Temple trip

Marc had a youth temple trip Thursday night and the kids didn't have school on Friday so I was thinking that would be a good day for me to go to the temple, so we decided to all go up Thursday night stay the night and then I would go on Friday. We picked Kyle up from school on Thursday and drove over to Richland we found our Hotel and got some dinner and then Marc left to meet the youth at the temple. The kids and I watched TV all night Marc got back about 9:oo I let the kids finish the movie they were watching and then told them it was time for bed. I had all the girls in one of the beds and Kyle on the floor. No one was settling down so Marc told them if they held really still he would tell them a story within 5 minutes of the story they were all asleep. Unfortunately they didn't stay asleep the girls kept rolling into each other and then whoever got rolled on top of would scream so I would have to get up and rearrange everyone. Kyle woke up at about 4 and kept telling us what time it was, it was a long night. They actually did pretty good until about 2 so we did get a little sleep but not enough. We got up and had breakfast Friday morning and then I went to the Temple and Marc took the kids swimming. It sounds like they had a good time, poor Katie couldn't swim she had to be careful to keep her stitches dry but it sounds like she still had fun. It was a fun little night out and very nice to get to the Temple.

Kyle

Nicole climbing out of the pool, Katie playing behind her

Katie

Kyle, Hailey, Nicole, katie

stitches!

This morning I was in the bathroom getting ready and the girls were in their room they were supposed to be cleaning but obviously they were not doing that. I heard someone fall and then I heard a scream, it was Katie she came running to me and I held her and she finally calmed down and Marc came to see what was going on he looked at her and said shes bleeding a lot, I hadn't even realized she was bleeding. We looked at her head and there was quite a large cut. We called a friend of ours who is a doctor and a plastic surgeon he said he would stop by the house on his way to work and see if she needed stitches. He got there and said he would probably recommend stitches so he said just to follow him to his office and he would take care of it. Marc took Katie I stayed home with Nicole and Hailey (she stayed home sick from school). Marc said when they looked at it closer they realized that it went all the way to the skull, so they did a big stitch under the skin and then about 5 on top. Marc said it took him and two nurses to hold her down. After an ice cream cone from McDonald's she seems to be doing fine. And I am sure she will never climb on the bed like that again.

Our weekend-The good and the bad

Friday night the kids had an activity at their school it was 60s-70s night and it was for the whole family, we were all pretty excited to go Marc and I had fun tie-dying all the kids shirts.

Hailey, Katie, Nicole, and Kyle

The party was fun Kyle ran around with some of his friends it was lots of fun watching them dance they all have quite the dance moves. Hailey got to see some of her friends as well but she spent most of the time with us. Katie and Nicole had fun doing all the booths they had a bean bag toss and a table set up with all kinds of beads to make necklaces with and station to make pet rocks at. After we did all that we were all in the Gym watching Kyle dance and the twins were getting pretty silly playing with Marc they were running around and kind of hiding from him. When it was time to leave the twins were having a hard time settling down they were still wanting to run and play. We all left the gym and when we got out in the hallway Hailey said she needed to go the bathroom so we stopped and waited for her. At that same time I realized that I had every ones coat but my own so I went back in the gym to get it, it wasn't there so I went back out and told Marc and he went back in the gym to look for it. He set Katie down and left and I got everyone gathered up but Katie wasn't there. I assumed that she must have followed Marc back into the gym thinking that she could play some more, but when he came back out she was not with him. He went back in to look for her and I took the rest of the kids thinking I would look outside, just as we got to the door a lady came in carrying a crying Katie. She had found her out in the parking lot. Scary!! Luckily she was just fine and I think she was so scared that she will never do anything like that again. It turned out to be quite the night, I never did find my coat but that just didn't seem too important after the scare of not knowing where Katie was.

Saturday the weather was beautiful so after we got our chores done we took the kids to the park to ride bikes and play. They had fun riding bikes and can tell that it has been awhile because they all complained about sore legs. Kyle and Marc played football for awhile Kyle is getting really good he catches just about every one Marc throws. The girls played on the slides and I sat in the sun and watched them. We ran some errands and then went out for ice cream it was a really nice afternoon.

