Our Christmas trip to Utah!

Owen took a whole week off of work last week so we could go to Utah to spend Christmas with the family. It SNOWED and SNOWED and SNOWED some more. We absolutely loved the snow and played in it almost everyday. We went to Coalville to Owens families farm and fed the pigs.

Owen's entire family and us, went to Temple square to see the lights. It was WAY to cold outside to be out for to long. We walked around, ate a donut and drank some hot chocolate and then headed home.

Christmas morning was so much fun. My two brothers and niece Brinly woke all of us up at 6:30am. I'm sure it would have been earlier, but all of us "grumpy adults" threatened all of them with their lives! (: Needless to say, we had a great Christmas and Santa spoiled all the kids! (;

My tired little man. He passed out right when I got him dressed for the day.

Trip to the Springs Reserve

On Friday, we all went with our friends Mike and Heidi to the "Springs Reserve" to see the lights and Santa and to just see what it was all about. While we were there, the kids got their face painted and we did get to see their Santa. Bo didn't want to get close and Kodi just stared. It was a fun night out out with the family! (:

Trial 2 week exercise/diet.

On Monday, I started working out every morning and sometimes night for a good 30 minutes to an hour. I have been eating SUPER healthy and watching my calories that I eat and not snacking. My goal is to lose 10-15 lbs in 2 weeks! On Monday, I weighed 127.... I now weigh 123 and it is still dropping! (: I feel better then ever and am looking forward to what the end results will be and who knows, I might keep it up! (;

My new RING!!!

Those of you who know me really well, know that I have wanted a thicker band since Owen first proposed to me. Well, after almost 5 years of waiting.... I GOT IT!!! I am so excited and had NO idea how it was going to turn out and I LOVE IT! It's totally not what I expected, but I love it, I love it, I LOVE IT! (: Anyway, Thanks honey for letting me get it done! (: (: (: I love you!

(The old ring is the two bands and 5 diamonds in the middle. The new part is the sides with the diamonds)

Scary Santa?

The other evening, Owen and I took the kids to Bass Pro Shop to look at all the animals. While we were there, they had a Santa that you could get a picture taken with for free. I was kind of excited since my kids hadn't EVER had their pictures taken with Santa before. So, Santa walks up to each of my kids and tries to hand them a candy cane. Of course They all start to freak out but needless to say, I wasn't giving up yet. Owen and I had to tell Rylee that she had to sit on Santa's lap to tell him what she wanted for Christmas so Santa would know what to get her for Christmas. She sat unsure but told him some things she would like. Then came BO's turn.... He made sure he had a hand on Santa's chest the whole time on his lap so Santa couldn't get to close. He didn't want to tell Santa what he wanted. Last came Kodi. She screamed and looked at Santa like he was the scariest person alive! I had to hold her to calm her down, but she still didn't want to be anywhere near Santa. Anyway, better luck when their older!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving, we had a great one! We had some friends come over to eat and boy did we eat! I made my very first turkey and it tasted really good, we now have left overs for the rest of the week! I also homemade a pumpkin and apple pie and they were good as well. After we ate, we all decorated a gingerbread house and had lots of fun. Hope everyone had yummy food and stayed safe! (:

4 wheeling and shooting!

Yesterday, Owen, the kids, some friends (Tenton and Natalia) and I all went to "Valley of fire" and road our four wheelers, hiked around and shot guns.

The little cave/indent, we hiked up to a ways. It was beautiful and lots of fun to get UP to.

Owen taught BO how to shoot the 22 and he LOVED it. He got a little trigger happy and kept pulling the trigger with a big grin on his face and kept on saying, "again dad... again". I also thought it was really cute how BO pulled the trigger with two fingers. Rylee wasn't to interested in shooting just yet, but she loved playing in the dirt and hunting down all of the bullet casings.

Nasty talent?

Rylee was trying to tell me to blow a bubble with my gum. I had no clue what she was trying to tell me, so she started showing me with her spit.

4 wheelin fun

On Wednesday, we along with some friends of ours (Mike and Heidi) all went to Logandale (Nevada). We had a fun picnic and than we took our 4 wheelers out and had a really fun time.

We saw two "Big horned sheep" (mountain goats), found some really beautiful camping spots that we will have to make good use of in the near future and than the kids fell asleep. It was so nice to get outside and really enjoy some beauty and fresh air!

Bo's fun weekend

On Friday, Bo spent the night over at our friends Mike and Heidi's house. It took every ounce of me not to call to check up on him (come to find out that Owen had already called twice that evening. lol) It was his first time away from us besides at his grandma and grandpa Park's house once a long time ago. On Saturday, Mike and Heidi took him to the "Air show" at the air force base. Bo loved every minute of all the airplanes and helicopters. I think he's obsessed, but whatever!(: