WHOA

Ok, so it has been a really long time since my last post!

Halloween, fun. Can't remember what the kids dressed up as, I don't really want to search and see if I did or did not take pictures ;) - nobody threw up this year which is always a plus!

Thanksgiving. Great. Got to see family, eat great food and enjoy each others company. I know I didn't take pictures on that one.

Christmas. Awesome. Love Christmas! Who wouldn't :) We only took a few pictures because our camera battery died. Oh well.

January. Hmmm - January was a tough month. PEPG (Darrin and Rick's company) decided to close it's doors. What a heartbreaking thing to go through. It was tough to have to say goodbye to employees and to something that isn't just a job but a lifestyle for us. Thankfully we were very blessed and Darrin was able to get a job at another company.. It has been an adjustment for him / us but I think it is going well and I think it is a good fit for Darrin, I know he will do great - how can he not! He is amazing!

February. Better :) Adjusting to all the new changes. Haiden turned 12 - whoa! where the heck did that come from? I can't believe how old he is getting. Next year is middle school for him - AHHHH! Baseball is in full swing for Haiden. Raegan and Tre were in gymnastics but I pulled them out for now, Xander was in Karate but I pulled him out too. Too many things to try to run around and do while working full time. Once I go back to part time they will get to be in activities again.

Leap day - NEW PETS! Yeah, we are nuts. No doubt about it. Tre has been asking/begging/pleading/cajoling and the like for about 2 years now. He finally wore us down. He made a deal with dad that he would show how responsible he could be. Today I drove over to the pet store and Tre picked out Cutie (tri-colored) and Fluffy (black). He first named them Tre Jr. and Mr. Ballsy - personally I think fluffy is better than Mr. Ballsy hehehe. I actually have a picture!

Hopefully I can be better about posting, if only for myself so I can remember the goings on in life before they pass me by!

Football!

Haiden has been playing football for a while now, I have just neglected to put any pictures up (bad mommy). It is so much fun to watch him play! He is really developing into a great player. I love watching him get fired up and into the game. 2 games ago he had 2 interceptions!
Yes! Here he is blocking not one but two opponents!

hehe I love the look on the kids face - Haiden isn't even looking at him but this kid knows he's going to get knocked down!

That's my boy up there, yeah it took 8 of the other team to get him down! :)

Good Job H-Man!

Happy Birthday Xander!

Happy Birthday to my wild, rambunctious, funny, boisterous, silly, streaking, snuggly, burping, strange, adorable, dimpled 6 year old boy!

Happy Birthday Tre`

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Tre` is 10 today!! WOO HOOO. Tre is such a fun kid. He is very empathetic towards others. He loves all things electronic, computer, wii, dsi etc. He will play on the computer for hours on end!!! He is so smart and has a funny little personality. True to the typical boy nature, anything that has to do with a bodily function is hilarious to him.

We love you Tre`!

Happy Birthday Darrin!!!

Happy Birthday to my handsome, wonderful, adorable, awesome, funny, hard working, loyal, attractive, captivating, dreamy, suave, amusing, clever, supportive, HUSBAND!

RRR Zions!

This last weekend 12 of us participated in the Red Rock Relay Zion run. I had an amazing time. I couldn't have had a better team to run with. We laughed and laughed and ran our butts off and just had a wonderful experience. There is just something about this that makes me feel so strong!

This is just an example of the crazy weather we had. During Natalie's run (she was the first runner in our car) she got pelted with hail. OUCH!

Audrey finishing up her first run - I love the look on her face!

Adri and Natalie bringing me in at the finish line!

This is the exchange at the end of my first run. I always try to sprint to the end - I sprinted and basically threw the bracelet at Audrey - totally didn't mean to do that!!! And yes, it looks like I might just die haha

Big thanks to Brett's brother for hooking us up at Olive Garden for our pre-race carb load :)

Poor Teresa from our van grabbed a kid sized sleeping bag. We all got a really good giggle out of it and she said she had the warmest legs!
Darrin was our driver for most of the legs (except when he was running obviously). I am so happy to have my handsome husband run these with me. I have a blast with him and he makes me want to run even faster so I can do as good as he does!

I don't have a ton of pictures, we took a few videos that I will try to post later. I stole the "Jump" picture from Adri's blog -- Thanks for the extra photos Adri! :)

We had an awesome support system from Adriennes family - with their help and some of our own family and friends we were able to win 2 of the facebook contests that were held. We now have 2 Moab teams in the works!!! I can't wait!

First day of School (again)

Today was Xander's first day of Kindergarten. He is my last one to be in school now! WHOA! It was so cute taking him to class and getting him all set up. He got a tinsy bit sad right when he figured out I was going to go, so I had to sneak out :(

The older kids were excited to be in pictures again hehe. I love that Tre was right there with his arm around Xander, letting him know it was ok.