Congratulations!

Jamie and Michelle are getting married in just a few hours here in the Sacramento, CA temple! Congratulations you guys! We are, yet again, so sorry that we aren't there! We hope that you have a special day and a good start to your new life together! WE LOVE YOU!

Hidden Talents

Jaxon and I had the funniest conversation yesterday afterschool. Actually, it started a the day before that. He told me that they were having a talent show at school and that he wanted to show off his "moves". I didn't really think anything about. I didn't hear anything from the teacher...no notices, no memos or anything of the like that would indicate any such festivities. So Jax came home from school yesterday and we started talking.

I asked him what happened at school. Oh what a treat I got! He told me that they did indeed have a talent show in his music class (his teacher is our first bishop's wife--when we first moved here). So I asked him what the kids did for talents. He told me, "Mom, I showed them my blocking moves!" I'm thinking...OK what are you talking about? He said he asked for a volunteer to come up and then he blocked all his karate moves! He said almost everyone volunteered to be his helper, but he chose Malcom (a good friend of his). He told us how the teacher moved all the chairs out of the way to make room for the performers. Now, Jaxon has never had any kind of Karate lessons. He has picked up what he calls his "moves" from movies like Ninja Turtles and Kung Fu Panda. Yeah, now you're getting the picture.

Oh, I can just imagine what that teacher was thinking. I can only imagine what Jaxon's 'blocking his friends moves' looked like. He was so proud of himself!

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

So we finally got our christmas tree. I had all these visions of a great bonding experience filled with fun and laughter as the kids ran around trying find the best tree in the lot.

Really, I should know better than that by now. I should not have visions in my mind of these great experiences...they never work out!

Real life...we meet at Chris' mom's house around 6:30. We start to head to the lot and then realize we need some cash. So we go to the ATM. We drove past the lot and then had to make a u-turn and come back. We get out and just can not find a good tree...quite a few of them looked like they were already dead!

Anyway, we don't even start decorating the tree until 9:00 after a "nutritious" meal from our friend Wendy. So at 10:30 we start our festive christmas movie...the Polar Express. I passed out somewhere in the middle of that. I don't remember the rest of the evening. Only that I was tired and disappointed.Jaxon hanging the ornaments
kenzie hanging an ornament
feeding payton
Jayden taking the ornaments off the tree
Yes, I know some of these pictures are fuzzy...that is how the night went. But this is all said and done and ready for a movie!

Girls and Dolls

There is nothing like a girl and her dolls! Kenzie always has a doll somewhere near by. She and Jayden practice for Payton!

Happy Birthday, Grandpa Rod

Yesterday was Grandpa Rod's Birthday. Here is his cake:
(he's a contractor!)

Artist!

A TRUE artist can work in many different media. For example, bread dough on a cabinet!

Dance Party!

So last Wednesday was Mykenzie's dance recital. It was so cute. They danced to a chipmunk song.
This is what you get when you tell Mykenzie to pick her own pose...

This is the grand finale when they wave to everyone as the curtains close.

She did great and it was really fun to watch her dance!