Dancing Queen!

I am so proud to announce that Kalli DANCED at her Christmas performance this year! Last year she just stood there with her hands in her mouth and that was just about all she did besides walk on and off the stage (but she sure looked cute). I switched her to a new studio this year where she is doing tumbling and cheer as well and she loves it so much. There are only two girls in her class, Kalli being one of them, so needless to say we were nervous we might have a deja-vu moment but instead to our surprise she came out dancing her heart out. It was such a proud moment for Jett, Riley and I. Great job Kalli, we love you!

FYI:

If any of you call our house and Kalli answers the phone and says "I live here by myself" once you have asked to speak to one of us, please don't call the cops! My brother was teaching her to answer the phone to solicitors and as soon as they ask "Can I talk to your parents?" that is her response. So a great big thank you to Corby for all the wonderful things you have taught my kid's! I sure can't wait until he has kid's :)

Welcome Home Dave!

It has been one crazy, busy week - I think I am going to have to do a post for each time we did something so I can add the pictures. So here we go, Jett's little brother David got home from his mission on Wednesday night or was it early Thursday?...he came home from Italy and flew into Chicago and if you watched the news you knew the weather was delaying flights out of that airport, so long story short we got to the airport around 9:30 p.m. and were there for HOURS (just look at the pictures and you can see the kid's were delirious). The kid's were so excited to see their "Uncle Dabid", our cute Riley started to cry once David hugged him and Kalli was well let's just say...meltdown mode! but she could not be happier he is home. Jett says it is so nice to have his best friend home again (and it didn't hurt when he gave him those Italian ties). Pretty much we have been catching up with Dave ever since, we have had a ton of fun eating, playing games and trying to find him a date (I know it has only been 7 days but it is a hoot to watch him look at us..pretty sure he wants to go back to Rome). We love you Dave and welcome home!

Fun Christmas memories

We have done some fun memory makers that I had to share.

My cute Mom bought the kid's gingerbread kits at Costco so we made them one night as a family and mine and Kalli's turned out great (and is still standing strong) Jett and Riley's however did not even make it through the first hour - they had a story to go along with there's...let's just say cops and robbers and 5-6 gingerbread men on top of the roof.

The first big snow hit and Riley and Kalli WANTED to go out and shovel snow to help their Dad so I had to get out the camera to take pictures to show them one day that it was their choice, it was fun and entertaining to watch!

For the past couple years my family has been going to the Polar Express up in Heber City, we loved the first year so much the second was okay but this last time not the greatest (just ask my brother he gave up last year). So we are planning on doing something else next year but we really did have fun - Mom. We always eat at the Dairy Keen and they give out the best kid's prizes - this year were dart guns and I think Jett and Loni had just a bit more fun with them then the kid's. We love this time of year and love the memories more than any present we could ever get!

Riley's black eye

Last Monday I got a call from the school, saying Riley fell down on ice and got a goose egg on his eye and the cute office lady said I am sure he is going to have a black eye. I get to the school to see what the damage was and let's just say...do you see a goose egg? the only thing I saw was this big, black eye. Kalli's first response was.."Mom is Riley's eye ball going to fall out?" this comment did not help the situation much. They said Riley was so brave and he did not cry until he saw me. So my question to them is, "Why is there ice on an elementary school playground?"