The Smith Six

Candy For Dinner

2010-07-30T19:54:00.001-07:00

Inspired by the book Little Pea by Amy Rothensburg (I think), we had our second installment of candy for dinner. I made sushi, hamburgers, and corn on the cob. Then for dessert we had pizza (the real thing). It was a lot of fun, and the kids said it tasted good.

Dinner

Sushi: rice krispie treats and gummy worms wrapped in fruit rollup

Corn on the Cob: green fruit rollups, frosting, and reese's pieces

Hamburgers: cupcakes, tootsie rolls, coconut, green licorice, frosting, and strawberry syrup

Happy Birthday Roscoe

2010-07-23T18:06:00.001-07:00

For the past few months Roscoe has been asking if I will throw him a "surprise" birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese's. We had a lot of fun, and Roscoe ended up with 1500 tickets that he used to get a telescope! He only won about 10 of those himself, thanks to Robert, Zack, Shaunna, Elizabeth, Mike, Michaela, and Abby who all donated their tickets to Roscoe for his birthday!

Hill Aerospace Museum

2010-07-23T17:57:00.000-07:00

Thursday we went to the Hill Aerospace Museum. The kids love to play in the education center.

Aquatic Center

2010-07-23T16:28:00.001-07:00

July 21st

Paula, Roscoe, and Rocky

Rocky

Roscoe going down the slide

Paula and Daddy

Rocky going down the slide

Roscoe making a mess with his popsicle

Rocky said the aquatic center was "two thumbs up"

Roscoe and Rocky

Silly Pictures

2010-07-23T16:24:00.000-07:00

Roscoe and Paula asleep in the car

Paula fell asleep on the couch while writing in her notebook

Roscoe dressed himself for church

RAGNAR

2010-07-23T16:19:00.001-07:00

Mike missed the family reunion because he was racing in the Wasatch Back Ragnar. The course actually ran along the other side of the freeway from where we were camping. One of Mike's legs wasn't far so we all went to watch him complete his last leg of the race.

Ludlow Family Olympics

2010-07-23T16:14:00.000-07:00

Shaunna organized a Ludlow Family Olympics. It was a lot of fun and included lots of fun events for everyone to participate in.

Ludlow Talent show

2010-07-23T15:55:00.001-07:00

Zack and Shaunna performing Who's On First

Robert (singing) and Serenity (lip-syncing) to Taylor Swift's Love Story

The Brunson's performing I'm a Little Piece of Tin

The Parker's making a PB&J sandwich

Grandpa sang two song for the grandkids that his mom sang to him. First, he sang The Dickie Bird Song, and second he sang was

Grandma played Dueling Banjo's

Roscoe, Shane, Zack, and Jared performed a skit about the "scariest" animal ever, a girl!

Abby played the harmonica for us

Jenelle giving Chris a shave

Robert and Zack performing Sisters

Roscoe told jokes and was really entertaining, but I was helping him and didn't get a picture.

Swim Lessons

2010-07-23T15:49:00.000-07:00

The kids all took swim lessons this summer. The small kids were close, but Michaela and Abby were too far away so the pictures didn't turn out for them.

Demolition Derby

2010-05-25T16:28:00.001-07:00

Zack and Shaunna invited us to go to the demolition derby with them last weekend. Mike had never been to one and I haven't been to one since I was in high school. It was so much fun. All of the kids loved it, especially Roscoe.

End of Kindergarten ;)

2010-05-25T16:12:00.000-07:00

Roscoe's class had a graduation party. He has had such a great teacher this year. Thanks so much Mrs. Hilles, Miss Elaine, Miss Lisa, and Miss Britney. We will miss you all.

This is the water party, they had lots of fun activities and even had the fire truck come and spray all the kids.

Half Marathon

2010-05-25T15:55:00.000-07:00

Mike ran the half marathon with his brother Matthew and his wife Jen. Michaela and Abigail ran the KidsK (a mile). It was a perfect day to be outside.

This is Jen in the pink, we were watching for her and didn't see her until she was passing (sorry Jen). She did awesome and even beat the boys by 15 minutes!

'SMORES!!

2010-05-25T15:46:00.000-07:00

Roscoe was in charge of FHE treat, we ended up with a bag of GIANT marshmallows.

