Morgan made cheer!!!

Yesterday Morgan tried out for cheer! She made the Freshman team along with her friend Jessica!

We forgot to blog

We forgot to blog about Christmas so here it goes...
We had a good Christmas and Maddie just had to blog about it 4 months late!!!

Our Trip to Utah

The open house at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple

We went to the temple as part of our family reunion. It was such a fun time, we were able to have my whole family together for three days. We stayed at the dell and were able to hang out a lot and enjoy each other.

The temple was so nice it is on a hill, close to the mountain. The Celestial room was so beautiful. We love that our kids could go in and see this beautiful Temple.

A day at Lagoon

We went to Lagoon with the Buss'. It was fun to watch the little ones as they were experiencing things for the first time. Spencer loved the Bat, which is the only roller coaster that he was tall enough to go on. The big kids were fearless and loved all of the roller coasters. It was nice because the three big kids could go on all of the rides. There were a lot of rides that all of us could go on. I think that this was our first trip where we all could go on rides together and not leave someone sitting with the little ones. We had a Fun and hot day at Lagoon. (Disneyland in Utah)

Fishing in the canyon

We spent some time fishing, But we only came back with fish stories.

Hanging around

These are pictures from the reunion. We had a great day hanging out in the Dell. My mom rented a bouncer for the kids and the kids bounced all day long. The adults played cards together. It was such a great day. The kids did a talent show and got to camp in the Dell that night.

This Summer our family went to Utah and we did a lot of hanging around.

We had so much fun running and playing in the dell.

We had a great time in Utah. It was fun to be there a little longer than usual. We stayed with the Buss' and with the Austins. They were so nice to let us stay with them. It was great to have some days for the kids to get to play with their cousins and get to know them better.

Spencer's preschool graduation

Spencer had his preschool graduation last week. He has loved preschool and grown up so much this year. He loves his teacher Miss Angie. She did so much this year to get him ready for Kindergarten. This whole week he kept asking me when he was going to preschool. When I told him that he graduated from preschool he said "I know, but when do I go to preschool?" I explained to him what a graduation is and that he is not going back to preschool. I can't believe that my little boy will be going to Kindergarten in a couple of months. Ellie is going to miss him so much, and so will I. I am very grateful that he will be going to half day, so I still get to have him home for part of the day.

Spencer and his teacher Miss Angie.




Don't you love his self portrait.

Maddie loves dancing

Maddie has loved her dance class this year. We had fun watching her at her recital. She has found out that she loves to tumble and spends a lot of her spare time practicing. This year she learned a front handspring and a back walkover. Her current goal is to learn to do a back handspring.

Baby Ballerina

Ellie had a dance recital. She loves to dance, and her Nana is her teacher. She was such a cute dancer, she really knew her dances well and sang right along with the music.

Morgan and Maddie helped with the recital and did a great job.

Ellie and one of her friends dancing.

Ellie and her sisters before she danced.

Ellie is so cute!!!

Ellie loves her dance "Baby ballerina"!

Austin is the Fastest in the Wolf Den

Austin had the Fastest and most Ferocious pinewood derby car in the Wolf Den. The whole family had a great time cheering on our Racing Champ! Austin's pack had 27 racers and his car was the fastest in his den. Austin's car was named The Last Dragon. We are so proud of you Austin. Oh and Dad may have helped a little bit.

Living on Food Storage

Okay, so I have been a total blogger drop out since Thanksgiving. The girls did a post about Maddie's birthday, but I have been neglectful. We have had a lot happen and will try to catch up, or at least stay current.

We were asked by the bishop on Sunday, along with some other families in our ward, to live on our three month supply for 10 days. We started on Monday and are now on day three. We have been using up our fresh groceries, so it has not been to hard so far. We have had one total meltdown (Maddie), because we could not go out to ice cream with her cousins. But the kids are actually doing pretty well. I have been using my dinners that I have planned for our three months supply. I had to make bread on Monday because we were almost out.

So far I have learned that I need an egg substitute for making baked goods, I am down to three precious eggs (as Maddy calls them).

I need to practice my chili making, or find a better recipe. Even Austin wouldn't eat it! They filled up on cornbread and actually didn't complain to much.

If any one has a great food storage tip or recipes let me know, since I am experimenting right now.

Maddie's birthday

Look at her fantabulous purse!

Maddie turned 11! she got tons of great stuff!

Spencer and Ellie

Thanksgiving with our two indians. Have you ever seen kids this cute?

FHE Fight Night

Sometimes we have fights on Monday night (FHE)! Here are the two little ones going at it. We love the Wii. A family that Wiis together stays together.

I Swam with the Sharks

Scuba Diving in Denver anyone? Yes! Denver Colorado. We went on a fast trip to dive with sharks in the Downtown Aquarium in Denver. What a fun place. Thanks DAD.

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Ellie's 3rd birthday!

Ellie is fabulous !!! (according to Maddy and Morgan)

My baby is three ! It is hard to believe that it has been three years since Ellie was born. She has a fun personality and keeps us smiling. She is turning into such a big girl. Now if we could only get her potty trained. She is also a great dancer, she goes to her Nana's dance class and loves it. I love having Ellie in our family. She takes her roll as baby in the family very seriously. She is slightly spoiled and knows that she is very cute.

Halloween at Grandmas

Every Halloween, we go to Grandma's house and make donuts. We also got to see the Buss' from Utah. We had a great weekend. Jared and Heather were sealed on Friday night. On Saturday we had a fun Halloween party. We ate out of pumpkin bread bowls, ate lots of candy, wore costumes, made donuts, and got to spend time with family. The only thing that could have made it better was to have all our family there. We missed our Utah Austins.

Cousins making donuts at Grandma and Grandpa's house

Girls Rule!!!!

The Devil sisters

Cute Bateman kids

Cousins in costumes at Grandmas

Morgan's 13th Birthday

I turned 13! I'm officially a teenager! For my party my mom, my sister, my friend, and I went ice skating!