GO JAZZ GO!

Me and Brylee got to go to the Jazz game last night with Ben's parents and have a fun night out. They have 4 season tickets and always ask us to go. Logan was supposed to go with me but ended up throwing up so Bry got to go again after just going with Ben on Saturday night! (spoiled!!) It was the Jazz Bear's birthday so all of his mascot buddies came to help him celebrate! Below is a lion I'm not sure from what team. Anyway he gave her five and she thought that was SO cool. Her favorite part about going is the Jazz Bear she absolutely LOVES him!

Grandmpa Punkinhead (that's what she calls him) taught her how to clap with these obnoxious sticks! It made her hair really staticy (is that even a word!)

All the mascots in a huddle before showing off their dunking skills.

Kyle Korver, my fav!! Darren Williams is my fav too, I couldn't get a picture of him though.

The mascot's dressed up as big ballon dolls, it was really funny!

We had a great night and got really spoiled as usual! The Jazz ended up losing to the Spurs 1oo to 106 :( but it was a awesome game and they played great! And by the end of the night we both had sick tummies from all the snacks Grandpa bought us! Thank you Kel and Cheryl your the best!

Homemade hot fudge and some crazy dancing!

So on Sunday night after my brother's birthday party (happy birthday Tyrel)
our neighbors Justin and Holly invited us over for ice cream and Justin's homemade hot fudge! It was delicious and I know I ate way too much!



Afterwards the kids played an "I Spy" game and us adults played the game "Would you rather.....?" The game really had nothing to do with dancing. But you end up having landing on challenge spaces and have to act out certain things which just happend to always be dancing.

Below Justin had to dance with a mop it was hilarious he put on the song by Allison Krauss "When you say nothing at all" . Because I suppose you can't dance with a mop without a sappy love song!!

When Holly landed on one she had to dance to a song it was SOOO funny! It is kind of embarrassing though because I am laughing so hard in this video that I snort!

I ended up having to do something too but this is my post and I am NOT putting it in here! It was pretty funny too, sorry I guess it will just only be burned into Justin, Holly, and Ben's mind FOREVER!! Ben was lucky he didn't end up getting one of those challenges. Good thing I guess because he would have died because he's gets so embarrassed!

Thanks for having us over you guys!

Logan's basketball

Every Saturday for the past couple of weeks Logan has had basketball games. His team isn't very good but it's all for fun right?! Logan has played really good this year making quite a few baskets. Today he did get fouled out though but hey, at least he's assertive. I don't know why all of these pictures turned out so blurry. I even had it on sports mode. Anyway he's the one in the blue shorts shooting the basket.

Things I love about my kids

Logan is very well behaved and always has been. He has always loved sports and being outdoors. He has also always been really smart and done great in school. My favorite thing about him though is his very big heart. Brylee is a firecracker she has always been very mature for her age. She is a great helper and is like a second Mom around here. She is very sensitive but has a gigantic heart! My favorite thing about her is her personality, everyone seems to be drawn to her.

Boston is such a bruiser. He absolutely loves to be outside and into anything dirty. He has a really cute personality and makes the funniest expressions with his eyes. My favorite thing about him is his laugh, you can't help but smile when you hear it.

Carter loves his baths and his feet rubbed. He also loves to eat and be held! My favorite thing about Carter is his dimple when he smiles! It is adorable!!

Carter has started to smile alot so I have gone a little picture crazy! But it's too hard to resist taking a pictures of him.

He is starting to get his own little personality. He's so much fun for all of our family to get to know!

Carter's checkup

On Wednesday Carter had his 2 month checkup. Dr. Cook said he looked great. He has a clogged tear duct in his left eye but he said it more than likely will clear on its own. He's also already 12 lbs 12 oz and 24 in. long. He's a big healthy boy and as you can see he doesn't miss any meals!

Carter's blessing

Sunday Ben gave Carter a beautiful blessing.
Carter is such a special part of our lives and brings so much happiness to everyone. I can't even imagine my life without that adorable face! A very special thank you to Ben's Mom for working really hard to knit Carter's blessing outfit. And to my Mom for crocheting his beautiful blanket.
Another thanks to all of our family who came to the blessing and the yummy luncheon. All of you mean so much to us!

Here is our cute family, posing for our after church picture.

So fun!

The weekend after Christmas we took the kids over to Ben's parents for some tubing. They had a blast! They were all such troopers they stayed out in the cold alot longer then I thought they would.

MeRrY ChRiStMaS!

I just love Christmas, it's one of my favorite holidays. We started off by making Santa Clause sugar cookies. We do this every year but this year I let Logan be in charge and the kids did it all by themselves. They did a great job and Santa ate all of his cookies so I am sure they were way yummy!!