Field trip to the Zoo

2010-05-25T15:38:00.000-07:00

I went on a field trip with Roscoe's class to the zoo, this is what it looked like when we got there. It was so cold and snowy, but we still had fun.

Randomness

2010-04-27T17:07:00.000-07:00

This is what it looks like when you tell a four year old that they can wear whatever they want. Mike was excited that she picked the Laker's jersey.

This is Roscoe after Mike pulled his loose tooth out. They tied a string to the tooth, and the other end of the string to a door, you can figure the rest out. Roscoe was sad because he really wanted to tie the other end of the string to Mr. Bean (my mom's cat).

GRADUATION!!!

2010-04-27T16:59:00.000-07:00

Thank You to everyone who has supported and helped me over the years to complete my degree! It is so exciting to finally be done! Now I just have to find a job.

Me and the family

Mike and me

Me and Elizabeth

Shaunna, me, and Zack

Jenelle and me

Dad, me, and mom

Darrell's 60th

2010-04-27T16:49:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics from Darrell's 60th birthday bash!

Pretty excited that he blew out both candles!

Roscoe and Rocky

Darrell and the Boys

Darrell and kids

I love this picture of Mike and Paula

Laguna Beach

2010-04-13T15:08:00.000-07:00

After finishing up at the temple we all went down to the beach for a picnic. It was a little cool so we decided that we wouldn't let the kids get in the ocean, they could only get their feet wet. . .

that didn't last long, about two minutes after we walked down to the water Abby tripped while trying to run away from an incoming wave.

Here are some more pictures from the beach.

Newport Beach Temple

2010-04-13T15:00:00.000-07:00

We were so excited to be invited to go to the temple with Jessica, Shane, and their family. It was such a great experience going to the temple to see Serenity (their adopted daughter) sealed to Jessica and Shane, especially since I almost didn't get to go in. I forgot my temple recommend in my temple bag, luckily they got a hold of my bishop and let me in.

Mike and Roscoe in the Super Hero pose.

Mike and me in front of the temple.

The kids in front of the temple.

Ready to Leave

2010-04-13T14:56:00.000-07:00

Aunt Shaunna with the nieces.

Just chilling waiting to leave to the temple.

From Winter to Summer

2010-04-13T14:48:00.000-07:00

The other day we woke up to about 8 inches of snow, a few days later we drove to California to visit my sister and her family and we were in the pool.

We had such a great time even though it was a short trip. We left on Thursday, stayed overnight in St. George, and got to Jessica's house on Friday.

The pool was pretty chilly but I did jump in it with the kids. I spent the rest of the time in the hot tub after that.

Me and the kids in the hot tub.

Roscoe and Serenity

A few pics from Christmas

2010-04-13T14:43:00.000-07:00

Mike got a bunch of coal in his stocking this year. I wonder how that happened ;)

Here are all the kids with their stuffed animals they got.

I love this picture. We let the kids buy presents for each other at the dollar store, and Paula picked out these for Roscoe. It is hard to see in the picture but the nose lights up.

Michaela Choir

2010-04-13T14:39:00.000-07:00

This is from the Christmas Choir performance. Michaela sang "Pablo the Reindeer" with a small group of friends. She is such a great singer and loves to perform.

Dinosaur Park

2009-11-01T12:15:00.000-08:00

October 24th

Kaiya's First Birthday

2009-09-14T17:38:00.000-07:00

Kaiya all cute in her little tutu

The cake that Jen made was so cute, it had monkeys all over it.

Eating the cake one sprinkle at a time

Roscoe and Paula with the monkeys off the cake

Horseshoes

2009-09-14T17:22:00.000-07:00

The guys played horseshoes most of the time while we were at the park for Kaiya's birthday.

Trying to be cool

Paula's Haircut

2009-09-14T17:20:00.001-07:00

Paula loved her haircut, she was excited to get bangs.

Tracy Aviary

2009-09-14T17:10:00.000-07:00

August 7th

We took a trip down to Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake.

My adorable kids

Abby the Emu, and Michaela the Ostrich

Roscoe and the Flamingos

Hopping on logs

Pretty Paula

2009-09-14T17:07:00.000-07:00

Paula loves to color, draw, and paint. So when Michaela and Abby left their paints down that was the first thing she got into. At least I can say that it matches her outfit.

