Our TeEnAgEr!!

Kyli is 13!!! I can't believe she is a teenager. It seems like yesterday she was an adorable little toddler with crazy curly hair. She is such a good kid, we are SO grateful that she is a part of our family, even if that means I am already raising a teenager!

Best Friends

Haylie has a best friend named Sander. His mom is my best friend and they were born 3 days apart. They have always been best friends since they were tiny. We went to the temple to have a family night and we looked over and they were standing there holding hands, it was so funny.

Football

Tate played flag football this fall. He loved it. Of course I think it helped that Kalun was the coach. They had the cutest team. Kalun was so good with the boys. They even had a cheer they did. The purple panthers came a long way over those 8 weeks, it was so fun to watch the practices and games.

Big 1sts

Tate started Kindergarten. He was a little nervous since we were starting him in the new school, but we hadn't moved yet so he didn't really know anyone. But he was excited that his cousin Tayven goes to his new school. Haylie started pre-school. She loves it! She wasn't shy or nervous or anything, she walked in the first day like she owned the place
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Cute Kids

I really am blessed with amazing kids. Tate and Haylie just adore Addison. They are always so good with her. They wake up every morning so excited to see her. So most mornings they wake up before Addison, but as soon as they hear her start to wake up they run into her room and jump in the crib with her and start playing with her. They are so funny.

Annual Lehi City Parade

Our ward did a float for the parade and Tate got to ride on it. He's on the front with the funny pig nose. Haylie had such a good time. She's so funny, all she had to do was smile and wave all cute and everybody would come over and give her stuff. She took home quite a load.

2010 Strawberry Days Rodeo/Wild Cow Milking

So my youngest brother is the coolest. I just love him to death. He's all about living life and trying things and having fun. So him and 2 friends decided why not be in the rodeo doing wild cow milking. Well, I wasn't going to miss it, so we all went to watch. I do have to say it was about the funniest thing I have ever watched. The announcers were having a fun time making fun of them because they tie-dyed these kind of cowboy looking shirts, then went to Walmart and bought $5 bright red cowboy hats. I guess some of the "real cowboys" were not happy because they thought the city slickers were mocking them, but I thought they looked awesome.

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Ohhh Bowser

Well the time came that we had to give away our beautiful dog. It was very sad and the kids are still sad, but they were all afraid of him. He was a very playful puppy the problem was he was huge. We tried hard to train him, we worked forever with him to try to get him not to bark and finally had to get a bark collar. But even that became tolerable, but he always jumped on everyone. So, Tate and Haylie were afraid of him because he was so big he'd just plow them over. They loved to pet him through the window so he couldn't jump on them. The sad thing is that even though they were kind of afraid of him they still loved him so much. But we finally decided that since the dog had taken over the whole back yard and the kids wouldn't even go out there with him, it wasn't fair for the kids or the dog. If Kalun didn't travel so much I think we could've kept him and kept working with him but with Kalun gone all the time it just became to hard. So, we actually sold him to this girl who lives at home still on this huge farm. He will be very happy there with horses, cows, and other dogs to play with. But, it has been harder than I thought and we all miss him.

Like Mother like daughter.....

I guess bad habits really can be inherited. I was totally a finger sucker just like that forever. I always try to take her fingers out of her mouth and give her a binki but she won't take one hardly ever. Every morning I go in and find her sucking her fingers. This is bad because you can't take those away like you can binki's. But it is kind of cute to watch.

Tate's 5th Birthday

This was the first year we let Tate have a friend party. He was so excited to turn 5and have a party. He was counting down days for a long time. The only problem was that he has too many friends. There are so many kids his age in our neighborhood!! We had to narrow it to kids that live on our street, then he had some friends from preschool, cousins, and friends that are kids to our friends. Needless to say his party was utter chaos with a lot of kids!! We played lots of fun games though and the kids were hilarious. We also had pizza and cupcakes with ice cream. I think it was a success. Thankfully Addison slept through the whole thing or I don't know if I would have survived. Then we made his favorite food, this meat and penne pasta bake, then grandparents and some friends came over for cake and ice cream. I was exhausted!! But, Tate had a really good day.