SPRING BREAK PICS

When we were asking the kids what they wanted to do for spring break and where, they said they wanted to stay at a hotel with a pool. Okay, Marena and Jadan wanted to go to DisneyWorld but the others were content with the pool part. We actually could've stayed here in the valley but we wanted to go visit our friends, Jake and Kenna Smith. When we lived in Montana, we became friends. When we moved to Idaho, they moved to Utah. They were so nice to let us crash at their house one night and go to church with them. We had lots of fun visiting with them. The kids had fun swimming!

Flat Grandma!

Grandma Tanner sent the kids a flat version of herself so she could be with them wherever they went.

The picture of her at In N Out Burger didn't turn out but she was there!

It was a great idea...the kids are having fun with it!

Kite Flying!

We were trying to decide what activities to have at Mallary's party. The weather was VERY windy so we decided to buy kites and attempt to have her and her friends fly them. I thought the kites were going to fall apart the instant they were in the air. They were only $1 each but they held up great! Jadan's job was to untangle...needless to say, he was VERY busy! It was a lot of fun.

Field Trip!

In March, the Cousins' Preschool took a field trip to the Star Fire Station. Captain Chris Head showed them a DVD on fire safety and then showed them everything from the helmets to the cab of the firetruck to the "jaws of life". It was fun but Emily was scared when the fireman came out with all his fire clothes on. He did sound like Darth Vader...especially when we asked him to say, "Luke, I am your father."

More field trip photos!

Best Buds!

These two are crazy. The other day I heard them talking and Jayce said to Justin, "Yeah, we are going to the dentist." Justin responded, "I know! It's cause I have diarrhea!" They finish each other's sentences...weird!

Grandma Tanner's Mission

Amazing!

Hey, I can't believe it...I'm actually getting better at blogging. Music! Can you hear it? I figured it out all by my lonesome, no help from hubby. Dang I'm good!

Mini-Vikes Soccer Cousins

Ethan (Vaughn's son), Benson (Todd's son), Emily (Valerie's daughter), Justin and Jaxson all play on the Mini-Vikes Middleton Soccer Team. It is fun to go watch them play...and when I say play, I mean play. Every now and then one of them will actually play soccer. Actually, Benson and Jaxson are pretty good. Jaxson usually scores during the games. Valerie is just happy that Emily now chases the ball instead of stand there and cry. It has been fun. Their favorite part is the snack after the game!

Grandpa Tanner and the boys!

Mike's dad and his wife just sold their home in Meridian and moved permantly to California. We miss having them around. Before the house sold, Grandpa would have to come up to take care of things so we got to see him every now and then. Lynda has been in California for quite a while. Now I guess we'll have to make a trip to go visit them in sunny California.

Grandma Tanner and the kids

Grandma likes to come and watch the kids play their basketball, soccer and softball games. This time she had come to watch Mallary play basketball. Mallary is on the 3rd grade Select team. She made 13 points at her last game!

Annual Christmas Pajamas!

Grandma Tanner makes the kids pajamas every year. She has been doing it for 15 years and the kids (and parents) LOVE it. She is so nice to pick out the great prints and make all twelve of her grandkids pajamas. Steve and Karla didn't come for Christmas so their three kids are missing from this picture. We had a great Christmas Eve with Mike's mom and his brother Gary and his family. We had yummy food, played Christmas music with chimes and had a little Christmas program. It was a lot of fun and for the first time ever, we did it at our house. Too fun!

Waltman Family Gift & Goodie Night

All of the grandkids draw names for gifts. It is quite an ordeal because their are over 50 grandkids. We all gathered at my parent's home and had a great party.

Christmas Lights

Mike did a GREAT job putting up Christmas lights. He went ALL out and we loved it...but not the power bill. We decided we are switching to LED lights from now on.

Christmas Tree Hunting!

Our tradition of 12+ years is going with Mike's family to find our Christmas Tree. We love spending time with Grandma Tanner, Gary & Holly, Steve & Karla and all their kids (Steve & Karla had to go back to Utah). Usually we go major sledding but there was just enough snow to have a giant snowball fight and build small snowmen. We found our tree and had tons of fun!

Fun Finding a Tree

We went up to Idaho City to find our tree. We ended up going over Mores Creek Summit and just on the other side. We did find a little bit of snow. We had rolls and hot chocolate and lots of fun.

Just me and the kids!

While we were waiting for Mike, who was helping Gary and Holly get their extra tall tree, we posed for this picture.

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving. We went to Gary & Holly's for dinner, which was way too good. It was good to see Steve and Karla and their kids. Then that night we went for dessert to my parent's house. It was wild and crazy with everyone there except Lance and Becky but we had a great time.

HALLOWEEN

MORE HALLOWEEN PICS!

We went trick or treating with Gary & Holly and had a great time. Holly's house is always the best decorated in the subdivision. Justin and Jayce were supposed to dress up as cowboys but Mike decided to let them pick what they wanted to wear. Justin went for comfort and Jayce didn't want to dress up. So...after a bunch of kicking, screaming and bribing with the duck call, he decided to be a hunter.