January

January was the start of our busy winter. Jeremy with church basketball, me with volleyball and Livvy and Alex with basketball. Elayne turned 2 on the 14th. She was more excited about her Elmo cake and the balloons then her presents. Once she got opening them it was different. She got a new baby, a stroller, highchair, playpen, and swing set (it all came together) for the baby and her sisters got her a bag that was full of baby bottles and stuff. She had fun putting her baby to sleep and swinging her. Livvy and Alex have been busy with basketball practices most of the time twice a week and then a game on Saturday. Jeremy would bring Alex and that helped out a ton. I felt like all I was doing was chasing kids around. It is fun to watch them play. Livvy had really improved since last year. This is Alex's first year and she wasnt too sure about it. Her coach was really good with them and that helped. I think thats all that went on during the month of January.

Christmas

Well I'm a few months late on getting these up but I guess its better than nothing. It seems like I'm always trying to catch up lately. Our Christmas was good. The girls had fun and played the day away with there new stuff. Elayne wanted Jeremy to open up her toys so she could play with them and lost interest in unwrapping. They were all pretty excited that "Santa" brought them Zhu Zhu pets. Livvy and Alex have been wanting them since summer. Definatly worth it because they've been played with for hours. We were all spoiled and it seemed like the holidays flew by too quickly.

Joys of the Season

Our December started off in full swing. The 1st for mutual we did Secret Santa. Usually we go to Walmart and get toys and clothes but this year bishop decided to just do food. The youth were kinda bumbed by it but I seen a lot of them laughing and racing off to get the next item. The next night a couple of us leaders dropped them off to the families. It was fun and a good way to start off the month. On the 3rd was our ward Christmas party. The Young Women are in charge of doing Santa's bags. I went and picked up the stuff for them the day before. Chantea thought she was pretty special because she helped Santa out. We got to the party early so we could load the bags and the kids helped until enough Young Women got there. They were thinking they were elves. =) We did a little better with the whole Santa thing this year. Elayne is going through a shy streak and wouldnt sit on his lap and so of course the picture didnt turn out great. Chantea said from the start she wasnt going to but she sat by him and that was an improvement. The party turned out pretty good. Afterwards Elayne wanted to put her pjs on by herself and thats what the picture is of. She wouldn't let me take them off so I put the feet on her hands then she realized they werent on right. On the 4th I had a doctors appointment and we are having a boy. Just so everyone knows we told no one that I was pregnant until that day. Everything has gone fairly well so far. I had some bleeding a few months ago and they did an ultrasound to check and make sure everything was good. They found a spot where the bleeding came from and so I had to go back in and have that checked out. They checked it out in October and there is an internal membrane. The doctor said its nothing to worry about but if it stays it can limit the baby's movement. So they did this last ultrasound and its still there but its out of the way. I have to go back in on the 18th for a follow up ultrasound to get a better look of his heart and the front of his face. He didnt want to cooperate. He kept putting his arm over his face. Livvy and Alex were pretty excited when they found out. They both screamed. My due date is April 25th. Hopefully everything continues to go well.

November

November is the month to think of all your thankful for. I am definatly thankful for Jeremy and all he does for me and the kids. He is a hard worker and a great person. I could go on and on but will leave it at that. I am thankful for having great kids. They are healthy and keep me on the go. They are pretty good kids most of the time. I'm grateful for family and friends, good health and the area we live in. I am thankful to be able to work with the Young Women and learn more about them. They are some neat girls. There is a lot to be thankful for but I'm not going to take all day naming them off. Our Thanksgiving was good. It was our turn to go to my families dinner. Jeremy left early that morning and went hunting with my dad and Nate. Nate ended up getting his bull elk and they were back in plenty of time. The food was good and we all ate too much like normal. The guys decided to try some ice fishing on dads pond. They ended up not catching any but I'm sure they had fun. Livvy and Alex enjoyed there extra days off of school. November just sorta flew by.

