January

On new years day the kids were so excited to wake up to snow!!! We had to get creative with gloves since well....we don't own any. But socks covered in ziplock bags work just fine for Arizona snow.

Easton was so excited to make an Olaf snowman!

The snow mostly melted mid day and we went back to our normal lives. Then we woke up the next morning and had twice the amount of snow!!!!

William was not thrilled when he woke up a second time to snow. He says its too cold and stayed inside while the other kiddos played all day in it. Arizona boy....

Grandma Miller made Lydia's GORGEOUS baptism dress and we thought it would be perfect to take pictures in the snow!

Lydia was baptized on January 12th

Grandma Clayton made a BEAUTIFUL quilt in Lydia's favorite color!

William is officially a sunbeam! He was very worried not going to nursery but ended up loving his new class!

We went to a transportation event and the kids got to see firetrucks, tractors, electrical trucks, ponies, garbage trucks and more!

We went to go on a hike and our van acted up so I took the kids on an adventure in the wash by Grandma's house while Chad worked on the van.  They loved climbing all over the rocks and dirt piles.

Clayton Camp Christmas 2018

For Christmas we headed to Oklahoma for Clayton Camp Christmas! It was so fun to have everyone together! We started out at Incredible Pizza.

We went to a park that had a bunch of Christmas lights....

A group of us went Axe Throwing. This was so much fun! Chad and I have decided we are going to set up axe throwing in our backyard. 

Christmas eve we opened our jammies...

And Christmas morning was awesome seeing what Santa brought everyone.

Easton received a new hiking backpack, William a remote control mickey car, Chad rock climbing shoes, and the girls new Garmin watches. 

My favorite part was watching everyone open the family exchange gifts! Apparently so much so that I only took one picture of William playing with his handmade fishing pole and fish from his cousin Amea. So Cute!

The next day we went rock climbing. Chad was excited to try out his new shoes.

We also went to the food bank and sorted bread into boxes to be delivered to families in need. The kids had so much fun with this!

We had an awesome Cupcake Wars competition with a bag of secret ingredients and 1 hour to make cupcakes for the judges! In our bag was spice cake, werthers caramel candies, raisins and a can of beans. 

 Seth's team made a lemon berry cupcake with lemon heads...

Kimberly's team made a chocolate volcano cupcake with Cheeto frosting...

We made a spiced carrot cupcake with caramel sauce.

After much deliberation the winner was the volcano cupcake!

We had so much fun together is was sad to head home. The plan was to get all the home in one day but due to 5 hours of traffic we ended up having to stay in Albuquerque for the night. But we did get to see the temple before we headed home.

December Birthdays

Tis the season where our family celebrates three different birthdays only four days apart. First up is the one and only Hawk who turned 3 on December 6th!

While his siblings were at school we had his cousin and friend come over to play! He loved being able to hang out with his two favorite people all day and when they went home he said "Hey! Where did my friends go?"

He requested a Mickey Mouse cake.

And received many gifts sporting his favorite character. Bet you can't guess...

Next was my birthday on the 10th, which I didn't take any pictures of. It was awesome as Chad and the kiddos took care of laundry and cleaning the house. Then both of our parents showed up with dinner and cheesecake!! So delicious.

And then on December 14th Miss Lydia Bug turned 8 years old!! How did that happen? This sweet girl has chosen to be baptized which will happen in January.

She decorated her own cake to look like a balloon.

We had a crazy day full of fun so didn't get a lot of pictures. After school their friend Bella came to play and then we headed into town and ate at IHOP. The kids were so excited about the green Grinch Pancakes. Then we went to Winterhaven to see the Christmas lights. Lydia's favorite is the "snow machine"

She used to have red sparkle flats that she loved until she wore a hole in them. She was excited to get new ones!

Happy Crazy Birthday Month!