Christmad Day 2013

Decorating our first real Christmas tree.

Christmas Sunday.

Christmas Morning.

Stockings are always a favorite. Opening gifts on Christmas morning.

Danny asked for pens, I got him lots of different kinds.

Rock band for the family!

PSP for Max, Leap pad 2 for Hanna, Legos for Van, 

Jewelry and princess castle for Daisy, 

Race track for Walt and cars for Clark.

Christmas Eve 2013

This year we had Christmas Eve at Cindy and Becky's school. We had our traditional Mediterranean dinner, which was delicious of course. The kids put on the Nativity Play. The kids tried to get Clark to be baby Jesus, but he wouldn't. We also played a really fun game and enjoyed being together.

2013 Christmas Card

Old Santa Pics.

The 1st pic., Max had no idea I sat him on Santa's lap. I distracted him.

In the 2nd pic, my kids are angels.

The 3rd pic. is priceless.

18 Months Old

All the kids at 18 months old.

Clark 18 months old. 

It was hard to get him to cooperate. I had to sit right next to him.

School Christmas Program

Hanna was the Red Candy Cane in her school Christmas program. 

She practiced hard and remembered all her speaking parts.

Hanna with close friends Savanna and Briley.

Van did a great job remembering all the words to the songs and sang his heart out.

He is the "angel" under the bright light in the back row.

Purpose in all Things

We recently found out that baby #7 will not be joining us at this time. I was 17 weeks along and the doctor found no heart beat. We know Heavenly Father is aware of our family and there is a purpose in all things. The hardest part was telling the kids, but we are doing well.

Baby at 11 weeks.

 

Proud Momma

Proud of these two kids of mine, both made the honor roll for this quarter! Hanna also received a citizenship award and was recognized for Sept. Student of the Month! Great job Max and Hanna!

Halloween 2013

Carving our pumpkins! 

Dad did the 3 older kids, Max did part of his, I did Daisy and Walt's and Hanna carved Clark's.

Ready for the Trunk or Treat!

Zombi basketball player, Zombi soccer player, Dracula, Kitty, Clown and Spider man.

I tried putting a mask on Walt, but the kids made fun of me saying, "Spider man doesn't wear glasses mom." On the way out the door poor Walt says, "I don't want to be bider man." Thank goodness I just had to remind him we were going to get lots of candy and he was just fine.

Hanna with her friend Ashlyn.

Daisy with her My Little Pony friends, Cirie and Molly.

Clark the cute little clown!

This was taken with the ipod on Halloween night.

Van was with grandma in AZ visiting Brody for his birthday.

Clark Misc.

Clark got a hair cut!

 (This is the first documented hair cut, but I think this is at least his third).

Clark loves pickles!

His new favorite activity is dumping the seasonings!

I had just bought a thing of brand new cumin and he dumped it all out.

Danny's 35th Bithday

Danny and I got to stay the night at the Golden Nugget Hotel in Downtown Las Vegas with out the kids, to celebrate Danny's 35th Birthday! (Last Thursday, October 17th). We left after I taught my preschool class and first stopped for lunch at India Palace, one of my favorite restaurants, Indian Food is super good! Then we went shopping and checked into our hotel. Danny decided to get an upgrade on our room, which meant we had to use our key in the elevator just to enter our hotel floor. In the lobby was a complimentary snack area. With free m&ms, nuts, jelly beans, chocolate covered raisins, apples and bottled water, even free Fuji water in our room. Our room had a t.v. in the mirror of the bathroom (which the kids screamed when they saw that the next day). We watched a movie in our room, because we were so stuffed to go out and later that evening we went out to eat at the Oyster Bar inside the Palace Station (which was Danny's request, we love the shrimp roaster).
My mom took care of the kids for us. She stayed the night with all 6 of them at Dee's because she had to leave early the next morning. Dee took care of them until I picked them up at 10:00.
Danny had to go into work, but I brought the kids back to the hotel to show them our room and swim at the pool. The Golden Nugget's Pool is super fun! It has a water slide that goes through a shark tank! Max carried Clark right up to the tank, he loved looking at all the fish inside.

Baby Number 7

We are all very excited to announce that baby number 7 is due May 3rd. 

Hoping for a nice momma and a healthy pregnancy!

 I made this fun collage with each of my positive pregnancy tests.

12 Years

To celebrate our 12th Anniversary we ate at Lotus of Siam. 

It is supposedly a very famous Thai restaurant.

