Christmas Party with the Kunz!

The Kunz invited our family over for a Christmas party. It was so fun! They made us dinner and we played the "left, right story game". Then we had root beer floats. It was a cold cold night but we still headed to Ogden to the see the Christmas villages. We walked around and looked inside each of them.We sure wish Rachel and Dean and those cute kids lived closer!

1st Annual GRINCH NIGHT!

We had a fun Grinch night in December where we watched "The Grinch" movie and had grinch popcorn made with marshmallows and m & ms. Our drink was grinch punch made with lime sherbet, gingerale and marschino cheeries! Yum!

Happy 40th Birthday!

This hunk of mine turned 40! Wahoo. We had to celebrate a little early since he was gone on his actual birthday but it was still fun! Things are tight with the job change so he didn't get much (sorry Powell). But he was surprised with a new fan to put by the treadmill so he can run with lots of air! We appreciate how hard Powell works to provide for our family. Sure love you....

Fancy!

I love how these little girls like to dress up. They let me polish their nails and like their hair done pretty for church. Nothing like looking FANCY!

Trying out DANCE!

This little girl decided she wanted to be a dancer. I put her in tap/jazz dance with Sonnett Remund (who is married to my cousin, Courtney). She is such a cute dancer. They did a special patriotic program in December. Mckenna wasn't nervous at all!

Fifteen is AMAZING!

It's kind of nice that teenagers these days love to take pics....

Brinley's Baptism Day

We had a wonderful day at Brinley's Baptism. We had her be baptized on the November Baptism day instead of October because of Powell being gone. It was so nice to have most of our family here with us. We missed Kelsi and Tom and their kids (they are in Michigan). Brinley chose a baked potato bar and salad bar for her baptism dinner. She loves loading up her potato and salad with lots of cheese, ranch and SOUR CREAM. Probably the highlight of the program was the baptism medley played Hunter, Madi and Saige. The harmonies were beautiful. Hansen also did an amazing job on his talk. Thank you to everyone who came, brought food and participated!

These are two of Brinley's friends from our ward.

Is Edd bored of Peggy's story?

Carving Pumpkins

 It was extra hard this year to have all of the holiday activities without Powell. He misses things sometimes in general because of the nature of his job. But this year, he was GONE! He had two months of training and then his IOE and he isn't based in Salt Lake so we missed him for everything! We tried to make the best of his time home but it was really was hard. We carved pumpkins without him (I think that is one thing he wasn't too sad about missing actually)! Life goes on, right?

Beatiful Baptism Girl

I can't believe this beautiful girl is old enough to get baptized. We hadn't had a baby for 4 1/2 years when she came along and were so excited when she was born. She is a good girl. She has lots and lots of friends and would have a friend over every day if she could. One thing that is hard for her is being in the spotlight. She gets nervous and shy when she gets lots of attention. We are so proud of her for being brave and having faith to be baptized (even if she didn't want anyone to watch!).

SISTERS

The best thing about having a sister is that you will always have a friend! I love to watch these two play with their dolls and stuffed animals. They don't always get along but when they do they have so much fun. They play for hours!

September Birthday Girls

Brinley and Mckenna both had their Birthdays in September. We told them they weren't going to have a big party this year. Brinley some how talked us in to still having friends over for a "party". I told her we could not spend much money. She had the idea to paint rocks and birdhouses from the dollar store. They had a great time crafting. Mckenna spent her birthday in Dallas with Savannah and I while Powell was in training. That was fun for her because she was able to swim and sleep in the hotel.

Can't believe my baby is 5!

Brinley with friends Madi and Pamela

One weekend when Powell was able to come home, we celebrated with breakfast at Kneaders. We thought they would order the all you can eat French Toast but they wanted Cinnamon Rolls.

Brinley's extra special 8th Birthday (more to come on the baptism)