Merry Christmas Everyone!

Merry Christmas everyone!! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Our day consisted of a race to see who could open up there presents the fastest..which was very entertaining! What do you do?? We then headed to Sun Valley for a fun filled day of skiing and a little bit of crying(abbey) what do you do when your dad takes you to the top of Baldy?? Cry of course...But she did awesome. Brandon turned another year older..36 wow that seems old..Happy Birthday Honey! Hope you all had wonderful eventful Christmas's..Love you all, nik

Christmas Eve 2007

It's a family tradition to go bowling on Christmas eve..when it works out and we're in town- so this year was one of those years. I had to post the reindeer ears..I thought it was pretty lucky that we got the older ones( hunter & Braeden) to wear them..very funny!
Playing twister with the cousins...we haven't played that game in years- it was really fun!
Family picture...whenever possible we take one-the boys aren't always happy as you can see...but I love it anyways!

Welcome to the Bowlgame!!

Lets start off by saying that there are some mighty cute tushes in the group....
Yes they won and it was awesome..I'm glad I was able to be there!!

My mom and dad....True blue cougars is all I have to say!
My mother in law Carol and her friends..We had a lot of fun with them!
Brian and Brandon....Aren' they the cutest little brothers???
Holly and I...Ready for the game to begin.
This is minutes after they won....Go BYU!!! Last weekend we went back to Vegas for the big bowlgame..It was fun to be apart of it all. We were even able to fit in a little last minute Christmas shopping and go and see Phantom of the Opera- which I loved!

Tavaci singing christmas program....

Abbey and Paige all ready to perform...
It's a little blurry...This is the 2nd graders doing Santa Baby...(abs is 2nd to the end on the left)
Paige, Abbey, Madison...Abbey has really good little friends-these two have been with her since the beginning, They are the cutest little girls ever.
Really blurry..sorry this is all of them performing a medley of christmas songs..looks like I need a new camera! (Ab is top left corner 2nd to the end)

Seasons Greetings from Vegas!

Brandon enjoying himself at Hooters...He looks a little to happy!
Ok..Wasn't this in a movie with Tom Hanks???
Lots of fun with the gals..Tara, Kaylynn, Me, and Jodi.
Pics at the beautiful Bellagio..I think that is where we were???
We went with some friends to the National finals rodeo..Never done it before but it was a lot
of fun. As you can see we had some late night snacks at Hooters..which Brandon won a Hooters calender- he was so happy. The Rodeo was great..I think it was the fastest rodeo I've been to in along time. Vegas is very pretty during Christmas..loved the decorations!

I elfed my kids..so fun!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1454794551

Ab's Christmas dance recital!

Abbey had her dance program last week so I thought I better get going and blog it..I'm getting a little behind this month-can you tell? She did a wonderful job and was so darn adorable..What can I say she is my only daughter. She had two dances and she totally danced her little heart out. It is always very entertaining to watch the dance recitals..most of our good friends have dancers in it so it makes it much more enjoyable to know someone in each of the dances..They all did a great job..Hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season!! All ready to dance.....
Cousin Brynley and Abs..taking pics for the moms..
Ready to go on stage with the hip hop group..Isabelle, Paige, Abbey , Kaia, and a friend!
Gotta take a bow..What a great job!!!
They actually made it and still looked pretty happy and a little tired..good job girls!

Gingerbread Houses...

This year we went over to Brian and Holly's house to make gingerbread houses..we also had our friends the Travellers over with there kids. I do have to say it does take some good handy work to keep the little buggers up..(ours didn't do to well). I guess I'm going to have to practice for next year..Thanks Holly and Brian for the fun experience....Braeden, Me, Hunter and Abbey trying our hardest to keep it up.
The cute Traveller family..Ab was very excited to have her"friend" Cash there..
Brynley, Holly, Rylee and Creighton...Just starting out ..
Rylee..to cute not to take a picture!
The final presentation...isn't it cute-5 more minutes and it fell down..there's always next year!

Christmas Tree Hunting.....

We had to have the 4-wheelers to find them..
Finally we did find them..Ab was pretty excited
Abbey and Cash pretty tired after a hard night of finding trees..
Brandon and I ..I was pretty cold!

Shelby and Abbey..hangin in the trailer-getting warm.
Jodi and I with the girls trying to stay warmHunter, Braeden, Cooper and Cash..Warming up!
Tony and Jodi...they are the best!

Last Monday night we went with our friends the Travellers to find our Christmas trees. We have done this now for the past 3 years and it is always lots of fun. We took the 4-wheelers and bundled up-then started out on our journey to find the trees..I made it about 15 minutes before I called it good and decided to hang with the girls in the trailer to stay warm. The boys did a great job finding the trees. We then had treats and hot chocolate and headed back for dinner. I can't say our tree is beautiful but it is big..maybe to big..but it will definatly work. Thanks Tony and Jodi for the fun night....

Grandma Vera..feel better!

I think she was happy we came..
Everyone was excited to go visit grandma..
Me, gram and Lisa....
On Sunday before we came home we went to visit Grandma Vera in the rehabilitation center..she looked tired ,but is doing better. I think she would love to get out of there..we keep telling her that it will be soon. We love you grams...

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Lisa and Charlie..what a cute couple
Dad and Kendra...hotties!
Me, Mom and Lisa...
Chase and Hunter...scary- I'm not sure what they were doing???
The girls..how many can we get in this picture??

Brandon and Charlie...Look at that awesome smoked turkey!! It was yummy...
Mom , dad and Zoey..so cute
The adult table!
The kid table...
For Thanksgiving this year we went to Highland, Utah With my sis Lis and her family and my mom and dad. It was a wonderful Thanksgiving...It is always so much fun to spend time with family for the holidays. Especially when we don't get to see them very often. We were missing my sister lyndee and her family...we did miss you Lyn! We were also missing one other special person..that was Tuck-but I'm sure he wasn't very far away. We love you Tuck and missed you lots!Thanks Lis and Charlie for the great weekend..love you.