• Christmas Day!

    You know when your house is full of teenagers and tweens when you wake up before they do on Christmas Day! 🙂 Jared and I had to go around and pull everyone out…

  • Christmas Eve

    This is how Christmas Eve started out….LOL!! We went shopping the day before with the kids so they could buy gifts for each other. It’s a tradition we do every year. Alayna and…

  • Birthday Celebrations Never End!

    Turning 10 is a big deal…I guess you get to celebrate for at least a week! LOL!!  Today is Alayna’s actual birthday and she wanted mexican food for lunch. I couldn’t say no…

  • Old Friends…

    Jared’s old friend from High School, Dave, comes into town this time every year. We usually get together with all of our kids and hang out for a day or so when he…

  • Family Game Night

    Eli wanted to play games after church on Sunday. He pulled out one of Jared’s old games Talisman. It has TONS of rules. He started reading all the directions before we left church…

  • Happy 10th Birthday Alayna!!!

    Alayna is turning the BIG 1-0!!!! Double digits baby!!! Once you hit double digits you never go back! 😛  Since it’s one of those milestone bdays and she’s never had a party out…

  • Gettin’ Old Ins’t For Sissies!

    Monday morning Jared woke up in the worst pain of his life. He couldn’t move his neck. He was pretty scared, which if you know him, he doesn’t get worried too easily. So…

  • So This is What 40 Looks Like….

    I’m not really quite sure what to say….I turned 40!!! My brain can’t quite comprehend what that means. How have I lived 40 years of my life already??? It’s boggling! LOL!!! So I…

  • Christmas Traditions

    We like to put up the Christmas tree right after Thanksgiving. We stayed home from church since I was missing everyone and they were still recovering from their super fun vacation! 🙂  I…