Are you smarter than a 5th Grader?

Haylie left this morning for 5th grade science camp. She was so excited to go. She is going to be at an elevation of 6500 feet in the local mountains and this week it is supposed to snow everyday that she is there. How much is she actually going to learn about science? That remains the big question. I have a feeling she is going to learn more about her friends than she is about science. It is a weird feeling to send your first child off by themself for a week for the first time. She is certainly growing up and that must mean that we are too. Have fun Haylie!

Newsflash

My children have started their own blogs and they want an audience! Check them out please. Their addresses are on the sidebar.

Have you met these guys?

When we were in Utah for Christmas it came time for the Christmas Eve program at Grandma's and my cousins took my children to Grandma's dress up closet and created costumes for the kids nativity parts. They told me I wasn't allowed to see and it was a surprise. When Weston & Tanner entered the room at the part of the wisemen the room went up with laughter. This made for the best laugh of the week. I know my pictures are terrible but hopefully you can see through the blurriness. (Do any of the relatives have better pictures of this?) It was so funny because they were both carrying purses where their wiseman gifts were stashed. That is Weston with a blonde toupee. They both realized they were getting a lot of laughs and started to really ham it up. Speaking of toupee's - Does any one remember the man that use to live in Grandma's ward that we called "Toupee Ray" now he had the best toupee ever! Those are good memories.

Christmas in Utah

We had so much fun on our trip to Utah. We saw more snow than we ever could have imagined. It was beautiful. We had lots of fun seeing family and staying with Grandma is always enjoyable. We went skiing at Snowbird and sledding with cousins. We saw Temple Square and ate a lot of great food. Christmas day was wonderful. The kids were excited to see what Santa brought.



Before driving to Utah we stopped off in Vegas for a day. We went to the Vegas Bowl Game. BYU beat UCLA and it we had a great time. We rushed the field at the end of the game. This was Cade's dream come true.

The Birthday Boy

Happy Birthday Cade! We love you and we can't believe you are already 9. Have fun hitting the waves. You crack us up everyday. Thanks for being such a great kid.

I can't see him, He can't see me!

This is yet another great story about Tanner. We have 4 advent calendars that have a piece of chocolate for each day in December. At the beginning of the month Tanner decided why wait. He got his "Claw" and in this picture he is actually standing on a chair and with the help of the claw and with a lot of determination he was able to get to the advent calendar. Needless to say he ate many pieces of candy in one day and is sad now when he doesn't have a piece and everyone else does. The advent calendar has turned into a nightmare calendar for me!
My favorite thing to tell Tanner this month is that he needs to be good because Santa is watching. His reply to that is, "I can't see him, He can't see me." He is already a skeptic at age 3.

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth. (And some Playstation games!)
Cade had both front teeth pulled last month. He is almost 9.

This is my table set for dinner as part of our ward Christmas party. We had 8 people at our house for dinner and then we went to the Bishop's house for dessert and a program.



Weston as a wiseman for the ward party.

I went in to close Haylie's door before I went to bed and this is what I saw. Hillarious!

Haylie changing her first ever diaper. Doesn't Marisa look thrilled.

This is Cade at his first game as a Laker. Look at that fan club.

It's been awhile

Hello bloggers! I am finally back in action. I seem to have taken a long break. We spent Thanksgiving at the Calls house in Las Vegas. I spent a lot of my time there doing crafts. Such as those that you can see below. Also we saw the Hoover Dam and we are glad that Tanner was not arrested since he threw a water bottle cap down to the bottom.








Soccer season is finally over. Matt and I were the coaches for Weston's team. Let's just say that our team was so bad that we had to recruit the 3 1/2 year old brother to play on the 5 year olds team. Weston did finally score a goal in the last game of the season.