I can't believe I have almost caught up the year.
This is our Christmas with the Fullmer's. We had it at John's sister Deanna's house this year and it was a great time with great food. The kids had a fun time with their cousins and got pj's for Christmas, nothing better for bedtime and dreams of presents the next day.

I can't believe that we are having our last preschool program. Caleb is going to go to Kindergarten next year and I'm definitely not adding anymore to the group so we enjoy the lasts with him. He is a funny kid and this year is so serious about doing what he is supposed to do. I told him before he went to sit down to sing loud for me and he told me that they were supposed to sing nicely not loud! I guess I just had to listen more closely, he loves to sing.

These are a few of the family pictures we had taken this fall. Annie graciously came back from Boise on her birthday and took pictures. I really hate having my picture taken so we haven't had family pictures since I was pregnant with Austin. She did a wonderful job and now I have to decide which one I want to get enlarged for over our fireplace. Decisions, decisions.

Caleb's Philosophy on Marriage

After Todd & Morgan got married, I brought home a picture of the two of them. One morning before school, Caleb and I were sitting on the couch and he was looking at the picture. He's asking me questions about getting whiskers when he gets older and important things for a 5 year old. He then says to me, "will I get married someday?" I said sure you will just make sure and pick a girl who loves Jesus. He sits for a minute and then looks at me and says, "will you help me find a girl?" I told him of course I would (I don't think at 20 he will think that it's a great idea that his mom help but for now it's great). Then he says Todd picked good, Morgan loves Jesus. Jeff picked good because Tausha loves Jesus and Grandpa picked really really good because Grandma loves Jesus and she buys us stuff. I laughed so hard. All the important things!

The weekend we went to Lagoon we also went to Hill Airforce Base, the kids liked the planes outside but there was a lot inside and they got tired before we could finish but it was really neat. I think when they get a little older we will go back again.





This was our trip to Lagoon, the kids get really tired of me taking pictures and half the time I can't get them to smile and stand still. They drive me crazy!!!!

So, my goal this year is to keep my blog updated more often than every 6 months. I'm hoping it goes better than my goals to lose weight!!!!

The slide show is from our trip this summer to Yellowstone, Lewis and Clark Caverns, and then Virginia City. We had the best time!!! We loaded up in a 15 passenger van that we rented and away we went. We spent a weekend together and my dad survived and is even willing to do it again. Although, I believe he was grateful at night to go to his room and be grounded there for the evening. If you have never been to Lewis and Clark Cavens, I highly recommend it. The kids had a great time, even the little ones and it was fun for us old people too. Enjoy!

Our trip to Jackson

We spent the day in Jackson when Jeff & Tausha came to visit. We had a fun day. We all went down the Alpine slide and the kids would have spent all day doing that. The only down side is it costs a lot of money to keep going down and since we were on a budget that day we had to say no. The picture with Todd's hand in the air is him beating Jeff to the bottom. There is discussion mostly from Jeff that Todd didn't win but for all standing at the bottom (which was all of us) Todd won barely. They are like a pair of little kids. I was a bad picture taker that day, for some reason I didn't get any of Jeff and Tausha. Sorry guys.

Here he is with all his loot. He is such a good kid and happy most of the time. I will sure miss having a baby around but I think unfortunately he will always be that because he is the last. Thanks to all the family that came it was a fun day.

Caleb turns 5

This was Caleb's birthday party. We went to the splash park in Rexburg. It would have been great except we chose the day that was cold and windy. Not much fun for little kids. Especially mine, they don't like to be cold.

We have officially broke in all the new memebers of the family! This is Jeff & Tausha and the ride we took to Mesa Falls. We had a great time. Fortunately for the newbies we have a great horse that just takes care of whoever is on him. We never worry about him doing anything crazy and when something crazy happens then he just waits until its over and the does his thing and keeps the safe.