Christmas Cleavage Party

Santa loves to come to our Cleavage party.


Fun to get dressed up with all my best friends. Cynthia, Cec, Larali, Susel and Annette.

Livy has carried around this catalog for a month, wanted to show Santa what to get her.

Not sure what Anna is asking for, she has changed her mind so many times, not sure what Santa will get her.

Grandma Roxie from England gives Anna and Livy Christmas dresses every year. They loved them.

Chistmas Tree Hunting

I love Anna's freckles, she is such a joy in my life.

We rode in the back of the truck to get to our car,

first time for the girls, they were in heaven.

It is a beautiful day today, the snow is coming down and I am inside, it looks so Christmasy. I have felt more of the Christmas spirit this year than ever. I think not having much money this year has been such a good thing, I feel like my girls are getting more involved in our gifts. We have been trying to make most of our gifts, which is challenging because I am not the most crafty person. Anna and Livy are so excited for Tony's family in England to open their homemade presents.

We cut down our own Christmas tree this year, we drove about 2 hours and hiked through the snow. We went with our good friends Marc and Cec Smith, with their two kids Ryan and Shay. As you can see the tree looks smaller in the forest, it is almost touching our ceiling. Livy kept climbing up the ladder without us looking, scared us to death. Notice Livy had to wear her fancy Christmas dress to decorate the tree.

We are having our first Christmas without any extended family this year, it has been 5 years since that happened (before Livy was born). I am looking forward to it, although I love having big crowded Christmas' too.

Marali Visits

Marali and Saundra came for a visit over Thanksgiving. Marali is due January 15, 2009, she is glowing. She is such a pretty pregnant woman. Anna and Olivia love playing with Saundie, wish they lived closer.

Love my girls!

Dad taking Livy for a walk in the rain, she was in heaven.

We love having my Mom and Dad stay with us, the girls love it. Anna was begging Tony and I to leave the other night so they could be babysat.

Livy wanted to get all dressed up for school, had to have her lipstick on and carried it in her pocket all day. When I picked her up from school she said "Guess what Mom, I'm in-love with Tucker". She keeps pulling me into her room to tell me things that Tucker says.

Anna keeps loosing teeth. She is so freaking cute right now. When she has a loose tooth she loves to push it to a gross angle and watch me squirm. I love this girl. Her other favorite thing is to make faces at me to make me laugh, she is my little comedian.

Halloween

Halloween night, Olivia, Calli Jo, Anna and Brennan! We had a party at our home after all the kids went trick-or-treating. What a fun night, lots of friends over.

Anna, Livy and I went to a "Witches Tea" party. All the mothers and daughters were dressed up as witches. Our neighbor had the party in her home, she had decorated all the rooms. Each age group would go into separate rooms and do different activities then change rooms. All the little girls learned a dance that they showed us at the end of the night in the garage that was decorated with balloons and streamers everywhere. Then we all danced to High School Musical and Who Let the Dogs Out. They had a big pot and did a witches brew putting things in it such as "dog's tongue", lots of dried ice (Livy got a little scared at this). One of the ladies in charge had a little poem/story that she told at the end saying now we are all "Sisters" so when we see each other at the store or at school we have to give each other a wink. I must admit I teared up a little. It was a majical night that I loved spending with my wonderful girls. Did I mention I love being a Mom.

Fall Hiking

We hiked 5 miles and saw like 16 lakes. So freaking beautiful this time of year. Anna was a trouper and made it the whole way without complaining. Livy walked some but was spoiled by her Dad being carried in the backpack. So nice to spend a Sunday in the Mountains with family and friends. We went with our good friends Cec, Marc and Shay. Shay and Anna are best of friends.

Home for Sale

We listed our home 9/23/08, not sure where we will move, but looking forward to a change. We have lived in our home for 2 years and love it, just don't love the payment.

Olivia in her room. Anna doesn't want to move, Olivia told her that our house is getting old that we need to move.

Olivia's Goodbye on Plane

China

I would consider China, the trip of a lifetime. I didn't see my girls for 15 days, longest ever, it was easier than I thought. I felt like I got intouch with myself on this trip. It was fun to feel like a kid again and be with my siblings. The thing I love most about this trip is bonding experiences with my sister-in-laws, they are all such good friends I feel lucky to have them in my life. Gary and Chris kept throwing out the we are almost 50 comment, but you would never know it, felt like we were teenagers hanging out, going to an Oakley party at 1:30 am and coming home at 3:30 am.

I feel like I laughed non-stop, watching Jake made us all so proud (wanted to tell everyone he is our brother). What fantastic memories, hope they never fade (until the next Olympics when we can get everyone there).

July 2008

Norma came for a 3 week visit. Anna and Olivia loved sneaking up to her bed at night and sleeping with her.





Tony & Livy at the 4th of July parade.


















Anna & Livy at the zoo, they had a great fan to cool off. We have had a great summer it is going too fast.

Anna's 7th Birthday Party

My sweet Anna has turned 7. She is growing too fast, I love each stage of her life. Her Aunt Kelly sent her a grass skirt and lei, we had a beach party. They played on the water slide, sprinklers, had a water balloon fight and broke a pinata. Anna had 9 of her close friends over. What a great day.
Happy Birthday my princess.

Love those Bugs

Library had a bug day, my girls held the millipede (which was huge), scorpion (supposedly nice) and Anna held the cockroach with wings. They were in heaven.
Anna with her best friend Shay.
Millipede.

California, June '08

Trip to California for 10 days. Stayed with John, Alli, Chandler and Chloe Gibb. They always make us feel so welcome. Anna swam everyday either in the ocean or pool. Cute Chloe. Olivia's best buddy.
Watching Josh & Jake's baseball game.

Olivia's 4th Birthday Party

Olivia had many cute friends at her birthday, we had a water balloon fight and pinata. I can't believe she is 4 years old.

Trip to Ferron, Utah

Drove through Huntington, Utah where my Grandpa Gibb lived, 20 miles further is Ferron, Utah. We stayed there a few nights with our good friends, Cecily, Marc, Ryan and Shay Smith, during the day we took little trips to Millsite Reservoir and Joe's Valley. Was really a fun family time.

Hike with Anna to top of a cliff, this is looking over the cliff at the reservoir. Anna was nervous at some parts of the hike but became very confident after awhile.

Olivia loves the worms. The last two fishing trips Anna is the only one to catch a fish (she caught 2).