Enjoying the Season

It seems like forever since my last post. These last couple of weeks have been awesome. I love everything about Christmas. I love the excitement in our home at this time of year. I love teaching my kids about the true meaning of Christmas. This year was especially perfect with our little family project. It brought the spirit in our home and filled us with gratitude for all we have. My kids have great big hearts and I am so grateful for that. It seems that this year I feel truly blessed to have all my family home and healthy. We have enjoyed time playing new games and cuddled up watching movies. I am grateful for all these simple things. Even though our decorations are put away I hope that we can be giving all year long. I look forward to the new year and making goals...there are so many things to improve on, it is hard to choose what should go to the top of the list.
Here are three of the six pictures I took...I know should have taken more...but nobody would stay still and Jason always has the video camera going. I never even got one of Hailey!

Seymore Family Christmas Party

Every Year Jason's Uncle Craig and his wife Camille have a family Christmas party. We always love going. This year there was a very special visitor who came...

Here is the whole gang waiting for our super fun guest...except for Presley and Stetson. I have a picture with them but Stetson is looking down and Presley is screaming for her Mom. This is the best one we could get.



Brenden knows Santa's big secret but was willing to play along...He just looks so grown up.


I think that Hailey was a little nervous, she would not even tell him what she wanted.


Rylie was so EXCITED when Santa pulled her gift from his bag that she practically tackled him. She was just beaming with pure excitement.


Kenzie went last, and to be honest was afraid of Santa. Then when she saw everyone else go and that he had baggies full of goodies, she gave it a try. Then we could not get her down...she was just gonna sit there and enjoy.

Sleeping Princess and Gingerbread houses

Kenzie has not been feeling well and she got to stay up and watch some TV with Me and Jason...she did not make it too long. I just love this picture...



This week for family night we built some gingerbread houses. Rylie loved every second of it..she kept saying this is Fantastic. Kenzie ate more than she put on, and Hailey thought she needed more frosting. Brenden was not that thrilled with whole thing, it just was not worth the effort. But, all and all it was fun to watch them.




Most of the time if Kenzie is not in a swimsuit she is in her panties.She changes countless times a day, but it never seems to be into anything that covers her up. So if you stop by beware, she even answers the door like that.

Crazy Busy Week = long PoST

Last week for FHE we went to Dustin and Lindsey's. It was a lot of fun and the kids loved making some Smores..

Lindsey and the girls..they absolutely adore her.

Brenden with Griffin

Hailey, Kenzie, Molly and Rex...


Thanksgiving
We love to go to Prescott to Jason's Uncle Brian's house for Thanksgiving. It was really cold this year...which made the 4 wheeler rides freezing. Brian and Dustin were troopers and still took the kids. They love the horses and chickens(which had real eggs)...according to Rylie. Brenden was where the dogs were which is pretty normal. He is always saying if I am not going to give him a brother I should at least buy him a dog. Maybe someday...



Heber Trip
After Thanksgiving I drove to Heber with the kids. Jason had to work and STUDY so he could not come. We hated being there without him...but we still had a blast. We went bowling and enjoyed the company of Papa and Grandma. Some other highlights were..riding the 4 wheeler(it was freezing), actually needing a fire, hot chocolate in the mornings, seeing Tiffany and her family and of course Dairy Queen. Thanks to Grandma and Papa for everything.

Hailey must feel like some kinda Gangster in that hat....



Birthday Cake????

Tonight at dinner we were talking about the real meaning of Christmas and I am explaining to Rylie that we want to celebrate the birth of Christ. And our conversation went like this...
Rylie...Is it Jesus's birthday??
Me...Yep..
Rylie...Can we make him a cake?
Me...I think that is a great idea.
Jason comes home from school and she tells him we are going to make Jesus a cake and he is going to come over to eat it with us.
Jason...Rylie, do you know where Jesus lives?
Rylie...Yes, he lives at the temple, so he can come over for cake. I am so excited cause I miss him so much.
Jason...Jesus lives in heaven and he can't just come here for cake.
Me..I am sure he will like it if we make him a cake and eat it all together.
Rylie..But I want him to come over for cake!...she stormed off to her room, mad..of course.

Fun with Grammy and Grampy

We were lucky to go to an early Thanksgiving dinner with Grammy and Grampy this year. The kids love going over there and playing with their cousins. Tera and Aaron, Ashley and Forrest and Lindsey were there. It was so great to see them all and catch up. I spent so much time at thier home growing up and I love to go there whenever I can. I was sad that Jerry was out of town...cause I really wanted to see her and her sweet baby girl. This family has always been so good to me and I have so much love and respect for all of them. It was great to see Tera...and her kids. They have grown so much...and are so cute.

All the kids playing with sparklers, and of course Hailey and Kennedy giving their best pose...




Kenzie used almost all of the sprinkles...by the time she was done her whole plate was covered. I love the chocolate up Wyatt's nose...such a boy.

Brenden and Rylie decorating cookies....

Stole this from my friend Emily

I am going to send Christmas cards out this year even if they are less than perfect. My friend Emily posted on how hard it is to get good pictures of her kids. So I thought if I posted a few of the ones we took this year...it will make our cards look better. And everyone would appreciate how hard it was to get that less then perfect picture!


And here is the best one that we got>>>> even is Rylie's headband is falling off!

Rylie's Dance Recital

I love this picture. Grandma and Papa love getting all my girls flowers. Rylie picked these out all by herself and she now has them in her room. A great big thanks to Grandma and Nan for driving all the way here to watch a 3 minute performance. Everyone knows that Rylie and Grandma Patti are like two peas in a pod, so it meant the world to her. I was a little worried that she might get stage fright(since that morning she swore she was not going and she would not get on that stage), but she did great. We were so proud of her. Once again I amazed at how fast my kids are growing, it just seems unfair, why can't they stay little just a while longer???

Rylie giving her very best pose...she just cracks me up!

Some really cute spectators!


Rylie with her friends Siera and Anna...good job girls!