Horsey and Grandpa!

Here are the photos of the Thanksgiving Day Hit!
Grandpa and Gypsy!!!


Sami was able to ride without reins and thinks she's a pro now!

Ah... the easy Life!

Okay... so my darling little 16 year old is a "yellow" personality which basically is opposite of me. She is very easy going and nothing bugs her. Especially, not doing her laundry and leaving it in a pile in the living room for days and days. She could care less as long as it's clean.

So she does just that... leaves her laundry there for the whole world to see and to annoy me beyond words! Well.. Izzy just adores Natalie and she can't stand being without her all day so she usually likes to find something that smells like Natalie (if her door is closed making it impossible for Iz to sleep on the bed). She finds her spot and parks it there until Nat comes home.

This is what I found today:


So how would it be to be a dog?

Where's the Snow? Seriously...

It's December and it's sad that I am now posting these because I swear they are from September!
The first snow storm of the year... The kids love bundling up and playing in the back with the lights on! Izzy enjoyed herself too!

My Baby Turned 6!

So this is late too! But, Sami turned 6 on November 14th!
I don't know if I had a momentary lapse of complete judgement or if I just am plain crazy. But we had 16 little kids over for a High School Musical party!

Luckily I enlisted Natalie and her friend Maddie to come help me. They painted the faces and took pictures! I think the kids all had a fun time. We did a pinata and played some fun little High School Musical games!

Sami is obsessed with HSM she loves all of the characters. Natalie and I took her the day the 3rd one came out and she was glued to the screen. It's funny how much she loves it. We also bought her the soundtrack and she listenes to it every night.

6 Things I Adore about Samantha:

1. Her opininionated nature ( yes I love it... it's who she is)
2. The way she says "loves to you mom" or "I love you with my whole heart" about a billion times each day.
3. Her smile... her whole face lights up!
4. I love that she is my baby and loves to do things with me (constantly)!
5. I love her intellect. She is so smart it blows my mind!
6. I love the little things she says that remind me she is still little like: "I want to off-lock the door, or "on-erase" this!"

She's my little sweet angel and I love her dearly! Happy Birthday Samser-Sue!

Zach's Safety Kids Performance

So this is late... but what can I say I forget about pics that I have taken. And if it weren't for my blog I would probably be the worst mother all together... as far as documenting my little ones mile-stones in life!

The 2nd graders always do a little safety kid program and Zach had the big part of saying" Ya Man... I agree!" (something along those lines anyway.) He worked on his delivery skills for days and was so proud that he had it down and that he knew all the words to the songs! Fun Times... Go Elementary School!

HaPpY ThAnKsGiViN'

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope it was all well.
We went to my Dad's for Thanksgiving. His house up in Huntsville is now finished (and beautiful). He has lived away from me pretty much my whole life! He's been in Texas and is now in Denver until he retires or cashes out. But, I was thinking that it's probably been close to 20 years since I have had a Thanksgiving dinner with him. I remember one in Milford and I must have been around 12 or 13 is all. So it was way over due to have some time with him!

It was great. We all brought food and hung around the kitchen and talked and laughed. The kids all had a blast riding his horse. Sami could have rode her for the whole day and been content. She is now thinking that she is an expert! We were watching a Bond movie ( my fave) and there was a horse in it and she very matter-o-fact says " I know how to do that now it's easy! Cause I rode Grandpas!" Ah... so funny!

Other than Sami getting sick and throwing up and not eating and our older kids not being there, it was really fun to see everyone! We just missed our kids. It was the first Thanksgiving that I don't think that we saw them. I don't think we will do that again. It was hard for Craig I think!
Well, next year... Jeff will be home!

On Friday, we went to Hurricane to see Craig's parents and that was fun. Brad came and the kids were so funny. They were "sneaking" into each others rooms and beating each other up! It's funny cause I would hear foot steps and then a door and then footsteps and then another door and then all this commotion and someone yelling SHHHHH and DON'T and OWWWW and then Izzy would bark hysterically! Trust me there was no sneaking about it! They were so funny. I am glad they had fun the kids love it when Brad is around and it's good for Natalie to have someone her age to do stuff with!

All and all a great weekend... Can't wait for Christmas and my trip to Korea!