Monster Trucks

We found a special to get the kids in free for the Monster Truck Rally.  This was also supposed to be the night that a death defying motorcycle jump took place.  But, as it turned out the guy was badly injured during practice, so that didn't happen.  The kids enjoyed it a ton though.  It was super loud and we were thankful for the ear plugs!

As I mentioned in a beach picture...she hates dirty toes.  So she took off her socks just to clean out the lint.   Silly girl!

2011 Is Over

For New Year's Eve we didn't have the older boys.  We took Max and London to First Night after the BYU Basketball game.  It was pretty fun, but now I know what I would do differently if I do it again.  Here are some of the pics.  Then they did fireworks at 9 and Max and London thought that was midnight so we came home and toasted sparkling cider.  Shane and I then stayed up and watched a movie, just the two of us.  The movie ended at 11:59 and so had our midnight kiss and went straight to bed, just like old people should!  :)

All I want for Christmas...

London is in love with babies!  She loved that she got to see little Ivy and then our newest cousin, Jonah!  The kids also got the traditional Christmas Eve jammies, but I didn't have much luck for the older boys so I got them boxers instead.  I apologize to the neighbors who heard them on Christmas Eve as they ran up and down the street in the bitter cold wearing nothing but said boxers... ;)

Immediately stripped down to the new jammies.

Just Kidding...

Apparently Shane had some pictures on his phone and I have to post about those.  We had a Baller family Christmas party at our house and a special visitor came.  Only, the person who coordinated with the big guy didn't mention to us that we were having the visitor, so we kind of thought someone was breaking into our house.  Just a little creepy!  At least he had gifts and wasn't taking anything!

Trying on his present from Uncle Spencer and Aunt Jess!  They were too kind!

All Caught Up...until 2012

OK.  I am all caught up through the end of 2011 and I have repented!  I want to journal what my family does, so I need to be better.  I promise I will do better!

Jump On It!

Over Christmas break we went to Jump on It!  I totally forgot my camera and my phone was stinking it up.  I did get some of Aidan, but none turned out, except the few where he caught me taking the picture and turned around so I just got the back of his head!

Tyler's Ordination

Shane had the opportunity to ordain his brother, Tyler, to the office of Elder.  Way to go Tyler!

Soccer Time!

Max did soccer again this fall and did so good!  He just improved so much.  He really would go after the ball.  They had issues getting all the uniforms so for a couple games he had to wear his own shirt, but that didn't stop him!

He scored a bunch!

Awww!

Good Shot!

Andrew went on a campout with the scouts and then Shane joined them at the shooting range for a merit badge. They got to shoot some crazy guns! Andrew was a great shot! Check out a couple of the videos.

Random Cuteness

Below are some pictures of random cuteness.

Andrew at church in full gear for the armor of God lesson

Cousin Franklin looking stunning in some eyeshadow made from lip stick.

She loves nail polish.  Did I tell you that she was covered as was her floor?  About 2 hours of crying and scrubbing fixed 30 seconds of alone time...

Still cute

Dancing with friends

I love to see the temple

2nd Lost Tooth - On Christmas Day

At the doctor with Grandma.  She got a sticker, bracelet and ring and just had to wear them all.

Max learned about tapping out the bubbles from the saline before injecting it.  Here the kids are playing with all the left over saline that we never used.  They fill up the syringe with water and then squirt it around.  But, they always get out the bubbles first!  :)

Our old TV died so all the boys took it apart to play around.