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We have had a crazy few months with a lot of exciting things happening. Todd was working out of town so I decided to update my blog! I made memory books for my kids for Christmas and I realized how nice it was to have my blog as a reference! I want to be better at blogging even the simple things just so my kids will remember. Over the last month we have:

-Celebrated a wonderful Christmas season

-went to Disney on Ice-Toy Story 3

-Went sledding on Mt Charleston

-Celebrated my 27th bday--with a sprained ankle:) followed with an amazing date to "Phantom of the Opera"--Thanks babe

-Had the Lafaeles come visit!!!

-Had a "Nerf War"

-Ran the Diva Dash

-Brody advanced to Primary

-Chandler got Student of the month

-Dolphin exhibit at the Mirage

-Lots of park days and bike rides

-Childrens Museum

-Nielsens came for an exciting visit

-Todd advances at work--Way to Go Todd!!!!

-Fun Dance Parties

It has been an eventful month and we look forward to many more fun memories! I love my family and I love creating new memories with them every day! I love my job as mother and wife! There really is no greater calling!

Chandler was so sad that we didn't go to Evanston for Christmas so I decided to have a little get together to help him forget about not seeing Ty! We decided to throw a "Nerf War". My friend made these cute invites and we invited all of Chandlers friends from the ward and neighborhood. We had a great turn out and the kids had so much fun! We all met at my house and then we put on our headbands and war paint. Then we walked to the park and the kids just played "war". Then we came back to my house for pizza and cupcakes! It was definetely a fun way to pass the time during christmas break!


Thanks Kati for the amazing invite!


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Chandler and Tyson hiding out


My cute warriors


All the boys lined up to go get some pizza!


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Chandler all armed and ready to fight

Kids in attendance: Kaden, Janzten, Jaron, Sedric,Dallin, Chandler, Tyson, Coda, Owen, Jansen, Cason, Camden, Keagan, Brody

Diva Dash 2012
Jess invited me to come along with her and her friends to do the Diva Dash in San Diego. Of course I had to say yes!!! It was so fun! It was a 5k run on the beach with some obstacles along the way. It wasn't as intense as we had expected because of the weather but it was still such a fun girls weekend!!!

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We did it!!!!!


My good friend Mary and I flexing on the beach


Crawling in the dirt....



Jumping the "hurdles"

Climbing the rope ladder

Carrying buckets of sand

After the race we were all starving so we headed to lunch!

After we ate we went and sat in the hot tub! We sat in there for about 4 hrs! We just couldn't get enough of girl time! It was so relaxing to just sit and talk with other moms and such fun girls! I have made the best friends here in Las Vegas and I lov living so close to Jess! I have the best sister in laws! As you can see from our pics the race was a blast and we just stopped and took pics and had so much fun!!!! Tradition---YES I think so!!!

Fun with the Cousins!!!

We got the fun opportunity to babysit the nielson kids for the weekend! My kids had so much fun and I was amazed how well the kids played together! We did a lot of fun activities and it was so fun to spend time with them. We rode bikes, had a picnic, ate pizza, slept in tents, played at the park, went to the Dolphin exhibit and just played the whole weekend! Thanks for coming to visit! We love you guys!!

As soon as we got to the Exhibit chandler jumped on this statue and posed like this. I was laughing so hard! He wanted me to take his picture like this! Hilarious. Chandler had so much fun carrying around the camera and snapping all kinds of interesting pictures.

My friend got us tickets to the Dolphin Exhibit at the Mirage. The kids had so much fun! It was so cool to see them learning something so hands on and up close! When we told them we were going Chandler asked if it was real dolphins or people dressed in dolphin costumes.

To end our adventurous day we had to rent "Dolphin Tale" and let the kids have a movie night!!

--Snow Day--

I love that we can live in such a warm city and still have snow so close to us! Todd had the day off so we took the kids to Mt. Charleston for some sledding. It was really warm and the snow really was just ice that had melted and refroze. But the kids still thought it was amazing!! They had so much fun! I still love to see my kids just simply enjoying life. I love to see them just let loose and be kids!!! But NO this did not change my mind about moving to a place that has snow!

--Childrens Museum--
"Imagination is more important than knowledge"--Albert Einstein
The kids didn't have school on Wednesday so we took them for a day at the museum! They had so much fun! I love watching them explore and get to try new things. I love seeing their imaginations in action!! The boys loved fixing the car and Stella loved riding in the airplane!




Here they are under the car fixing the muffler. Stella was scared but she just has to do whatever the boys do!






Cold Stone Field Trip
My friend Mary invited us along on her field trip to Cold Stone. It was so fun for the kids. They took a tour of the store and then they got to pick an ice cream and topping and mix their own ice cream! We are so lucky to have such great friends here!!



Brody really only likes chocolate so his ice cream choice was classic! Reeces and chocolate ice cream! Chandler of course chose cotton candy!

Mixing it up at Cold Stone

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I love these little guys so much! I feel so lucky that I get to be a stay at home mom and be available to take them fun places like this! I am so thankful Todd makes it possible for me to be home with them! I wouldn't trade this job for anything! I love you guys!!