OK so for this blog to make any since you have to go backwards. Sorry, please go to older posts and start with the blog talking about how I am blogtarded (point-in-case).

I have mentioned that Gavin loves to pack for anything and everything. Here he his packed for yet another adventure. I don't know where he's going dressed like that. Gavin also has a fettish with gloves.

Look! Ogden can be beautiful!

Here's Nate going off a jump. You can't tell but he got pretty good air. The funniest
though was watching the kids go off the jump. Man, they are brave even after the many
many crashes they had.

And that's after they crashed.

That's Porter (Nate's little bro) and Gavin coming down on the orange sled.

Hey it's Snowin' Owen!

So Christmas was great! But I love the day after Christmas. We slept in until 9. The house was a mess; but it's the one day of the year that your house being messy is a good thing. It means that you have had a good Christmas and that the kids are enjoying themselves. And enjoy they did. After a morning of putting together Legos and playing with Geo Trax we headed out to go sledding and these are some of the pictures. The kids look especially happy because they have enjoyed candy for breakfast and lunch.

and of course, the top side.

front side. Look how happy I am!

So most people wouldn't show these pictures, but I thought my hair was so awesome that
I just had to. This is the back side

Yay! Nate made it home for the holidays!
He almost didn't because Spokane received the most recorded amount of snow in history in a 24 hour period. But after some strategy on Nate's behalf, he made it home to us. This picture is at Temple Square and I am so happy that we are finally all together (for a minute any ways.

OK so I have decided that I need a book "Blogging for Dummies" I am blogtarded. But I hope that these pictures are all ok.

My friend took this picture, I am defenitely not modeling worthy!

Holy moly I chopped my hair.

Eating lunch on the Temple Grounds.

Me and Gavin

Waiting for Trax

sorry!

I have been saying that my Blog Spot is in the rough draft stage for too long now. There are two main reasons why: 1) I am not computer literate and it takes me a long time to figure out what I am doing and I don't have that amount of time 2) My sister-in-law Stephanie was supposed to come over and help me update my blog but where is she? Who knows, probably at the hospital where she works. Thanks Steph.

But I do want to let everyone know (all 3 of you) that I am well and happy. That is because I am supported by the most awesomest friends that anyone could have. And a very wonderful Heavenly Father who blesses me so much. I hopefully will have some pictures to follow. October was super busy with tons of fun activities and November has been busy and fun too. Of course I have to say that my favorite thing of all is my trips down to Orem to visit all of my amazing females and their male companions. My trips have included: a big game night with lots of laughing and friends which was muy divertido. Some people who attended this gala were: Mary & LZ Brooks, The Espinosas, Sam Robinsons, The Partridges (and their beautiful new baby girl), Scott Hunington, and some I may be forgetting; oh and of course it was hosted by the wonderful Kristina Williams. When I was over at Kristina's we had a great idea that we should have me slide down her stair case on the gigantic love sac, sounds mature enough, right. No, for future reference Love Sacs don't really slide as much as they Roll, and when you reach the top of a rolling Love Sac you have two choices, 1) Jump or 2) keep on rolling, which probably means you would be catupulted into the front door below you. I jumped and thankfully so. Then next thing I knew the Love Sac was on top of me and I could her Kristina Jr. and Shoon (Jr.'s asian friend) laughing their heads off, I was laughing too, though it was a little bit difficult because I was scrunched under a very large and very heavy love sac with limited air supply. That is just one small story of many many more. We went on a group date one night (5 of us) we snuck into a movie (that we had paid for), we had a hilarious altercation with the popcorn boy, where some popcorn was thrown (Susanne!). We watched James Bond and then afterwards I slid down the stair rail "Everyone watch out!" in an attempt to recreate the movie we had just seen. Some may read this and think that I am insane (and very immature). But to that I rebut that acting this way is ironically how I keep my sanity while my dear sweet husband is away and also to my defense I was the youngest in the group and was usually a victim of peer pressure.

My kids have been having fun as well. They get spoiled with attention down south. We also had a great experience this week as we road down on the Front Runner to Salt Lake and then took Trax to the Church Museum of Art and History. There is an awesome exhibit there for children that is titled "I am a Child of God". It walks kids through the plan of salvation with lots of interactive activities. I went with my friend Miranda and her two girls, we ate a packed lunch at the temple grounds and had a wonderful time. I would encourage everyone to attend, it is closing Jan. 18th 2009. So hurry.

Hayden's awesome Indiana Jones cake. I didn't make it but a very talented friend of mine did! And it was yummy!

8 Years later & I'm still a bride!

So most of my friends know that I eloped. And many of you may know that I never had my bridals taken. Well this last week I was able to get all dolled up (I had my hair done by an AMAZING hair dresser and my sister helped with my make up) and go and get my bridals taken. I had them taken on the 8th anniversary of the day I met Nate (cute). I'm glad I did it and if you want to see more pictures just click on Fairytalefotos from my blog sight. Oh, and I would like to hear comments. P.S. These pictures are just ones Chantelle took of me before I left but I still liked them - the others are done by a professional, who is also a good friend of mine.

HOG is an acronym

O.K. after much resistance I have started a BLOG! (Great, now I have one more thing to add to my to-do list). But I am really excited. Everyone knows how much I love to talk and they say a picture says a 1,000 words, so this works out will for me. HOG is an acronym for Hayden, Owen, and Gavin; my three awesome, crazy boys. So I hope you enjoy my BLOG because I know I already enjoy looking at all of yours.