Monday, January 4, 2016

Happy Sweet 16 Miss Sidney!

Sidney's boyfriend Brook came and decorated her room and left her presents - She loved it!

Two days before her birthday, me and a couple other moms threw our 4 kids a combined 16th surprise party.  Their birthdays are all just like 2 weeks apart.  Since they are all besties and have all of the same friends, we decided to do ONE party instead of four!  We rented out a theatre room and bought each of the party goers a popcorn and a drink.  Our kids then got shirts that we had specially made for them that said, "Legend since 1999" and a flashlight for the car they would "hoepfully" one day get!  They all looked cute!






Jayden - Kade - Sidney - Brook


Halloween 2015

October 31, 2015 - - - - An EPIC day to remember for sure!  It was crazy busy and filled with events that will mark their place in our family history.  We started out our day with a photo shoot that Suzanna did with all the little girls.  She had them all dressed up like witches and they loved every single minute of the spotlight.  Then we traveled to SLC to Highland High School for what would be Jens' final time to take the football field.  It was a state playoff game for us and the sun was shining bright and the weather was perfect.  Our boys played their hearts out but the scoreboard just didn't reflect it.  We ended up loosing to the Highland Rams and being disqualified from going any further in the football season.  It would be the last time my baby boy would take the field, wearing jersey #63.  I have absolutely enjoyed watching him play every minute of every game in every sport his entire life.  I love the decision that I made nearly 18 years ago to become a mother.  That decision has changed me forever.  It has given my life purpose and joy beyond description.  After the game, we all waited outside the locker room for the boys to come out.  Tears were shed and hugs were given to all of them.  They have all had each others backs for years.  I've watched each of them grow up - grow stronger - and grow together.

Then we raced down to Sam and Whitney's house for our annual Halloween party and trick or treating.  Molly was the cutest little bumble bee this year!
 




And Cade was a faceless creature.  I thought the costume was scary and yucky and he was THRILLED!  It included a knife and he was happy.  I wanted him to be a a tiger or a puppy or something cuter..... but he reminded me that he was 12 years old after all and not a baby anymore.  


Molly the bee - Alivia the cute mummy and Gracie the 80's punk.

Averi the Disneyland tourist - Sidney the cheerleader (hey -we came STRAIGHT from the game she'd been cheering at!) And Katelyn was Wonderwoman.

Addison was a witch and Ellie was a devil.


FRONT: Peyton was a hunter - Ledger a baseball player - Lia the dead cheerleader - Canyon the dog and Gustin was Darth (dark) Vader
BACK: Gunner and Chase were duck hunters - Ellie the devil - Molly the bee and Addy the witch.







Jackson - Cade - Gunner - Chase



After the Halloween party was over -  -  - we made our way up to our new house to start moving in!  We had passed our final inspection and it was move in day!  Who cares if it was after 8:30pm  ---  We had a home again!!!!!

Deer Hunt

October 17, 2015 ( I'm slightly out of chronological order here...)
 Behold the mighty hunters!


No one got one but they sure had fun trying!




Joel ended up with this giant animal in a different location.  Everyone had to pose with it.

CrAzY HaIr DaY at school!

October 29, 2015
We love crazy hair day at school!  This year I did Molly's hair like Pippy Longstocking and Cade had a mohawk.




USC Game and Disneyland

October 24, 2015 - Jeff and the 3 oldest kids went down to LA to watch Porter play football at USC.  They went with Burke, Natalie and Colby Ballard and James went with them too.  They met up with Dan & Suzi's family and John and Scarlett's family and had themselves a ball.  







Jeff had a little meeting while they were all down in California so he took Cade with him.  Cade had a blast hanging out with dad.  And Aunt Suzi took Jens and Sidney to Disneyland with her and Katelyn!  Everyone else made the long drive home. 





These guys had so much fun in Disney together - just big kids on big rides!