Neil Armstrong in 4th Grade

Brayden had a big school project this week. They were able to pick partners and work together. His partner, Mason, wanted to do the project on Neil Armstrong. Being Brayden did a similar project on Neil Armstrong last year in 3rd grade he was thrilled!

Together the boys typed up their report at school. I guess Mason doesn't have a printer at home so Brayden said he'd put the project together. The boys did a great job. Brayden did great getting everything to fit on his poster board and coming up with even more picts to fill it all in nicely.  

This kid knows all about Neil Armstong!

Spirit Week for the Littles

Last week was Spirit Week. 

One day was backwards day.

Kylie all on her own decided to wear her snowman shirt backwards and wanted me to put eyeballs in the back of her hair. She is so funny! It turned out cute. Brayden thought it was a lame day and chose not to participate. 

We had a crazy sock day but being it was cold everyone wore pants which covered their crazy socks. I forgot to take a picture. 

Crazy hair day is always a fun one. Brayden specifically asked if I could post pone his hair cut until afterwards. At the time he hadn't decided what he wanted to do but knew he wanted it a little longer. While I was helping Kylie get her hair done he came in like this. He has awesome sisters who helped him this morning. 

Kylie wanted "Cindy Lou" hair. 

We got it!

She looked so cute!

We also had pajama day and wear your school shirt day. I agree with Brayden, kind of lame. Especially when the kids are suppose to wear their school shirts every Friday anyways. 

I'm happy they both chose to participate a little this week and were happy with the outcome. 

Snow Day

Today was dubbed a snow day and was Mom's day off from work. 

WooHoo!

Brayden and Kylie wanted to clean the car off before having a snowball fight. 

Emily wanted to build a snow man before it all melted away......

These 2 made a snow girl together. 

Got to enjoy this wet stuff while it lasts. By mid afternoon it will probably be gone!

Cake Auction

This young man was able to participate in his Scout's cake auction. The theme was patriotic. Brayden insisted on making eagle cupcakes with a flag cake. 

He did it all by himself. Mom just stood by and told him what the next step was. 

The eagles was his favorite!

I think they turned out pretty cute. 

Good job Brayden!

Granny Day

This little munchkin had a granny day at school this week. She got to dress up as a "granny". 

She loved it. However, she did want me to take her picture and show "everyone".

Cause' apparently, "that's embarrassing!"

Silly girl. 

Puppy Store

We've got a Puppy Store that just opened in our area. I had heard that kids could "play" with puppies for free. My 2 older kids were out with the friends and it was just the 3 younger kids and myself. I decided we'd stop by and see what all the hype was about. 

You would have thought it was Christmas morning again for these 3. There were so many puppies to choose from. Each kid was able to pick one puppy and then go to an enclosed area by themselves with their puppy and play. 

Emily and Kylie were able to be in the same cubicle.

One of the puppies was so playful! If I had had the $5,000 they were asking for that puppy(who was on sale) she may have come home with us. Good thing I didn't have that in my back pocket!

So much fun, seeing my kids playing. They all want a dog now. However, my plate is beyond full! No pets until the house is done and we've got a backyard to keep our animals safe. 

It's going to be a while.....

Bowling on New Years Day

When we feel like we've been cooped up in the house for too long we go bowling!

Maddie trying to give some tips to her little sister. 

Hunter bowled a STRIKE!

It hard to take pictures while bowling. All I get is everyone's back sides!

Dad bowled a few strikes himself.

Miss Emily, got a kick out of the way she crossed her legs every time. 

Her first STRIKE!

Go Madddie...

Although I tried, I never did a get a strike this round. Next time!

Emily said it was the best day!

Love my family.

Christmas Day 2018

The kiddo's went to be about 9:30pm on Christmas Eve. They wanted to go to bed early to make sure Santa would come. A little after 11pm I was woken up to the worse sounds ever! Kylie was throwing up. Ughhhh..... After a quick bath, change of clothes, change of sheets she climbed back into bed ready for Santa to come. She puked 3 more times in that hour. I finally had just sat at the end of the bed waiting for that next moment. Being already awake I kept checking my phones for texts. My sister in law Miranda had been admitted to the hospital the previous day (23rd) due to complications in her pregnancy. Baby didn't come on the 23rd and they were hoping to have her on Christmas Eve. A little bit before midnight I got a text saying the doctor had been called and Miranda was about ready to start to push. So exciting! And then nothing until almost after 3am. I new something had gone wrong!

Baby Jayne was born at 12:53 am on Christmas Morning. But she wasn't breathing and remained unresponsive for about 45 minutes. For several minutes she did not have a heart beat and the nurses were performing cpr on her. How scary! With the help of amazing doctors, nurses and many many prayers Baby Jayne began breathing again. Baby will probably remain in the NICU for the next week or two but we are all praying and hoping that she will recover quickly from the lack of oxygen and be a normal baby girl!

7am came awfully early for me!

So excited for a battery operated toothbrush. 

All this girl wanted was a mini skateboard. 

 Maddie's been sewing lately and wanted her own tools. 

Poor baby girl! 

Hunter was pretty stoked about the Alexa Santa brought him. 

With a sick little girl our family stuck to ourselves and had a quiet and relaxing Christmas Day!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve with Grandma and Grandpa 2018

Christmas Eve early afternoon we decided to take the kids to the "cheap" theater and see Small Foot. The boys refused to let me take their picture! 

When we got home I started making our pizza dough that we would need later. I puposely made extra so the we could have a cinnamon roll wreath for breakfast morning. 

This cutie pie was a great help. We keep teasing her that all she wants for Christmas this year is her 2 front teeth!

 It's going to be yummy!

Last year we invited Grandpa and Grandma Heaton to spend Christmas Eve with us. The kids had so much fun last year with them that we did it again.

 Everyone was able to make their very own mini pizza. 

After dinner someone knocked on our door. 

This has never happened to us before... It was Santa!

Apparently Santa is a close friend to Grandma Heaton. 

The little kids could hard believe that Santa had come to our house. 

After Santa left we made our Graham Cracker Natitvity scenes. Uncle Kirk was visiting Grandma and Grandpa so he came along too. 

Maddie's final project. 

Emily's 

Hunter's 

Brayden's

The toothpicks started out representing the arrows that were shot at Samuel the Lamanite. Then it quickly turned into a porqupine on the roof there to protect baby Jesus from the soliders sent to kill every baby. 

Kylie's

We had Grandma and Grandpa open our gifts to them. We gave Grandma a plaque that said "I choose Joy". Grandpa got a box of shotgun shells and .22 bullets. 

We sure enjoy our one on one time with Grandma and Grandpa. It's nice having them living in Cedar City. Just a little bit closer to us. 

We ended our night opening our new matching p.j's (a request by Maddie) 

and wathcing the 4th Wise Man together.

Before going to bed the kids made sure to leave treats our for Santa and his reindeer with a little note.

This Christmas Season has been so less hectic than years past. I think we've all enjoyed the season a little bit better. I have learned this year that less is more, especially during the December month.

 Merry Christmas!