Fun Fun Fun!

This is Gavin's favorite Christmas present- from Grandma Sill (she is pretty much the coolest person on earth now in Gavin's eyes). She gave him a K'nex ferris wheel and Roller coaster.. Dallas and Gavin put the ferris wheel together the weekend after Christmas and they just put the roller coaster together the other night. Dallas was up half the night working on it. I think he has had more fun with it than Gavin has! It really is a cool toy. I just don't know where I am going to keep it.. It's pretty big! I guess we will keep it up for a while, then take it down and they can have fun putting it back together another time!

Happy Birthday!!

My baby girl is 8 years old!! We didn't have a party since we went to build-a-bear but we did have a few friends over for cake and ice cream! I didn't get any pictures of them though- What was I thinking? Mackenzie really wanted a turtle cake. I am definately not a talented baker but we did our best! She was happy with the results so that's all that matters! She has wanted roller skates forever so that's what she got!She also got some toys from her friend Kolby!

and a baptism pillow-case that she gets to color with some special crayons..and a robe- she has been wearing it pretty much constantly since! She also got some money from Grandma Anderson and she really wants to go spend it!

We hope you had a Happy Birthday Kenzie! We Love you very much. You are such a special girl and you have been such a blessing to our family! We are so proud of you!

Party Time!!

Mackenzie's birthday is on the 15th and every year for their birthdays, the kids get to choose to either have a party with a few friends, or to go and do something with the family.. boondocks, chuck-E-cheese, the zoo, the aquarium, whatever they want. I try to make a big deal out of their birthdays and I want them to choose how they want to celebrate! This year, Mackenzie said she just wanted to go to build-a-Bear. So, saturday we went to Layton and rode the "train" (the frontrunner) to Salt Lake to the Gateway. Grandma, Trey and Tage came with us! Waiting for the train!

Avery was happy until she saw a train pass by. Then she decided she was NOT riding it. Our train came and as I went to step on it, she dove out of my arms, and into Grandma's. Too bad grandma was getting on the train too! She cried for about the first 10 minutes saying "get me off!" Then she settled down and was ok. We went to Jason's Deli for lunch then we were off to build a bear!

Waiting in line to get their bears filled! So excited!
Bath time!

On the train waiting to go home.. We didn't know the train scedule so we just got on it as soon as it came to the station. We waited and waited... after about 30 minutes, we asked someone what time the train would leave and they said we still had another 30 minutes! So we waited some more.. the kids had fun playing on the train though I think!

I think we have a happy Birthday girl. The smile says it all!

Of course Avery made her favorite animal.. a monkey! She named the monkey Seven but since we got home, the monkey's name has changed to Three Seven
Mackenzie made a dog that carries a puppy in her mouth. She named the dog Isabelle and the puppy Bella.

Gavin made an army wolf named Rusty

Trey made a star wars bear

and Tage made an OwlMackenzie with her dogs in their house. After an hour and a half on the train, we made it back to Layton. Grandpa ordered us some pizza for dinner, then it was time to head home! Avery sleeping with her monkey when we got home. We all thought it was a pretty fun Birthday party! I also got to see my sister Sherin's new baby Sydney while we were in Utah. She is 6 lbs of cuteness!! I wanted to bring her home with me!

Sledding!!

The other day me and the kids went sledding. We didn't last too long with Avery but we had fun while we were there!! I took Avery down twice. She hated it the first time then wanted to go again.. The second time she hated it even more!
CRASH!! She got up and her face was COVERED in snow!

Hopefully we will be ble to go again before the snow is gone!