Mommy's girl

Macee called me into the kitchen the other day and this is what I found...I love this girl!! She was so excited about the message she sent me!!

Happy Valentines Day!!

Well, Troy and I got to spend the weekend in Denver with Nic and Casey and their girls. We had a blast, well, and some pain! Nic has been working on my teeth and got started on Troy's teeth. We are so excited to get some work that we have both been needing done! Thanks Nic so much for the great job and helping us out! So while we were there, it was Valentines Day...so us 4 had a fun night out. First, Nic and CAsey took us to one of their favorite places to eat, called Pappadeaux's. It was a seafood kitchen and had some AWESOME food!! Troy got fried alligator for his appetizer, yum! We all enjoyed shrimp cocktail, alligator, steak, lobster, mahi mahi, creme brule and yummy banana pudding. It was so fun and we had a blast. Here is Troy shoving a shrimp up my nose...just kidding he isnt. Dont mind Troys deer in the headlight look...he is just excited to be with his wife! hehe:) Troy being his usual silly self....

So after dinner, we headed over to Snappy Nails to have some funny vietnames gals give us all manis and pedis!! Our guys were all for this, and thought it would be fun adventure! We had a blast! We were all laughing like crazy, and the boys were being so silly.
Here is a pic of our cute toes after the pedicures...No I still havent perfected the uploading thing to get them in the right order!! Notice Troy, yes, he has GREEN toenails!! With cute flowers even!

Here are the boys out in front of the salon...we were laughing so hard we were about to die...plus it was cold and we had on flip flops!! These boys are crazy!

Here is a view of our feet during the pedicures, yes the blue toes belong to Nic!! The guys wanted to sit together for moral support...

Here is another view of all of us, except Casey who is taking the picture! It was quite the show, we had us 4, and each of us had 2 ladies working on us, one on our feet, and one on our hands for our manicures! Some didnt even speak much english, but we did learn a few vietnamese words..it was a great time. Thanks so much Troy and Nic for being great sports and treating your wives to a great night! It was so much fun and the most memorable Valentines Day!! I love you babe!!

Happy 15th Birthday Disnee!!

Wow, and now its Disnee's turn. She's glad the one day a year her and Brooke are the same age is over! haha. Man I feel like I am getting so old...my baby is 15!! One more year and she will be driving!! yikes. Of course, I am looking forward to some help with the running around! Thats seriously all I do! Here are some things about Disnee right now:

1. Disnee is an excellent student

2. She is in Student Council at the High School

3. Disnee loves the Jonas Brothers!! Mostly Nic

4. She LOVES music all around

5. She is a good girl and makes good choices most of the time!
6. She is a great help to her mom at home

7. She is super cute and sweet

8. She is a slob! her room is always a disaster! where did she come from??

9. She loves the computer and spends hours wasting time on the internet..ughh!

10. Loves her family and is so easygoing

11. She is a great big sister

We love you Disnee and hope you had a fun day..well, she will Feb 28 when she gets to see the Jonas Brothers 3-D movie!! Happy Birthday!!

Happy 14th Birthday Brookie!!

Holy Cow...has it been 14 years since that memorable morning when I deliverd that 3 lb 9 oz baby girl 8 weeks early??? Wow! Where does the time go? I know its a day late, but my life is too busy...sorry. Here are some fun things about Brooke now:

1. She is a CUTE cheerleader!

2. She has all the boys in school chasing her(yikes!)

3. She is goofy and loves to make funny faces

4. She is such an amazing missionary and is inviting friends to church all the time!

5. Brooke is so pretty and growing into such a pretty young lady

6. She is a good girl and is a great example

7. She LOVES the Jonas Brothers!!

8. a Twilight Fan as well!

9. She is boy crazy!!

10. She is super smart and gets good grades

11. Loves to babysit

Off to the Mia Maid class she goes, and the church dances and eyeliner! yikes!!! Mom and Dad love you Brooke and hope you have a Happy Birthday!!

First Snow!

This morning we woke up to our first snow storm of the year!! The kids were thrilled to have school cancelled! Out here they cancel school if there is just a small amount of snow. There is only about 3-4 ", but thats enough. I finally went to the basement to unpack all the snow gear and the kids were ready for fun!! Here are the little ones having their first taste of the snow! Jalan and Britton having snowball fights!

look out Jalan! Here comes Britton!!

He's hiding!

WEEEEEE

So last night we had Family Home Evening and made Valentines for our relatives far away!! The kids had a blast and it was nice to focus on loved ones and love! Here are the finished products, yes, I uploaded them backward again.

Macee making hers! She just woke up and was looking like a homeless child, sorry.

The family working hard, in front of the nice warm fireplace!

And yes, daddy on the couch..haha.

yes, we did it again

****update, Ok, her name is Chloe, not Claire..sorry!

yep, our 2 new boxer puppies..a boy and a girl:)

Meet Jonas and Chloe

Having fun with the Missionaries!

We LOVE having the missionaries over to our home, and we are so lucky, we have 2 sets..Elders and Sisters!!! We are so blessed here in our area! We love them so much. We had them over for dinner on Tuesday night, and had a fun game of Around the World Ping Pong, and had a blast. Here are some pics of our fun time!!

Here is some of our family with Elder Hooten
Elder Barry, Sister O (Osterhaut is too hard to say) and Macee

Elder Hooten, Elder Barry, Sister Smith and the rest of the family

Here are the girls..me, Sister Smith, Brooke, Sister O, and Disnee

Troy and Elder Barry for the championship..haha..I forgot who won though....

We had a great time with them, they are so fun and crazy!