News Update

A very Happy ninth Birthday to Riley!!!!

Riley has had an excellent year this year. She has gotten 100% on ALL her spelling tests this year. She had an awesome soccer season, including two game winning goals. We cant wait to see what year nine will bring for her.

In other news Riley sold 186 boxes of girl scout cookies this year, beating last years record. She has also started basketball, and is no girl scout on the court. If she is guarding you on the court, she will knock that ball out of your hands before you know it, and maybe knock you out in the process.

Coulter is also doing well. The other day he asked Cody if he "hangs out in a donut shop all day" Man alive, that is funny stuff.

Because Coulter can never find any of his things I have begun a "think like Coulter" campaign, is has been very successful, so far I have found his ties for church at the bottom of his toy box, home work can be found daily in the bathroom, reading book=behind the toaster, scriptures in the linen closet, and all dirty socks and underwear are usually in the far reaches of under his bed. Everything else he says he cant find are usually right in front of his face.

Maycie is well, Maycie. She is busy prancing her little heart out practicing for her role as tinkebell for her upcoming dance recital.

We have discovered that Nolan is some sort of magical creature. What is so magical about him? He apparently requires no sleep. (not kidding) I did manage to capture a rare sight of him sleeping, which in retrospect was a dumb idea, the flash woke him up and he was ready to party. Oh well, at least I have the memory.

UP, UP, AND AWAY

Good thing we have vaulted ceilings.

My Papa is the POPO

Keeping the other babies in check.

These pictures all loaded in order backwards, but I am too lazy to fix them, so here we go.

I give you the best picture of 2010:

Maycie ringing in the new year. Somehow Maycie got a little tipsy from her sparkling cider, she spilled it 6 times, on three different people in a span of two minutes.

I also give you Maycie the Sunbeam. She is working hard to memorize her Articles of Faith and has already passed off the first one to the Bishop.

Thanks to Grandma's gift, Riley is enjoying the luxury of a good night's rest. Maycie thinks this is hilarious EVERY NIGHT she gets a good belly laugh to see Riley sleeping like this when she goes in to bed. I guess seeing your older sister sleeping in an owl night mask never gets old.

Nolan finds true love in Maycie's sleeping Beauty Baby. He could babble to her forever.

In the act of ultimate betrayal, Maycie asks Santa for a fire truck. I tried to talk her in to the Police cruiser, but the girl loves her firemen. She really wanted it for the working fire hose, which she used right away.......to spray Nolan in the face. He was quite insulted.

I thought last years wheely Christmas was entertaining. Watching three kids learn to rollerblade/princess rollerskate is downright hilarious. Good thing our enclosed patio also doubles as an indoor roller rink so I dont get cold while I laugh.

Nolan gets a Bumbo, and also gets fat overnight.

Santa came and trashed the place.

Riley stars as "Elf number 2" in the LONGEST least exciting play ever (except for Riley, she was fabulous).

THE END

Wii are funny

Nothing too terribly exciting to report, but please enjoy this video of Coulter and Maycie playing the Wii.

A Bazillion New Things

Here is a short and sweet overview of what has been keeping us busy this past little bit:

Cody drives the patrol car for the Veterans Day parade, the kids ride with him and throw out old halloween candy to the crowd. The only thing visible from Maycie are her patriotic hairbows in the barred windows of the backseat. I sit like a loser by myself and watch the parade trying to take video and pics at the same time.

P.S. No one parties like Page for Veterans day, school was cancelled, there were parades and canivals, it was awesome.

Riley has been in a running program for about 12 weeks and on Saturday completed a 5k in Flagstaff. Cody was her running buddy and they finished in about 35 minutes. Out of 184 girls they came in with the first 15-20 girls. Riley was so proud she wore her medal to church the next day and then to school on Monday.

While in Flagstaff we went to "Bearizona" (pretty sweet name). Here are the little darlings posing, this was about the only time that one of them wasnt throwing a fit.

Look at the look on Nolan's face, once that bottom lip sticks out you have about 5 seconds until all hell breaks loose.

Check out this obese bear, it was so unbelievably fat. I'm surprised it could even walk. We drove the loop around it about 5 times.....we were fascinated.

We take a ride on the Polar Express Nolan cries THE WHOLE TIME, sorry people in train car I. Maycie has her whole speech to Santa planned out, then panics when the big moment arrives and stands silent. I do my best to tell Santa what she wants. Then when we leave the room Maycie gets mad at me for not mentioning everything on her list. Apparently she will take one of everything at Toys R Us.

We also shopped til we dropped , the best part was when the air outside Old Navy smelled like dog food causing Maycie to gag uncontrollably, causing me to laugh uncontrollably.

After all that I am Tired.

Hot Air Balloon Regatta

This weekend was the Hot Air Balloon Regatta in Page. It was spectacular. 53 Balloons took off just below our house on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. On Sunday the wind took the balloons right over our house.
This Balloon crash landed on the next street over, we were almost late for church because we were running back and forth from front yard to back yard waiting for it to crash. It did not disappoint.

The girls watching the balloons on sunday morning.

Our drivew around town on Saturday. We unepectantly ended up at Denny's for breakfast in pajamas, with crazy hair and Maycie had no shoes. But isn't that what Denny's is for?

Saturday Morning.

On Saturday night they blocked off the street and put up the ballons in the street and lit up the fires to make the ballons glow in the dark. It was an awesome weekend.

Hopefully the video will work, if not I will fix it or post pics of the event.