My Sisters Wedding!

We got to go down to Las Vegas this past weekend for my sisters wedding! It was so neat to see her so happy after everything that she has been through in her life. As many of you know she has had a lot of trials such as, she lost her little boy back in 2000 when he was 17 months old from a farm accident. Then she lost her husband in November of 2008 after a 4 1/2 year battle with Lukemia. So yeah I think that she deserves a bit of happiness in her life. She met Dave about a year ago and they seem to be very happy.

They are in Hawaii on their honeymoon and I'm so excited because all the kids in our family went in together to get them a helicopter tour on the Island of Kauai, so I think that would be a ton of fun! I hope that they have a great time!

What a cute couple, Lani looked absolutely beautiful!

Sam, Allison(Daves daughter), Dave, Lani, Aubree, and Max

What a cute little family!

The little flower girls looked so cute all matching, unfortunetly when it came to picture time they were not the best troopers. That's what you get when half of them are under two!

What an adorable little family! It was so nice in Vegas, no coats, the kids were loving life!

What an evening!

We had quite the crazy evening last night. Everything was going just great, I had the kids playing outside with the neighbors, riding bikes, and getting some energy out of their system. I was helping one of the neighbor kids put on some rollerskates when Katelyn came running over to me yelling 'Morgan fell and is bleeding.' So I go run over and pick Morgan up off the ground(cement) to find her face covered in blood. I had no idea what had happened at first but come to find out, she had been standing up in the stroller the kids were pushing her around in and she tipped backwards and faceplanted into the street. I think that her nose took the brunt of the fall because she was constantly bleeding from both nostrils all evening. It was quite a crazy moment for me because I was watching about 8 kids with no other adults in site. Poor little girl was just miserable, and to top it off she is already trying to fight off the bronchitis that she has.
This picture was taken this morning and she had dried blood and scraps all over her nose that she wouldn't let me touch. She is back to her fun and happy little self so that is a relief. Thank goodness we have an ER Doctor in the family to call and get diagnosis's from, we really thought that she may have broken her nose, but I think that it is just banged up pretty good. So to top it all off, this wasn't the end to our wonderful evening. Just after dinner Henry was going through one of Katelyns purses and started playing with some perfume. I don't know what he was trying to do but he started screaming and come to find out, he had sprayed the perfume in both of his eyes. Not one, but two eyes. Luckily Jason and his parents were home this time and helped hold him down so we could try and wash his eyes out. He didn't like it at all, so we put him in the shower with two very red eyes. Could anything else happen?
We told Katelyn she had better just go to bed before something happens to her too! I do blame this on their dad, because Jason has had stitches 23 times in his life so my kids injuries are because of him! Jks!

California Trip!

After a long cold January we were really excited to leave the state for a bit warmer weather, as we headed down to Disneyland last week and had a blast! We met up with some friends from Law School that live in Colorado and Las Vegas. What a great idea to all go on a trip, we haven't seen some of them for 3 1/2 years.

The kids had a blast and are wanting to go back already! We went to Disneyland for three days and it poured one of the days(all day long). It wasn't too bad because we had raincoats and gear on, but we got cold by the end of the day. The lines weren't too bad because of the bad weather. The kids all got along and each family ended up having a sick child most of the time. I took Morgan to the Dr. when we got back and she has 'bronchitis.' She was a real trooper though.

Check the slideshow out below of the pictures from our trip. We were able to go and visit some friends before we left. The Penalozas used to live on our street in North Salt Lake and moved the day I had Morgan. The kids were so excited to see each other and didn't want to have to say goodbye. It was pretty cute!

Our flight ended up getting delayed a couple of hours and luckily we found out just before we got to the airport, so we headed to the beach for a bit. The kids had a lot of fun running around getting wet.

We had a great time together with our little family. The kids got tons of signatures from the characters, and loved riding on all the rides. What a fabulous trip!

Katelyn and Leilani
Kainui and Henry


Morgan and Mommy!

(The wind was bugging Morgan)

Our Trip to Disneyland!

Christmas Time!

Every year we all have to try and get a picture of the kids with Santa. The were actually able to see him a couple of times but this happened to be the one time I had my camera(at our ward party), and it also happened to not be Morgans best time. She wasn't too happy with Santa, as you can see. This one will be used at her wedding some day. Too cute!

Katelyn was so excited because Santa knew her name when she came up to see him. What a great Santa he was! We drove up to Canada on the 19th so that we could go to the temple with Jasons dad and step mom Lorraine and see them get sealed for 'time and all eternity.' It was such a neat experience. Lorraine was also sealed to her parents right afterwards. I'm glad that they arranged it so that we could be there with them. A few days later we drove down to Echo Lake, MT to my parents cabin where we would spend Christmas. My brothers cute little twins who are almost 1 loved following Morgan around(Nash and Evelyn). Can you believe that they are almost a whole year younger than Morgan? She is so little for her age.

