Playing Catch Up

Time is sure flying by and I am having a really hard time keeping up. It is getting closer and closer to Christmas and I am just not ready. The kids are getting really excited and Stockden is still just trying to figure it all out. We have had some snow and that has been fun. Stockden loves to go drive his tractor in it because it makes tracks.  I am not loving shoveling the driveway but oh well.

The kids all love going to Andres and Sarah's house they always have the coolest animals there. This last time Stockden was able to help Andres feed a bottle to one of the baby puppies.

He was so proud of himself. It was fun to watch. They also had a chinchilla that they had just gotten. Jentrie loved it. She had it on a leash and was trying to walk it in the house. She thought we needed one.

Jentrie has been such a funny girl this last little while. She found some glasses in the shed that had fallen out of one of the Halloween totes and has been dressing up as a nerd just to make people laugh.

McKall had her dance review on the 13th. She did such a great job. I did not get any pictures since she had a choir concert right before and actually had to leave in the middle to make it to dance. She loves the hip hop dances and it is so fun to watch her get into the dance like she does.
Staelie has been able to spend some time with Synara and had loved this. She loves to walk down to the pet store to check out the animals.

Here is just a cute picture of Stockden holding Gabriel. Stock thinks he is so big when he gets to hold the baby. Then here are just a couple of pictures of the baby.
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Patriot Program

Jentrie had a patriot program at school the other day and Grandma Bertha was able to come with me. She did such a good job. It was fun to watch and listen to her sing. At the program a man that helps save eagles came and brought a golden eagle with him to show the kids. That was really cool. I was not able to get the best pictures from where we were sitting but I tried. Thanks Jent for inviting me you did a great job and I was so glad I could go. Stockden was so funny while we were there, they had us say the pledge of allegiance and when we were putting our hands over our hearts he was confused about what he was doing and was putting it on his head. So funny to watch him try to figure it out. I did help him after a min.

Misc

This  is just a misc post. I have pictures I want to keep just not enough for its own blog post.
Here are more pictures of Kristy's sweet sweet baby. I just love him. They went out of town for Thanksgiving and I was beyond ready for them to come home I needed my baby fix. These are not the best it was hard getting them when he was holding still. He figured I should be holding him not taking pictures.

Stockden is a crazy boy sometimes. He was sure that a jacket was pants and he put it on as pants just to prove me wrong.

He then decided maybe I could be right and went and dressed himself. He was so proud and kept telling me I look good huh mom, my clothes match huh mom. I just didn't have the heart to make him change when he was so proud. He completed the look with his toy story snow boots not pictured here.

What a ham he is. He sure makes me laugh sometimes. He is just such a sweet boy. He drives his sisters crazy which means he is being the perfect brother.

Not the best pictures but here is me and Staelie goofing off in the car one day.

Oh Christmas Tree

We got our Christmas Tree UP!!! Oh my word was Stockden excited. He has redecorated it a million times already. I likes to climb underneath it and plug and unplug the lights a hundred times a day. It is going to be a great time until Christmas, I just hope the tree is still standing. We were at least smart to use our old tree instead of our newer one with the flock that looks like snow. That would have just been bad. Ha Ha.

Stockden is so excited for Christmas. I hope we all make it. I dont think my decorations will. I have some decorations that I have had since McKall, they have survived just fine through 3 girls and we have had 2 casualties so far with him. Oh well he is all boy.

Its the Weekend

I few weekends ago we headed down to Mesquite to see Andres, Sarah, and the boys for the weekend. Sarah's dog had puppies and Staelie was in heaven. She kept holding all 6 of them and wanting me to take pictures. She loves them and is so gentle with them Stockden loves them not so gentle. The girls went to the salon with Sarah and got their hair trimmed and colored hair extensions, they loved it. Thank you guys so much for having us.

Thanksgiving Plays and Dancing

Staelies cute little 2nd grade class put on some Thanksgiving plays. They each made their own character and then had to learn their parts. Staelie was the carrot and she was just the cutest carrot there was. She said her lines so clearly and loud. It was a cute program and I was so happy I could go. Kati's boyfriend Justin was able to come and that just made Staelies day. She loves Justin's and was so excited to see him there. In every picture I tried to get she kept sticking her tongue out at me.

McKall then had a dance performance that same night. She was dancing at the Talon Craft Fair. It was so fun to watch. Grandma Lynne and Grandma Bertha were able to some along with Kati and Justin. It was quick and they did a good job. I always seem to end up on the wrong side though. I pick a side and she ends up being on the opposite side every time. My friend Shannon did the same thing so she watched McKall dance and I watched her daughter Sienna. Ha Ha.