Santa

Our kids LOVE going to see Santa come to Riverton. We go with our cousins every year, and the kids have so much fun waiting for Santa, going on the caroling wagon ride, eating scones, roasting marshmallows, and playing at the park....who cares if it's freezing cold!

Mark, Kip, Sier

Mark LOVES the scones!

Jaxon, Alex, Brooklynn

Favorites

Everybody always asking Sier who his favorite is....I think we all know the truth!

Christmas Tree-Hunt 2009

We found a great tree this year! The weather was warm and perfect!!! No mud, No rain, No snow. I have to say I do like it when there is a little snow out there, because the kids have so much fun sledding up and down the dirt road. We were late meeting everybody down there because I had to finish some training classes for work...crappy!!! ....But that's a whole other story. But of course, even though we were a few hours late, we still beat Keith & Laura...No surprise on that one though! Instead of eating soup after, we all hung out around a camp fire...I think I liked that a little better, the kids were able to just do whatever they wanted and had fun playing with each other.

Sier whining about something...what's new?

Kip Peeing...he always has to go when we're in nature

Cutting down the tree

Our tree!

New Moon

I know it was soo long ago, but my gosh it was fun! My neighbor (and friend) got us tickets to a midnight showing of New Moon!!! They had "Bella's Birthday Party" before the movie...we ate and played a few trivia games, and got yelled at by the "big butt lady" (hilarious...love you, you know who you are!) I took my s-i-l Jera with me and it was a blast! Can't wait for Eclipse to see what they do with that...thanks Miss Teri!

Ohhh...we love him!

Jera, Alisa, Teri, Elizabeth, Lara

ZOO

The begining of October my sister-in-laws and I took our kids to the zoo. WOW is all I have to say about that. I think it should be against the law when the adults are out numbers 3 to 1....and all the kids were under 10. We did good though! We only lost one of them once!! Oh my gosh we were so panicked, I hate that feeling. The Zoo was CRAZY BUSY that day because it was dress up in your halloween costume day so EVERYBODY was there. But the baby elephant of course made it worth it. Thanks for the fun guys!

All the kids

Kip & Nicole

Baby Elephant

Sier

Halloween

What is there really to say about Halloween? The kids can't ever decide what they want to be, the idea of me making costumes is just a joke, but for some reason Halloween is just a fun holiday; even though it serves no purpose but getting candy from total strangers. I'm not a fan of trick-or-treating...call me the trick-or-treat grinch. I have no problem giving the sweet treats out, but I don't think kids that I don't know should come to my house...just over-protective parenting. Marks sister took my kids trick-or-treating this year...I think she felt sorry for them! Like they don't get enough candy from ME, GRANDPARENTS, and KIDS AT SCHOOL! But they had fun. They also had fun at G & G Beardens Halloween party. Can't wait for next years fun.

Kip as Jengo Fhet...or Buba Fhet, okay I really can't remember.

But he was starwars!

All of the Bearden cousins. Sier was the cartoon Wolverine! He wore that costume for weeks straight.

Flag Football

Kip has been telling us for years that he thinks "football is going to be my sport". Well, he finally got to try it out this last fall. In our community if you're in 1st grade then you can play flag football. Kip loved it! I've said it before, and I'll say it again...he's not very athletic...YET. Maybe one day he will be. We can definitely tell that he is improving and learning...and he LOVES trying. He was lucky enough to have 3 of his cousins on his team, and some friends from school. Our friend Cory coached the boys, and Mark helped out as much as he could. All the kids had a great time, and it was a lot of fun! Now Kip can't wait until he's 8 so he can do some serious tackling!!

The coaches giving the kids a half-time talkin-to

Kip in his uni.

Cabin

In September we went down to Marks Grandparents Cabin. It's fun even though we go down to WORK!! just kiddin'....we play around a lot too. Some of their "neighboors" (who live a mile down the road) took us out to see some of their property...way cool. They have a small herd of African Long-Horn Cattle, and an old fishing pond. The kids loved seeing the cows, feeding all the fish, and learning how to skip rocks. I've NEVER been able to skip rocks very well, but I'm pretty proud to beable to compete against the kids!! Mark, his Dad, and Sexy Grandpa Jay worked on the wood paneling on the ceiling...it looks so good. They've done a great job down in Joseph, and I can't wait until it's finished! Oh ya, thanks to Jesse & Kurt who helped me realize that I don't want a dog!

This was one of the big Long Horns

Caleb with Sier...(Sier loves

being babied by all the older kids!)

Fish feeding

Kip learning how to skip rocks

See, I told you some people worked!

County Fare

We went with some friends to the Demolition Derby they have at the Salt Lake county fair. It was a lot of fun, and we saw some good Derby Action!

Sier & the 6 week old baby Camel.

Coltin, Kip, Conner

What the Hey??

Just to let you ALL know...I'm ALIVE! I know- I know, it's been a long time commin'! I noticed that I haven't posted ANYTHING since AUGUST. Future posts to come.....(lots of 'em!) And I have big news...if anybody hasn't heard..STAY TUNED!