Our Trip to Arizona

We just spent the last ten days down in AZ. We were able to spend thanksgiving down there with family on both Chad and my side. We had a great time. Very busy, but great!!! We hardly get to see my two oldest girls Raegan and Kalli when we are there because they are so busy trying to make up for lost time with cousins, lots of sleepovers and lots of fun! We stayed the week at Staci and Brad's home and it was wonderful. We are not a small bunch to house so they were extremely kind to let us crash their place. We got to go to the train park in Scottsdale, go bowling, swim in Lance and Alma's pool (they kindly heated it for us), be at the setting apart of my brother-in-law into the Stake Presidency and be released as Bishop, went to the movies, I got to go shopping with Andrea (that was my favorite part), have dinner with Leslie and Jason and their family that we haven't seen in almost two years, (Jake got his mission call while we were there and found out he is going to Trinidad and Tabago french speaking. It is in the carribean) watch BYU beat Utah (though I thought Chad was going to have a heart attack in the process) and ate, and ate, and ate!!!! Food seemed to always be involved. We did get our fill of yummy mexican food and of course Crazy Sub. It is good to be home and start thinking about the Christmas holidays. I do love having five full weeks until Christmas. I do not feel so rushed. I love visiting family and spending time together. I wish it could happen more often but I am grateful for when it does happen.

Sydney the Cheerleader

Sydney had the opportunity to be in a cheerleading clinic through our highschool. The ages went from 5-14 but I only put Sydney in it because my older girls are in a lot so this was Sydney's time to shine. She loved it! But I am not sure if cheerleading is in her future, possibly football but probably not cheerleading.

Haircuts

Tonight I took Raegan, Kalli, Tyler and Sydney to get long over due haircuts. We were in the salon for 2 and 1/2 hours!! It was crazy, the kids were going nuts all except for little Sydney. She never complained just entertained herself and was very enjoyable!! They do look sooo much better.

Messy Max

I just had to post this. Max found a bottle of magic shell ice cream topping and decided to eat it, bathe in it, love it and devour it. He was quite pleased with his find.

Going to AZ

Next week we are planning a trip to AZ for Thanksgiving. We haven't yet decided if we will go down on Saturday and have the kids miss more school or go down on Tuesday. (I am voting for Saturday) We have to wait and see what Chad's work will be like for that week. The kids and I are very excited to go down, they haven't been down since last Thanksgiving. Chad is sacrificing a lot by going, ( he tells us all of the time) he is a die hard BYU fan and since we have tickets to the BYU vs UT game two days after Thanksgiving he will be giving those up. "You the man Chad!!"
I am also excited to go down and hold my new little niece and new little nephew (different sides of the family). Andrea had little Taralee a few weeks ago and Sharon had little David a few weeks ago as well. It will be fun to hold these new little ones.

Halloween

We had a great Halloween except for the Strep that three of my kids had. We gave them tylenol and sent them on their way. Sydney wanted to be a cowgirl on a horse for the third year in a row. She tried so hard to be something else but when it came right down to it she just couldn't disappoint that horse. Raegan was a cowgirl, Kalli was a pirate, Tyler was a fireman and Andrew was anti halloween and Max slept. It was pretty eventful.