Christmas Fun!

Well, we have had a busy month! We had a great Christmas season, and stayed very busy! The ten days leading up to Christmas we had something every night! It was exhausting, and we are taking this week to recover! Christmas itself was very nice.

Bryson got a Wacom, Bamboo tablet from Santa. This allows him to draw on the computer. He is quite artistic and loves it! He received TONS of books including the entire Harry Potter and Olympians series! He loves to read!


Alyssa got a Pink Magic 8 ball from Santa. We gave her a camera, which she loves! She also got Hannah Montana the Movie and soundtrack among other things!
McKay got a Rip Stick from Santa. He is already practicing in our garage, he is quite good already! His favorite gift was the Big Bad Bow we gave all three boys! It is a hit!
Ty has wanted a Glo Doodle for a long time and Santa brought it to him! We gave him Bendaroos, but again, the Big Bad Bow was the hit!
Elysabeth got a darling unicorn stuffed animal, but all she wanted was Barbies! Luckily Santa threw in a couple of those as well! She got a lot of dolls, big and little, and her favorite princess Cinderella!
Bryce and I were very blessed and received some nice things. Some of our presents were "used" because we couldn't wait till Christmas to use them: a new TV, camera, and Blu-Ray player! Yes, we spoiled ourselves!
We truly do feel blessed this holiday season, and are excited to begin a new year!

Ambulance, not Life-Flight this time!

Okay, a freaky thing happened in regards to my last post. Today, just as the kids got home from school, I looked out a back window and saw a fire truck with flashing lights pulling into the cul-de-sac just next to ours! I was shocked! I pointed it out to my kids and they took off to check it out. I realized after they were out of sight that it probably wasn't the best thing for them to do, but oh well. Turns out a man was taken, by ambulance, not Life-Flight. We don't know why. My kids described him as a dad. I was sure glad it wasn't a kid this time, but still slightly freaked out! What is going on in my neighborhood!!!!!!!!!

Cute Kid!

I had to share a cute kid story. So, about 2 months ago a neighbor boy got hurt and Life-Light landed in the park across the street from our house. It was sad, but cool at the same time. BTW the boy is fine. Anyway, a month ago, maybe a little more, another Life-Flight helicopter landed at the school right down our street. Turns out a little league football player was injured in a game. Of course we went running down the street to see it. The first time McKay and Ty were asleep and Bryce had tried to wake them up, but they couldn't remember any of it. So, we all went down to the school to see the helicopter. Again, sad, but cool at the same time. I am pretty sure I heard that boy is okay too. So, on to my story. This afternoon, wouldn't you know it, we hear the Life-Flight helicopter again! McKay, Ty and I go running to see it. I mean, it isn't everyday you see a helicopter that close! (Well, actually, for us it is about monthly!) Okay, so we were watching it circle around the neighborhood and I said, "Not again!" Then Ty said, "Remember that boy that got hurt playing football? I bet they are bringing him home!" He was dead serious. I busted up laughing, but tried to cover it up, so I wouldn't hurt his feelings! How cute was that though? He is too dang cute! (The neighbor kids that went down to see what happened said some kid went off a jump on his bike and crashed and split his head open on a tree stump.) The thing that gets me is, I don't think they call Life-Flight unless it is really serious right? Well, maybe we should move with all the luck around here!!!!!

A House divided on Halloween!

We were carving pumpkins and Libby didn't want to do it, so I took over her pumpkin for her! Of course I had to carve U of U to counteract Ty's BYU. Well, when Bryson realized what I was doing he kept saying, "A house divided can not stand! Join our side!" I just laughed until he said it for about the tenth time. Then I had to explain to him that he will never be able to get me to come to the other side! I am a true Ute through and through! I thought I would include a picture of me and Ty and our divided pumpkins!

We had a great Halloween as usual! My family came over for dinner and then we trick-or-treated! Good times were had by all! Elysabeth especially loved it when she realized that tons of people were giving her candy! It was cute! The picture is pre-trick-or-treating, so no smiles yet!

Libby-Snow White

Alyssa- Miss America

McKay- A Bionicle

Bryson- A Ghost

Ty- A Hershey's Kiss
Most of the Cousins

Ty

Happy Birthday Ty! He is now 5! He had a great birthday! I thought I would post some pictures!

Friends at his party. It was a lizard party, and we launched rockets!

Football cake for birthday party! BYU v. Utah!

Cake for family party! I have now done this cake 3 times now! Once for all my boys!

And.....Great news, Ty got his cast off! About 3 weeks ago he was doing the monkey bars on our playset and fell and broke his elbow! He had a splint for 5 days and then a hard cast for two weeks! He was so excited to get it off today!

His cousin Ryan came to play at our house the day Ty got his hard cast on. He was swinging on our playset and decided to jump off and landed on his arm and broke it! He started screaming and came running in and his forearm was in a U shape. I told him his arm was broken and we were taking him right home! Yikes! His is quite bad, but he is doing great so far!

Para sailing!

Bryce and I were lucky and got to go para sailing last week! Bryce's boss has a couple of parasails and we took our boat and did it. We launched off the shore and away we went! I was totally nervous to do it, but once I saw someone do it, I was better. It was one of the most incredible experiences of my life! I loved it! It is so amazingly quiet up there! We were at Deer Creek Reservoir near sunset. The view was gorgeous! I would do it again in a heartbeat!

Bryce

Bryce "walking on water!"

Allison, leaning back enjoying it!

This shows how long the rope is!

Seven!

McKay is 7! I can't believe it! He had a great birthday weekend! We had his party Friday after school, Saturday we went boating with my sister Tiffany and her kids. And, Sunday we had extended family over for cake! Here are some pictures from the weekend!

Wizard Hat Cake! He had a Wizard Birthday Party! Grandpa Sweeney came and did a magic show! The kids loved it!

The second day of school and they celebrated his birthday!

Cake for family party!

Okay, I had to include these pictures. When we went boating Tiff and Bryson got a "$20 ride" in the tube! That is what Bryce calls it when he gives a wild ride! They were hilarious! Tiffany swears she has whiplash from it. I don't doubt her.

Bryce swears he wasn't trying to flip them, but they hit a wave and went flying! This is Bryson parallel with the water!!!! I love it!!

They were fine, although they landed about 20 yards away from each other! They climbed back in for more!