MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Here is our Christmas pictures.. We had a GREAT day!

Here is the CRAZY Snow that we have been getting for the last few weeks.. it will not quit coming down!! Pretty CRAZY!

These aer pictures of Kaedynn showing me what she got from Santa Clause. She is so funny.. we video camera'd it, and everytime she would unwrap something; she would hold it up to the camera.. haha.

This was her favorite, she got a HOT PINK Ipod, and a Boombox to go with it; so that she could listen to her very own favorite songs around the house. Her favorite song to listen to is "Barbie Girl" by Aqua.. she knows all of the words, and sings is ALL DAY LONG! Her daddy is ready to throw it out the door already :)

This is her doll house, she LOVES as well. She occupied her self with this all weekend long.

Our Christmas was great! Kaedynn gets so excited to open her presents.. she has been telling me all year long what kind of things she wants Santa to bring her.. then just yesterday; she said.. Mom, when is Santa coming again? haha.. it made me laugh.

This year did not seem as chaotic as usual.. on Tuesday night (after my dads accident) we went to Riley's moms house for her Christmas party.. we played games, and played a gift exchange game. Then on Wednesday night (Xmas Eve) we went to my mom's families party, and played another gift exchange game, and ate dinner.. Then on Christmas day, we went to Riley's mom's for Breakfast, and to exchange gifts, and then we went to my dads to hang out with him, becuase Kaedynn was BEGGING me to go see his eye. So we went there, and hung out all day long.. then we had dinner there that night with all of my sisters, and their familiesm, and exchanged more gifts.

We love to go to my dads house when it snows, and pull the kids on their sleds behind the four-wheeler, and this year we took our Ranger down there as well to pull them with.. it was really fun! Sorry no pic's of it, i looked for the camera, and couldnt find it.. then when we got done, and was ready to leave, my husband said, here is the camera.. you should have took pictures... i had no idea he had already grabbed it! :)

I hope everyone else had a great Christmas as well!!

My Fortunate DAD!

This last week was pretty eventful. My dad got kicked in the face on Tuesday (the day before Xmas Eve) by a horse, while he was feeding. He doesnt remember getting kicked, but only remembers waking up on the ground in the snow with the dog licking his head. He walked in the house; and told my step mom that he thought he had been kicked; and i guess he had blood running down his face and his shirt was covered... so she loaded him up to take him to the ER. He went to AF Hospital, and they just stitched him up, and thought that would be good; but his face kept swelling bigger and bigger; so they did Xray's and found out that there was broken bones, and that they would need to go to the ER down at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo. So they got him down there; and the plastic surgeon did more Xray's to determine what they needed to do. The whole lining(bones) around the underneath side of his eye had been busted out/shattered, and around the corner of his eye had been nearly shattered and was pushed back into his head. They took him in for plastic surgery, and told us that it was only a 10 minute surgery... so we waited patiently for him to get done, 2 hours past, and we still had not heard anything... Finally some lady who knew nothing came out and told us that he was just barley going back... so 3 hours passed and finally the Dr came out and told us that it was worse then he thought, but he got it fixed, and all should be well. Because the bone under his eye broke, his sinuses were filling up with blood which was what was causing the swelling. The Dr could not reconstruct the existing bone in there because it was so bad, they had to put titanium plates in there to "recontruct his face". They had to put a big long stitch from the top of his eyebrow down to the bottom of his eye to hold his muscles up, so when it heals his face will not be droopy, and look like he had a stroke. They let him go that same night; becuase his swelling had gone down quite a bit. We were all bawling, if you can imagine, 5 girls, and a step mom bawling ... that is not very fun. We were so grateful that this was healable, and that he is getting better, and he was able to be home with us on Christmas. On Christmas day, his face was still numb; so they called the Dr, and he said that his face will stay numb for 2-3 weeks... so he is pretty pain free, and can not feel anything still. He said that his nose, and teeth are still numb.. so i guess that is good. Otherwise he would be in ALOT of pain i am sure.
We are VERY fortunate that it kicked him where it did, and not in the temple, or even right in the eye, and made him blind, since his occuption requires his vision.


This was a picture of him before he went to the Provo Hospital to be "reconstructed". This was after they did his stitches, while waiting for the Xrays to come back. This was after his surgery, if you look close you can see his stitch from the top to the bottom of his eye.. pretty gross.

Im so greatful that he is still alive and able to recover... we all thought about the worst thing that could happen, and are VERY grateful that it really did not happen. We would all be broke and lost with out him.

Ginger Bread Houses

This weekend we did gingerbread houses at my mother-in-law's house. Kaedynn did her house pretty much on her own, other then the frosting that holds the house together.. Riley helped her with that.

Here she is with the final product. She told me that the black stuff on the front, and on the side of the roof is "Reindeer poop"; although it was suppose to be coal. LOL.

We had fun!

GARY ALLAN

So this last weekend was the Gary Allan concert out in Wendover.. It was SOOO Good. I had never been to the concert hall before; but i will definatly go again. It is so small that even the back seats would have been awesome. We were probably about 8-9 rows back from the front; but as you can see it looks like we are alot closer. The sign said no cameras, so i didnt take mine in; but should have; becuase everyone else did, and didnt get in trouble for it. So all i have are camera phone pictures. (which are blurry as you can see)

We lost all of our money this weekend; we went hoping to win the jackpot; and we came home with nothing.. LOL It was a great get away and a nice weekend. It was suppose to be snowing the whole time; but it was blue skies when we woke up on Sunday morning. It was a great drive home, no weather to worry about. It is just a along dreadful drive of looking at desert.. not my fav.

It was a great weekend over all; and a nice get away from all the everyday stresses. I am so glad that we went!

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING....

Last night we went to my sisters house for dinner, and my brother-in-laws dad has a big white beard, and looks like Santa Claus. He dressed up to be Santa Claus at a party at Thanksgiving Point, so when he was done we had him come over and pretend like the kids were being extra good (RIGHT) and got an early Christmas Present.

It was so much fun for them. When he came to the door, he started jingling his bells, and we tried to get the kids quiet so that we could let them hear them as well.. we kept telling them to answer the door, that there was a surprise out there and they wouldn't. So i answered it and let them in. They were both a little scared at first, and then when Santa told them that he had presents for them; Kaedynn was right next to him waiting for them to come.. lol

This is her right after we got her present from Santa.

This is her ripping it open.

This is her telling Santa that she has been EXTRA good, and deserved an "early present".

They all had a good time, and she keeps telling me today that she was so good that Santa came to visit her early. LOL. She had such a great time. I am sure thankful that we have fun family that is willing to do things with us. We really appreciate it.

New Curly Hair Pictures

Soooo Kaedynn got another perm; and these are the pictures from the morning after. She looks so cute with her curls! I love her.