200th Post

I was hoping so save this one and have it be something awesome. But instead we are taking care of Karlee who has strep throat. I am so ready for this yucky winter to be over!!!!!

Happy Birthday Susan!

So my mother in law had said that all she wanted for her 60Th Birthday was for all of her family to have a nice dinner. Well there was no way that was going to happen cuz one of her sons and his wife live in Arizona. Matt and I talked about it and thought it would be a great idea if while at Christmas when we were all home we surprised her and went out.

Well we all made up excuses for us to not be home one day and then her husband said lets just go out to dinner since its just the 2 of us. He took her to Hamilton's in Logan. We were in a private room all waiting for her. We sang Happy Birthday as soon as she came in. She was so surprised and so happy. It was a ton of fun. We all pitched in and got her a painting from James Christensen. Susan I hope you know how much we all love you and are grateful for all you do for us. You are a wonderful mom, mother in law, friend, and Grandmother! We are so glad that you were born!Happy Birthday!

They set up the table so beautifully and we had yummy peppermint cheese cake.

Rodney was so full and in the picture with his face looking like he was going to puke, well he was brave and tried shrimp. Needless to say he hated it. (Good boy) :)

Happy Birthday Susan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jonah and the Great Fish

OK so even if my daughter, Karlee, wasn't going to be in this play I would still go see it! I love the music in it! We have it playing in our car all the time. I love the dancing in it! I love the feeling I get from going to all the practices! If you want to have a great date night with your hubby or girls night out you can't miss this amazing show!
Go here to get tickets!

Karlee and Gev Manoukian (he was in the top 10 of so you think you can dance, season 4 I believe)

Karlee and Gev ( Everyone is so sweet to her, I love that!)

Karlee and Carli, my Karlee sure loves her she is a beautiful dancer!

Karlee and Valerie, David and Saffron Osmond
(David plays Jonah and Valerie is a friend and protector of Karlee)

Karlee as Lila and Jared Young and Jason Celaya singing to her. She loves this part especially when they both pick her up. What a little princess!

Director Dennis Agle showing Karlee that when people are silly around you to still be serious.

These guys really know how to dance. Its so fun to watch!

The costumes are so amazing. I cant wait until this week when we get Karlees!

Jonah and the Great Fish

Katherine Nelson and Brian Allred have amazing voices. I love to listen to them practice.

So the show goes from Feb 5-15. Everyday but Sundays and Karlee will be in it on the 8,9,10,11 & 15Th. They are not having her do the 2 Fridays or Saturdays cuz they will be filming all day Saturday and they don't want her to be too tired. Don't miss this amazing opportunity too hear and see some of Utah's most talented voices and dancers. It is going to be an amazing show!

Pray for Lindsey

My sisters baby, Lindsey, who is only 3 weeks old stop breathing on Saturday and had to go to Primary Children's Hospital. They are running a bunch of test on her to try and figure out what happened and so far she has a UTI, double ear infection and severe gag reflex. I went up to go see her on Sunday and got to hold her for a few minutes. She is such a sweet little baby. Today she will have to have her 3rd spinal tap in hopes to determine if she has meningitis or not. Please keep her in your prayers!

Poor baby is only 3 wks old and already spent 1/3 of her time in the Hospital.

What an angel!

Safe in her mamas arms!

Emily broke her hand

Well yesterday at church I went to pick up Emily from Nursery and she was screaming. I didn't think it was too weird since last week we started the 1-4 shift and it was hard for her to miss her nap. Her teachers told me that her and another girl had crashed. So I tried to make her feel better. Emily is a very tough cookie she usually doesn't ever cry and she always says shes tough, even though shes tiny.

Well we got home and she took a short nap and she was up crying again I got her some food and noticed she wasn't using her left hand at all. Which was weird then I looked at it and noticed her hand was swollen really bad. I called the nursery teacher and asked what happened and they said she tripped and fell on her tummy and another little girl fell on top of her. I called the Dr and they said to bring her in.

They did X-Rays, we got locked outside for 5 min in the cold, and come to find out it was broken. They said she has a hand fracture of the 3rd metacarpal. My poor baby! You kind of think these things will happen at the park, jumping on the bed, or at your house but I never thought they would get hurt at church!

I know that kids are going to get hurt but it doesn't mean I have to like it :(

This is her in her Princess Jammie's.

They gave her a temp cast until today when they put the real one on.

She picked out a purple one.