Drive Home

2009-09-14T16:59:00.000-07:00

Devil's Tower, Wyoming

The kids at Devil's Tower

Just outside Yellowstone

Broken Boot Gold Mine

2009-09-14T16:50:00.000-07:00

The whole Family

Inside the mine

Panning for gold, each of the kids took a turn

This is our gold that we panned

Mike and the kids

Deadwood

2009-09-14T16:25:00.000-07:00

There wasn't as much to do in Deadwood as we thought there would be. They had a lot of casinos, but not really anything for families. We walked around and looked at a few things, and then decided to walk to a resturaunt that was on the map we got. We thought was just at the end of town, but after we had walked for a long time and hadn't seen it the guys ran back to the cars and came to pick us up. We found out later that the resturaunt that was on the map was miles outside of town.

Roscoe wasn't having fun so he didn't want to smile for the picture.

Mt Rushmore

2009-09-14T16:16:00.000-07:00

This was one my favorite things we did, I wish we could have spent more time here. Mike said that it has changed a lot since he was little. They have built a trail that you can hike back on and walk right up next to the mountain below the faces, but we didn't have time to go on it. It gives us a reason to go back though.

Cosmo's Mystery Area

2009-09-14T15:56:00.000-07:00

The kids (young, and old) had such a great time at Cosmo's. It was a guided tour through a cabin built on a mountain side near Mt Rushmore. In the area where this cabin was built there is a vortex that pulls everything in its direction. The water even runs uphill!

Roscoe helped demonstrate the "truth chair". If you tell the truth it leans back towards the wall, but if you tell a lie the chair falls forward off the ledge. Luckily Roscoe told the truth.

Mike being sucked in by the vortex.

Abby hanging from the ceiling and being pulled toward the vortex.

These are two level platforms but when you are closer to the vortex it makes you shorter. The person in the back is closer to the vortex so they get shorter when they stand on that platform.

Rapid City

2009-09-14T15:45:00.001-07:00

These are all the places in Rapid City that Mike and PeeWee remembered.

This is the chapel they went to church at

This is where Ben played legion baseball

This is the house that they lived in after Darrell retired from the Air Force

This is where Mike and Ben went to high school

This is the little league field that they played at

South Dakota Trip

2009-09-14T15:39:00.000-07:00

These are the places we stopped on the way out to South Dakota.

Devil's Gate, Wyoming

Independence Rock, Wyoming

The two specks on the rock are Mike and PeeWee. They raced to the top of the rock.

Roscoe's Birthday

2009-09-14T15:25:00.000-07:00

All Roscoe wanted for his birthday was "cowboy stuff". When I asked him if he wanted a black cowboy hat like the bad guys or a white cowboy hat like the good guys he said that he wanted a black cowboy had because he wanted to be a bad guy.

Roscoe's best cowboy pose

Grandma teaching Roscoe how to mosey

Roscoe shooting his cap gun

Just love this picture!

Play Ball

2009-09-14T15:16:00.000-07:00

We got to the park early to set up for Roscoe's birthday, so we played ball until everyone got there.

Grandma and Roscoe

Mike and Mark

Mike practicing his pitching

A Wizard in the Family

2009-09-14T15:09:00.000-07:00

This is Robert practicing his wizarding skills. For those of you who do not know both Robert and Zack are true wizards, and if you don't believe me just ask to see their wands.

New Boots

2009-09-14T15:05:00.000-07:00

July 3rd

Roscoe saw these boots at the store and was begging and crying for them, so a few days later we went back and bought them for him. He loved them and had to show them off to everyone.

Rock Climbing

2009-09-14T13:49:00.000-07:00

July 3rd

Jessica and Shane took us all rock climbing while they were down for the Fourth of July. We had so much fun, and everyone but Paula took a try at it. Roscoe even did better than I did.

Roscoe climbing

Abby asking if she can come down, it's hard to tell how high she is

This is how high Abby really was

Michaela doing a great job

This is me at the begining/ending of my climb (I started and ended at the same place)

More Rock Climbing

2009-09-14T13:22:00.000-07:00

This is Mike hitting his head, it's hard to see but he had his head down looking at his feet and stepped up and hit his head

Mike made it all the way to the top!

Mike's head after the climb. It must have been the rock though because later Zack also hit his head at the same spot.

