New family pics

My sweet friend Rachel took these pictures for us. Its been a long time coming to get new pics since Teag was 8 months old when we took our last ones. As usual it was cold and windy on the day we were taking them so we improvised at the Rock Springs Historical museum. She did a great job taking them. Now to decide which one to enlarge to put above my fireplace.....

This one is actually inside the old jail in the museum. One of my favorites.

MOAB

We spent about 5 days in Moab this month for a little mini vacation. Can I just say that I heart Moab. My type of fun filled, active vacation. We stayed at a really nice house with some friends. The kids and adults all had a great time. This is Teag in the backyard of the house. The kids' favorite part of the trip was playing in the backyard. Crazy huh?

Kenady helping to set a bunny snare ( ya righ).
One day we hiked up to Delicate Arch. It was VERY windy, but so fun.
This is our wind-blown family pic. The rock we sat on was keeping up from getting blown down into the canyon.
Josh carried Teag on his shoulders the entire way. And he smoked the rest of us to the top.
Teag is jumping off this rock. He has great form right?
Presley and daddy at the bottom of the trail.
Teag is very into his digging. Serious business.
Backyard gathering and finding for the "garden"
Getting ready to go jeepin'. We went up poison spider which apparently is a really hard trail. It took us about 6 hours to get up and back. That was with tons of stops and playing at the top for a while. I was a bit of a nervous wreck. Fro some reason I was freaked out. I do not like to feel like we are going to tip over. Josh drove so well. It was his first time and you wouldn't have known.
Pics at fins and things. We are all so awesome.
Peace out!
I look like a power ranger or something.
Flippin' sweet.
Sweet!
Moab is the best. We will be back again, ready for more adventure.

The Best Day

Kenady was baptized Saturday and we had such a great time having everyone up here to be able to witness this special time for her. Both set of grandparents were there along with almost all of her aunts and uncles. She also had many friends there to support her. We had a delicious dinner afterward where we got to visit with everyone.

We took this pic of the Nacey side because everyone was there. The family continues to grow.
Josh and Kenady pre-baptism. Kenady was soooo excited and ready for this day.
Family pic before the baptism. We love Kenady so much and are so proud of her decision to be baptized. She is such a strong young girl with a huge desire to do what's right. I'm so thankful she is such a sweetheart.

All about 8!

Kenady turned 8 on the 20th. I really can't believe it. I'm a mom with middle-aged kids. When did that happen? I told her she could get her ears pierced when she turned 8. When I told her that it seemed like so far away and now it has happened. This is Kenady getting ready for the gun.

After she was done. She didn't even budge, wimper or cry. What a brave girl. She said she had a vision of herself jumping when they pierced her ear and it ruined the hole so she was very aware of not moving.
Then, my dear sweet friend Debra wanted to throw Kenady a surprise tea party for her birthday. Of course I was game for that. She did everything even though I told her to let me help about 20 times. The only thing I did was the cake. It really was the best birthday any of my children will ever get. Thanks to Debra!

These are some of the girls getting ready for Kenady to come in the door.
I filmed her walking in but didn't get a pic of it. She was definitely surprised but very shy about it. She just had a huge grin on her face. This is Kenady trying out the pinky thing with the tea cup. Every girl had their own real teacup and saucer. Debra had all this. I do not own one piece of china. I wasn't much help in that category.
So happy!

Birthday cake. Totally sub par for how awesome the party was.
The spread of food.
Presley looking stylish.
Kenady all decked out with some friends.
Getting ready for the pinata.
Opening presents.
I told Kenady how lucky she was to get a surprise party. Most people never get one in their whole lives. She was so happy and so were we. It was a great birthday. Now onto the baptism. Her date is set for April 16th. More of that to come later.

Oh What do you do in the winter time?

Winter is full of long, cold days that keep us in the house. These are some of the things we have been doing to pass the time. Spiderman and Ironman had a full out wrestling match/battle of the superheroes. I think Spiderman is winning at this point.

You pose for the camera.

You are forced (by your sisters) to listen to "We Will Rock You" with your own headphones so the rest of us don't have to listen to it for the millionth time.

You make a tractor/train while mom mops the floor.
You play Mrs. Puddleduck in your preschool play.
"Quack quack white rabbit, get those dreadful red wings out of my mouth."
You wake up excited Valentines morning to some large chocolate lips and one chocolate fish.
You become a picasso in your own right, wearing old t-shirts of moms. You also get more paint on your face than the t-shirt.
You get caught drinking your bath water. Ewww.
You ride your bikes in the garage, because frankly, we are just sick of the snow and cold and couldn't wait any longer.
You have a picnic in the garage as well, willing better weather to come.
Here's to getting through a cold March!

In-laws

I have to say, I have the best in-laws. I hear lots of complaints from friends about their in-laws and I feel so lucky because I really have the greatest in-laws. This is the most recent picture of everyone is Josh's family, minus the two babies that will be born this year, (none coming from me).

We always have a good time when we get together which seems to be quite often. There is always much laughter and good memories made. Whether its playing cards or making up our own games with a scattergories dice it is always a blast. I am very thankful for a great mother and father in-law that have always treated me just like one of their own. And his siblings for being some of my best friends.

I don't know how many of them read this blog, but this is me, telling them how much I love them and appreciate them. Here's to at least 100 more years of good times.

Play Dead

We did go to temple square during Christmas. The girls saw some older college age girls taking a picture and decided to copy them. They thought they were so cute and so did I.

January was long and cold. But these first few days of February have been even colder. Luckily, the groundhog did not see his shadow. So according to Presley spring is here. She was so excited yesterday and doesn't understand that an early spring in Wyoming means that June might be warm. Oh well, we will take that.

Not much has been going on. Josh only has two more tournaments for wrestling that he has to go to, regionals and nationals. College wrestling has a very long season. The kids and I have been going to basketball games wherever we can find them, college or high school. Teag loves it and has now adopted "We will rock you" as his "game song." His words, not mine. He also has a "game shirt" (basketball jersey/ tank top with numbers on it, whichever is clean) that he wears everyday and night. Its awesome, let me tell you.

In January we did make a quick trip to Gunnison CO, Kenady's birthplace, as it was dubbed by the kids. Josh had a wrestling tournament there so we decided to make it a weekend for all of us. It was fun to see some of our old friends and eat at some of our favorite restaurants. The kids didn't have as much fun as Josh and I but, hey, its not always about them right?

This video is of Teag playing dead. He is quite good at it and will drag it on for a while. He had a little bit of flatulence in the middle of this video, but just ignore that. He is such a funny little boy. We love every minute of it.

Here's to a warmer February.