Nicole

Kyle

update

January is almost over and I have not written anything for quite a while so I figured that it was about time for an update. January is one of those months where there is not a whole lot going on, so this update is not very exciting but here it goes.

Marc is keeping busy at work and with his church calling and when his is home I always seem to have some sort of project for him to work on. He helped with some things that I wanted done in the laundry room and is now going to start on closet organizers for the girls closet.

I am doing good. I got a new calling at church I no longer teach Relief Society I am now the CTR 7 teacher. This was my first week, I think it will be a fun calling when all the kids are there, there are 8 kids and they all seem really nice and for the most part pretty well behaved. The pregnancy is going well I am getting quite large (I know I need to take a picture) and moving and bending are not as easy as they used to be. And I am starting to not sleep as good. We are still trying to pick out a name but haven't decided on anything for sure.

Kyle is doing well in school, he is very ready for the weather to change so that he can play outside all the time. All he wants to do is play football, lately he has even been sleeping with his football.

Hailey is also enjoying school her reading is really getting good. When we read scriptures now she takes a turn reading. Here is a cute story: when we read scriptures the kids have to sit down and not play with other things, the other night Hailey was looking at another book when it was time to read scriptures so Marc asked her to put it away and she said to him "Dad don't you know that ladies can do more than one thing at a time" It was pretty cute. The other day she had a friend invite her to go to the movies with her and her family she had so much fun but it made me realize that she is growing up way to fast.

Katie is doing great. She is still the little princess she is constantly dressing up as a princess. She loves primary and really is doing well in there I think she was really ready to be out of nursery.

Nicole is lots of fun. Her and Katie just play together all day it is so fun to listen to them and watch them play. Here is funny Nicole story: We were getting ready to run some errands the other day and the twins said that they needed a snack before we went so Marc asked them if they wanted a Graham cracker. Nicole looked and Marc and said "I don't want any of those Graham crackers, but when she said Graham crackers it sounded like she said D#*~ - crackers. Marc and I had a good laugh, and we sure weren't going to give her any crackers after that comment.

Hailey lost a tooth

Last night Hailey showed us that her tooth was really lose, so she and Marc worked on getting it out. It didn't come out, and then this morning she gave it a big pull and out it came. She is so excited to go to school so she can join the missing tooth club and show all of her friends.

Happy New Year

We spent a nice relaxing day at home. We got up this morning and played out in the snow it was a lot of fun. The girls and I made a snowman while the boys worked on a sled jump. Then they all took turns sledding. The rest of the day we played games, worked on the puzzle, watched some T.V. , and just spent time together. It is hard to believe that another year has passed, they seem to go faster and faster each year. 2009 was a great year and I cant wait to see what 2010 brings. Nicole, Hailey, and Katie with the snowman that we made

The girls said that they were sitting on frostys lap

Marc looking cool before he goes down the sled jump

Marc at the bottom of the sled jump

Kyle taking a turn

Katie went down the first time and didn't realize that there was a hill at the bottom and she did a face plant in the snow

Hailey made Frosty Junior

New years Eve!

Our plan for New Years Eve was to go to Marcs parents house for a party, but it ended up snowing all day so we decided to stay home. When Marc got home from work we ate, I made all kinds of fun party food. After we ate we came down to the family room and turned on some music and danced and raced cars. Then we had ice cream and the kids put on their PJs and Kyle wanted to have a dance contest so that is what we did, it was a lot of fun. We turned on a different song for each kid and they had their turn to show us their dance moves. We put the twins to bed at about 8:00 and Marc and I played a couple of games with Kyle and Hailey before we sent them to bed. It was a really fun night spending time together.

The kids shoveling snow

Kyle and Hailey dancing

racing cars

Dance contest pictures:Hailey Nicole

Kyle

Katie