Decorating the Tree and Family Party

Tree Decorating

Here are the kids with the decorated tree. I did have more pictures of that night but as you know....lost:( It was a fun night and the tree looked great.
On Friday December 17th we had our Waters Family Christmas Party. We ate dinner, acted out the Nativity story, played some table football, broke the Pinata, and did a treat exchange. It was a ton of fun. I love my family so much. My mom did a fabulous job with the invitations and the party. It was great to see my niece and nephew that I never get to see. Plus the treats I brought home were FANTASTIC!

Temple Square

For Family Home Evening on Monday December 13th, we got on Trax (our first time) and went to Temple Square to see the lights!The lights are so beautiful. It was a little chilly but not to bad. We wandered the visitors center and watched the Nativity Story on the grounds.



Then Dad treated us to a carriage ride. We haven't done it for a long time so it was GREAT! Our driver was amazing and told us a lot of facts about Salt Lake! I did have a picture of the kids with the horse but that one is lost :( It was a great night. Another Family Tradition to keep!

Halloween 2010

We went to a local pumpkin patch to pick up our pumpkins!

Its so interesting how we all pick up different pumpkins. Some like tall and skinny, some like short and fat! What a great variety.

Kids busy working on their pumpkins! Such a gooey mess. They love it, Mom hates it. I found seeds and goo for weeks!

Woody did not like this at all! We thought it was so cute! I had to hurry and snap the picture cuz he kept crawling out. Britt and I got the biggest kick out of it. He is so cute.
Kids with their masterpieces. Britt put too many cuts in hers and her face caved in. This seems to happen quite a bit to us. We still put the pumpkins on display!

Kiddos in their costumes. Woody of course with his Halloween on! He hated this too!

For Halloween we decided to spend it with cousins. (sorry grandparents). Our kids have so much fun together and we have never spent a Halloween with them since Carter and Jared were babies so we decided that since we live close, we would hang out together. We went to Mels and had pizza and then took the kids out Trick or Treating. It was a little cold and snowy/rainy but they had so much fun!
Kids checking out their "goods"! Afterwards they all cuddled in blankets and watched a movie! Then we headed home! It was great. Thanks for a fabulous time Justin and Mel! What great memories!

Catch UP

Wow it has been a really long time since I last posted. So much has happened. I am kicking myself now for not posting more sooner. If I would have, I wouldn't have had such a hard time this last few weeks. Let me explain.....

I have been saving my pictures on my computer, procrastinating putting them on a cd or blogging them. Thinking oh I will get to it. Well a few weeks ago I got a "bug" of some sort and lost pictures and videos and documents. I have been able to recover some but not all and it is a terrible feeling. If I would have blogged them I would at least have that copy of them but nooooo. I put it off and now am paying for it. It has now become my personal goal to "stay on top" of pictures, including blogging. I hope I can stick with it.

So for now I will catch up on the few pictures I have recovered.

Witches Fest at Gardner Village

Every year my mom,sister, and brother have been going to the Witches Fest at Gardner Village. This year since we live so close, Britt and I decided to go along too.

Here is the group outside my house before we went!

The sign as you enter!

We ate dinner, wandered around the shops, and watched the witches parade! It was so much fun. Luckily we went on a night that wasn't too cold. I think this will definately be a tradition!

Rocky Mountain Raceway

We decided to take the kids to the race at Rocky Mountain Raceways!
We took the kids here a few years ago, but they cant remember it! We had a lot of fun!
Family kinda got frustrated with me cuz I took my book and kept reading instead of watching the race :)
The people sitting in front of us had 2 people from thier family racing so they were a rowdy bunch! Made the race more exciting!

Britt got a free tshirt that they threw into the crowd!

Some of the cars!

Our favorite part of the race is when they hook 3 cars together to make a trains and they all race figure 8's! Its exciting to watch them come so close to wrecking!

We will have to go to more races next year. Now we live so close to the track!

First Day of School

The first day of school in West Jordan!

I got the kids doughnuts for a special breakfast! Yummy!

Another new school!
Britt is 6th, Carter is 4th, and Spencer 3rd Grade!

I found this idea on another blog!

I made it to surprise the kids! They were so excited!

This is gonna be a great school year!