I put Boston down for a nap so he didn't get to frost the cookies. But Logan and Brylee made them look scrumptious

Later that night we had Christmas Eve dinner at my Mom's house. We did our Nativity Scene while my Justin read the Christmas story out of the bible. Brylee was a wisewoman, Addy was Mary, Logan was Joseph, Boston was a wiseman, Quinn was a little wiseman, Autumn was the angel and Carter was baby Jesus. You can't see him in this picture but he was cute just the same. It was my favorite part of the night because it's what Christmas is really about.

When we got home my Dad read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to our family on speakerphone. He lives in Montana and doesn't get to do much with them around the holidays. This was my family tradition growing up and I thought that it would be fun to do with ours. The kids thought it was neat and I think my Dad enjoyed it the most.

Christmas morning the kids holding their stockings. They were extremely excited for Santa this year. So Logan and Brylee started by getting us up at 2 o'clock in the morning! And we finally gave in at 6 o'clock.

This picture is sooo funny Brylee just loves makeup so when she pulled this out of her stocking she was really excited!!

They got really spoiled as usual. And this isn't even the stuff they got from grandparents. Ben got me a really nice diamond wedding band to go with my wedding ring. And I got Ben a 10/22 rifle. It was a great Christmas this year.

Christmas afternoon we went over to Ben's parents house for dinner. And his Mom had us all take family pictures. I'm not sure why but I thought it was worth putting in.

Lot's of snow and shoveling!!!

So thanks to the snow we finally got an opportunity to get out of the house. We have all had this nasty cold that's been going around. Bry and Boston are starting to get better and stir crazy as well! So out we went. I got to shovel the and the kids got to play.
It was inevitable that Carter would get our colds too. He started to sound really bad with a deep cough, so yesterday I took him to the doctor as a precaution with RSV season coming up. And he said his lungs sounded good but he has an ear infection in both ears! :( Poor guy, I feel so bad for him. Ben has been in Vegas on top of it all so it's been a struggle to keep up on things. Like shoveling! But it's done and I'll have to admit it was alot of fun, now if it would only stop snowing!!!! (at least on my driveway)

This is my sister Dina pushing Brylee down a little path they made for the sled. Boston always love to help his Mommy.

And a stop for a bite of snow!

More Carter pictures..........

So I feel like I post a ton of pictures of Carter. But he is already changing so fast that I just want to make sure I keep up. I can't believe that 5 weeks has gone by already. Logan loves his little brother.

With 3 small children my life has been busy to say the least. I wouldn't have it any other way though.

Weekend Pictures

We had a pretty busy weekend. On Friday night we had our annual "The Roof" dinner his parents always take us to. And the picture below is us at Ben's work party we went to the E center for dinner and hockey. The kids love to hold Carter and they always want me to take a picture.

I can't believe how big Carter is getting. He is a month old now, time just flies. He is a strong little boy he already trying to lift and hold his head up, he starting to talk and goo too. When he is done sneezing he always makes this cute goo sound after. And I just love, love, love those chubby cheeks!

On Friday we went over to visit my Grandma Pebley. We just love her so much. The kids had alot of fun showing off for her and just playing around. We also got to see her cows too which they always enjoy.

Christmas Candies!

Me, my Mom, my sister's and our kids got together yesterday for our annual Christmas candy making extravaganza! We have been doing it for four years now, it is so much fun and something to look forward to every year. Addy, Autumn and Brylee helped alot too! Boston mostly wanted to eat everything as usual.

Me making my peanut butter balls.

My Mom's famous picture face. Everytime you try to take a picture of her she always pulls some awful looking face. So I decided to put it on anyway so that maybe she will see it and maybe smile for pictures next time! :)

Peanut Butter Balls, Yum-O!

Easy Turtle's they are way yummy!

And what we do every year; chocolate covered cinnamon santa's and pretzels. What a delicious tradition!

Sweetheart Tag

1. What is your husband's name?Benjamin Clarke (Ben)

2. How long have you guys been married?4 1/2 years

3. How long did you date? 7 months

4. How old is he? 27

5. Who is taller? Him

6. Who can sing the best? Probably me because he NEVER sings.

7. Who pays the bills? I do. That way they actually get paid.

8. Who does the laundry? Me, is that a trick question?

9. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me

10. Who mows the lawn? Mostly him but I do too.

11. Who cooks dinner? Me for sure, but since I've had the baby Ben has been helping! ;)

12. Who is the first to admit when they're wrong? This is a hard one, because I don't think either of us are very good at admiting we are wrong.

13. Who kissed who first? Well this is funny, he tried to kiss me but I gave him a hug instead! Good thing he was persistent because the next attempt was MUCH better!

14. Who wears the pants? Probably me, but it depends on what it is about.

I tag Shauna, Holly, Michelle, Brooke, and Beth