It was good, but we think My Thai here in Pahrump is better.

We are blessed!

Stake Fair

Hanna and Briley dressing up for the photo booth at the stake fair day.

They are too cute!

  Daisy and Shallon. For some reason Daisy won't smile with her teeth.

Walt, Tayson, Daisy and Shallon.

Hanna's silly face painting request.

One Year Old

Here is a collage I put together of all the kids at one year old. 

I think it's fun to look at the similarities they each have.

We decide Van and Clark look a lot alike (I think it's their moths and cheeks). Hanna and Walt look a lot alike. Max looks most like me and Daisy just has her own cute look. I need to find a picture of Danny and I when we were just one.

Soccer Season

I love soccer season! Especially this year since I'm not couching!

Van is on the Green Machines with his best friend Mathew's dad as his couch. Van is an excellent defender. Hanna is on the Black Panthers and is doing a great job on the bigger field this year. She would like to pass on the running part, but of course I tell her if you're not a runner, you're not a soccer player. She has been close to scoring, I'm sure she'll get a goal this season. She also enjoys being the goalie, it scares me, but she does a pretty good job there too. Daisy and Walt are playing jamboree style in U5 this season. They practice before the game and are placed in a different "team" each week. I wasn't a fan of this "new" way this year, but they're having fun, which is what matters. Walt has scored a couple goals both games, he is really liking it. I think we will stick with dance for Daisy, she doesn't seem to care much about soccer (so far). I love watching soccer! I can stay at the field all day and watch the kids play soccer (even if my kids aren't out there) I get so into it. :) Max decided not to play this year, he is going to play basketball in the winter. 

Clark 18 Months

Clark is growing up way too fast! 

He's 18 months now and such a joy to have in our family!

At 18 months he gets to start going to nursery at church.

Here he is on his first day of nursery. 

He loved blowing bubbles, dancing to church songs, playing with the toys 

and snack time, of course!

Hanna

Hanna passed of all 13 Articles of Faith and got this Super Star Cookie as a reward.

Great job Hanna!

Hanna's best friend Briley was baptized.

Savanna, Briley and Hanna on their first day of school.

Happy 5th Birthday

I can't believe these "babies" are 5 years old!

We told the kids we weren't having birthday parties this year because we went to Disneyland instead. Daisy and Walt were really having a hard time with it, so we kind of through one together at Uncle Jeff's house for them. As you can see they are super easy to please, they were ecstatic for bubble gum and coloring books. (They don't get gifts very often). Daisy couldn't eat the brownies, but she was happy with rainbow sherbet.
All the kids get excited about gum, of course! On the way home I told the kids if they start getting tired to pass up their gum. About 20 mins. later we heard Daisy whimpering in the back and I asked her what was wrong, she said "I got gum in my hair". I didn't even look at it until the next morning and as you can see in the picture below on the right it was the full wad of gum! She had taken her gum out and set it on the seat and forgot about it, she laid right on it.

Thankfully, with the help of peanut butter and a few tears/screams it all came out.

We love you both so much and feel so blessed to have you two in our family!

Happy 5th Birthday Daisy and Walt!

First Day of School 2013

I can't believe I have 5 kids in elementary school! 

Max 5th, Hanna 3rd, Van 1st, Daisy and Walt Kindergarten

and Clark home with momma!

Our mornings are crazy! 

After I get them on the bus Clark and I take a breath, it's been nice for the both of us.

This was the second day of school; heading to the bus stop.

Hanna got a new hair cut. And Daisy lets me do her hair everyday.

The kids have been doing pretty well. Daisy loves school and Walt would rather stay home. It's been the hardest on Walt. This year it's full day Kindergarten and it's long and tiring on him. The first day Walt was excited to go, but that night he said, "we don't have to go again, right?" "A yes, everyday Walt". By Thursday he thought he could throw a tantrum and get out of it, but nope, sorry. He is getting a hang of it all.  He finally started bringing home "wow" cards last week, so he is starting to get a hang of no talking as well. It's a lot on these little guys, but I'm glad Daisy and Walt have each other. Max, Hanna and Van have their close friends in their classes and I am super happy with the teachers the kids got. Besides Max, the teacher I had requested for him moved at the last minute so he's been with a sub until next week. So I am just hoping and praying all will work out for him as well.
I started teaching my Pre-K Class last week. I am only teaching a 2 day Pre-K Class this year and it's been super nice! It's a little strange not having any of my own children in my class, but hoping that everyone might actually listen to me now :)