She was so brave!

It took some convincing to take off her hat!

Emily I'm so sorry that you got hurt! You are such a brave and strong little girl. I know that you have been frustrated having this thing on your hand but I promise its to help you. Daddy and I love you so much and we are going to take good care of you!

New baby cousin!

On December 29, 2009 my sister gave birth to a baby girl named Lindsey Ryan Stoker she weighed 9lbs 2oz 19 1/2 inches long! I went to the hospital to see her but since H1N1 was so bad they did not let kids under 12 in to the hospital. So my kids did not get to meet there cousin when I did.

Also the baby had some really bad blood sugar problems and also jaundice so no one could hold her anyways. Well I got to for a few minutes :) So her cousins were patiently waiting to meet her. While Andra was in the hospital we got to watch Whitney, her big sister, for a couple days and that was a ton of fun! So Friday we went to Andras so the kids could meet there new cousin!

Baby Lindsey

Karlee and her new cousin!

What an angel!

Rodney was shorter than his cousin Bentley at Christmas, Wow!

Bentley thought it was funny to stand on his toes and show there muscles!

Adam and Kari's little girl, Halle!

Rodney and Bentley wrestling!

Me and my awesome brother!

Christmas 2009

Christmas was so much fun! It's so nice that Emily and Rodney are big enough that they could really get into it and enjoy it! I love my family so much they make me so happy! We were up in Logan for 7 days it was a blast!

Some of Karlee's favorite gifts: New clothes, Fancy Nancy blanket, books, Sofie (Liv Doll), Moxie Girl (Doll) and the house that went with them!

Rodney- Blaster Shooter (star wars gun), transformers, Cars blanket, clothes, and books.

Emily- Tinker Bell doll and movie, magic wand, Dora blanket, babies and baby blanket.


The kids all got Star Wars Shirts and Rodney loved playing with Aunt Kirsten's D.S

We decided we had to make gifts for the siblings this year and I thought that was a great idea!

The girls got matching sweaters which I absolutely LOVE! Rodney always wears this band around his head at his grandparents, he thinks he is a ninja also he got this "blaster shooter and bumble bee helmet from Santa. Matt was Rockin his Air Jordan's (someone must sure love him) and last but not least the famous Clements bread for Christmas breakfast!

Which gift do you think she liked better??

I loved that the girls wore there headbands that Santa left in there stockings while opening there presents!

First thing in the morning, oh no! :) We were checking to see if Santa ate the cookies and milk and not only did he eat one he ate them all and he left the kids a note back. That was fun!

Best Christmas Gift I ever got! To be a mom to these 3 Beautiful and amazing kids!

Thank goodness Santa is smart and brought Rodney some new Spider man undies too much of him giving himself a wedgie and he needed some new ones. hahaha

Yummy homemade Sugar Cookies!

Emily loved sitting in front of this Santa and watching him. Rodney picked up some new moves and was break dancing.

We noticed that 99% of Emilys pictures she is either in the highchair, has a cold and a runny nose, or has food on her face. Well at least shes happy and oh so loved!!!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Devotional

Last Christmas our friends the Griffiths invited us to a Christmas Devotional and it was so much fun so we of course kept that tradition and went with them again. It was at the Delta Center the Monday before Christmas. It is free to the public and you get a free hot dog and drink. This year a ton more people went than last year so they ran out of food but we had eaten dinner before so it was no biggie.

Also there everyone in the audience sings Christmas songs. John Schmidt was the special guest there and he played the piano and his daughter sang. We also saw Santa, Big Buddha and the Utah Jazz Bear. You get free tickets for your whole family to a Jazz Game, Bees game, free popcorn at the Megaplex, and tickets to the Miller Motor Race Park. What a great Family Home Evening we had! Thanks Griffiths family we sure love you guys!

What a great way to feel the Spirit through music!

Our kids are the best blessing we could ever ask for!

Karless is 6!

Well I apologize Karlee that I got so behind with the Holidays that I didn't finish up blogging about your Birthday. Working at Wal-Mart 2 days a week and babysitting 2 days a week got me really behind in blogging. New Years Resolution "Don't get that behind again" :)

We had a family birthday party for Karlee and she wanted homemade cheesecake "not that stuff in the box" I was told! Thats my girl she likes the good stuff! She got a new tutu for ballet, some clothes, barbie, and 3 Musketeers movie. she had a wonderful birthday thank you for help making it so special!