Valentines Day

I love Valentines day! It is one of my favorite holidays. It is a special day to me because it is the day that Chase and I got engaged. I made the kids shirts and Hannah and I sweatshirts. I didn't get pictures of everything though. That night was busy I helped put on the ward Valentines dance and my dad came in to town the first of many visitors we had for Ben's baptism that week.

Hannah 13th Birthday

Hannah turned 13 this year on a Sunday. It was such a nice day. She got her patriarchal blessing that evening. It was such a sweet experience. Hannah is such a strong, smart, sweet and special girl. We are so thankful to have her in our family. Hannah was going to have a party the Friday before but we had a huge snow and ice storm and we lost power for a few days. We went and stayed at a Hotel in Bellevue instead. It was fun. We went out to eat, shopped and swam in the heated pool. It was a nice change.

Basketball

This year we have six kids playing basketball. It is so much fun watching them play. Chase played on the high school team, Hannah on the middle school team and the little boys playing city ball. Chase really improved since last year and gained a lot of confidence. Hannah played inter murals last year for the first time, she tried out and made her team this year. She really enjoyed it and was voted most inspirational. Simeons team won the championship. He dominates scoring on his team. He is really a good athlete, but is held back by his breathing issues. Solomon is an animal as usual. He is just a natural. He has perfect form and just understands the game even at his young age. Ben is about a foot taller then any one on his team or that they play. He is a giant so he can stand there and get any rebound just because no one can reach as tall as he is. He loves it and is learning how to play. Gideon is playing for the first time, and loves that he finally has a sport to go to. Gid loves to pass the ball, I don't think he realized he could shoot the ball. Last Saturday at his game Chase told him he would give him a dollar for every shot he took and another if he made the basket. Gid got 20 dollars. We don't usually pay kids for their sports, Chase was trying to get him to shoot. He made 10 points for his team. It was so funny. Before when ever he touched the ball he would immediately pass now he shoots and can score. I only have pictures of three so far I will add more later.

Two Cute Little Monsters

Ammon and Sam have matching monster jammies. Ammon loves to wear them with Sam. Every time he does he says "mom you have to cute little monsters" Emma does not like to be left out. Proof that Emma picks on the boys. Caught in the act of pulling Ammon's hair.

Thirty Five

Oh yea I turned 35 in October. Chase flew to Africa that day. The kids made me cake and my friends Julie and Janna took me out to dinner. I had a good day, I just missed Chase. He did stay home from work the day before and we celebrated then.

Ammon,Emma and Sam

My three little dorks that stay home with me all day remind me of my first three little dorks. I am ending just where I started (Boy, Girl, Boy) They even have similar personalities as the first three. Except Sam is a little more on the go than Sim was. Sim was so laid back. Ammon is the funnies character. He is constantly making everyone laugh. He also drives me crazy some times. He is a handful. The things that he says and comes up with just make you think how in the world does his little brain work. Chase says that he reminds him of his little brother Blake. He says that Blake was the coolest little kid. Ammon will watch his shows and then tell me how hard it is to watch shows. Like he has been working all day. He was singing me Jingle Bells the other day but he was saying Tinkle Bells. When he sees something he likes or wants in a store he says " I wish I should like that" he always says "holy cow" and then proceeds to tell you something. He thinks he is Chases age and thinks he is in charge.Ammon loves planes, he calls them hair planes. He is obsessed with them and always wants to go for a plane ride. Luckily he gets to a couple of times a year. Emma is stubborn and bossy. I can't figure out how that could have happened (spoiled by everyone) Emma is also sweet. She loves to read, and you can find her in middle of the night with her light on sitting on her bed reading books. She can spend hours doing this. Just like her big sister. She loves to terrorize Ammon and Sam. She knows just what to do to get them going. Emma has to wear shoes at all times, when you go get her up in the morning she already has her boots on. Emma loves anything purple. When she sees purple no matter what it is she says "my purple one" Emma loves colors and tells you what color anything is. Emma loves to jump. She does not walk she jumps everywhere.When emma gets in trouble she starts crying and screaming "a hug" "a kiss" Emma is also scared of the dark now she will turn her light on all night long, no matter how many times you turn it off when she is asleep she wakes up and turns it back on. Sam is my sweet little angel (for now) He fits his name perfectly!!!!! He is the strongest little guy I have ever met. Every time I nurse him or feed him a bottle I have a wrestling match with him. At seven months old he is stronger than me. He can get out of any hold you have on him. He physically wears me out. Ammon always says to him "mom doesn't want to wrestle Sam" Sam walks along furniture and will move from the couch to the ottoman. He can stand alone. He is physically extremely advanced. He has had another EEG and his results have both come back as normal. He has had about 8 seizures now. we think that his nervous system is just trying to keep up with how fast he is developing. We just watch him and after a few months if he has not "caught up" stopped having them we will take him back in for more tests. He has one more appointment in Jan. with a pediatric neurologist. Hopefully by then he will have stopped having them. I think he will be walking on his own in the next month. I love when I pick him up he holds on to me like a monkey.

Halloween

We had a fun Halloween. We went trick or treating for the first time here. The trunk or treat was a couple of days earlier. We went with our good friends that moved here. I made Hannah and Emma's witch costumes and Sim's Napoleon. Ammon went as rhino, Gid was Peter Pan, Ben was Luke Skywalker, Sol was a gorilla and Chase was Austin Powers(his dads old costume)I forgot but Sam was a little lion.