Thursday, November 27, 2014

Thanksgiving Day

 In the morning we woke up and started working on the tree.  This year Jason and Anne put it together. I guess one of the benefits of having the kids get older!
 We watched the Macy's Day Parade and Dog show.  This dog kills me!  He was totally letting Anne hold him like a baby.
 We headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Schwitzer's in the afternoon.  I didn't get any pictures of the food but, it was amazing.  The Schwitzer's know how to eat!!  After dinner the kids had fun doing this fun sticker craft.


 We enjoyed hanging out and talking.  I don't know what Mike would do without his brothers.  We sure do love all these guys!!
 JoAnn had a fun craft for the ladies.  She had us make these fun advent calendars for Christmas!
We ended the night with a game of Left Right Center.  We had such a wonderful day being with family.  We are so Thankful for Family!

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Happy 4th Birthday Lucy

 Lucy has been so excited about this birthday!  She has been counting down the days, and it finally came!  How thankful we are to have this amazing spirit in our home.  She brings us so much joy and happiness.  She is the baby of the family and so, she is the baby to all of us.  You can often find the older kids cuddling her and still holding her.  We all do not want to let go of our baby but, she is growing up.  So, I guess we will let her get older and enjoy this new stage.  Lucy loves anything to do with animals.  She takes care of all her stuffed animals and this year she wanted a dog named Biscuit.  She loves to color and play school with her older sisters.  She is my helper during the days while the kids are at school.  She helps me cook and loves to run errands with me.  She is my little friend during the day and I love her so much!

 She got to open one present in the morning and she chose the present with Biscuit in it!

 Mike and I took her out to lunch.  She chose Chick-fil-A and she enjoyed eating and playing.
 In the evening we had both sets of Grandparents over for dinner and opening the rest of her presents.  Lucy is so fun to buy for because she has unique ideas of what she wants.  Like this year, she wanted a mailbox.  Luckily, I was able to find this cute toy mailbox, and she has had fun mailing letters in it!
 She wanted a Belle dress to wear to Disneyland this year!
 I love this smile!
 We then had her make a wish and blow out her candles to have a fabulous 4th year!

Cute girl holding up 4 fingers!  We love you Lucy Lu!

Friday, November 21, 2014

Student Of The Month

Jason was student of the month for November.  His teacher said that he has works really hard in each subject, and appreciates his willingness to learn and be taught.  Nice job Jay!

Friday, November 14, 2014

Girl's Night

We were lucky to have a girl's night at Jill's house.  She learned how to make Macarons while she was in Oregon.  They were actually really fun to make and they were so good!  Having just come from Paris I have to say this were really close to the Macarons in Paris.  It was fun just being with the ladies talking and baking together!

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Happy Anniversary!

 This year marked our 13 year Anniversary!  How I love this man and I am so grateful that Heavenly Father gave me someone so wonderful to be with for eternity.  Mike is perfect for me... patient, funny, caring, trusting, loyal, compassionate and easy going!  I love you Mike!

Friday, October 31, 2014

Happy Halloween!

 This year we had no school on Halloween so, we decided to go to CornBelly's, and enjoy the day.  The weather this year was unbelievable, and it was the perfect Halloween day.
 We spent the whole day at CornBelly's and we enjoyed all the activites they have there.
 Grandma Young came with us and we loved spending the day with her!
 We got home and hurried and got ready for the evenings activities.  Anne was Elsa.
 Eliza was Elsa too!  We were lucky to have Grandma Young help make these fun Elsa dresses.
 Lucy was Anna
Jason is almost to old to be trick or treating!  We was a fisherman this year.  The kids all went with their cousins this year to trick or treat.  This was good because Mike and I were both sick.  Jay went with Alex and Anne and Eliza went with Kate and Claire.  I took Lucy out for about an hour, and she was good with that.  Halloween was on a Friday this year so, the kids were out late.  But, did they ever come home with candy!  I have never seen so much candy in my life!  I am sad I didn't get a picture of all the candy but, good job kids!  We had a successful Halloween and I enjoyed it so much with you kids.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Pumpkin Carving

 We spent an evening carving our pumpkins.  The kids did their own work and I think they did a great job!


I loved how they turned out!  From L-R Lucy, Eliza, Anne, and Jason's pumpkin creations!