Ha it's February!

I can't believe it's already February and boy am I behind.  Here's a recap of what's been happening in our lives.(Beware it might get a little long and picture overloaded.)
Our December was jam packed with lots of activities. One of them being that my littlest sister got married.  We had a blast at the bridal shower and up at the reception.  The kids had so much fun hanging out with their cousins.

 Reception Fun.

We also enjoyed a couple of choir concerts, school programs and a couple of christmas parties.

 Elle singing her solo part. She did amazing!! 

 Brex's christmas party at preschool. They were cowboys this year! 

Elle's christmas program at school. They had an Elvis christmas!

We also started basketball with Trey and Elle.  We had quite the time juggling the games and the wedding activities but we made it work.  The kids did a good job this year.

 Trey's team ended up in 2nd place with their only loss to the 1st place team.  What a fun group of boys he played with this year.

 Elle's team looked a little small compared to other teams but man was her team scrappy!  Don't underestimate the littles. 

Of course in Dec we also got our Christmas tree and celebrated christmas.  It's always so much fun to go and get a real christmas tree and than spend the next couple of hours decorating it.  The kids get so excited to put all of their ornaments on the tree.  We've got quite the collection going.

Christmas came and the kids must have been good because they got spoiled rotten.  We had such a great christmas and it was fun to have a chance to relax.

 Here we are having a blast love the holidays with this crew!

 Miss Elle got everything she wanted including a new scooter and TV.

 It was a baseball christmas for this kiddo.  He got a new glove, bat bag, and more baseball related stuff. 

This little guy was the cutest. He got a scooter and mini iPad for when we travel.  I can't believe how grown up he looks. 

These faces sum up how our christmas went.  

Story Time: On Christmas Eve we always watch the Grinch and go look at christmas lights and read the nativity story. Well we watched the grinch but didn't do the lights this year as we weren't feeling well but after the movie we decided to watch the nativity instead of reading it.  How calm and peaceful we felt watching it and remembering the reason for the season. After we watched and talked about it, it still wasn't late enough to send the kids to bed so we decided to play a game of Mario Party on the Wii U. Big mistake…..Anyone that knows us knows that we can get a little bit competitive  when it comes to that game. Well, lets just say we should have watched the Nativity after instead of before. There might have been a few tears but all was forgiven quickly.

No December is complete with out a shout out to my honey! We celebrated our 13th anniversary!  It's amazing that it's already been 13 years. I can't believe how lucky I am to have Cale by my side.  He's the better half of me and I love him so very much! Happy Anniversary Sweets!

We went to dinner in Vegas to celebrate!

We also celebrated Cale's parents 50th Wedding anniversary! What amazing in-laws I have been blessed with!  They are such loving people! Happy 50th to the best in-laws a girl could ask for!

We had a couple of visitors for New Years and had a blast! Auntie Kelz and Cousin Zack came down and spent a few days with us.  We went bowling, to the movies and dinner while they stayed.

Thanks for celebrating the new year with us!

Whew Dec. update is finally done.  It was a fabulous month but so glad it's over…Now onto January.  

We resumed basketball again and of course school and baseball continued.  We played our first scrimmage baseball game as The Outlaws and it was so much fun!  We really love our Outlaws team! We also had a visit from our nephew Ty, Uncle Dan and his new girlfriend Michelle.

We had a blast going to the house of jump with them and to Menchies. January slipped by with the day to day activities and now we find that we are in Feb. with Valentines day 3 days away. It's a crazy life we live but we wouldn't have it any other way.

 Outlaws first scrimmage game.

 House of jump and crazy pictures

 This little guy is the outlaws batboy and is so ready to play ball.

He looks so cute and is so big.  

Welcome Feb. and lets hope I get on the ball a little bit more and blog more often.

Thankful

It's November the month that reminds all of us what we are thankful for.  I like to hope that I express my thanks more than 1 month out of 12 but it's nice to have a reminder to do it again.

I'm thankful for this kid.  He's the one that made me a mommy for the very first time! He's humble and sweet and an amazing baseball and soccer player. He is such a great person and you can't help but love him.

I'm thankful for this girl! She's my princess and my firecracker.  She is honest to the bone and isn't afraid to give everyone a chance most times multiple chances.  She's forever my baby girl and I'm so thankful she's mine.

I'm thankful for my baby! He keeps us on our toes and he brings so much laughter to our lives.  He's my go getter and isn't afraid to join in the fun. He completes our family.

I'm thankful for my man! He keeps me going and believes in me. He loves me and all of my faults. He's the best daddy and hubby and I can't imagine life with out him. I thank my lucky stars that he's mine forever and ever!

I'm Thankful for our families. They support us and love us unconditionally and in today's world that is huge! 

Lastly I'm thankful for the gospel and this life even with all of it's challenges.

Soccer Season

Fall Soccer Season has ended and boy did we have a great season!  Trey has really come into playing and has done an amazing job this season.  Last year at this time he was getting down the positions and really wanted to score. This year he has become a scoring machine. It's been an awesome experience to see him grow and achieve his goals. 

Elle had an okay season.  Her team wasn't the best and that can be hard but she played like a champ and wasn't afraid to put herself out there.  I'm excited to see her continue and can't wait to see what the next season brings.

Brex is back!  Last year at the end of season he was struggling, this year he came back better than ever.  He  had tons of goals and loved playing.  

 Trey's team was undefeated 

 Uncle Brandon came and saw the last games of the season.

Brex dominating the game

                                         

Elle and her team.

Last night we had a little family poker game.  Trey is quite the natural and beat his daddy with a set of Jacks to knock him out. 

My family in our Outlaws baseball shirts! 

Halloween and such

Halloween has come and gone and we had another successful year! This year we went trick or treating with our friends and had a great time! Trey was Mike Trout, Elle was a honey bee(not a bumble bee) and Brex was the Hulk!  Each kid had parties at school and Cale and I were able to catch at least some parts of their day.  Trey and Elle had a parade out on the track and it was fun to see them walking with their friends and teachers.  I have to say their teachers are quite creative!  Trey's 4th grade teachers were "old people" one even carried her toilet around! Elle's 3rd grade teachers were the 3 blind mice!  I love that their school is so fun and creative!  Brex got to go to 2 halloween parties at preschool.(the ups of going to 2 different preschool classes) Ms. Brandy was a green witch and Brex wasn't too sure about her.  His other teacher was a scarecrow and he seemed to like that a little bit better.  Overall fun was had by all. 

The day after Halloween we had volleyball and soccer and a visit from G&G Whitney.  It was fun to spend the day with them. It's amazing how fun life can be when you get to spend it with the people you love! We've been lucky the past couple of weeks, Uncle Dan came down, than G&G and this weekend we get a visit from Uncle Brandon and his girlfriend.  I love it and I know that the kids love it too! 

Anyway the kids are doing great in school, they just finished up red ribbon week and field trips to the symphony, and the Cinderella play.  We have kept all 3 pretty busy but I don't think they would want it any other way. 

 Brex and Ms. Brandy

Brex and his parties

Our trick or treaters 

 Each kid at their Halloween events. I have such cute kiddos!

Elle and her class

 Trick or treatin!

The loot

Miss Elle and her volleyball team! Such a cute team!

This little guy and I have become walking buddies while Elle is at soccer practice.  We walk about 3 miles and than play on the playground every Monday 

 Red Ribbon Week. Trey's class. The bottom picture is crazy sock day. Trey is on the ground with the blue and orange socks up in the air.