President's Day

We didn't realize that Scott had a long weekend until late Friday night. Saturday we just hung out as a family and didn't really get much accomplished so today we decided to get some projects done in the morning and then build a snowman with the kids after nap time.

We love 3 day weekends!

Christmas 2010

I know that it is February and that Valentines Day is next week but I haven't had a chance to post about our Christmas so I thought I would. This year we spent Christmas with the Johnson Family. It was really fun to have all 10 siblings together plus the few extras that we have added:)

Enjoying the lights at Temple Square with Aunt Lindsey and her friend James

It was a pretty warm night. We didn't really need the hot chocolate that we got after walking around but we enjoyed it anyway :)

We did take all of the kids to see Santa but Natalie refused to go near him and Steven was on his lap long enough to grab a candy cane and then he was gone so we didn't get pictures of him either.

Poor Steven had to wear a pink hat because it was what I had in his size. He will just have to get used to it I guess with another sister on the way.

Christmas Morning at my parents house.

There were 17 of us this year.

Malaya in her Christmas dress

Natalie in her Christmas dress

Stevers in his Christmas get up.

Hanging out in the hot tub with Gramma and Grampa and the aunts.

This Christmas was so much fun. It is most likely the last Christmas that we will all be together for the next 10 years due to a coming string of missionaries! I can't wait to see how many of us there are in 10 years.

Its a ...

Girl! We are having a third baby girl. We are very excited. We are still working on a name and it seems especially difficult this time. I am feeling a little bit bad for Steven who will be sandwiched between the girls but I think that he will do alright. She was difficult during the ultrasound. They had a hard time checking her heart because she was bent so that her knees where touching her nose so the tech kept jiggling my stomach. Not sure if it really helped but we finally did get a picture of her heart. She looks perfect!

Birthday Parties and Christmas Trees

The beginning of December is always exciting around here. We have Natalie's birthday on the 3d, Steven's on the 4th, family pictures and then we put up the Christmas tree. This year we did it all on the same day. We some friends over for pizza and cake for the kids birthday.

Brianna making balloon animals for the party

Steven's train from Grandma Darla

This is the best picture of my decorators I could get. They're a little camera shy!

Happy Birthday Steven!

I can't believe that my baby is 2!

He is growing up so fast.

He is talking more and more.

He loves trains.

He loves cars and balls.

His favorite food is bananas!

Happy Birthday Baby Boy!

We love you!

Happy Birthday Natalie!

Favorite color: Yellow and Pink

Favorite toy: zhu zhu pet and her house

Favorite Food: Macaroni and Cheese

Loves preschool

She is so excited to be 4!

Happy Birthday Rhae

We love you!

Thankful for cuts and bruises!

We got to celebrate Thanksgiving twice this year. First on the 20th with my family in Rexburg. Austin and Parker received their Eagle Scout awards and then we had a big Thanksgiving dinner because Austin left for basic training on the 22nd. On the 22nd we left for Washington to spend Thanksgiving with Scott's family. We were on the road for about 6 hours when we hit a patch of ice and rolled. It was a strange experience Scott and I could see the accident was going to happen and there was nothing that we could do. We watched as the car slide from the left lane into the bar pit on the right side of the road. After that it is hard to piece together what happened. We hit the rock wall and were upside down for a moment and then the car landed on its wheels. Then everything was still except for Mary Poppins playing on the movie player for the kids. My first reaction was to turn around and make sure that the kids were alright. They were fine physically and just a little upset from the accident until they noticed that I was bleeding everywhere. I had taken some glass from the windshield into the vein on my hand and it was squirting pretty good. We wrapped a blanket around it and then there was a lady there to help us. She called 911 and then she and Scott moved the kids to her car to get warm. I was moved to another car because I was still bleeding quite a bit and was going into shock. Scott was in survival mode and didn't seem to be injured until he sat down. We still aren't sure but our doctor is pretty sure that he broke a rib. We waited about 30 minutes for the ambulance and than the 30 minute drive to the hospital. They took me one way and Scott and the kids the other. We were so blessed to have a LDS man there at the hospital who was there for observation but was able to take care of the kids well Scott and I were examined. He also stayed with us while we tried to take care of all the insurance stuff, found a rental car and while we found a place to stay. His wife brought us food and diapers and wipes because we had nothing. The next day they watched the kids so that we could go get our stuff from the car. They were a huge blessing. We were told that it was a miracle that we walked away with only cuts and bruises. These are pictures from the wrecker the day after the accident.