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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

I know, I am the most ridiculous blogger in the history of the world, but starting NOW, I promise I will try harder! I'm not even going to attempt to catch up on the last YEAR, but I will try to hit at least the last two months! Life is just crazy at our house. Sometimes crazy is good and sometimes crazy is not so good - especially when the mother ends up going crazy. Here goes:

Alex decided that it would be a good idea to play football AND soccer this year. (WHAT?! Who told him that was ok??) So our Saturday's generally started at about 7:00 and we went from soccer in who knows where (Roy to Provo) to football in who knows where (all over the valley to Park City). The girls would tend themselves all day because I am such a wonderful mother. Anyway, it is over, it was awesome and all in all, we are glad he did it. He just made the Sophomore Basketball team at Hillcrest (he is in 9th grade) and so we are now moving on to that! It will be a blast!

Then Sydney auditioned for the Odyssey Dance production "THRILLER" and she and a bunch of her cute dance friends made it. Of course they volunteered to be one of their traveling casts becuase they wanted to spend a week in St. George. Who needs school, right? Anyway, they danced in Provo, Logan and St. George which actually in the end made for a nice little vacation. They had a great time and loved every minute of hanging out with really cute guys from "So You Think You Can Dance" - whatever. . . Syd and Lizzie both changed dance studios. We are at a great new studio called "XCITE" - good stuff going on there. We love it.

They are really cute aren't they. . .

So Lizzie doesn't have many teeth right now:

My cute (and very talented) sister in law, Carolyn actually carved Lizzie pumpkin's mouth to look just like hers. She is dancing, singing, playing the piano, and is currently the best new Junior Jazz Player around, just ask her. I will be sure to take pictures of that. She is so funny. I promise I will turn over a new blogging leaf.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

I {heart} New York

I took a girls trip last weekend to "The Big Apple" (as Lizzie calls it). What a great four days we had seeing sights, shopping, eating, shopping, seeing Mary Poppins and Wicked, and shopping. We had a great time - thanks to Tiff and Elise for finally forcing me to join them! I loved it!

Happy Halloween!

We celebrated Halloween this year with Banana Boy. . . (go figure)

Minnie Mouse

and Dorothy

We had our annual Halloween Bash at Grandma Moss' and of course wished Grandma Gayle a Happy Halloween Birthday. Alex worked in our neighbor's awesome Haunted Garage with his friends - here is a picture of him being killed by "Belle" - lovely.

All in all, a successful year of HAUNTING!

Hello Pink Arm

Yeah, I know, she can't buy a break. Lizzie broke her arm just above her elbow on General Conference Sunday. What a bummer, but she is a trooper. She got her cast off just last week and she is doing great!

CALIFORNIA

Lizzie and Grandpa Bart. . .

We had the awesome chance to take a much awaited trip to Oceanside, California with the Hopkin bunch in October. My dad rented a beautiful house just a couple of blocks from the beach. We hit Disneyland and played in the sun and also got to see a little bit of the fires that started while we were there. We had a great time with all the gang and especially the cousins. We really can't wait to go back. I forgot to add that Lizzie was a great sport with a big PINK cast on her right arm from a little scooter accident.

Sydney and Abbie

Our very own Sea Monster

Alex took up skim boarding and found a favorite new sport. By the way the water was freezing and the kids were in all day.

This is the cute house we stayed in - if you ever need a beach house, check this one out. It was so great.

The whole gang at Disneyland! What a great time of year to go. We madeBryce and Mer's little 4 year old Parker go on everything. He is most likely damaged for life.