Just Horsin' around

The other night Dan went up to the "Golden Spike" to practice team roping and the kids wanted to go so they could ride horses. I picked Londyn up at dance, I had her cowgirl garb to change into but she decided just to ride in her dance stuff with a sweatshirt and cowboy boots. You can't really tell from the photos but it looked pretty funny! I still am amazed to see her galloping around on a horse and to see what a good rider she has become in just a short amount of time! I am the odd one out in our family, the only one that doesn't enjoy riding horses - Oh well!

Good old Smarty Pants

Londyn received an award last night at Wahlquist Jr High for being in the National Jr Honor Society for all three years of Jr High. Just a little braggin rights-she had to maintain good grades all three years her lowest grade was a B plus and that was only once and she was devasted! She is such a good student! She wants to be a nurse, and is already figuring out what scholorships for college to try for. She also made sure that when she registered for High School (What? I'm not old enough for a high Schooler) that she has the right classes to get college credit. I can't believe that, I don't think I thought about college until the day after I graduated from High School.
Londyn receiving her award!

I am not a MORNING Person!

Who could ever yell at these cute Boys?
I can when they are up running around the house at 5 am this morning!!!! Needless to say I was on the sauce (Diet Coke) by 7:30 am.

Preston is loving having his cousins here with us for a few days, they have been having so much fun! They have been playing video games (SHOCK), ping pong, air hockey, tag, cops, and whatever else they come up with. I am the mean mom and I have still been sending Preston to School but I figure that way they can have a little break from each other. Yesterday I had to go to Lofthouse cookies and so Hayden and Reece came with me, they were so excited that there was a store that only had cookies and lots of cookies at that! What fun that something so simple can excite kids!

Super Bowl! Was it really Super?

It wouldn't be a super bowl party without all the treats! And let me tell you it was one wild party!
A MUST- Queso and chips!

This is what Hayden and Preston did during the game!
This is what Reece did during the game!
This is Londyn Actually watching the game!
Kyle and Dan Assumed this position throughout most of the game, although there were
a few exceptions when they actually had to sit up and yell at the TV or go get another
Diet Coke!
I must say though as far as Football goes it was a good game except the team we wanted lost. We all thought Arizona was going to pull it off and then those dang Steelers got a tippy toe touch down!

One for the Record Books....

I always Here about funny embarrassing things that happen at church during sacrament meeting and I have never really experienced any UNTIL... TODAY! It was testimony meeting today and Dan gets up and bears his testimony and as part of it he tells a little funny about how he and I had a little tiff this week and went on about forgiving and repenting blah blah and so on, then a couple people later a man gets up and bears his testimony and in the middle of it he says, he has some advice for Dan, that when you have a disagreement with your wife he suggests taking a shower with her WHAT? Did I just hear that right I stick my finger in my ear to clean the wax out, look around and from the looks on others faces sure enough that is what he said. REALLY??? My face was bright red for his sake and for my sake. I see the look of horror on the Bishops face and I want to laugh my head off. What a thing to say, just keeping it real in Sacrament Meeting.

Two Different Ideas...

Prestons Dog Annie is wanting to go SlEddiNG!




And Preston must be Ready For Spring to come so he can ride his bike,
who needs Spring just ride it in the Snow!

Really????

So this is what Londyn did to my car the other day and she didn't even have to leave our property. She drove the car back to water the steers and slid on the ice into a gate. What the devil! If she can do this just at our house heaven help us when she's out on the road! I'm kidding she really is getting to be a pretty good driver! I was pretty mad when it first happened but I'm dealing with it now.

What Sweet Music Filled our Ears

Preston had his first piano recital - he played a duet with his dad "Up on the housetop" and his solo was "Go tell it on the Mountain" He did awesome he didn't mess up once!!
Marilyn Lott his piano teacher(Love her)

Grubbin' at Wingers after

Eating again

New Years Eve we went to lunch at Cracker Barrel with Dan's Family (well part of the family). Dan's mom had a gift from Grandma Nichlayson to give each of us girls, she wanted to give us each something that meant a lot to her and that was an heirloom. I got a beautiful crystal vase, and Londyn got a necklace that was her 4th great grandma's. Sweet!!!!

Mariah was diggin' the Mac N' Cheese




Michael, Seth, Londyn, Jean, Dalina, Mariah, invisible Dan who had not yet arrived, Preston, Grandma Smith and Grandpa Smith.

Puzzles drive me nuts!!!

But when Jeannie pulled a puzzle out for us to do the weekend after christmas - I quite enjoyed it! (I must be getting real patient in my older age) (Yea Right!) We stayed up until midnight and then finished it the next morning we worked on it straight for many many hours!

The Finished Masterpiece!!!!

Catching up!

Christmas Day we just hung out at home eating and playing games it was so much fun!
I got a new camera, Dan got a video camera (to tape his awesome roping runs),
Londyn got a cricut and Preston got a air hockey table that turns into a pool table and a ping pong table.

PJ's it should be a TrAdiTion Right?

Sportin' their new PJ's they got to open Christmas Eve.
Dan hates the tradition of opening a present on Christmas Eve,
even if it is just PJ's, so he refused to open his, but that didn't
stop the rest of us from tearing into our wrapped, warm, comfy,
new PJ's. Needless to say we were all stylin' for Christmas
morning pictures, that is all of us but one(Dan). Isn't he funny!

The Guitar Playing Aunt

We Love when Aunt Jeannie breaks out her guitar - she doesn't do it very often. But on Christmas Eve she played Christmas Songs and we sang along!


The Boys performed "Rudolph"
Part of us REALLY getting into JINGLE BELLS
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!!!!

B I N G O - Christmas Eve

A long time FAMILY tradition, playing BINGO on christmas eve it was fun having Kyle, Jeannie and Family here this year to play! We all met at Grandma O's and got the party started. We ate until we were sick..... and then the BINGO caller got things going


Grandma ended up with the belly dancing CD
I hope she has been practicing!

Some other sought after gifts! Another popular gift were the Yo Yo's
and Preston cried his eyes out when his got taken away from him in
the game after BINGO, trading gifts when you roll a 6 or 1 on dice.
Luckily he got a yo yo back before the game ended!

The First of the Christmas RUSH...

On SuNDay before ChrIstMas we had Dan's family over for dinner and games and the kids exchanged gifts- it was really fun!

Seth, JJ, Lilly, Preston and Corbin

Michael and Jean
Jessica and Dan the Dad
Dan the dad and Dan