Here is my Russian brother, Jesse with all the kids! We all had a good laugh when he came out with that hat, coat, boots, and shorts(check out those legs). It was a great moment, thanks for being so quirky Jesse!

Morgan got her first haircut while we were there by Jordan(Jesses girlfriend). Now she doesn't have a little mullet.

The kids are all getting ready to open their Christmas pj's. We couldn't hold Morgan back any longer, she kept opening a bunch of gifts that she wasn't supposed to! They all got cute little slippers to go with their pj's as well!

Our cute little live nativity. Katelyn and Cassie were the angels(you can't see their wings)!

Everyone just lounging around before we started singing some Christmas songs directed by Jesse!

Jason thought it would be funny to tackle my dad, so all the little boys joined in as well!

Morgan had a good little Christmas. She is wearing her Christmas pj's and a new little tinkerbell dress! What a little princess!

Out of all the toys that Henry got, he said that this backpack was his favorite thing. It was probably the last thing that I got too.

I must share one story of Henry from our trip. Henry has been potty trained since the summer, but as most kids have accidents, Henry does to. He came up to me and said, 'Mom I went Poop,' so I took him to the potty and there were a few skids in his underwear and on his butt, so after I cleaned it up I stuck him in the bathtub. He then said to me 'I went poop downstairs on the floor,' so I then went to check it out and couldn't find it anywhere because I didn't know where he was playing at. Meanwhile, my brother comes inside the basement door and yells 'Who's kid crapped on the floor?' I ran down knowing who's child it was and felt so dumb, but luckily it was on the cement, so I got to clean up that wonderful mess. And yes Henry went down for a nap right after that. What an exciting thing it is to have a boy!

Sometime why'll we were at the cabin, Morgan banged her head(we think it was on the table) and then she sported a huge bump on her forehead with two blackeyes. They looked a lot worse than you can see from this picture. I felt so bad for her. Poor child! If anyone wants to report us, it was Jasons turn to be watching her! :)

My crazy life!

I just wanted to let you know that I have been so incredibly busy lately. I don't know where the last few months of my life have disappeared to, but after looking at some pictures I remembered a few of the projects that I have gotten myself into.

First of all, I bought Christmas lights for our house a couple of years ago and we've never put them up, so I was determined to hang them this year. Jason wasn't too excited about the idea so I set out by myself(Henry in tow) to hang these stinking things. They really aren't hard, but it was hard to measure the exact length and get them perfect, but after a few trips to the store to get some extra supplies we were done. Jason was surprised and proud that I got as much done by myself as I did, although I could NOT get up on the very top level by myself so I had a boost from him and then he had to literally catch me after I was done. It was a good thing that he wasn't mad at me at the time, jks! Anyway, I think that they look pretty darn good if I may say so. Next year it should be a lot easier because we know where they all go now.


We were able to go out to dinner for Melissas birthday for our Relief Society Presidency Meeting! It was a lot of fun. Ann just got put into the Stake RS Presidency so we are going to miss her tons. She is so sweet and such a great friend! These ladies are so wonderful and great to work with. I am one lucky girl!

For our Super Saturday Enrichment we made these cute aprons, although because I was incharge of the activity I didn't get any of it done their and had to finish it on my own at home, but yeah, I did it!

We put together a book of Memories for my Grandma for Christmas and I was incharge of heading it up. Lucky me! It turned out really cute and she loved it.

In this picture you can see some cute hair bows on Katelyn and Morgan, well I made between 10 to 20 of these and have more to still make. I gave them to a few nieces for Christmas. I now need to make some for my girls(thats right I gave these ones away that they are wearing because I ran out of time to make more). Another Super Saturday activity was these cute reversible capes for the kids, so I chose to make some for my kids and birthday presents as well. The girl ones were Princess/Supergirl, the boys were Batman/Superman. They all really liked them, Morgans hung down to her feet but she wanted to wear it everywhere. I made a total of 8. Crazy I know! They were easier after you got the hang of it. It's just trying to find the time to do all of this stuff.

Oh yeah, I made the tutu as well!

Henry showing his cape off!

Many of you know that I make decorative wetwipe containers. Here is a few of the ones that I have made. I am constantly making these for baby gifts. They are fun to give as gifts. I have a ton of other colors that I also make. If you ever want to buy one then just give me a call!

We draw names for Christmas in my family and I had my brothers name so I decided to make a John Deer apron to go along with his gift. He loved it and I think that it will look a lot better on him than it does on me.

Last night we were able to go out to dinner with a few friends from Law School. They live in Latvia and Colorado, so we don't get to see them too often. We had a great time reminising and catching up! Thanks Busbys and Allreds for a great time!

Kelly, Jason and Reid having a grand ol time together!

So as you can see we have been pretty busy lately. I love that my kids will go to bed at a decent hour so that I am able to do my projects without interruptions(most of the time). I have many more lined up for the new year.

Christmas Outfits!

I tried to match their little Christmas Sunday outfits, but this isn't the best picture to show them off, so I will try to get a better one. What a cute little bunch!