Its here, its here....

Christmas Day!! Yay! So this Christmas we had Bek and her family staying with us. A house full of 8 kids was....it was great! Crazy, but great!! Good thing we like each other eh? And yes....we still like each other. :) It was fun spending it together. We usually have the talk about the real meaning of Christmas the morning of, but we thought that would just torture all the kids(and we wouldnt all fit on our bed), so we did it the night before with everyone(in the living room). Good times!!


Before.....12 and over(the too school for cool) slept downstairs....
10 and under(cutie patooties) slept upstairs. Dont you love the just woke up look.
Yah...I dont know....
AT wanted a ninja face mask. Came in handy when the 4th grades went skiing. I bought those gloves and told Kirk to put them in my stocking. Thats how we roll.
OMG, a Garmen watch....yay!!! Love it!!!
Just had to get Bek and Gav in there....
This was the big fam gift this year. The kids were so excited they all flipped...hahahahaha!!!
After....
We pick names in our little family. E had me and this is what she got me. I was so excited!!! Made me so happy!!
Close up....still love it!!!
I got Kirk this cool watch. Well I thought it was cool, good thing he did too!! Its titanium. His eyes squint when he smiles big, good sigh he likes it. :)
Christmas day ended up being in the 50s(awesome) so we(when I say we, I really mean Kirk), put up the tramp. The kiddies we so excited! Snowed the next day(of course) so it didnt last long.
Kirk and hisi helper.
Ta da! Jump away!

They only come out at night(snow fun)

Whenever Kirk does anything or goes anywhere, ES a R have to be right there with him. He went out to shovel and they saw him out there and couldnt get their stuff on fast enough. They love being with him. Its so adorable. :)You always have someone to play with when you have a sister! :) Yay!

Happy New Year(partied like it was 1999) :)

We really didnt. We all stayed home and hung out, played games, ate and watched a movie. We watched the new Karate Kid movie. Kirk and I are slackers and hadnt seen it yet. It was good, but that little Jaden Smith is no Daniel-son/Ralph Machio. :) Anyhoo...it was good times!

We were the only three who would wear these....
Got the Sparkling Juice ready to toast the New Year. Kids love using the goblets.
Happy New Year toast!!! Yay 2011!!!!
Playing Ninja Attack. Our friend introduced it to us a we love it. Super fun!

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Remeber November(november highlights)
So November....E had her first Jr High Orchestra concert. Shes been playing the viola since 5th grade. She loves it! I was actually impressed with how good they were and sounded. Her conductor lives in our neighborhood.

Look at her all ready to go...
AJ is in the Jazz Ensemble. Pretty cool to be in that. They were really good too. Hes the not so tall one in the back...;)

Our 3 Beauties! So glad they like each other!
Thanksgiving(Im thankful I got the smallest piece of meat loaf).

So for Thanksgiving we had 2 new ones with us. Nat decided to move back home(Yay!!!) and got here 3 days before Thanksgiving!! We were all so happy to have her here! Have missed her so much! Not sure how long we have her, but will enjoy the time we get!

The second new one and newest member of our family is Nats new puppy Sir Hamlet. Hes so funny cute and small. We have to remind the kiddies to be happy and excited to see Nat when she comes too and not just Hamlet. Ha!
Look at that pug face. Hes a French Bulldog/Pug mix. Hes a Frug!
Pretty Stef!
Kirks job is to carve the turkey. Here he is doing it oh so well.
G was assigned to cut the ham, and what is cutting a ham without an Iron Man apron right? Kirks parents gave that to AT for his bday last year. His dad painted it.
Sillies!
My sweet sister in law and her sweet baby.
Caught red handed. Guess if he cuts it, he gets to sneak it too...

The dads. Kirks dad on the left. My dad on the right. Didnt think my dad was going to be able to make it. He did! Yay!!!!
Kid table. E and AJ were...lets just say, less than pleased to still be at the kid table, but no room at the adult table. Next year.
Adult table. Look at that yummy spread. See those sweet potatoes...the were DELICIOUS!!! A must every year! Think I had 3rds of those. Yah...ya heard me....3RDS!! All the ladies did a great job with the food prep and set up!

This is Halloween, Halloween....

So Halloween, as always, was crazy! I really wasnt feeling it this year. Didnt even dress up. I know...bah hum bug. Wait...wrong holiday. Anyhoo...Did the usual dinner together with Bek and her fam. Love doing that, and then we got the kiddies ready together and the hubbies took them out trick or treating and we can sat and relaxed and passed out candy together. Yay!!!

Es last year of trick or treating. Getting too old she says. I agree. She went out with her friends that all dressed up like Ninjas. We didnt see her for most of the night. Shes growing up. Ninja BB and Hannah Montana(who refused to wear the blond wig) R.
ES wanted to be a Goth Pirate. Is this a sign? Should we be worried? Hahaha! JK!
The 2 bros. This is all you will get out of Kirk for Halloween. More than me this year.
Sons of the 2 bros. AT is a dead hiker.
Everyone. Group isnt as big anymore now that the older ones go off on their own. :(
My good, good friend Melanie dressed up as Buddy the Elf. She made this whole outfit. So awesome. We went to see Thriller and she wore it. Love it! Love Buddy the Elf! Halloween was on a Sunday, so she invited us over for a fun Halloween dinner. Theres the old hand again. We love this hand!She was showing off her cool Elf shoes, so I had to show off my shoes. Not quite as cool or festive as Elf shoes. Of course R is in the pic, eating what I think is the leftover kitty litter caserole that Melanie made. Ewwwwww!

# 6....pick up sticks!


So our little "High River", thats what her name means in Spanish, and thats what she wants us to call her, turned 6! Our baby is 6! That is crazy to me! Crazy that we dont have any more. Its been nice enjoying her in all her stages without having to take care of a little one too. I feel bad for the older kids that didnt get that. Theres something to say for being the youngest. We love her! She is a wild card and one of a kind, but how can you not love her. We just had a family birthday this year. We made a cake, went to her choice for dinner and a movie. Noodles and Co for dinner and Despicable Me. Cute movie. It was a fun time!!

This is the card my dad and Denise made for her.Inside of card...

Making the cake. She loves to help cook.



Waiting for it to be done. Peace out!
While we were opening presents, my girlfriends hubby, who just loves this girl, called to talk to her and wish her a happy birthday. So loved it!
Thats all she asked for and wanted! Sweet! Done and done! Bet you can guess how long those gum balls lasted....