Mia

We have a new baby, her name is Mia. She is a Bichon Frise. She is the cutest little thing. She will only get to be about 10-12 pounds. It is the first time we have ever had a small dog and I just totally love her. Leann and Ryan paid for part of it for my Christmas present. The kids have been great about helping to potty train her. Of course we have only had her for 2 days now. I am sure this is not going to last much longer. She is very entertaining. She is starting to chase Jasmine around. Of course, Jasmine isn't sure what to do with this little puff ball running around her feet. =) We also went to the military Christmas party this weekend. It was pretty fun. It was nice to get away without the kids. Thanks Ryan and Leann! We are celebrating an early Christmas with Mom, Dad, Leann, and Ryan. It is going to be this weekend. The kids are excited about that because now we are going to have 2 Christmas's. Actually, knowing us we will celebrate it all week long, cause that is how we roll! =) Have a wonderful day everyone!

Thanksgiving

Here are some pictures of us at mom and dad's house. We had a fabulous time. Dad worked very hard getting his garage built. Mom and I decorated the house for Christmas! We have priorities! =) Hope you all had a great thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween (Yesterday)

We had a great time at our Trunk or Treat yesterday. We decided to decorate the trunk from Dr. Seuss. I was one of the Whoville people. I had the longest rainbow eyelashes. I seriously couldn't see very well at all, but it was totally worth it because they were awesome! Richard (as you can see) was the Cat in the Hat. He looked amazing!! The kids just loved his costume. I am sure that we will do it again next year. Rebekah went around with Ryan and Leann to help take care of Sydney for a while. Then she came back and helped give out candy. We ran out of candy 4 times. There were a lot of kids there. She was a cat this year. Alyssa was a mouse and I got a couple pictures of her bobbing for apples. She is so funny. Her nose squeaked and of course she was doing that all night. Aaron was Indiana Jones. He was very responsible with his whip. I am very proud of him. The boys really liked his outfit. He got to pick out any pumpkin in the pumpkin patch when he went with his class at school. He obviously went for a green pumpkin. It is pretty cool looking. Richard and him carved the pumpkin together. Jacob was Woody (from toy story). He promptly broke his gun and then slowly started taking off his costume all through the night. By the end of the time he had nothing left actually on that resembled woody. =) I got some good pictures from him bobbing for apples too. We even made it through the night without the battery on our car dying (like last year). So it was great fun. I hope all of you had a nice Halloween!

Weekend Visit

Last weekend we went to visit mom and dad. It was a very short trip, but a lot of fun. You can see that Rebekah has now learned how to drive the lawn mower. She had so much fun doing it. She got to pull the kids around in the trailer. You can see a picture of mom taking a picture with her new camera. It is really nice. I will put pictures from her camera on the blog too. Then you can see the drastic difference. Love you all!

Choir Concert

Hello everyone! We have had a very busy week. On Thursday Rebekah had her choir concert. She did very well. Richard wasn't able to go because it was parent teacher conferences. We sat by a couple who we know through girl scouts. The kids are all friends with them. Rebekah is with Sarah, who is also in choir. Alyssa is standing with Robin. Aaron is standing with Jimmy. I didn't get a picture of Jacob with Daniel because he ended up falling asleep. Then this weekend we went to mom and dad's house. I will be posting those pictures later this week. My mom got a new camera and it takes amazing photos. I will put some of hers on here too. Have a great week everyone!

Goddard Parade

Yesterday we went to the Goddard parade. The Woodard clan also came with us. Goddard is where I work and it is not a very big town. That parade was really quite long and the kids loved it. They loved it of course because they got a TON of candy. Who needs Halloween? Just go to a parade. You will notice that Sydney is chewing on a cup. We got it from the parade. They were giving out URINE CUPS! Isn't that disgusting? So she totally loved it! =) The kids got their faces painted. Aaron found a can of silly string, so I felt that it was necessary to squirt my kids with it. This week Rebekah has her choir concert so hopefully I can get some pictures of her singing. She is even going to have a little speaking part in it. Then Alyssa has also joined a choir group through school. I am so proud!! =) Have a great week everyone!

Jacob's 6th Birthday

I have promised to show pictures of the birthday and TA-DA, I have delivered! We had a great time. I love the facial expressions that Jacob makes opening his present. One picture Jasmine walked right in front of the camera when I was snapping the shot. It is pretty funny. We got this huge cake from Ryan and Leann that was a wedding cake. You can see the pink on it! =) To boy it up Richard threw a car on there! Jacob really didn't care, he is very laid back about that sort of thing. It was very yummy. I have frozen the rest of it because it is HUGE! We are getting ready to go to church right now. I hope that you all are doing well! Love you!