Mr. or Mrs. Snowman

Trey and Maisey made a snowman today. They started in the backyard and rolled it to the front yard. They worked together and built it by themselves. They were pretty proud of their work. There wasn't too much snow hence the leaves:)

Grandma Bergsjo's Toffee

Cousin Heidi came over and showed Tara and I how to make Grandma Bergsjo's yummy toffee. Toffee is my favorite and it was fun to spend the day with Heidi and Elena and my SIL Tara. I miss Grandma Bergsjo and it was nice to learn how to make something that she loved!

Thanksgiving Pie

Kevin was the lucky one and got to go to Maisey's preschool and have pumpkin pie. Every Thanksgiving one parent goes and has pie with their child and they tell what they are thankful for. Kevin thought he wouldn't be able to get out of a meeting in time but he did and she was so happy her daddy was there!

Legos

My favorite time is when all four kids are playing and having a good time together. (does not happen very often:)

Traditions

We have started our own little family traditions and these Hershey's cookies have quickly became apart of them. The kids started asking me a couple of weeks ago to make some and I finally got around to it yesterday. Trey and Maisey helped me with taking off the wrappers which more ended in their mouths than for the cookies. When Tarrin saw what we had made he said " I love Christmas!" It was so funny.

Maisey

Maisey saw the cutest picture on pinterest and wanted some pictures like them.

My little helper

Maisey has been helping me set the table lately. Tonight she asked me what time we were eating so she could set the table. I told her it wouldn't be for awhile. When I walked into the kitchen she had it all done! She is such a good girl, Now if only I could get her to clean her room!

Field trip

Kevin went with Wyatt on his field trip to the Natural History Museum in Salt Lake today. They had a good time! Wyatt was so excited to spend the day with his dad all by himself.

Kev and I

I had Tarrin take some pictures of Kevin and I. I wanted some with the snow falling but as soon as we got there it stopped snowing!

Halloween

Trick or Treating was fun this year! My sister came down with her kiddos because our neighborhood rocks! The kids had fun being with their cousins. Tarrin took off to his friends house before I got a picture of all the kids. He was a Zombie killer. So here is my zombie soccer player, vampire, and Firestar. The boys all wanted to be bloody and gross this year. Tarrin didn't want too much blood because he just kills the zombies. Wyatt wanted to be more of a Twilight vampire and Trey just wanted to look dead. They are so crazy! 

Tarrin Ordained

I almost forgot to post that Tarrin was ordained and received the priesthood. It was a neat day shared with our little family. Tarrin has grown into such a great young man and its just crazy to see him passing the sacrament. Love u T!

Painting Pumpkins

My sister talked me into going up to Logan. We really wanted to go to the pumpkin walk. Well when I called my SIL Tara to see if she wanted to come she informed me that the Pumpkin Walk was no longer there. We were bummed but they were doing the pumpkin launch and the boys had fun watching the pumpkins get thrown high and far into the air. They thought it was cool that they were Angry Birds pumpkins. Later we went and painted pumpkins at Amanda's house. It was fun!

Maisey's costume and dance fun!

Maisey chose to be Firestar for Halloween. She watched an old Spiderman and his amazing friends episode on Netflix and came up with the idea. I thought she would change her mind but after a couple of weeks she still wanted to be it. I had to dye her clothes yellow and dye her gloves red for the costume luckily she had the boots and I bought a red mask and cut it. We first had her wear a wig to her dance Halloween party and the it itched too much so for her Preschool party and trick or treating we just sprayed her hair with red hairspray. She loved it so much and really got into character flying around and such.

At her dance party they did a dance to thriller and Maisey really got into character pretending she was dead. It was so cute!

Tarrin's Birthday Parties

This year Tarrin did cake and ice cream up in Logan with Kevin's family and then had friends over on Saturday for pizza and a movie. I love trades and Jen Vesper who used to work for Kevin did a cake for Tarrin. He wanted Minecraft which is a video game that is all the rave lately. He loved his cake! and wanted me to take a bunch of pictures. He wanted one of him making a funny face so here it is.

I can't believe Tarrin is twelve and gets the priesthood on Sunday and will passing the sacrament. It's crazy that I have a kid that old! He is such a great kid!

Tarrin is Twelve!

 I can't believe it has been twelve years! Tarrin has grown into such a nice young man. It's hard to believe that I no longer have this little bundle that looked liked a little baby monkey(sorry T but you were so cute). Tarrin is so extremely bright! He is a great big brother to his siblings and especially to Maisey. She definitely has someone who will look after her. Tarrin loves to read and loves anything to do with electronics. He loves playing his guitar and hanging out with his friends. We love u T!

