Willow's first pig tails!

Even when Willow is dressed in hot pink covered in flowers- people still say, "Oh, he's so cute." Or "How old is he?" Now, I completely agree that she could go either way- but when I have her decked out in 8 shades of pink, I walk away really puzzled. I gave up on flowers in her hair because she just ripped them out, yes, even after gluing them to her head with Elmers. But Tuesday was a huge victory moment. I tried little piggies, and they worked! And she kept them in! (probably because I wrapped those rubberbands about a billion times, they weren't going anywhere!)
Anyway- we thought she looked pretty cute all grown up, so we did them yesterday too!

Annikan's "actual' birthday at Rosie's...

We got together at Rosie's house Tuesday for a Shelf Reliance Party (Which was AMAZING by the way. The food is INCREDIBLE!!!) and then we had a birthday lunch for Annikan- you know because food the night before just wasn't enough! Here are the girl's hanging out watching a movie.

Annikan's Birthday Party...

Monday night was Annikan's birthday party- I love this girl-and Olive Garden! We had a great time at dinner and then of course walked around Target afterwards. I love Annikan because she is always there for me. Love you Annikan!!

Angie's "Sweet 16"...

We went out 2 night ago to celebrate Angie's 28th birthday. We went to Red Robin and of course had a great time talking, eating , talking some more, and then eating some more. I love Angie with all my heart. She is truely one of the most selfless girls I know. She is the best (even if she moved 20 minutes away!)
Happy Birthday Ang!

G-ma & G-pa come for a visit & exercising to earn money...

The kids had fun earning money by doing crazy exercises- Tristin jump roped for ever trying to earn his popcorn at the hockey game. G-pa Brent is so silly!

We were thrilled to have G-ma & G-pa come to visit this past weekend. We had so much fun together- THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!!! We love you SOOOO much!

Standing in the corner...

You just have to know my step dad to understand his silly sence of humor, but for the past 25 years, we have been performing the wildest stunts, tricks, performances
& services to earn money. I could write a book on all the crazy things we have agreed to over the years just to earn a dollar. So when he told the kids they could earn some $ by standing in the corner for an obsene amount of time, they were up for the challenge. The girls made it several minutes and each earned a dollar, and Tristin stood for 15 minutes I think and won $ 4.00! To them they were rich, to us, another crazy thing to sit back and watch! Love you G-pa!

Playing Bingo...

It's tradition- we have to play Bingo every time G-ma comes. We always go to the dollar store and buy silly prizes and the kids love it!

Hockey Game & decorating the tree...

For G-pa's birthday the boys went out to a hockey game Saturday night and HAD A BLAST!!! I think Tristin was just happy to be around guys for a few hours instaed of all the girls. Earlier, Brent & Trav went to watch the BSU game and later Mom & I went to a few thrift stores and looked around. We decorated the tree and had fun looking through all the ornaments G-ma had bought the kids over the years!

At the hotel...

The kids had to take a bath while they were at the hotel, they are goofy little girls!

Staying the night at the hotel w/ G-ma & G-pa...

Every time G-ma & G-pa come, they have the kids stay 1 night at the hotel with them- and THEY LOVE IT!!! The highlight is walking down to the vending machine and buying yummy treats to then take back to the room and eat in bed! I stayed awhile and watched TV and layed on the bed with G-ma. We went out to Panda Express for dinner earlier while the boys went to the Steelhead's hockey game!