Jordan Circus

Brandon's brother invited us to go with them to

the Jordan Circus. My girls had not yet been

to a Circus. They loved every minute of it.

They laughed and were amazed half the time.

Sierra kept saying she wanted to do what ever

the performers where doing. Specially when 3

ladies dressed as mermaids did tricks from hanging

ropes. And of course the hula hoop lady. Paige could

not stop laughing at the clown. It kept Owen entertained

the entire time. We'll definitely be doing that again next year.

What makes him giggle?

About anything!

Out with the old...

Our family was so excited to get new carpet.

We had to tear out the old carpet ourselves.

Everyone was so good to help out. Even the youngsters!

We started by moving ever piece of furniture

and all the little stuff off the floor. Both up and

down stairs. We had stuff stashed in bathrooms,

our laundry room, furnace room, garage and

even the kitchen. That is were Brandon and I

slept for one night, in the kitchen! The girls

slept on their mattresses in their room. Those

were the last items to move early the next morning.

Riley, Josh and Paige worked the shop vac.

Bailee got all tuckered out.

Sierra got bored and colored.

And the rest of us ripped, cut, rolled carpet and

dug out the staples.

After long hard work and waiting patiently

we got to enjoy our new, soft and clean carpet.

Before all the furniture got moved back in

the girls got comfy and watched a movie.

Thanks to my awesome family who helped.

Couldn't have done it with out you.

In the Kitchen sink

I thought I'd bath Owen in the Kitchen sink

so I did not have to bend over the tub to wash

him. It turned out to be a bad idea. He absolutely

loved it and splashed with his hands so much.

The blinds, counter and floor were covered in

water.

Preschool Fieldtrip

Paige and Sierra go to the same Preschool.

Paige goes in the morning and Sierra in the

afternoon. So when there is one field trip

there is always a 2nd. This time they went to

Smiths grocery store. Paige in her yellow

Preschool shirt and Sierra in her green

looked around the fridges where they store

the milk.

After touring the store they got to enjoy cheese,

ham and juice.

It's fun having my girls a year apart. I think

it's made them so much closer. They are such

good friends.

Silly Owen

I'm so glad that one of my four kids loves to eat baby

food. Accept he also loves to eat his High Chair.

After ever bite he does this...

Emery's 1st Birthday

My little sister Kami is such a cute mom and

I'm so proud of her. She put together a darling

party for her little Emery on her 1st birthday.

This is the Invitation.

She made a cute Birthday Banner.

The theme of the party was "Monkeys".

She had every kind of food to do with monkeys.

Monkey bread, Bananas, Banana pudding, Banana

cream pie, Banana candy and Monkey poops.

She also made Emery a shirt with a cute monkey

with her name, the number 1 on it and

had a tutu made to match.

Kami and Emery

You always hope your little one will dive into their

cake for their first birthday. My girls never would but

Emery gave us all a show.

Happy Birthday Emery!!!

We love you!

For some odd reason, Owen got a kick out of

a balloon at the party!

Crazy hair day!

Riley had crazy hair day at school.

And this is how she wanted me to do her hair.

Kind of cute actually!

What you reading?

I had to post this picture. Owen

gets so excited when you give him a book.

And the girls love reading to and playing with

Owen.

Friends

Owen and Sadie

We love are good friends the Sandbergs.

We have been friends for over 8 years now.

We met them in are first ward in Layton when

they lived in the apartment above us.

It has been fun staying in touch and hanging out with

them as we have both moved from house to house

all around. We love that they are close now in Syracuse.

We each have 4 kids and each kid is a week or two apart in

age, accept Sierra who was determined to come a little early!

You would think we planned the whole bit!

We are so lucky to have such good friends.

5 Months

Owen is

5 Months

and so dang cute!

When he is not tired or hungry he is happy.

And such a good smiley, giggly baby.

We absolutely love him!

Bath Time

Owen loves bath time. But what baby doesn't.

Now I get more wet when Owen takes a bath

then he does. He kicks and splashes a ton.

He wants to sit up in the bath and play now.

Dinner with Grandpa C.

My dad and his wife came over for dinner

the day after Christmas. They absolutely

spoiled my girls with gifts.

Riley got the Karate Kid movie.

I love this picture of Paige being a Doctor.

Paige loves her new guitar.

Sierra playing her new piano.

Me and my Dad.

Christmas Day

Christmas morning is so much more fun when

you have kids. Every Christmas morning the kids

find their stockings that Santa put in their room

and bring them to our room. They empty them out

on our bed. This is probably the only morning

Riley gets up before her sisters! We had Paige and

Sierra sleep in Riley's room so they would not come

up the stairs and see all that Santa brought before

the rest of us were up. Santa got the girls favorites.

Chocolate and watermelon gum.

The girls waiting patiently to go into the living room.

Sierra kept saying she was tired and wanted to go back to bed.

The girls go in youngest to oldest into the living room.

A family tradition on both mine and Brandon's side.

Great Grandpa Gardner came over when the

girls woke up to give them presents. He is such

a sweet Grandpa!

Santa brought tub toy mermaids that have color

changing hair. They love the tub and mermaids!

Owen loving his new toy.

The girls knew I bought these helmets for them

but they were surprised to see I put their name

and a design on the back with vinyl.

The girls giving Loves and Thanks to Daddy

for the gifts.

Riley being the good big sister that she is, read

Owen his new book.

It did not quite feel like Christmas day when

there was no snow and us and the neighbors were

outside. It was a good thing for the girls there was

no snow so they could ride their new scooters.

Sierra's scooter was little big and wobbly for her so I

helped give her a ride.

Brandon and I got bikes. Now we can go on

family bike rides. Something I've wanted to do

for a while now.

We had Brandon's siblings and Grandma and Grandpa

Gardner along with my mom, John and sister

over for a gourmet breakfast. It's starting to become

a tradition being the second time around. We love having family

over. My mom came over before breakfast to watch the girls

open presents. Grandma and Paige played Chinese

checkers with Grandpa John.

It was a nice relaxing Christmas. We did not have

to drive around town going to every ones house.

After a fun morning we went to Gardner's for dinner.

Riley got her Easy Bake oven she wanted.

Paige got her Car Racing Barbie

Sierra got her kitty cat musical jewelry box.

And her radio.

We have such a wonderful Family and we love

sharing the holidays with all of them!