Rainy Day at the Zoo

2009-09-14T13:12:00.000-07:00

July 2nd

Paula giving Mike a wet-willy

Eating snacks waiting for the rain to stop

Roscoe and Mom making silly elephant faces

Camping

2009-08-20T21:18:00.000-07:00

Timpanogos Cave Hike

2009-08-20T21:08:00.000-07:00

For my birthday I wanted to hike up to Timpanogos cave so we took the weekend and took the kids and Jared. It was cold when we started, but turned out to be a perfect day.

Timpanogos Cave Hike

2009-08-20T21:04:00.000-07:00

Timpanogos Cave Hike

2009-08-20T21:02:00.000-07:00

The Big 3 - 0

2009-08-20T20:38:00.000-07:00

Mike suprised me on my 30th birthday with a party at the park, he picked all the decorations with the help of the kids and had my brothers put them up while he picked me up from work.

Riverdale Folf Course

2009-08-20T20:24:00.000-07:00

Dinosaur Park

2009-08-20T20:15:00.000-07:00

Bike Wreck!

2009-08-20T20:06:00.000-07:00

While Mike and Matthew were out riding on the shoreline trail Mike took a flip over his handlebars. Matthew said all he heard was a loud "WAHOOOOO"

Baseball and Picnic

2009-08-20T19:44:00.000-07:00

Matthew had a baseball game in Logan, so we met him up there before the game and had a picnic by the lake. The kids had fun, and got a little too close to the water.

This is Matthew up at bat

More Graduation

2009-08-20T13:33:00.000-07:00

My mom being silly, they had these signs posted all over because they were streaming the ceremony over the internet for parents who were deployed. We were giving her a hard time because she yelled at some people sitting a few rows behind us when they started yelling during the reading of the names.

Dad, Robert, and Mom

Mike and Zack lifting Robert up in celebration

Mom and Elizabeth who couldn't be out done by the boys

Robert's Graduation

2009-08-20T13:25:00.000-07:00

Me and my Mom

Robert walking across the stage

Me, Mark, and Mom

Shaunna and Zack

Hill Air Force Base Air Show

2009-07-13T21:31:00.000-07:00

Waterfall Canyon - May 31

2009-07-13T20:52:00.000-07:00

Preschool Graduation

2009-07-13T20:47:00.000-07:00

Smith Family Reunion - Downata Hot Springs

2009-07-13T19:38:00.000-07:00

Roscoe and Paula

Woody

Paula

Rocky and Roscoe

Frisbee Golf

Mike speeding down the hill, and then racing Matthew back up.

I brought sticky hands for the "kids" to play with

Paula all wrapped up in the sticky hand

We bought new head lamps for the kids, they were so excited to wear them, so cute!

Paula and Mommy

Buttcrack and cheeto face

May 16th - Sky Diving

2009-07-13T19:13:00.000-07:00

After running the half marathon Mike and Matthew went skydiving. CRAZY!! And if that wasn't enough excitement for one day Mike, me, Matthew, and Jen all went golfing, and then Mike and Matthew went to the midnight showing of Star Trek!

May 16th - Half Marathon

2009-07-13T19:08:00.000-07:00

This Mike running his first half marathon. We are so proud of him, and all his hard work that it took to totally change his life!

Dirt Angel

2009-07-13T19:02:00.000-07:00

Roscoe truly is all boy! This is him on Mother's Day at my mom's house.

Training

2009-05-10T11:42:00.000-07:00

Mike has been training for the Ogden half marathon, so on Saturday we went to the Antelope Island Causeway. It is 7 miles each way. Mike ran and I rode my bike. It was such a nice day, but the bugs were so bad!

Easter Egg Hunt

2009-04-26T17:36:00.000-07:00

This is the first year that I have done an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids (usually I just do baskets with the stuff already in it). It was a lot of fun!

Michaela, just being cute.
Abby really liked this Hannah Montana book

Roscoe, he is a little OCD, he would not pick up any egg that was not blue like his basket.

Paula, this is one of the only pictures I have that she does not have a face full of candy. She kept eating the candy as she would find the eggs. She has a mouthful of candy in this one, but at least you can't see it.

The little goobers

Potato Head Family

2009-04-26T17:32:00.000-07:00

Potato Head's are one of the kids favorite toys to play with, and one day they wanted to build "our potato family".

