Easter & Bryce's 8th B-day!!

Here are some late Easter & Bryce's 8th b-day pictures! We had a great Easter at Grandma's house and later Easter dinner and an egg hunt! This is a tradition that my Grandmother started at her house when I was little. So we have continued the tradition and do this every Easter! It was so fun & brought back a lot of memories!

Also Bryce turned eight this month. We had birthday breakfast for him and later that day we had cake and went to a movie. A week after his birthday we had a birthday party for him with his friends. We started with pizza at the house then we loaded everyone up and went to Party Hardy! Then we came back for cake and presents! Bryce really enjoyed his big day! I can't believe he is eight! Where does the time go!!

EASTER MORNING & EGG HUNT

 BIRTHDAY PICTURES

LEMONS,LEMONS,LEMONS!!!!

You know the old saying, If Life gives you a Lemon make Lemonade. Or something to that affect.  Anyway it seems I have had a few lemons thrown my way this week. I am trying to make lemonade, but the lemonade is still tasting kinda bitter. I guess I should count my blessings because I know there is someone else out there with way worse problems than mine! I am just so glad I have great family & friends that are willing to listen to me and give me the advice I need. I am also grateful for my father in heaven and the power of prayer. In the mean time I will just continue to make lemonade and hopefully it will start to taste a little better everyday.

Joesph & the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat

If you want something fun to do tonight go see the Joesph play. It is WONDERFUL!!! I have a friend that is helping with the makeup and asked me if I would help out also. I said I would so I went last night which was opening night and helped with the makeup. It is really fun! I was kind of nervous about putting makeup on strangers but the cast is great and anyone is willing to help me out if I have a question.  I was able to watch most of the play last night in between acts and it is an amazing play! So if you want something fun to do go see the play at the King Fine Arts Center it is playing tonight, Mon., Thurs., Fri. & Sat. is the matinee.

Thanksgiving Weekend

I just thought I would do a quick update on my blog without pictures because the last time I tried to post pictures it would not let me. We had a great Thanksgiving at G-ma & G-pa Kitzmillers house. We left Wednesday around 4 pm and headed to g-mas. We drove separately because Russell had to hurry back to go to work on Thanksgiving night (don't ya love a career in retail). He had to set all the wonderful Black Friday items out for all those CRAZY early morning shoppers. Oh, boy do I mean early!!! He said they started letting people into their store at 3 am. They thought of an idea to have a line and ticket for every item to control the crowds better. He said it worked because no one got trampled or hurt this year! Any way Thanksgiving was a success we all got our fill and mom got a break from Children on Saturday! I went Christmas shopping with my mom & sister! We had a great time and a much needed break for me!
THANKS GRANDMA & GRANDPA HALE!!!
We decided to get a real tree this year because the kids have never known what a REAL Christmas tree is because we have had a fake one every year. We found a very beautiful tree at Kings for a really good price! It was a lot of FUN & we all love the SMELL & now the kids know what a REAL Christmas tree is. Bryce was so funny because he said, mom I thought the tree we had last year was real. It was in our house, I touched it and it felt real to me. So we had to explain the difference. What a funny boy he is!!

CADEN'S 13TH BIRTHDAY!!

I can't believe it!!! I now have a teenager on my hands!!! HELP!! Caden turned BIG 13 yesterday! He was so excited he had us all up at seven in the morning and was ready to open his presents. He got a Denver Broncos (his favorite football team) fuzzy blanket for his bed and some wrestling guys from Bryce & MaKenna. We also went to Pizza Hut for his birthday dinner (he picked) and he invited one of his friends to go with us. Then we had cake and ice cream and sang to him. I asked him if he had a good birthday and he said, yeah, it feels really good to be 13. Way better than 12!! What a funny, funny guy! We LOVE him so much & are so proud of the young man he is growing up to be!!

Birthday breakfast chocolate milk & a cinnamon roll

Look at that smile! GO BRONCOS!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CADEN!!!!!

IS IT WINTER OR FALL?

We went from one weekend of SNOW to another weekend of LEAVES & Sunshine. I wish mother nature would make up her mind which season it is. I LOVE Fall and I was SAD to think it was going to be skipped by the sudden snow storm we had a couple of weekends ago. What I LOVE about Fall is the crisp morning air, all the beautiful colors, (which was my inspiration for painting by room in fall colors) raking up leaves, playing in the leaves, carving pumkins, making carmel apples, harvesting our apples & peaches, decorating the house with the kids,making costumes and of course one of my favorites HALLOWEEN!! Anyway the kids sure had fun playing in the snow that weekend. They built a snowman and after they were froze, they came in for HOT COCOA!!

OUR BACK YARD

Jesus (our neighbor), Caden, & MaKenna

OUR FRONT YARD
last weekend

MaKenna, Ethan (our other neighbor), & Bryce

POTTY TRAINING!

See this CUTE little face!









This is the face of a little girl who doesn't want to be potty trained. We started training her after her birthday and she was doing very well for about three weeks. Then all of the sudden lately she has decided she wants to be a baby and not a big girl. She won't tell me when she needs to go at home just when we are out in a store or at church. She is wetting her pants several times a day. I am very frustrated with this potty training. I am about ready to go buy her diapers again. I have never trained a girl, but have heard it is so much easier. I am begining to doubt that very much. We have encouraged her a lot, done the potty dance, called grandma to tell her when she goes, given her candy and rewards. I am all out of ideas! If any one has any good ideas PLEASE let me know!