December....the year coming to a close

I love my hoodies!!!! ALL THE HOODIES!!!!!

Derek got an allergy test done! Turns out he has a lot of allergies. 

Chop stick curled hair! 

And then we got some overtone and died it! 

It turned out so good!!! 

Then she curled it again! 

I did my hair too....I was a bit nervous!!!

I really like how it turned out! 

Chistmas is near!!! And he is building some of his tracks! 

This little Lady tripped at REFIT and hurt her arm. 

We had it braced, but we suspected it might have gotten a fracture.

So we went into the Urgence care and got an X-ray

She was a trooper. It did have a fracture so she had to get a cast. 

She had it wrapped until she got it casted. She was not super happy about it. 

The Activity days group had their recognition night.

 Kaliah got to do it all by herself this year!

The kids had a gift exchange with Justin and Breanne's kids! 

It was so much fun! 

Then we had the family Christmas party...

Kalie is playing a scavenger hunt game with the kids

running around the house trying to find the next clue with their teams. 

Then at the end they found the prize and everyone got a new book! 

My kids were super stoked about that! 

Bk is as serious as ever! NOT!!!  Ha ha

Chtristmas is here! 

It is as magical as always!

The kids knew most of there presents because most of them wanted clothes, 

so they picked them out. They got converse shoes and lots of clothes like overalls. 

They are getting so big and Chistmas changes a little each year. 

But it is always the best time of the year! 

 

November adventures

Saileen and her manaquin hair! She is getting really good at it! 

This guy loves a good space ship box! 

Our maple leaves are at the point where they have enough leaves to play in! 

And so they DO!!!!!

They are doing their "play" Rehersal

The cast and backstage crew!

Workin hard, or hardly workin'!?

We took a little field trip to the Bean museum...These 2 liked the lions! 

Turkey burn! All the instructors! 

They whold crew that came for theTurkey burn! 

We even had a REFIT DUDE! 

Me and Breanne haveing a great time! 

Our fantastic trio! 

Smashmallow taking up the whole bed! 

barely any room for him! 

He started having an issue with his private area....

we went to the Urgency care and got sent to the hospital

He was trying to be a good sport but he was in a lot of pain! 

He had to get an ultrasound...we hung out in the ER for a while

Good thing they had a TV! ha ha

 Selfie filters again with these two!

 Derek tried the "old" filter....Ha ha is this a preview of what is to come??!! We shall see!!!!
 

October....St. George....running from winter

Young women and young men's activity. They packed lunches for kids who didn't have food. 

Would you say that we have a plethora of waterbottles?!?!

On our way south on an RV trip. we stopped and visited my Grandparents grave

I miss them so much still. 

It was good to connect with them again. 

Then we started our adventure in St. George..We hiked around the red rocks

explored all the nooks and crannies

They even went through this tiny slot canyon. 

I was no too keen on this part. 

At the top, you can see all the holes below.

We saw a lot of lizards

Little arch at the top! 

Saw some beautiful views

Some very interesting flowers

It was warm and sunny! 

looking at new things, like these seeds

The view from the top was beautiful! Also, our RV looks HUGE! ha ha

Making our way back down! 

Those were the rocks we were hiking! 

We visited a little park we came across

It had some fun things in it. 

Derek got them spinning pretty fast! 

We rode scooters around the park. It had sidewalks all the way around it! 

Taking BK for a ride! 

It was really fun to get to ride the scooters! 

zipline! This was a favorite! 

On Sunday we went to the visitors center by the Temple. 

It was a very beautiful place!

Seeing the Christ statue was wonderful! 

The way the looked at it made my heart happy. 

They immediately went to feel the marks in his feet, I couldn't help but think it that is what they would do if it really was him. 

The missionary section....and a Ginormous Book of Mormon! 

This was the historical section about how the temple was built. 

Looking at all the old tools they used to use.

There were some seriously BIG bugs there! 

The Temple was beautiful! 

These were so interesting! Walnut pods! 

The flowers were amazing!! 

Here is the whole gang! 

Finding little almost pods was the best! 

The big open field was heaven for Kaliah! 

A fresh almond pod and a dried one

The water feature was pretty cool too! 

Cheese!!!!

We went to Brigham youngs house.

 It was really cool to see everything the way they would have had it. 

The colors they used to paint it were so interesting! 

Gotta take the photo Op! 

The tree lined sidewalks were so awesome! 

So pretty! 

Cotton plants they had planted there! 

Looking for more nuts 

They also had Pomagraneate trees! 

We found a really fun park, they are a little excited to play in it! 

MyKay was in HEAVEN with all the dinosaurs! 

So many things to see! 

Lots of fun toys to play on! 

climbing toys too! 

And lots of swinging toys! 

We were there for quite some time! 

We left as the sun was going down! 

It was a really fun trip and will be great memories for years to come! 

A quick stop by Tuacahn on our way out!

Dereks birthday!! Saileen made him an icecream cake! it was so GOOD!!!!

This boy and his building! 

This one was his cup throne

Pretty creative, if you ask me! 

Stay challenge! Saileen and I! 

I still love my stay swag! 

A few pictures that describe his personality! ha ha

And I am sure he was working really hard this day at work! Ha ha

It's always a good day when you get a new pair of shoes! 

These 2 are crazy monkies when they got o gymnastics together! 

Septum surgery.....Not the most fun he has ever had! 

This is what I see.....

This is what they are doing....ha ha! gotta love filters! 

 A little Halloween makeup and costumes. Saileen helped them with their costumes! 

They like to dress up even if we don't go trick or treating. But we love our own Halloween traditions! 

Movies and loaded icecream smoothies!!