What up with us???

Well lately Miss C has been blamed for everything under the sun that goes missing or has been damaged at our house. But last night, Forrest was downloading the pic's off our camera this is what he found....Apparently our little sweet innocent Anna has actually been NAUGHTY.....we found at least 50+ pictures of her on the camera and she swears she didn't do it?

So our little 5 yr old is sometimes up to no good....

Miss C and her friend playing on the teeter-totter!

Grant went to his first dance----So like embarrassing parents we took photos! Which the other kids didn't care....But I think Grant was a tad bit annoyed!!!!

Since Grant got his guitar.....He and Mathew have had some jam sessions. Which I think Mathew has enjoyed them most.

Other news around here:

---Is that Forrest finally got his job position with a salary attached :) We are so thankful for the news and hopefully will take effect soon. At this time with the economy and some people losing their jobs....I feel so blessed to be able to stay at home our kiddos and I am extremely thankful for the blessing of employment!

---As of May 13th Forrest will be graduating from ASU!!!

---We are in full swing of baseball season here so we will photos of that soon too!

---Grant is starting Football practice for Westwood, he is quite excited for that.

---Mathew is still working on the perfect attendance....just has a few weeks left!

---Miss C will most likely be starting speech in the fall....SO I will actually be home by myself for a few hours a week....I am kinda sad :( to know my babies are starting to grow up! But at the same time I am love to see them turning into amazing kids!

Happy March

This handsome guy turned the big "14" in February and he only wanted a new pair of Vans and a guitar....How easy was that! Whoo Hooo!!! Grant is wonderful and such a good example to others. We as parents are so thankful for him and love him so much! Happy Birthday Big Guy!

Another huge milestone for us has passed this year...We hit our 18th
Wedding Anniversary!
Its amazing that we have had so many wonderful years together! I love you babe and can't wait for the future!

Some of our updates for the Month of February include:

***We had our first litter of baby bunnies! So we are officially breeders of Tans.

***Mathew and Ella started Piano and love it!

***Forrest got a new job promotion...But we still don't know what the salary will be, that's in corporate limbo but should be final Very Soon!

***I officially quit Dr.Pepper...it only lasted for 10days and then I had a re laps when I had to take Webelos on a Camp out and I was push over the limit!!!

*** Forrest and I cooked for the Blue and Gold Banquet....We rocked the total food bill for that was $50.00 bucks to feed 75 people!

*** Jodi finish up her semester with all B's in her classes.

This pretty much wraps up the events of Feb. and March so far. Forrest and I are driving Grant to his first dance on the 12th of this month...We will see how that goes!

Happy March...I hope to update the blog more often since I am taking some time off from school!

Jodi

Updates....For the few who read this blog!

New Year's Eve...Here in AZ fireworks became legal to have so we got sparklers for the kids.

SO They had fun running around the front yard with them.

Christmas was wonderful this year. We got to celebrate with family and friends. Santa came and the kids where totally happy with their presents. We had a huge feast on Christmas day and great company. What more could one ask for???

Nothing eventful has been happening around here...But I am thankful for the mundane happenings on our homestead. It makes me enjoy the regularness of life and be thankful for the little things that I get to enjoy.

We are starting to try our hand at hydroponics and growing fish in our backyard. This is one of the things we are working on. Also we have started our seedlings for the spring garden. So I am hopeful that we will be able to start planting soon. But the weather has been so crazy around here I am almost fearful that if we plant we may have another unexpected frost. We will have to see.

Thats all for now....Jodi

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!!!! Hope it is a great one!!!!

Christmas Pictues at the Mesa Temple

I know the Honey was to happy but I just always wanted to take this kind of photo! He was a great sport about it all!
Here's my honey and I.

All my boys...the larger one kept talking and moving so this was the best one of 3.

My beautiful girls with their mom

Here's the whole crew....They are pains sometimes but I am so thankful they are ours!

I want to wish all of you a Very Merry Christmas!

I wonder what Santa is bring me this year....I was very good!!!

Already December....

(This is our family Nativity with all the grand kids minus one....It is in utero so it's not expected to attend until next year....That one automatically get the role of Baby Jesus!)

This year has flown by so fast....As a kid I can remember wishing for Christmas-time to come!!! As a parent I am excited for my kids but totally over welled with the process of buying the gifts and the hardest part is finding places to hit the treasure I have purchased.....My older kids know whatever they find I will take back! So just that thought is scary for them.

I am working on a family letter but still haven't found my stationary to print it on :( So needless to say our letter may be posted on Facebook and my blog! I still love getting Christmas cards in the mail so if you want to send me one go right ahead.
So until I post again....which might be after Christmas!
Merry Christmas!

Cousins....

The Angels
The Family Nativity

(with candy to bribe the little ones)

Our Cousins came to visit from California and we had our annual Christmas Nativity picture
taken....Then the kids got to go to the Zoo. My children had a blast with their cousins...Especially Miss Ella who stayed attached to Kate the whole day!!! We sure love them and wish they could come to visit all the time!