Queen Mommy, Princess Paula, Princess Abby, Princess Michaela, Prince Roscoe, and King Daddy
I just loved the smile in this one.

Idaho Falls

2009-04-26T17:22:00.001-07:00

Over conference weekend we took a day trip up Ben and Erin's house for an early Easter get together. We all had so much fun and can't wait until Memorial day weekend for the "Smith Family Reunion".

I just loved this picture of Roscoe and Paula.
Michaela and her trampoline hair.

All the kids ready for the Easter egg hunt.

Papa and the grand kids.

Erin, Me, Becky, Jen, and Kaiya.

Papa, Ben, Mike, Matt, and Harold (I didn't get a picture of under the trampoline, but I am sure you can imagine!)

April Fools!

2009-04-26T17:12:00.000-07:00

They had talked about playing jokes and April Fools at preschool so when Roscoe got home he kept saying random stuff and then "April Fools!". I talked him into climbing into the top shelf in the hall closet and told him to be quiet and I would tell Daddy to get something for me out of the closet. Roscoe was so excited he could not stop laughing! When Mike opened the door he yelled "April Fool" and then he didn't want to get down.

Sleeping Roscoe

2009-04-26T17:02:00.000-07:00

Roscoe is the strangest little kid, he will tell you he is tired and he will just go get into bed. The other night we went to town and didn't get home until late (9 pm). He was so tired that he had fallen asleep in the car. Mike took him to the top of the stairs and told him to go to the bathroom and then get in bed. Somehow he got sidetrack and ended up in my closet.

More pictures of him, he fell asleep while he was reading a book.

Moab

2009-04-26T16:54:00.000-07:00

March 28th

Mike went on his first mountain biking trip with a bunch of guys from the ward. It was suppose to be a young mens trip, but it ended up being all the leaders and no boys!

They went to Slick Rock in Moab. Mike had such a great time, and he even made it home alive.

The View
Mike on the trail. (if you look close you can see white paint on the rock, that is the trail)
Another trail picture

All the guys taking a break.

Happy Birthday

2009-03-28T17:47:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday

Jessica

I just wanted to say happy birthday and let you know how much we love you and miss you.

Super Heros

2009-03-14T19:03:00.001-07:00

Roscoe loves anything super hero, so today while we were playing with these block things we decided to make super hero masks.

Roscoe, Mom, and Paula

Daddy

Robert, the Eagle Scout

2009-03-14T18:53:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday we watch Robert and one of his good friends get their Eagle awards. We are so proud of him and all his hard work!

Congratulations Robert! Mom pinning on his Eagle award

They had a live eagle presentation that was really neat, the kids really liked it.

This is the Eagle's Nest, that's one crowded nest!

This is Robert as an Eagle Scout. His neckerchief slide is a buffalo skull that the Mormon Battalion gives to Eagle Scouts.

Michaela's Stories

2009-02-21T15:14:00.001-08:00

Michaela has been writing stories for a while, and Mike suggested that she start a blog to post them for everyone to read. She has been very excited to start her own blog so check it out.

http://michaelawayla.blogspot.com

Snowstorms and Snowmen

2009-02-17T18:13:00.000-08:00

With the new winter snow Mike and the girls decided to build a snowman when we got home today.

Ludlow Family Outing

2009-02-17T17:56:00.000-08:00

Since everyone had the day off we got everyone together and took a day trip out to Hardware Ranch. We had so much fun. We packed a picnic lunch and went on the sleigh ride.

The whole gang

Uncle Zack helping Roscoe and Paula check out the horses

Roscoe petting the horse (kind of)

Abby and Grandma

The largest buck on the ranch

Paula

Michaela

Roscoe

Amy and Mike

Snowball fight with daddy

Sneaky P

2009-02-17T17:34:00.000-08:00

These are just some random pictures of Paula (aka Sneaky P).

She snuck Mike's phone away from him and was trying to send a text

She snuck into the toys after she was suppose to be in bed.

Just a cute picture

New Years Day

2009-02-17T17:23:00.000-08:00

On New Years Day we went sledding at Mt. Ogden Golf Course. This is one of our favorite sledding spots.

Roscoe and Serenity, sliding down on their backsides.

Roscoe and Serenity, going down the hill.

