Dedicated the the turkey we ate.

Thanksgiving and Brutus.

 Daddy makes the yummiest dinners. We stayed home and had our own family dinner. It was so great.  I am so thankful for a wonderful husband and kids. Things have been really crazy and stressful lately so it was nice to just be together. We ate a ton and the went to the movies. I think its a new tradition. The big kids went with Dad to Harry Potter. Mom and the little kids went to Tangled. We loved them both. I was able to go shopping and go to the gym on Friday. We also got to plan out big surprise!

 I love this picture. She is not really a daddy's girl so it was so sweet to see them cuddle.

 Well some may think I lost my mind. Well I didn't. I actually wanted this cute little thing. We found him in St George. We were luck y to have family coming home that way, so they picked him up. It only took them 7 hours to get home. The weather was so crappy. I wrapped all of the doggy stuff and had it ready for the kids before school. Big Sis was the funniest. She opened some puppy shampoo and was so disgusted thinking we got her dog wash to use. They were all done and just kind of looked at everything with disgust. Then Daddy brought Brutus out. It was instant love. They all love him and still help with him. He is sleeping at night and has only had a couple accidents in the last few days. He is easy to train so far.

Sis has been learning Mythology. Her class had a wax museum. She had to sit like this all day. When you pushed the big button. She told who she was and did a little dance. She was the Muse of Dance. Her teacher loves her. She was going on and on about how she just made the whole thing worth while and how beautiful she was. I must say I agree! Well on to Christmas! Even though my kids already have their gift.

October.

 So I bought season passes to Corn Bellys. We went once. But they were still cheaper than a one day pass. The face painting was totally worth it.

 
 Cheer Competitions were really fun. Sis loved it. Here is her cute coach Burg.

                                                                     Tinkerbell

                                                        Black Fairy

                                                       Darth Mal. Thanks to Dads awesome paint job.

                                                      Vampire.

                                                        Sis and Cousin Hailers. They are on rival squads.

                         Halloween with our friends. I made a spooky dinner.

 Big Sis got mummified at school. We used 3 layers of packing tape. Then cut her out of it.

 Big Bro had a monster project. So I made it out of rice crispies and fruit rollups. I think I did a pretty good job.

                                                Our first ever pine wood derby!

 Dad spent a lot of time on this sweet car. He raced it 5 times. He got 3rd, 4th, 4th, 2nd, 3rd, then 1st! When he won first him and Little Bro hugged each other. It made me cry. I'm sure people thought I was a freak because I cried at him winning first. But it was because they were so excited and hugged each other.

This is after they hugged. I wish I had that one on camera.

Little Sis is so cute and fun. She eats jam and ham and cheese sandwiches almost every day. I have no idea where she got it. But she loves it. She also has a made up friend named Chimmy. It really is a sad story. But Chimmy got shot by bad guys and went to heaven. I have no clue where she got this. But I had to document it. I love my kids. They are the best.

September.

Little Sis starting templing. (tumbling)

Makeover by Big Sis and friend KC.

 Our cute cheer leader. Want to know what is always stuck in my head? Who rocks the house, the Thunder rock the house, and when the Thunder rock the house, they rock it up and down and all the way around. I dont even like cheerleaders remember. But these ones are too cute.

Stroll up the canyon.

Dad and Big Bro playing football.

Big Sisters homework. Build the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. She got 11 out of 10. Thanks to Gma and Mom.

Missed Little Bro and his awesome soccer kick.

Big Bro got his Bobcat! He worked hard and got his award. I love that they give the Moms one too.  He talked non stop about getting it for a month. Now he is non stop about his pine wood derby. Thank goodness Dad is so awesome at building things.

Back to school!

Big Sis is always having fun with her friends. I just love these girls.

Sis is the flyer on her cheer squad. She loves it! She has gotten really strong this summer. It is so fun to watch her.  Her  cute coach loves her too. She told me at a game that she was her favorite because she works so hard and never complains. I think she is the cutest cheer leader alive. She is also starting pointe today. When we got her shoes the girl thought she was a natural. Sorry about the bragging but she is just so awesome at everything.

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First, Third, and Sixth. Mom is just so happy with the kids being at school. I get a lot more done and it stays done for 6 whole hours! We got the best teachers this year. The kids are all happy and have a bunch of friends in their classes. All 4 kids have a teacher who's last name starts with G. Funny.

Sorry, more cheer. They performed at the Varsity game. It was delayed 40 minutes because of rain. When they finally got to the field it started pouring again. But they loved it and did great any way.

Little Bug started preschool. She wanted to pose for pictures on both days. The first day she came to the car and said she wanted to live at Miss Woris (Lori). She has had so much fun.

Bug crashed on her bike. Her nose was so bruised and scraped. She loves to play with Daddy too.

Dad has been hard at work all summer putting in the back yard. It is awesome! We had some great young men in our ward come help. I even raked rocks and moved dirt and sod. I did some of the cutting with a steak knife. I wouldn't recommend it. We are so lucky to have such a talented hard working Daddy at our house. He can do any thing, and he takes really good care of us. So that's what we've been up to. Next time I will add some more about the boys. They are so sweet and smart and talented too. I am a lucky Mom. I love them so much! Next time I will post pictures of our vacation. TTFN