Welcome to the Fam Lisa!!!

 My brother proposed to Lisa Johnson in November, and now they are getting married in March! She is so awesome and I am so excited for them to get married and start a new life together! She comes from a family with 5 girls, so she will fit right in with all of us!!!

 Nothing like welcoming someone into the family by making them take a crazy face mask picture!!!

                                                             The Girls at the Jazz Game

Christmas 2011

 At the annual MoTab Christmas Concert with my family! I look forward to this concert every year! Just makes you have the Spirit of Christmas for the holidays instead of the stress of shopping!

 The traditional Nativity: Sunny {angel}, Elle {Sheep}, Riley {Wise Man}, Emery {the older Baby Jesus in Egypt!!!}

 Our family musical # was a song Riley learned at school that we all fell in love with-Christmas For Cowboys! Riley started off playing it on his violin, then sang all of the verses while Regan & the girls sang the Chorus.

                                                I played the piano

                            Regan really got into the song--it was a catchy chorus!

 Reading our Christmas Story on Christmas Eve to the kids!

 The Family in our Christmas Pajamas! My favorite is Regan's robot jammies!!!

                                                      The boys playing together-best friends

 Christmas Came!!! The Girls LOVE the hair salon they got! They have been doing each others hair, putting make up on, and doing each others nails every day!!! Do you like the fake puppy & kitten in the background? We are not pet people, so this is our version of having a pet!!! The Girls love their scooter!

 Riley FREAKED out when he saw his Nintendo DS! He has been asking for that for months and months so it was fun to see how excited he was!!!

                                            Riding the scooter all over the house!

                      Emery loves to pretty much eat anything!!!

                                            Sunny LOVES her figit Friend!

 This was the best part of christmas--talking to my brother Robby on Skype while he is on his mission in Mexico! His testimony was so strong and it was so awesome to see & hear him!!!

                               Sunny has developed a love for Legos!!

Here is my adorable little {I mean big} baby Emery! He is so happy ALL of the time! Doesn't he look so cute in his christmas sweater uncle Scotty gave him?

Extracurricular Activities

 Riley goes to Karate once a week and has earned his Yellow Belt! He does a great job and takes it very seriously!

 Riley & Sunny entered the reflections contest at school this year! The Theme was Diversity, so we had a long talk about what Diversity means. Riley wrote a story about 2 dragons that were different colors, but still wanted to be friends even though they were different! I was shocked at how fast he came up with this story ALL ON HIS OWN! WOW, he is so smart! His entry went on to the next level!!! Sunny drew a picture of 2 bunnies that looked different but were holding hands. Her's got a medal!!!

Emery has started to eat baby food--he didn't like it too much at first! Can you tell?

 Sunny has LOVED her dance class this year and she had her 1st dance recital in December. She was so cute dancing to, I'm getting nothing for Christmas.

 Riley has LOVED playing Jr. Jazz Basketball with his friends! He improved so much over the last 4 months and is now a huge fan of basketball! He and his team went to the championship game and got 2nd place!

 Riley has developed a new love for Legos! I am just glad that he is putting his energy into something other than video games! He and his friends play the legos for hours and create cool things!

 Regan played in the craziest basketball game ever! It was a 5 day, 109 hour basketball game with his 2 friends, Keith & Travis. Each team had 12 players, and they could not leave the rec center-they could only sub in and out for each other. He lost 8 lbs, ran more than 200 miles, and had a blast doing it! This has Regan's name written all over it-intense, crazy, physically challenging, and fun! They won the title of the longest basketball Game ever played by the Guinness Book of World Records!!!

Ever since Elle saw Sunny dance in her recital, she wanted to also dance, so I signed her up for dance class. Her first class was this week and she loved it!!! Cute little ballerina!!

Temple Square

 We decided to take the train to Salt Lake, so we boarded the top part of the Front Runner and headed down to see the Lights on Temple Square! Even though it would have been faster to just drive, the kids LOVED being on the train so it was totally worth it! It was super freezing,  but our little Emery never cried-he is seriously the best baby in the whole world!

 This is the famous Christ statue in the visitors center at temple Square and I love how my kids instantly know who he is and have a love for him.

 Riley & Sunny were able to perform a Christmas Concert at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. They did great!