Merry Christmas and a Happy 2010!!
We had a nice quiet "Party" at home tonight with boys...midnight came at 10:00pm, we had our favorite treat (pazookies with magic shell), toasted to the new year with sparkling apple cider, and we even wrote down some goals for the new year...

Austin's goals included: read all the goosebumps books by the end of the year, play good in "machine-pitch" baseball this year, serve others.
Cade's goals: Learn to write his first and last name really good, and score seven goals every soccer game instead of six.
Our goals for Dax this year: in a big boy bed, potty trained (maybe- I am so bad at this)...
Family goals (according to the boys): go to Disleeland, Huwai, get ulong better, skriptrs, (as austin wrote down)and cade said we should "get a girl baby!" I don't know where that came from- I guess I could get him a doll!!
My goals are to for sure get our backyard done along with several others....

The last few days we spent up in Idaho with my family. My mom and dad got some condos up in Driggs right by Grand Targee ski resort. Austin and Cade got to ski for the first time- and we had fun playing with the cousins...Thanks for the fun MOM and DAD!!


Lots of kids in a confined area equals creative play where ever it can be found. They loved playing in the closet on the shelf, and for some reason pushing the coffee table from room to room was SUPER FUN...

Christmas party...Acting out the manger scene. We had a bird, a donkey, and a cow... and a suprise visitor. Dax was terrified of santa!!

Austin was the elf in his school program. He was so excited and he did really good except he didn't crack a smile the WHOLE time! And he wouldn't look at anyone...not sure where the stage fright came from!
Cade's classic pouty face because he didn't get his way...
a memorable moment by dax. I woke up one morning to him putting a whole box of pads in the toilet..His new obsession is toilets and unfortunalty he can open doors so now just shutting the door won't keep him out...
and I had to post a pic of his new best friend! He loves Uncle MATT. Ever since we went to Australia he has decided that he loves matt. He even runs to him when he sees him. If any of you know Dax, you know that there aren't many on his list of favorites...but Matt, you are one of them!

2009 Highlights
(Since I haven't posted in a LONG time...I figured I would just do a 2009 highlights...)

Austin



Austin-6 Started first grade this year. His favorite thing about first grade is school lunch and recess. He loves that he can read! He is a great student and is always getting nice complements from his teacher. He has been busy with sports; playing soccer, baseball, and basketball. He loves to play with his friends and he is an awesome big brother!

Cade


Cade-4 is in his second year of preschool and boy are we glad he’s got it! He’s such a fun, crazy, ALL BOY BOY! He loved playing soccer this year and scored at least 3 goals every game! He’s a quick runner and when he’s happy- he is really happy! He always has something sweet to say and he gives great kisses with his giant lips!

Daxton


Daxton 22 months- Such a sweet boy. He is getting so big and so independent. He is so goofy and loves to run around in the nude! He likes to think he is one of the big boys and he can hold his own! He loves his silky and his big brothers (most of the time)

Dave


Dave has been busy with work and has even gotten to travel to Australia a few times. I joined him for a week and enjoyed the beautiful city of Sydney. He has been playing in-door soccer a little bit (believe it or not! And he likes it!), baseball and we are soon reaching the basketball season! He stays busy with his church calling in the Stake Athletics Program & trying to keep up with my “honey-do” list. ( I do have to say that he did get lights up on my house this year!)

Jess


Jessica- Earlier this year I got to dance again with all my high school friends in the Viewmont concert. It was fun to be with the girls again- and SO fun dance again! (makes you miss the good old days!) I started working for Jet Blue and we have a love/hate relationship! It’s a great job and we’ve loved the flying benefits (I've already been to New York and Australia- and have hopes of lots more flying).I also just got called to the Primary Presidency and have been forced out of my comfort zone to get up in front of 170 kids to teach sharing time!

We have had a fun year and we are so blessed!! Happy Holidays everyone!!

update...

these pictures are from my phone- so they are kind of crappy, but dave has my camera in australia and what good is a post without pictures??