Jared and Michaela

Mommy and Paula

All the kids watching the grown ups go down the "big hill"

Tea Party

2009-02-17T17:18:00.000-08:00

Paula used her birthday money to buy tea set/play food set. The day that she got it her daddy helped her set up this tea party for her dolls and stuffed animals. Roscoe wanted to help too.

New Years Eve

2009-02-17T17:12:00.000-08:00

Mike's brothers came down to visit for New Years Eve, so we decided to take the train downtown and go to Temple Square. It was open later for the holiday, but there was hardly anyone there.

We caught the 11:45 train back and got to see fireworks on the ride.

Christmas Break

2009-02-17T17:01:00.000-08:00

For Christmas all the kids got aprons and cookie mixes from Grandma and Grandpa Ludlow. Roscoe was so excited and loved licking the beater.

Valentines Date

2009-02-15T16:33:00.000-08:00

Friday night Mike and Roscoe took me and the girls out for Valentines day. We went to IHOP and had a fun dinner. Roscoe was excited to go to "the pancake store", since pancakes are one of his favorite things to eat. Whenever we have them at home he eats as much as everyone else together.

Catching up

2009-02-03T19:46:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to let you all know that we are still alive. Between school and work, and then homework we don't have a lot of time much else so we have not been up to much.

Jenelle got married on Saturday, it was a beautiful ceremony and reception! We are so happy for her and Chris. We love you guys and cant wait to see you soon!

Piano Recital

2008-12-26T09:14:00.000-08:00

Michaela started piano lessons at the beginning of the school year and she just had her first recital on Monday. They had to pick a challenging Christmas song. Michaela picked a song out of the Hymns Made Easy book, and then she composed her own ending to go with it. She is doing such a great job playing, she memorizes everything and we have to remind her to read the music while she is playing. She has such a great ear that if you tell her a song she can play around until she figures it out.

(Don't forget to scroll to the bottom of the blog and pause the background music.)

Christmas Assembly

2008-12-26T08:59:00.000-08:00

Here is Michaela during one of her school choir performances. They sang in front of the whole school at the Christmas Assembly.

(Don't forget to scroll to the bottom of the blog and pause the background music.)

Catch up

2008-12-26T00:04:00.000-08:00

I just added a ton of new posts, so when you get to the bottom of this page just click on the older post link and keep looking.

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!

A Scary Dionosaur

2008-12-25T23:55:00.001-08:00

All Roscoe asked Santa for was a "scary green dinosaur", every time anyone asked that is what he would tell them he wanted. After explaining to him that Santa only had "scary red dinosaurs" he decided that red would be alright. He was so excited when we were opening presents he kept saying "I hope he didn't forget my dinosaur", it was so cute.

This is Roscoe when we were to the end of the presents, but as you know anytime Mike can torture the kids he will, so he pulled the red rider bb gun trick and hid the last present behind the TV.

When Roscoe found it he was glad it had his name on it.

He was very excited that Santa did not forget his "scary red dinosaur", and then he spent the rest of the day playing with it. It even makes lots of scary noises and moves it head and closes it mouth!

Christmas Morning

2008-12-25T23:46:00.000-08:00

Mike is always the one to wake up first on Christmas, and this year was no different. He says "Paula woke him up when she was sleep walking" this morning around 4:30. Somehow Paula ended up sleeping in our bed and Mike ended up playing the playstation until the girls woke up at 5:30.

Mike took a picture of the girls when they came up and saw the presents under the tree.
Roscoe woke up shortly after that, and he couldn't believe that Santa actually came. They woke up Paula, and then finally dragged me out of bed shortly after 6 when "Paula started opening her presents". I think they gave one to her and tricked her into opening it so that I would get up.

Christmas Eve

2008-12-25T23:33:00.001-08:00

We debated all day about going sledding, or swimming for Christmas Eve. We decided since all of my family was in California for Christmas we would skip the swimming and go sledding. We drove up to Mt Ogden Golf Course and everyone had so much fun. Roscoe and Paula would not go down with anyone else, they had to go by themselves. Paula even caught air when Mike gave her a push and she veered off to a jump, but she held on and stuck the landing! After tubing we came home, ate pizza and watched A Christmas Story.

We forgot the camera in the car so we only took a couple of pics after we were done. Mike set the timer and then jumped into the pic, but he forgot to account for his giant head!

On the drive, everyone looks so happy!

Roscoe's amazing hat head

Super Star!