October

October is a busy month for us. We've got a lot of birthdays right off the bat. Kirby's daughter Brynlees is the 1st, his son Tayson is the 9th, Chanteas is the 10th, Jeremys is the 17th and my dads is the 28th. Then General Conference is the first weekend and we always go camping at Birch Creek. Most the time it is cold. It didnt fail us this year. We even got snow. Chanteas birthday was good. She wanted Littlest Pet Shop toys on her cake so it made it easy for me. She wanted to go to Sizzlers for her birthday dinner. I think she had a pretty fun day. Jeremy's hunt opened so he spent some time up in Caribou doing that. He didnt get anything but he still has fun. He just had a spike elk and a deer tag. He did get to go to an elk ranch and shot a cow with his bow. That was the first time he's shot anything with it. Jeremy spent his birthday hunting. Probably a better present then I can ever give him! Some of us ended up catching a sick bug. Livvy caught it first and luckily got it on a Friday so she didnt miss too much school. She was throwing up for a few hours then was really tired. Chantea got it next and thankfully didnt do much throwing up. Alexandra got it on Halloween. She threw up once early that morning then was just really tired. I tried talking her out of going trick or treating but she felt good enough (besides the really tired part) to go. We didnt do a lot because of that. She ended up feeling sick again Monday and threw up all over the couch. Christa was over so she got to see what its like to have sick kids. =) Jeremy got it after Alex and was sick for a few days. Elayne and I got lucky! I am just hoping we are done with it. Halloween was good except for Alex being sick. They carved pumpkins the day before and had fun drawing on the faces so I could cut them out. Livvy and Elayne were witches, Alex an angel (she decided she was a snow angel since there was some snow) and Chantea a cheerleader. They didnt get as much candy as usual but thats alright with me. I didnt dare be out to late with Alex not feeling well. They didnt care anways. They had fun and thats all that mattered. The first picture is of the first snow we got and of our new fence that Jeremy, James and Darwin built. It looks great!

September

Alright it has been since summer but I finally got my pictures downloaded. My computer wouldnt download them. I found a nice button on my camera that did it all for me. Just took me that long to figure it out. Now I get to try and remember everything that has been going on. For Labor Day weekend we always go to Bear Lake. The kids have a blast. This year I found them some kewl floaties. Livvy had a walrus, Alex a gecko and Chantea

a whale. The weather was much better then it was last year. No snow!!!! We did get some rain but thats a normal. Elayne had fun holding a big dragon fly. It was cold and wasnt flying yet. After awhile it got warmed up and took off. Bear Lake is a nice way to basically end the summer!

August

The first thing that happened in August was Olivia getting baptized on the 1st. It was a hard day for me. I can't believe she is that old already. She was a little nervous but very excited. She looked beautiful in her dress. Jeremy baptized and confirmed her. It was a very special day. We gave her a new scripture case with her name embroidered on it and scriptures with her name on them also. That night we took her to Idaho falls to get her ears pierced and for her birthday dinner. She has been waiting a long time for her ears to get done. Shes doing good at taking care of them and can't wait to put new ones in. She was pretty tough and hardly flinched when the lady did them. August 19th was Alexandra's 6th birthday. She wanted a pink cake with a white horse on it. Alex's birthday party was much mellower then Liv's. We just had two of her cousins over. We took her out for her dinner that night and by the time we got home it was too late for cake and icecream because school was the next day. She blew out her candles and went to bed. Kind of hard for Alex having her birthday around the time school starts up again. She couldnt play with her new stuff the next day. The 20th was the 1st day of school. Alex was having a hard time going over to Lincoln and being seperated from Livvy but it will only be until Spud Harvest supposidly. Alex has her best friend in her class and they sit by each other so that made it easier. She also got lost the 1st day on the bus ride home. They put her on the wrong bus and she ended up in Chester. She got home around 4:45. Long day! She was okay with it. Livvy was freaking out more then Alex was. The girls are enjoying school so far. Livvy is in 3rd grade and has Mrs. Peterson for a teacher. Alexandra is in 1st and has Mrs. Hayworth. The 21st through the 23rd we went camping at my Grandpa Clingers place at Canyon Creek. It was nice to get away from every day things. We rode bikes, picked huckleberries and just relaxed. Kirby and his family was up friday and then Nate and my parents come up the next day. Saturday we went with Kirby and his crew to Green Canyon. I had to wash the girls before swimming because they were so dirty. I had two teenagers laughing behind me and they asked if Chantea had been playing in the mud. I looked down at her face and the dirt was just running off her. It was pretty funny. They had fun swimming. Its nice there since its low enough they can actually play and not have to worry about it being over there heads. Sunday we got rained on and the dirt turned to clay. My camper got filthy and everything had to be washed and scrubbed. Oh well it needed it anyways! That is about all for our summer fun. We didnt get away too much but what we did was fun. Its hard to believe that fall is around the corner. I'm not quite ready for snow.