So once again two months have gone by since I've posted, so here is the update...

I went on my first FREE FLIGHT with Jet Blue!!
Me and Carrie (my sis-in-law) Who also works for jet blue decided we just needed to go...So we grabbed our friends and New York City we went! We took a flight to long beach-then the red eye to Boston and then finally made it to NYC. We walked and walked and shopped and shopped and ate and ate! A few highlights...
Mary Poppins on Broadway! (amazing! The set was fabulous and Mary was incredible!)
Frozen Hot chocolate at Serendipity! The wait was over two hours and the bill was high- but they aren't kidding when they say the frozen hot chocolate is the best!!
Dylans candy factory- A little piece of heaven, candy on every wall and cupcakes to die for!
Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island, and ground zero...The last time I was in new york was one month after 9/11.
Canal street and meeting Baboo- or whatever his name was! ha ha!

We tried to go to the today show and see some 10 year old teeny bopper. We thought we'd be able to get right up front, but boy were we wrong! We couldn't even see the stage! I guess this teeny bopper is pretty good...I don't even remember his name!

It was a fun trip! Thanks girls! Until next time!! Pictures coming soon...

The weekend after new york I spent two days at SILVER WOLF training. For those of you who don't know what Silver Wolf is, let me explain. Lot of Adults acting like nine year olds, screaming, and chanting and cheering for two straight days. I also got to meet a Kangaroo by the name of Roxie who was six months old and the cutest thing ever. Who needs a dog? or a baby for that matter? I want a Kangaroo!
Besides the mice and SUPER HAPPY CRAZY PEOPLE, I had fun and got to spend some time with my good friend Tara!

Dax is already turning into a two year old. He has been SO MAD at me for being gone so much. He flips out if I leave the room without him. In fact, tonight is the first night he has been really happy. I am keeping my fingers crossed that my Dax man is back! He has such a funny way of talking. He can say quite a few words, but it's the way he says them. Always drags his words out and the pitch goes up (way up) at the end of the word. Almost like he's singing. By the end of the day it's quite annoying, but it will be fun to tease him when he's older! And just for the record, I made a post a while back about what words he was saying, And I left out the most important word...Pa Pa. I am pretty sure this was his first word- and I know it's still his favorite word!! He loves his Papa's!!

Cade is my usual Cade. He has been loving soccer this season and I have to admit he is the MVP. He scores anywhere from 3 to 6 goals, and I think he has the game figured out! He waits back until someone kicks it away from all the kids and then he just goes and takes it all the way down the field to score! The last few games he's been "blocking the goal"- his league isn't supposed to have goalies, but he knows that if he stands in front of the goal, they can't kick it in. He's not just all looks after all!

And Austin is growing like weed! We pulled out all of his pants from last year, and I can't believe that they are all total floods on him! He's going to be taller than me before too long! He's doing great reading and even though he thinks he doesn't like school, I know he does. His teacher always sends home notes of what a great student he is. He rides his scooter every morning and he plays on the monkey bars all during recess. He is awesome on them. He can skip bars and go backwards!
This year in soccer it is starting to feel like real soccer. They have refs and their goals are starting to get bigger, and the coaches are more intense. (I don't know if I'm ready for crazy competitive coaches and fans...!) I think he is figuring out that he like to play defense instead of offense, but he's scored quite a few goals this year too.
He still gets comments daily on his "beautiful red hair" and that is something I will always remember about him. Even as a baby, you couldn't go anywhere without someone commenting about his hair. And I have to admit, he is pretty dang handsome. I love his brown eyes!

Dave is in Australia this week! He is so lucky! He is there for work and he is loving it! It's hard having him so far away because I've only gotten to talk to him once, but we are getting pretty good at emailing! He has to go back the end of November and I will probably go with him- so that will be fun!!

Tonight for Family Home Evening we picked pumpkins and painted them. Austin reminded me that we were only having "half family home evening, because daddy is not here"...but you get the point. Lots of paint, a big mess and three happy boys! Happy Halloween!!!