Christmas morning 2009!

Another GREAT Christmas morning! I just love it. Nothing like seeing the excitement and joy in your kids faces, is there?

Awe....our Bestest Buddies!

Brooklyn, Tatum, Aleah, Aubry, Stockton, and Carson

More Christmas with the Blacks...

Aubs and Stocky opening their gifts...and the girls opening their little twin baby girl dolls. They were soooo stinkin' cute. Kissin' and Lovin'! As soon as we finished dinner and presents...the boys disappeared off playing, and we played with the girls and Tatum and Aubry presented a cute little Christmas Play for us. Almost thought we were on Broadway!

6th Annual Blacks/Mounteers Christmas!

One of our favorite fairly new traditions at Christmas time, is doing a Christmas with our awesome friends Brad and Alicia Black. Hard to believe that this year was our 6th year doing that. Everyone looks forward to it. Here are sweet Brooklyn and Aleah.....ALL SMILES! Ahh...I could just eat them! So sweet. Brooklyn just LOVES to give Bella (the dog) smooches and loves....and Bella just takes it. Never growls or gets cranky about it. Wish I were that easy going sometimes! :)

The NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.....

Speaking of giving my Gingerbread Dolls ALOT of Love....I found her reading them "Twas the Night before Christmas" too! Awe, how sweet! She never wants anyone to be left out. What a girl! :)

Glamour Shot with Tatum!

Tatum was in rare form last nite, and looked so wintery (is that a word) and cute...I grabbed my camera! She had me laughing so hard, my stomach hurt. Yes, those are our Christmas Stockings that Brian's Grandma made us, that she has on her feet. And Yes, Gingerbread dolls that I made, like 5 years ago...and are on their way to their LAST Christmas! They get ALOT of love, during the holidays!

Letters to Santa

Saturday night we went to Dinner and then went to see Santa at our FABULOUS mall over here. It was awesome and over Santa's Village, there was even snow falling (snow machine)... then we went to Macy's there and the kids wrote on the Santa postcards and put them in the mailbox to be delivered to the Jolly Old Man! Gotta love Christmas!

Too Cute!

Oh my heavens, I came across these pictures from like 5 years ago ....and I couldn't NOT post them on here. These sweet little munchkins....they use to be sooo little. :( Awe! Stock is glaring at me (out of the photo)...I was reassuring him that Santa was a "good" man, and he would be ok to sit on his lap. He still is a little unsure of the Jolly old Man, and he is 9 yrs old. Ah, my sweet, cautious little man. :)

A few people to party with!

In attendance: Uncle Brad, Aunt Clarissa, Miranda, Marlee, Daniel, Erin, Brad & Alicia Black, Aubry, Carson, Brooklyn and Aleah, Melanie and Brenden Bailey, Grandma and Grandpa Myers and of course the 4 of us, in our family. :)

More Birthday Party Pics.....

A few party pics...

Something is wrong with Blogger tonite and it won't upload the rest of my pics for you. So....stay tuned, I will try again tomorrow. :)

Tatum turns 11!

Hard to believe it, but our TaterBug turned 11 years old yesterday. Because she got a trip to Utah this year for her BIG birthday present, we weren't doing a friend birthday party, so had some family and our bestest friends in the world come by kwik for a little cake and ice cream with Tater! Couldn't possibly let the day go by, without that. Its always fun to have a reason for a party! :)

Thanksgiving with the Myers!

Thanksgiving this year was with my family, and at my parents. Its always a blast to get everyone together. The kids love it mostly, and played 24/7 the entire weekend...and then some.

Growing way too fast....

For Tater's birthday this year, all she wanted was a plane ticket to Utah. So, this afternoon....we took her BY HERSELF, to catch her "birthday" flight . She has been so super excited and really didn't get very nervous at all until maybe a tad, right before she was to board. I think more so, it was because it was the fear of the unknown....but it all went smoothly. She got to Utah about 10 min after I got home from the airport. Only difference, I had MAJOR rush hour traffic. She flew right over the top of it all. Grandma and Grandpa have a super fun weekend planned for her, and they'll put her back on a plane home on Sunday afternoon. Happy 11th Birthday , Peanut!

Trip to Utah 2009

Our kids stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Mounteer, while we went to Alaska. You can tell by Stockton's face that not only was he DRUGGED but he was very frightened (understatment) to fly. The Pilots were great and gave them a tour of the cockpit and let them both sit in Co-Captians chair. Here they both are safely at Grandma's and playing on the cool rope swing Grandpa built , down by the creek at their house. And here's Tater with her new darling little cousin Jonathan. I've never been more traumatized leaving my children, although they were in fabulous hands, it didn't make it any easier. It was a great great trip and would've been even that much better with our kids with us. We all survived being away from each other. Our 1st trip EVER, for more than overnite, in almost 11 years! :)

At Sea aboard the Princess...

One of the days at Sea, there was a dance competition which my Mom and Dad took 1st place! Yay! It was so super awesome and even took place LONG after their bedtime, so we were very proud! Way to go Mom and Dad!

Skagway, Alaska

Skagway was very cool. This Whites Pass Train was HUGE! And Yes, that is a snowblower on the front of the train! Quite appropriate for Alaska. Of course we had to take Brians pic by the Skagway Harley dealer! Some day, he hopes to be an owner of one, but I am stalling that from happening.

Victoria, BC

Victoria was just absolutely gorgeous! It was gorgeous the second we walked off the boat. We went to Butchart Gardens which was amazing. Makes the temple grounds look pathetic, for sure. It was really cool because as soon as the boat entered Canadian waters, the little yellow boat in the pictures, came up and pulled along the side of our ship....yes, both of us still moving, SLOWLY, but moving....and a Canadian pilot got on the bow of their boat and jumped on ours, to steer our boat into Victoria. It was amazing and definitely had to be a Kodak moment. The copper "statue" in the pics was actually a real lady. It freaked everyone out because she looked SOOOO much like a statue...until she smiled at you and moved ever so slightly. Her gorgeous turquoise blue eyes stood out fiercly too, against all her copper. Definitely memorable.