I've moved!!!!!!

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So much to catch up on!!!!!!

I like posting pics, because it reminds me of what we did for the last month, and catching up becomes so much easier. Because I have so much to catch up on, these posts are going to be out of order, and probably so scattered.........but at least I'll have the memory. This pic of Marcus and Santa was taken at Lydia's dance at Tuacahn.

John had not seen any of Lydia's dancing, so he was excited to see her perform. We got there about 15 minutes early, and I realized I had forgotten her ballet shoes. I thought we had plenty of time, so I sent John home to get them.

Lydia performed two songs and John missed them both! She was sooo cute, she just loves dancing. Well, fortunately they were performing twice. It was outside, and they had heaters, and a fire, but it was pretty chilly. After fifteen minutes, they started to perform again. Lydia wanted a drink before she performed, I couldn't find one. Her class was going up on stage, and she was not going to perform until she got a drink. I told her that daddy missed her first performances and he really wanted to see her dance. Well I wasn't sure if she'd perform, because she's pretty stubborn, but I still took her up to the stage and stood there with her. The music started, and fortunately she forgot about her drink. The second time they danced, she told me she was too cold. I begged her again, and she finally stood up on stage, but stood there the whole time shaking from the cold.:) oh the memories!

Marcus(6) Lydia(3) Brigham (1) Payton(8)


I love Brig's face

lydias Dance

This is Marcus and Trey up on the stage Lydia, Jayni, and Brielle performed on. The boots Trey has on are from Jordan....passed on to Marcus(he wore them everywhere).....passed on to Trey(who now wears them EVERYWHERE!)

Jayni, Brielle, and Lydia

Lydia sooooo cold.

Greggy got his MISSION CALL!

We were able to go up to American Fork Monday(December 22nd) on Greg's birthday. We also got to see Tami's nutcracker that her students performed, it was awesome! I LOVE watching Sydnee DANCE!!

We are so proud of Greg, he got his mission call to Colorado Springs, and leaves in February. Maryann and I thought he better start learning to cut his own hair, or have fun butchering his companions, so we got him a pair of scissors, and a razor for his Birthday.

The kids LOVED Greg's dog Diamond. Diamond was very good to the kids.

christmas eve

I took this picture off of Laurie's blog, I was excited someone took a picture of where the kids slept. We had Eleven kids sleeping over at Grandma's on Christmas Eve!

The kids sang, "Christmas Day" for all the parents,

My mom made these horse blankets for all the kids, and the adults. We still love to wrap up in them to stay warm, thanks MOM!!!!!

Then we jumped in Dad's wagon, and went caroling around the neighborhood. It was definitely the highlight of the trip.

kemp christmas party

Because we came up early, we were able to make it to the Kemp Christmas Party at Jason and Mary's. It was the first time in a long time that EVERYONE was able to be there.....This is a picture of Lydia being the angel in the Nativity.

We all enjoyed watching "ELF"

This is Hayden, Corbin, Marcus and Payton playing Joseph and the wise men

We really enjoyed the party, and got a wonderful gift from John's Parents, lots of dishcloths, towels, and money! This is our sorry attempt at a picture with our Family.

Christmas Day

Oh what the best Christmas Ever. The kids were standing down at the bottom of the stairs waiting Patiently to be able to come up. Jordan, Marcus, Bryson,Payton, Lydia and Jayni(Trey is turned around).

Here they Come!

Each family had a corner set up in mom's family room. This is our corner with Brig chilling on the floor.... all he wanted for Christmas was a BOTTLE!

Trey's motorcycle was definitely a hit!!!!

Brigham enjoying his BYU basketball

Brig wondering what in the world was going on!

Payton and Marcus were so excited to give their dad a BYU shirt

Lydia loved her dollhouse, and mom loves it too. All she wanted for Christmas was BARBIES!!! I loved Barbies also when I was little, but I just was getting sick of the barbie thing, so we tried "My Loving Family" dollhouse. It is SOOO much fun, and Lydia didn't even notice she didn't get one barbie for Christmas.

Enjoying all the snow

Because there was SOOOOOO much snow the week we were up at my mom's, we did a lot of SLEDDING!!!!! John and Lydia taking their turn down the mountain

Cam pulled kids behind his truck, that was fun

my attempt at making a picture pretty.:)

Oh I love this boy so much!!!!! He wants to grow up way too fast though

Payton snowboarding behind the truck

Marcus didn't care about much but having fun, and boy did he have it. He pretty much wore this smile all week. Although on the last day, he got a pretty nast burn from the ice on his face.

This is my mom's street. Another highlight of the week was running the old route we used to run all the time. John does not like running, but I'm determined to get him to:)....anyway he came with us both times we went. Running in the snow is so much fun, and I really enjoyed running with my husband.