Gingerbread Houses!

So we decided to have a little bit of fun and turn the gingerbread-house making into a contest! We divided ourselves into two teems...Angelina, Colton,and Taylor made up one team and Dustin, Ainslee, Lyssie, and myself made up the other team (of course the winning team:) The race was on to see who could build the best gingerbread house! There was candy stealing, blocking of views, cheating, lying, you name it we played dirty! Taylor even laughed so hard she blew milk out her nose...it was a great time had by all!

BOWLING BONANZA!

We went bowling for a big night out on the town! The only person to exceed 100 was "grandpa"! The rest of us well..it was just for fun...right? The night went pretty smoothly aside from the fact that Lyssie kept trying to grab the bowling balls as they shot back up the ramp and we continously had to warn her "not to do that you'll get your fingers smashed" (which luckily only happened once), I had to switch arms due to my bum shoulder giving out about halfway through my first game, Ange twisted her knee, and dad's back wasn't holding out all that well! What a bunch of degenerates! All in all it was good to get out of the house and enjoy each others company!

SANTA IS COMING TO TOWN!

The kids are all getting excited for Christmas...and I have to admit I am too! I love the smells of the holidays...cinnamon...pine...freshly baked cookies...and the ambience of all the lights everywhere! We spent the weekend rearranging the house and putting up all the decorations! It was lots of fun! The countdown begins....

I AM THANKFUL FOR....

These are a few of the many things I am thankful for....
My best friend who I love and adore for taking care of us and making it possible for me to reach my dreams!

My amazing sister...I don't know what I would do without her!

Lyssie....

Colton....

Taylor...

Ainslee....and

Great friends to hang out with!

Turkey Day Fun!

This year my dad flew home from Alaska to help us celebrate Thanksgiving! We all spent the day relaxing and EATING (a few of my favorite things to do!) We went to Grandma and Grandpa Stouts for the first dinner, then to Grandma Sue's for the second! It is always nice to be able to slow down from the normal daily grind and give thanks for everything you have!


Once we filled our bellies with all the wonderful things to eat, we decided to go shake it up by riding our horse! We took all the kids and cousins down for some riding fun! Taylor is my little cowgirl, she loves to ride. Lyssie says she can ride him "whatever she wants to"! I however went to the rodeo with him...unfortunately no one grabbed the camera to videotape it! It was a fun afternoon...and no one was hurt! I am hoping that this post finds everyone in good health!

MY TALENTED TUMBLER!

Colton was invited to be a part of the Upside Down Tumblers exhibition team. He is such a natural talent when it comes to flipping around! Here are a few pictures....the video won't upload....sorry!

THE GIRLS

The girls took a few pictures of themselves and I am taking the liberty of posting them...aren't they gorgeous?

TRICK`OR`TREAT

Happy Halloween everyone...I hope your kids are bouncing off the walls just like mine...:) The kids had a great time and looked oh so cute....here's a few shots of my little trick-0-treaters....!

A DAY OF PLAY!

I decided that since I had the day off today Lyssie and I would enjoy a day of play:) We started the day by giving ourselves mani-pedis! We then went to see all of the techs at Minidoka where I do my clinical rotation, they were all sporting their cute halloween costumes. After that we had root-beer floats and hangurburgers at A&W. Once we had filled our bellies we went to storybook park to run off some of the sugar (in hopes that she might take a nap afterwards - this did not happen as she is crying at my feet this very moment!) It was good to get in some fresh air and spend some one-on-one time with my little angel.

WHO KNEW?

Who knew that Taylor was so talented? She took all of these pics of herself, by herself :)!