Indulgence and Craftiness

Last Thanksgiving we decided that the time has finally come that we must take turns every other year with our Families. In the past we have always just tried to hit both, it just didn't seem fair though that we never really got to spend the whole day with one family. We were rushing to get everywhere we need to be and so we are now doing the every other year thing. Last year we spent Thanksgiving with The Porters so this year it was the Timothy side turn. We went to my Mom and Dads and had a delicious feast. Soooooo yummy, everything you could imagine and more!! Kaisley got ahold of my camera and snapped a few shots.. This must be before we ate,afterwards Kambree was pulling a much different face.

No Thanksgiving would be complete without a little brother/sister wrestling going on!!

This year we decided to do a craft for the kids after dinner....they LOVED it!!

Kambree made this super cute Christmas Countdown..

Kaisley did these cute little Thanksgiving blocks.

We had a Great time, Thanks Mom for the Delish meal!!! Now all I have to say is .........

and I hope that every one of those days are filled with Holiday Cheer!!!!!!

Thankful

I feel that I am a pretty grateful person for the most part, however I know that I don't always express my gratitude. Seems that today is a pretty good day to day that. I am so thankful for the family that I have been blessed with. I have a husband that loves me and would do anything in the world for me, whenever I am down or have any kind of a problem he is always right there for me and he makes everything better. He truly is my Best Friend and we have such a great relationship and have so much fun together. He is also one of the hardest workers I know and the best Dad in the world. Some Dads grumble if they have to watch the kids, but he absolutely loves spending time with his kids and taking them to do fun things. Speaking of the kids, I don't think that I could have got any better ones than I did. Kort is a teen now and still acts like he likes me, Kambree is the sweetest little thing in the whole world, and is such a great helper with Kaisley, and Kaisley is so dang cute and keeps us all laughing. All three of them are healthy and great kids. Besides just my own little family, we have a wonderful extended family. I'm so thankful that my kids have so many Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins that love them so much. I also am feeling very grateful lately for good friends, I have been blessed with the best friends ever!! They are all such good examples to me and I love every single one of them so much for what they do for me. Last but certainly not least, I am so thankful for the gospel in our lives, sometimes people try and make us believe that it is silly to try to obey Gods commandments, and sometimes we feel a little out of place for doing the things that we believe are right. Looking back at our lives when we weren't making the best choices, and seeing how things have blossomed for us since we took those vows to keep Gods commandments, is proof enough for me that our Heavenly Father really is there and blesses us so much if we just do our part. I am so thankful that we were able to go to the temple and be sealed for time and all eternity. Knowing that no matter what life throws at us, I will always be with my family, gives me a peace of mind that is priceless.
There are just so many blessings in our life, Chads business is just thriving in this this economy, I am able to stay at home and raise my kids, we have a beautiful warm home and plenty of food to eat, we have amazing neighbors,and we have the Priesthood in our home. I recognize Gods hand in our lives each and every day and am so Thankful for all that we have been blessed with.

A Priest

Chad ordained Kort to the office of a Priest today. I really wish that I would have taken a pic of the day he was ordained a deacon and a teacher. Would have been to see how much he has grown, as you can see he is now taller than both of us. Congrats Kort we love you and are so proud of you!!!

Disney on Ice and Weekend in Salt Lake

This first pic has nothing to do with Disney on Ice or Weekend in Salt Lake, I came across it when I was taking pics off of my camera and found it 100% blog-worthy!! Amy Burbank and I decided that we would take our Girls to Disney On Ice this year. The theme was princesses so that of course, fits them all perfectly. The guys decided that they would come along (not to the ice show) and we decided to get a hotel and make a weekend out of it. It was a good thing that they came along because we drove down in a terrible snow storm. We stopped before the show to have a little lunch at Rumbi!!

They dropped us off at the show and then went and checked into the hotel. Chad took Kort to Murray and he was able to spend the day with Albanie and her family. He was pretty excited about that!!

You just can't go to Disney on Ice without dressing in some very fashionable Princess Wear.

Here are all 4 our princess's watching very carefully!
Ahhh...Cinderelly and her Prince
No Disney show is complete without these two...
We had really great seats, we were on row 7 and they were perfect!


One of my little Princess's and I.
That night we went to Dinner at Joes Crab Shack. Chad and I had a huge steampot of Crab Legs...YUMMMMM!!!! The kids had a great time playing in the play area. I think that these are just the funnest desserts...you paint a rice crispie crab with a paint brush, the paint is actually strawberry, chocolate, and carmel sauce. We went back to the hotel and the girls were able to get a little swimming in before bed.
The next day we went back to Murray and picked Albanie up, she was able to hang with our family for the day. We had lunch at the Mayan and then did some Christmas Shopping.
I love to be able to hang out with my little family, and I love it even more that they all still want to hang out with me!!!

Family Photos 2009

Thanks so much to Katie Eavenson for doing these amazing pics for us, she is so talented and one of the funnest people to be around!!

This is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween...........

Another Halloween has come and gone..(sigh). I love Halloween and just cant get enough of it. It seems like we celebrated for about two weeks straight and it still wasn't enough. This year we were invited to a Super Fun Adult Party. The guests were mainly my Bunco friends and their spouses, what a fun bunch!! Here we have Mr. Dentist and his best friend Mrs Toothpaste. Ahhh...what can I say about Bob and Carlee? We knew that it would be something hilarious before they even showed up, by the way..they won the costume contest!!

Janet and Michael are lookin GOOD!!

Ken and Kris are pretty much the cutest hippies ever!1

This very adorable Pirate couple was also our Happy Host and Hostess!!

Julie and some random hot Chick hat she brought with her..hahahah Kevin looked Awesome and played the role very well!!

And here we have Wendy the Pregnant Nun, her husband the Priest is around here somewhere!

Jenni and Brady looked great, I love this pic, looks like the convict is trying the offer the cop something that she's in deep thought about...haha.

Lisa went all out on the food, everything was so delicious and the games that we played were a blast!

Despite it looking like puke, this dip was sooooo yummy!! We sure did have a great time. I think that we have some of the funnest friends possible!

Kaisley got plenty of use out of her costume this year. She had a party at Dance and at preschool. Her she is with her BFF Sage at Dance.


All of the little cuties at Dance

Oh, look at the teacher, Mrs. Banana!!

Kambree had an Orchestra Halloween Concert, they all got to wear their costumes and play spooky numbers, she is really getting good on her violin.

Little Princess Belle all ready to head off to Pre-School


The night of Halloween, we decided to have a little dinner before we sent the kids out Trick or Treating. We ate some Witches Brew Stew and drank some Spider punch!! Here is a pic of our whole gang!! Don't worry I didn't let Kort go Trick or Treating.

Off they go...

Cute little Trace had to stay at the house and help answer the door. He loved seeing all of the different Trick or Treaters. This neighborhood is so dang fun at Halloween, it seems to just come alive. We gave out about 500 pieces of candy this year...LOVE IT!!!

Brooklyn, Jada, and Coen were amongst the crowd.

My friend Janet dropped by with Kallie, and then Ken and Kris dropped by with their kids. I invited them all to stay and watch a movie (we're always up for a party around here) They all stayed and we watched Hocus Pocus and munched on candy and popcorn. I made the kids these cute little desserts, they were pumpkin ice cream sundaes served in a real pumpkin. We all had such a blast, thanks to all of my family and friends fpr making this a Halloween to remember FOREVER!!!!