's been a crazy month for lots of reasons. Here are a few highlights.
Roxcy turned 2!! We celebrated at Kangaroo Zoo with Jeff and Heather and there little girls, and grandma and grandpa daems. We had a party a few days later with my brothers and sisters and their kids and my parents. I am a horrible parent and didn't take any pictures that day. We also got a little kitty a little before Christmas. I'm still going nuts having hair all over the place, but the kids like having an animal. Let's see.... I took a ski day with my Candyce and built a desk for my little brother. Which is still in my garage. Maybe I will take it to him at some point.

Christmas!

Christmas!!! We scaled WAAAAAAY back from last year and the mountains of gifts they got. Instead they got a few toys that they should really like. Ethan got a guitar, a bike, a lock box, clothes, gum ball machine, and (his favorite) yarn and fruit loops. He's going to make necklaces and sell them. From Grandmas he got some science experiments and a cool rock. From mom he got some kamas for karate and from Dad he got spurs gear.

Seth got an electric drum set, Iron man action figure and gun thing, gum ball machine, clothes, and a Razor ez roller. from mom he got a fart gun, from dad he got spurs gear, and from Grandmas he got play dough and sockem bopper swords.

Roxcy got a little bike, and ariel doll, a stroller, and clothes. From mom she got an elmo (that I bought 6 months ago and she's played with it in its box up until november when I hid it away). From dad she got spurs gear, and from grandmas she got a baby and necklace, and a minnie mouse.

Each of the kids got a homemade pillowcase from grandma barb. Seth is convinced it's actually a mat that goes on the floor. 

Santa didn't disappoint and it's been a fun morning. These kids are the highlight of my life. :) Funny side note, Roxcy has (already) started not liking clothes that I think are cute. She screams 'not pretty!' if I try and put something on her. I had to bribe her to get her cute spurs dress on. Thank heavens for gum balls and brothers who will share.