Holidays -ice skating, parties, Gingerbread house, caroling!

Jon and Austin wanted Mom and Dad to go! What fun and a little strange that

teenagers wanted us to hang out with them on their first date. I feel honored!

Jon and Austin's first date! Such Gentlemen!


We went Caroling in a nursing home. Charlotte charmed everyone!

Gingerbread House! The girls loved the candy........

and all the Egg Nog!

CHEERS!

Jon took charge of the decorating and was the most creative!

So much fun!

Christmas pajama parties!

Arizona Santa!

Our little Christmas Angels!

Busy Month!

Just finishing up one of my college classes and just finished up one of my finals! Yea!

Only one more to go! Now I am working on Loren's Portrait. We'll see how that one turns out.

Happy Birthday to our "Jonny Boy", as the girls call him!

He is 16 years old and ready to hit the road!

He goes on his first date tomorrow! Wish him luck!

What a fun week!

Our 9th Anniversary! Nov. 24th

Crazy! We went out into the forest, had a bonfire in 20' degree weather, ate dinner, talked and roasted marshmellows. So much fun! Just like the old days! I made it easy for him to remember how many years we've been married, we got married in the year 2000.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful time with all the family.


Caroline and her cousing, Capri

Grandma and Grandpa Merrill

Life at it's finest....Busy and all!

Charlotte got her first "Book it" award!

She was so Proud of herself!

I have givin' these our for years as a teacher.

How exciting to take my own daughter.

Another surgery, luckily a simple, but important one! She got tubes in her ears!

This will help her balance and speech.

She got the citizenship award, presented by her pricipal.
We are all so proud of her!

Poor Kalicia was feeling a little left out.....so the two of us had a girl's night out!

We wore matching shirts(thx to Aunt Satya)

Kalicia told everyone we were twins!

We ran errands together, dinner together and then she went to my college class with me!

She loved all of the attention!

The next day she told everyone, we went on a date!

I had a blast with my little "Kika"!

We saw Phantom!

..... a dream since high school!

We had a great time, our family went out to dinner together and then......

Sparky-Sierra, Mom-Dad, and Loren and I headed off to Gammage!

Happy Halloween!!!

Lots of Halloween parties!

Charlotte won Best Halloween costume of her age group at the Lawlor Party

Aunt Muriel gave her the prize. She was so proud!

Our little cowgirl, Caroline, loved the cotton candy!

Sage, Halee and Charlotte

Trick or Treating!!!!

Grandma Pember came and celebrated with us! The kids loved her! She looked great!

Kalicia was a Cheerleader

Charlotte and her wicked witchy laugh.....

Charlotte's Halloween party

Gettin' ready for the school party

Kalicia was a Ballerina for her preschool party.
(Thank you Sierra and Sparky)

Pumpkin time!

Charlotte's first school party....they even had a parade!

Kalicia was so excited to get to go to her big sister's class. They asked me to help in her class and invited Kalicia to come along. I have always been the teacher, it's so much fun to be at the other end! I love being the parent!

While the boys were hunting we had snow!!!!! and went to a carnival!

Caroline's Eye Surgery was a SUCCESS!

AFTER:

Waiting for her to wake up from sugery..........

BEFORE: