Sam's new glasses

He looks so handsome.

Time to Catch Up..... Again.

Okay we're going to take a trip back in time, starting with today and going back to the holidays. I'm uploaded at Brent's work so it's MUCH MUCH MUCH faster. Sorry I haven't put much on here for a while. Okay, Let's get started!

We went to the zoo today. Here are my 4 monkeys. Mara was supposed to fold her arms and do "Do No Evil" but it's funny anyway.

We saw our cousins at the zoo too. Cute Capuchan.

We got really close to some animals. Black Bear.

Montrous Pig

Lion 1

Lion 2

I did not zoom in on any photo.

We got some bags of food to feed some animals. This goat practically kissed me!

I taught them how to hold their hands flat so they wouldn't get their fingers bit off.

Ready for a egg hunt! Video wouldn't load.

Bluebonnet pictures. If you live in Texas, you HAVE to do this!

Kenneth.

Evan trying not to smash them.

Mara likes to talk to flowers.

Sam is too darn cute!

We went to a small park with a lot to explore. Me and my girl.

Boys love to be on top of rocks!

Closest we ever got to a live armadillo. Walked right in front of us. Their supposed to be nocturnal.

My crew posing for me. I love my family.

This is a nice place.

Kenneth won 2nd place at the Regional Science Fair! WOO HOO!

Sam's birthday party with a few friends.

9 years old.

His first Pinewood Derby. He did really well.

Brent wanted sugar cookies for his birthday cake. He was so happy.

Wishing he could eat them.

My family rocks. I got 2 birthday parties. I got to see my sibs, because my Awesome grandma Norma passed away. I'll miss her a lot. Last summer when I saw her she told me nothing brings people together like a funeral. Well it brought all of us together, she was right, and my sibs threw me a surprise party in the hotel. Love you all and I miss you Grandma.
Back home with my kiddos who worked really hard on my cake. Thank you.

Back to Christmas! It was an awesome year. check out the videos too.

Precious Treasure.

Christmas with his broken foot. He still had a great time.

Mara and Daddy.
This is the kids with their Great Grandpa Wheeler at Thanksgiving. We went up for I short trip, too short. Hopefully we can see everyone again soon.




Battle between good and evil.

Wrestling daddy out of bed Christmas morning. In the end, I flipped the mattress over and got him off. They really need to work together. This is a tradition that carries onto this generation. Brent use to wrestle his dad out of bed on Christmas when he was a kid.

Sliding down rocks and Mayfield park.

The Little Matching Girl

Mara and her Cabbage Patch dolls got a few matching outfits over the holidays. So cute!

Crutches for Christmas

Two days before Christmas and our monkey Evan decides to jump off the couch and kick the door. He was trying to kick off the door and land back on the couch, but instead he heard a pop, felt a lot of pain, landed on his back, and knocked the wind out of himself. One trip to the ER showed us a buckle fracture on his left foot. He'll be wearing this for a while, and he'll have to wait to play with some of his gifts until after his foot heals.

A NEW CAARRRRR! and an ELEVEN YR OLD!

Oh My Goodness! He has gotten so big, it makes me want to cry. I made his cake with sour candy. He loved it, and he loves that king crown too. We gave him his own key to the house, and some other things. By his next b-day, he will be as tall as me.

We GOT A NEW MINIVAN! 2011 Kia Sedona. We will be driving it until it dies! Needs to last at least 10 years.

October Lunacy!

EVAN

7

2011!

I can't believe Evan is Seven. He has Great taste in cake too. Chocolate covered strawberries. YUM!

He really liked the sparkler candles.

We have a tradition that on your 7th birthday you get your first set of scriptures. We tell our kids they have a year to study and decide if they want to get baptized. Evan has asked me to read to him a lot. He loves his red scriptures.

ALL HALLOWS EVE!!!!!

This was Kenneth's year! He made the best robot costume. He took home the most creative costume at the trunk or treat, and people gave him extra candy because he made it himself. He was very happy!

Sam went with a more traditional costume. A ninja spider :). Thanks mom for letting the kids have these costumes you made for us when we were little.

Evan tried to be a scary bear, but he was toooooo cute! He's a big teddy bear.

I thought Mara was going to be a princess, but ever since she saw this cow costume, she didn't want to be anything else. The silver milk pail was a nice touch. In fact, she tried to milk herself when I gave it to her! XD hahahaha

Spooky pumpkins. The spookiest is the moldy, rotting one in the middle.

Always carve the day before.

Okay, back to August! (and a little Sept)

I have finally got the pictures onto my computer, so now they may go on the blog. Woohoo!

Our 12th anniversary. We went to Inner Space Caverns, because it was to dang hot to go anywhere else outside. It was really amazing though.

Our Mara girl turned 3! She was thrilled to get more dolls. Especially boy dolls! Rapunzel got Flynn, and she got Belle and Beast. She was a happy grwurill! hahaha. That's how Mara says 'girl', rhymes with squirrel.

Her brothers made her cake again. She loves pink and pink.

In Sept, we went to the San Antonio Temple. I love this picture. My kids are hilarious.