Josie has her first sleep over!

Drew and Eliza slept over and Josie was sooooooo excited.

She couldn't believe they were going to sleep in her bed with her.

That was going to be the best thing ever!

Josie had just gotten a new book about a pilgrim girl

who meets an indian and she was so excited for them to read it with her.

Boo loves to sleep on Josie's bed. Drew and Eliza loved it too.

After a about 3 books, I finally turned the lights off and told them it

was time to go to sleep. I could hear chatting and giggling forever.

I would go in there and they would tell me they weren't tired,

especially Eliza. She kept saying she didn't need to go to bed yet.

She looks pretty tired here. Cute girl!

The chatting and giggling finally stopped and I creeped in there to get a picture. Look how cute Drew and Eliza are! Drew all cuddled next to his sister. And Josie had taken her pajamas off? I am not sure why she does that. It was so cute to see them all sleeping in Josie bed together!




The next morning they all got up pretty early and were ready to play. They confessed to me that they all had gotten up in the night and were walking around. They thought that was so funny. Josie is so lucky to have such great cousins that she loves so much. Thanks for sleeping over Drew and Eliza! We sure love you!

Twilight!

I am proud to say that I am one of those dorks who went to see the Twilight movie at 12:01 am the day it came out! I went with my sisters and neices, we have all read it and we had a blast! Here we are in front of the poster in the lobby Heather, Marilyn, Tori, Heather, Paula, Michelle and me. I totally felt like a little teeny bopper. I was hyper and so excited!

Marilyn, Heather, Heather and Michelle. Marilyn and Heather should be embarrassed about how out of control they were!!! hehe All the hooting and hollering during the movie? jk

Tori, Paula and I waiting on pins and needles for the movie to start.

Tori was sitting next to the cutest boy. We kept trying to get her to talk to him.

She was too embarrassed. He kept looking at her and making little

comments to her during the movie. It was hilarious! She is such a doll!

Thanks everyone for going to the show!

I had so much fun with you all and I love you all soooooooooooo much!

and thanks Paula for finally reading it. Tori and I knew you would love it!

Saturday morning I went to the movie again with Melissa.

I was just as excited to see it again as I was the first time!

I thought it was really great!

Charles turns 32.... not 33!

Happy Birthday Charles! He turned 32 on the 10th. As we were talking about his birthday coming up he said he couldn't believe that he was turning 33. I laughed! I guess he had forgotten that he was born in 1976. When he realized this he felt relieved. It was like he was getting a year of his life back. He had a fun birthday! He got some cool gifts...

the best one from Josie, the Elefun game.

The kids have loved playing it with their daddy!

Man there a alot of candles on that cake... 32 not 33!

For his party we invited the family to go swimming at the Holladay Lion's Club.

We all had so much fun on the waterslide and the lazy river. It was so fun to run into our friends Brant, Kristen and Isaac Wallace there. They are such a cute family.

Josie was so excited to be swimming indoors.

Charlie had so much fun even though he was freezing.

His whole face turned blue. He LOVES the water!

All the babies in the famliy! 4 within 4 months.

Olivia, MaeElla, Charlie and Tommie.

The kids all had a blast! Josie loves getting together with her cousins!

Happy Birthday Charles! I hope your 32nd year is wonderful and exciting!

Happy Halloween!

We had such a fun Halloween! It is so sad that is is over and all the Halloween candy has been eaten. It was really fun for me this year to see how excited Josie was to go trick or treating. We had been praticing for weeks. I was in the hospital last year after just having Charlie so it was fun to be out there with the kids. Josie wanted to have her face painted like a dragon, and since I have NO artistic abilities... this is what her face ended up looking like. Oh well, she loved it! And it was all rubbed off in a short time anyway! Halloween day started out visiting Moni so she could see the kids in their costumes. The night started out visiting Grandma and then Grandpa.

Josie was excited about her pumpkin flash light.

We went trick or treating with Andy, Melissa, Drew, Eliza and Olivia and Josie loved every second of it! She would stand at the door for ever after she had gotten her treat. Maybe she thought if she stood there long enough, they would give her more.

Here are all the kids minus Charlie.

I love Drew and Josie in this picture!

He is always so sweet to her!

Josie stomped right though these leaves after

I am sure they had racked them up nicely for the evening.

She had so much fun doing it.

Olivia and Charlie enjoying the ride around the neighborhood.

Charlie enjoying his sucker while on his ride.

Andy was nice enough to haul the kids all night in the wagon.

Josie loved that part of the night!

When we finally got home, Josie was so excited to

answer the door and give the kids candy.

She would give them HUGE handfuls.

Their eyes were all popping out!

But the best part was when she dumped out

all the candy and we sorted it all.

That was my favorite part as a kid too,

checking out all the goods we had gotten.

What a fun night for all of us!

What a PARTY!

Charlie turned 1 and we had such a fun Halloween/Birthday party.

I can't figure out where the last year of my life went!

It has totally flown by. He is such a fun little guy

and brings so much happiness to our family!

Here is Sarah Palin (Allison) helping serve the

soup along with Paula the pirate.

Here is a whole bunch of people including

Marilyn the Chemist testing the soup.

Cleo the pink fairy, Naomi the witch, Josie the

dragon and Lucy the purple fairy.

Michael the motorcross guy, Derby and Finn Starwars guys.

Some freak with Stan the construction guy.

The teenagers Cooper the beach bum, Heather,

Hannah and Tori the Crosscountry runner.

Charlie the lion and Tommy the giraffe

Katy the witch and Josie the dragon.

Jake the gansta.

Eliza is Supergirl and Josie is still a dragon.

Finn, Charles the hockey guy, Charlie and Josie.

Charles keeps his hockey stuff in the garage and everytime Josie sees it

she says "There is daddy's costume".

Maelle, Whitney and Susie. Their family theme was

the big bad wolf and three little piggies.

Andy and Melissa the cowboys.

Katy the witch, Nick the hippie, Josie and Sofie the "spider" witch.

Eliza as Supergirl and Drew as a Batman guy.

Lauren the cowboy.

We bobbed for apples and the kids loved it! .
Charlie really loved eating his apple.

Thanks Melissa for egging me on to go next.
I act like such an idiot around the kids!
They probably think I am crazy!

Josie thought it was so funny!


Next we played "stick the wart on the witches nose".
This was the biggest hit! All the kids chewed a piece of gum and then
were blindfolded and had to try and get their wart on the witches nose.


Eliza wanted me to take a picture of her supergirl gum.


Poor witchy poo! She got plastered with warts!


Cake and presents are always fun!

Eating the cake is the best part!


Charlie had such a fun night! I was afraid that he would
get too tired and bomb out, but he was great!

Everyone had fun playing with his new toys.



I had to put this one in because Josie looks so cute!


I found Josie and Eliza having a blast in Josie's room!


Happy Birthday sweet boy! We all love you!

We can't wait to see what the next year brings for Charlie!