SANTA

Watching Santa
I won't sit, I'll stand thank you! Santa didn't understand why he wanted a dirty (dirt) bike when he could get him a clean one!

Carson wants an orange bike but was mad when Santa didn't give it to him right then. He was so excited!

Austin finally sat on Santas lap after he was called out. He told him he only believed 50%. That did not go over well with Santa. He tried to make a believer out of him but we shall see.

Rylan Birthday Party

Rylan's fun birthday party
Lot's of star wars stuff!

Dad making the cake. The boys were so impresed!

His Star Wars Cake

Backyard Fun!

We decided to do something fun with the kids last night. Roasting marshmellows in the backyard was a hit!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have never a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs!

Giveaway

go to this blog to see what you could win!
http://www.talkottown.blogspot.com/

Cardinals Game!

Kamala, Chad, Richard, and I went to the game last night and had a blast. It was an awesome game where the Cardinals barely won. Despite the nearly 2 hour drive it took to get there, my headache and Richard's back spasms, we had a good time. Our first professional football game.

I found this on a friends blog and liked it so I thought I would post it on mine. Gives us all something to think about after this election.

“Whatever the era, whatever the times, one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first. You must read to your children and you must hug your children and you must love your children. Your success as a family, our success as a society, depends not on what happens in the White House but on what happens inside your house.” Barbra Bush

Here are a few pictures of our fun dune trip! This is all of us waiting in the hot sun while they dug Grumpy's truck out of the sand!

Richard and Carson going up the wall!

just chilling. Carson picking the sand out of his nose!

This is everyone watchin Grumpy take off on the dirt bike! We were all scared to say the least! No crashes at least unless you count getting on and off! lol

Carson with his goggles on! He is so cute and loved the Rhino

So the pictures are out of order. Here Grumpy is getting his lesson after he finally got on. You can see the fire ashes on his arm as he fell trying to mount the bike!! lol again

Headed out for a ride on the Rhino

Megan loved the new buggy for a few minutes anyways until it stopped running. Gotta love the toys and all the problems too. Merry Christmas kids! Just couldn't wait to give it to them. Sorry it didn't work =(

Rylan loved riding!

Austin never got enough. Even after his crash with Jaxon at the wall. He is totally fine, just a few scrapes on his back, nothing major!

Carson and the other boys doing their circle around all the trucks.

Here are a few pictures of the kids at their school Fall Festival.
Rylan coming down the rock wall
Austin going up!

This is Carson after playing outside and eating candy at the same time.

Here is Megan making it to the top!

Rylan and Carson going down the slide

They all had a good time although it was way hot. Mom and Dad are done with parties for a while. Thurs, Fri, and Sat was enough to wear us out. Now it's off to the dunes this weekend. Are we crazy?

Twilight Who Am I?

Stacie is ESME! You are thoughtful and care very deeply for your family. A loving home is of great importance to you and you always try to make people feel welcome. Although you have a great capacity to love, you also have a great capacity to hurt, so at times you can be sensitive. You're firm when you need to be, but people trust your judgment and appreciate the kind way you always handle things.
Richard is JASPER! You are intelligent, obeservant and good at managing a group of people. Although you long for meaningful connections, you can be distant and sometimes lack self control. You are careful though and the tough experiences you’ve been through help you to work at living a better life.

Halloween Fun!

Carson stuffing his face with a cupcake at the party
Rylan as a Ninja

Austin as Superman with his mean face!

Carson as Spiderman

Megan as draguless

Aren't they cute? We had a fun Halloween. We had a party at a neighbors house from 4-6 then off to granny's to trick or treat with the Jarvis boys! The kids all had fun, and thank goodness they were happy with a few streets and then they were tired.

Date Night!

Our fun date night bowling! We had so much fun with everyone. Richard got a little crazy at dinner afterwards but he does get a little weird around his sisters! Love Texas Roadhouse, yum.

The Girls

The three girls of the family! We had a fun weekend at Mary's with all us sisters together. I guess we should have taken a picture of us too! Here is Kaymie (2 weeks), Megan (9) and Brooklyn (6.5 months)

ZOO

We had a fun trip to the Phoenix zoo over fall break. We were lucky to have Richard take a couple hours off work to join us!
the kids at the fish pond
Loved the train ride!
Nice elephant rump behind Austin's head!
Carson loved the Gorillas, they were fun to watch

Bowling Fun!

We had a fun trip bowling with the kids on Thursday since it was Fall Break and no school. They all had so much fun.
Carson loved to watch the balls come up and out!
All the kids!
Megan ready to bowl. She got really lucky most of the time!

My new niece

I had to post a picture of my new niece Kaymie Alauna Shumway who was born 10-13-08 in Prescott. She weighed 6 lbs. 15 oz and is so cute. Kam and I went to see her and enjoyed our time with Mary and baby. What a nice addition the their family of three boys!

Ward Campout!

Rylan on the zipline
Carson and Dad walking over the bridge some boys made
We always knew where to find Austin, next to the fire!
Carson having fun on his bike

All three boys loved shooting the bb gun
Ok Carson you can do it too
Megan loved the zipline
Austin tried it once and that was enough for him

We all had a good time at the ward campout this weekend near Payson. We showed them all how to really camp with a trailor! They all roughed it in tents, crazy crazy. The kids had so much fun riding bikes, making smores, playing in the dirt, the zip line, and everything else they could find to do. We look forward to our dune trips coming up!