Summer in fast forward

Our summers are always packed with running around and boating, mostly boating. With each year the kids get more daring and more daring. Higher speeds and new things to try. The girls love to jump and dive off the side of the boat. Boston likes to go on one slow ride then ends up in his cubby asleep! Payton is more adventuroius, fast and more circles, he wants to be thrown off and he only wants to ride with the big guys! Ha! With the kids taking up most of the time Mark and I didn't get to wake board as much, HARDLY any!!! We always love it when we can take friends along. Hot days and cool water, we couldn't ask for more!

School days

In the month April we got a call from Lakota's teacher telling us that she was student of the month. We were invited to the assembly. Lakota didn't know so it was a surprise to her. As each class was read and the names announced we where shocked to find out that Addison was also student of the month for her class. (afternoon kindergarden) At the end of the program the parents got to go up and take pictures, Boston felt left out so he too got a picture!

Mexico with Friends!

Feb. 19. 2012 Our cruise with friends was amazing! Not only did Mark and I have a blast, but we got to have a blast with friends! We all booked the trip together and made plans! We spent a lot of time on the ship playing phase 10! Dinner ended up being more of a comedy show then actual dinner! How fun is that, dinner and a show! Mark and I did book some ashore excursion! Zip lining and whale watching. We also did some shopping, beach time and a massage! How relaxing. We can't wait to do it again, but this time with our kids!!

Before we Boarded!

The Cook's

After our zip line tour

Games!!! The White's and the Cook's

Love of my LIFE :)

Payton Turns 7

From this:

To this:

How time flies! For reasons unknow, we only got video of Paytons Birthday! His highlight was his weather proof football that he got. Some of Paytons highlight of the year are: Karate, he has now earned his orange belt, soccer, he played both fall and spring leauge, in school he has excelled in his reading and every Friday he runs home to show me his 100% on his spelling, this past year he also learned to ride his bike with out training wheels and he is super excited to start his coach pitch baseball leauge! He can't wait till his next birthday cause he will be 8 and he will get to be baptized! We love having this little prankster in are family and we can't wait to see what this next year brings to him.

Power Rangers celebrate # 3!

For the last FOREVER all Boston wanted to watch was Power Rangers, so of course for his birthday he wanted a power ranger cake! But being busy as we were, we had so many school concerts going on, that Boston didn't have a huge clebration! I did manage to order him the Power Ranger cupcakes. Mark took him to the store to pick out his present, which happend to be the Captin America shield, and then on Saturday we took him and the rest of the kiddos to play mini-golf. He was in HEAVEN! He loved to hit the golf ball into the hole and made sure every time that he put the ball down only inches away form the hole just so he could score and move quickly to the hole! Every time he got the ball in the hole he would scream and shout and celebrate loudly, I think he had fun! We can't wait to see what this next year brings to him!

One More Year!!! January 2012

One more year and this beauty will be in Young Womens!! She can't wait to be grown up, but really, who could!! Lakota is the biggest help around the house! She helps watch kids when mom has to run other kids to activities, she loves to make cards and she really, really, really enjoys reading! She is very smart and in May of this year (2012) lakota was awarded student of the month! Lakota is quite the little sports gal with working on dance and softball! She is also progressing in her piano and love her new piano teacher! With one more year in elementary and one more year left till young womens, this little one is growning up too fast for her mom and dad!!

Christmas in a blur!! 2011

Literally Christmas was a BLUR!!! one of my smart kids decided to help mom adjust her camera settings, and me being super smart could not get the pictures to focus like they should have been! so the pictures are what they are! (lucky for me, scott knew how to fix it!) For Christmas we always get games and movies that can bring the family together for family time. Also we get the kids a new out fit. The girls asked for fashion boots, and the boys asked for every action figure they could come up with! so here is our Christmas in a blur!

Chirstmas dance concert 2011

All 3 of the girls are in dance this year! Addison did a cute Mrs. Clause dance, Makayla did a hip hop number and Lakota did an amazing black light dance. It was super fun to see as each of these girls came out of their shells and get up on stage and performe for a lot of people! They each have made some new and amazing friends. They were great performers!

Christmas tree chopping! 2011

Every year we stand in line to buy a christmas tree permit. Then the weekend after Thanksgiving we as a family go and pick out a tree. The guys go off to pick out the perfect tree while us moms watch kids play in the snow. Here are some of the highlight picuters!

Las Vegas....

On the way home from Disneyland we stayed a night in Vegas. The kids loved how hot it was and that they got the hotel pool and hot tub to themselves! Boston was in and out of both and the older kids loved playing tag with their dad! what a great way to end our trip.

Makayla turns 9!

Well since we had such a big week before Makayla's birthday,(Disneyland) we didn't do any thing huge! Mark always checks the kids out of school for lunch, this is quickly becoming the thing they talk about the most!! We took her birthday shopping which she always has a hard time picking any thing! cake and ice cream and a quick birthday came and went. Happy Birthday to our little Kayla Bug!

days 1,2,3 and 4!

Disneyland and California adventures days 1 and 2 where spent doing every ride we could! Our favorites are, the nemo ride, buzz light year, star wars, toy story mania and the tower of terror! I think the kids rode the buzz light year ride at least 5 times and the tower of terror about 8. Payton got to participate in the star wars light saber training. One other thing the older girls loved to do was get the characters to sign their book! The night in California adventure we went and saw the World Of Colors! It was beyond amazing, bright bold colors set to music of many Disney songs! Very cool!!! At the end of each day the kids were all exhausted! Day 3 was spent at the beach, no matter how gray it was they all got in the water! Mark and I spent the day digging in the sad, Mark even buried boson!! Day 4 Was our last day in Disneyland. Rides, rides and more rides! That night we stayed and watched the parade! Amazing fun!