Fall Fun!

On Sunday me and my sister and families went to do some pictures with all of the pretty fall leaves. It is absolutely gorgeous in the canyon right now. I have been staying really busy with my photography and it has been nice to be able to take pictures of families with such beautiful surroundings.

Piano Lessons

Wyatt and Trey started piano yesterday. Wyatt decided that he is going to take a year off of guitar and start piano. Tarrin is still doing guitar and loving it and says he is going to teach himself piano this year with the help of the computer. The boys go to Wendy Putnam in my ward who moved into the house on the corner of my street so it is so nice that the kids can just walk right on over! I love that when they are done they have a paper on specific details of what they need to work on for the week. We got a nice little keyboard for the boys to practice on. I can't wait to see how they do!

First day back to Preschool

Maisey had her first day of Preschool yesterday. It couldn't come fast enough for her. It's all she has talked about since the boys started back. She absolutely loves it and this year its three hours instead of two for the four year old class. She's my little sidekick so its going to take a little getting used to. I know I will not like her going to kindergarten next year. She is growing so fast!

Results

Well after waiting over an hour and a half I saw my doctor and its a stress fracture of the femoral head... and some ligament damage. It will take at least three to four months to heal. If I would use crutches it would heal faster so we will see... I hate the dang things! 

Maisey's first haircut

Maisey had her first haircut today! She's four and a half and it was time to get rid of those ends. We went up to Aunt Carol's house in Huntsville and Heidi and Elena met us up there. Afterwards we went and got some lunch and took it to the park. It was nice to catch up and the girls had a good time playing!

3 brothers, 1 sister, 1 SIL and hubby and lots of awesome friends!

It was hard for me to watch everyone run the marathon but I am so proud of my family and friends that ran it this year. Kevin's knee didn't work after about five miles and he had to stop. It was really frustrating for him and it sucks that this year it just wasn't going to happen for us. I have him going to see my doctor next week so hopefully when can figure out all of these dumb injuries! My brother Jeremy who was told not to run from his doctor due to his back did an amazing job and came in at 1:41. It was his first half marathon. My brother Chris who is pushing fifty also did great and came in around 2:07. I talked to him the night before and he really was worried about how he was going to do and he did great! My sister Amanda came in just seconds after 2:00 and told me never to ask her to do it again! It's funny because they all say that but I have heard a couple of them say they might do it again next year. I guess it takes a couple of days after to event think about next year. My brother James ran it for the first time and his wife Kari also did it! Kari broke her toe a couple of months ago and was only about to train for a few weeks. She did awesome and came in at 1:54. I was worried James would kill me for talking me into doing it but he says maybe next year and fourty pounds lighter. It sucks that I wasn't able to run but Kevin kept telling me its the journey and not the destination. As I look back I think he may be right. I had a great time training with Misti and Tiffany and most importantly Kevin. Even though we don't have the same pace it was nice to go run in the mornings together.

We saw Jeremy first and it was fun to see him running down from the canyon.

Amanda giving thumbs up! I know she loves doing the marathon even if she hates me afterwards!

I managed to get Chris to sign up again this year! He doesn't like me very much right now but he did so great!

James and Kari after the race! I'm so proud!

The picture that kills me not to be in! I love my family!

This Sucks!

I went yesterday to see the Orthopedic Surgeon that Basic Sports Medicine had referred me to. I am still limping and having some pain but have felt a lot better in the last couple of days. The doctor checked me out and thinks I have a hip stress fracture. I had some x-rays done and you couldn't see anything which is common so he would like me to get a MRI done. He wanted me to go off of my anit- inflammatory and muscle relaxers to see if it was just masking my pain. Last night it was bothering me quit a bit but since I don't know for sure I'm just going to see what the next couple of days bring. I'm okay to do other things other then running but Its just upsetting when I have so many friends and family running the race and I've trained for so long. I have had a couple of good cries which I know is so stupid but I have gotten this far and it just sucks! 

First day of School

Yeah! First day of school! The kids were excited to go back even though Trey doesn't look like it. He is so much like his dad! 

My brother Jeremy got here last night for his week of playing golf with my other brother James. He is running the TOU on Saturday with us.

Summer Dance

Another year of Summer dance and Maisey had so much fun! I love how low key it is and Maisey loves to see her friends from church. This year the 4-5 year old class was supposed to have their hair crimped in a ponytail. I haven't used a crimper since middle school so I was in luck and my neighbor Aneesa had one from high school that still worked. Maisey loved looking in the mirror and watching as her hair got crimped. It was fun to watch the girls and Maisey just loves her summer dance teacher Raechel!