2008-12-25T23:26:00.000-08:00

Michaela just finished performing with the school choir, and boy did she did a great job. She sang a duet with one of her good friends from the ward (Shaylee). They sang a version of "Blue Christmas" in the Cool Yule program.

They also sang a duet in the ward Christmas program, it even made me cry! It was a song called "Bethlehem".

Santa

2008-12-25T23:22:00.001-08:00

Roscoe is so excited about Santa this year! He has taken every chance to sit on his lap and tell him that he wants a "scary dinosaur". He even wears this Santa hat around the house most of the time and goes up to every one and says:

"Ho, ho, ho. What do you want for Christmas little girl (talking to me)"

Whenever Paula gets a chance to put the hat on she starts singing "must be Santa"

Snow Fort

2008-12-25T23:20:00.000-08:00

The girls wanted to build an igloo, but this is about as far as they got so it is now a snow fort.

Tubing

2008-12-25T23:13:00.000-08:00

Last saturday when PeeWee and Jen were here we decided to go tubing. We ended up going to Roy High. We were just happy there was enough snow to go finally. We went to The Hole after, it was yummy!

Mike and the kids

Michaela

Roscoe and Mom

Roscoe

Abby and Paula

Snow angel

2008-12-25T23:06:00.001-08:00

Paula loves making snow angels, and she is so good at it. The cutest part is when she gets up she has to give her angel eyes so she pokes two holes where her head was.

Decorating the tree

2008-12-25T23:00:00.000-08:00

December 14th

Michaela

Abby

Roscoe lovin' the angel

Paula

It is kind of hard to see, but at the bottom right of the tree is where Paula did all of her decorating

Coloring

2008-12-25T22:50:00.000-08:00

December 7th
Abby and Paula coloring at the kitchen table. Apparently Paula couldn't reach good enough because we found her laying on the table.

"Sneaky P"

Abby

Cuties!

Eagle Project

2008-12-25T22:12:00.000-08:00

December 6th
My brother Robert was working on his eagle scout project, which had to be done by his birthday (Dec 8th), so me and the kids went to help out. We picked up garbage in the parking lots at Ogden Bay bird refuge.

After we were done

Mark and Roscoe trying to skip rocks across the ice

Michaela

Abby

Roscoe

Turkey Shoot

2008-12-25T22:04:00.001-08:00

November 28th
The day after Thanksgiving some of the family went to go shoot some of Zack's guns. They all had fun, and no one shot their eye out!

Mom and Dad

Serenity

Michaela

Jared

More guns

2008-12-25T22:00:00.000-08:00

Serenity and Shane

Shane

Mike

Michaela

Jared

Day Trip

2008-12-25T21:42:00.000-08:00

November 21st
Discovery Gateway

Mom, Roscoe, and Paula went with Jenelle, Charley, and Jenelle's brother Robert to SLC. We rode the train down town, got some lunch, and went to discovery gateway. It was a lot of fun. Robert and Roscoe had fun playing blocks and building things together.

Roscoe and Paula on the train

Roscoe flying the helicopter

Taking a ride

Firefighter Roscoe!

He really like to look in the mirror when he is playing dress up :)

Hill Aerospace Museum

2008-12-25T21:32:00.001-08:00

November 15th
This was an afternoon at the museum up the road. The kids had a lot of fun at the kids center, and they liked looking at the planes too!

Tour guide Roscoe telling Paula about the planes

Tour guide Roscoe showing daddy where you hold on to the helicopter when you do rescues like they do in the movies

Paula getting some help to fly a remote control plane

Michaela flying the "real" simulator

Abby working on the principle of aerodynamics. She was actually pretty good at keeping the ping pong ball in the air stream.

Roscoe's Flight

2008-12-25T21:22:00.000-08:00

November 15th
Hill Aerospace Museum
They had lots of different uniforms and simulators. Roscoe thought it was the coolest thing ever!
Here is how his first flight went:

Step 1:

Put on your flight suit and salute to your commanding officer (daddy).

He is saluting in this pic, if you cant tell he has his hand opposite of how it should be. . . his pinky is on his forehead

Step 2:

Checking out the levers

Step 3:
Read the dials

Step 4:

Push the buttons

Step 5:

Smile (okay, we are still working on that one!)

He stayed in the cockpit for about 10 minutes and got mad when we had to get him out.