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.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
I Swam with the Sharks
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.Sunday, October 26, 2008
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.
Spencer's 5th Birthday
Wow! Look at those five year old muscles!

This is Spencer celebrating at Grandma's house.
Yea! I'm five!Thursday, September 18, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Ellie is a Girly Girl!
Ellie started a dance class with her Nana a couple of weeks ago. She was getting ready for her first class, we got her dressed in her dance clothes and pulled her hair back in a ponytail. She came out of the bathroom later with Spencer and said "I look pretty". Her and Spencer had taken a package of bobbypins and used the rest on her hair. She had about 30 bobbypins in her hair. She has watched her sisters get ready for dance lots of time and they always use bobbypins. Last week Ellie wanted to cut some paper, so I let her use a pair of scissors. She cut a little more than the paper. She cut a big chunk out of the front of her hair. She is almost three and finally getting a little hair. The lucky part was that part of her hair was pulled up and so she did not get all of her bangs. We can swoop her bangs over and make it look pretty good. No more scissors for Ellie!
Tonight she was sitting on my lap and I noticed that she had on some eyeshadow. She was quite embarrased when I asked her about it and hid her face. I later found my eyeshadow in pretty bad shape, but at least she picked the light colors to put on. What a funny little girl!
Tonight Morgan told Ellie that she could only go to beauty school after she finished college.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
This post is from Morgan and Maddy! The boys went to a football game, so we threw a late night, with our friends! We went swimming, watched a movie, had pizzookies, and did our nails!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
The kids are back in school
The kids started school on Wednesday. Morgan started 7th grade. She likes Junior High so far. Maddy started 5th grade, and Austin started 2nd grade. The house seems quiet with just the two little ones around. We miss having the big kids home during the day. Spencer will start preschool the beginning of September. He is having a hard time understanding why everyone else started school and not him. Ellie is going to miss him when he is at preschool and is just me home with her. We look forward to another great school year. Here are pictures of the kids dressed and ready for their first day. Austin did not care what clothes he got for school, except for his cool Pokemon shirt that he wore on the first day.



Dance Recital
Morgan taught a dance class this summer to some of the kids in our neighborhood. She had three classes and taught them each dance. At the end she had a little recital, and thanks to her Nana she even had costumes. Spencer, Ellie, and Maddy took her classes and were in the recital. Morgan did a great job organizing her classes and the recital. She also enjoyed having some extra spending money over the summer.

Spencer and Ellie are on the ends
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Ellie in her big bed
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Morgan and Madison had a dance recital. They did a great job. The girls have worked hard this year in their dance classes and it paid off for them. Morgan is finishing up her year of being on a competing dance team and has put many hours into dance. Madison took a jazz class and is has really improved in her dancing. Ellie loved watching the dancers. The boys were as patient as little brothers can be at a 2 and half hour recital. They were all rewarded at the end by Grandma, who brought them cookies from Paradise Bakery.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Filling up the pool
in the half filled pool.





















