Happy New Year!

We have already been very busy this year. Aaron had to leave us again bright and early on the 1st. Haylee was excited to go back to school, after her first day back she came home and asked me if she could get her ears peirced and I of course said yes. So we went to Wal-Mart on Wed. and got her ears done. She did so good she wasn't scared and she only cried for a minute after. She got some really cute pink studs that she loves. She looks so grown up. I am hoping to have pictures soon. The kids got to have a sleep over with Aaron's parents on Friday night, so I took advantage of the time off and got a girls night out. A friend of mine and I got our toes painted, and had some dinner. It was very nice to get out and relax for a little while. This week we are having an inspection at our townhomes and then the next week we will be heading down to California to give Aaron a visit. We are looking forward to being warm in California for a few days. Not much else happens at our house but we are looking forward to a new year. I hope everyone has a great year.

Our Buckaroo!!

Our Princess!!!

Merry Christmas!

December was so crazy!! We had a ballet performace and a Christmas play in one week. Haylee had her first dance perfomance and she did great. I was so proud of my little dancer. She was a Chinese dancer in the Nutcracker. Then the next night she and Payton were both in a Christmas play in my mom's ward. We also had a small car accident, the kids and I were driving and slid on some ice right into a pole. Nobody was hurt thank goodness and the car is fine also. We got to have Aaron home for the holidays, we are very grateful for that. He got home on Christmas Eve and has to leave us again on the first. The kids had a fantastic Christmas, the got a ton of clothes and some really cute new toys. Haylee's favorite was her new Barbie house full of furniture and a new doll. Pay's favorite is his Batmobile and I think McCoys fave was the wrapping paper. They got a basketball hoop that he likes very much. They had a fun Christmas and I am still cleaning up and figuring out where I am going to put all of our new stuff. To end the month we found out that we are going to welcome home a new brother in June. We all wanted a girl, but we are excited and feel very blessed that so far the baby looks very healthy and in good shape. We are doing well and we are looking forward to the new year. We're not excited for Aaron to be gone but we are trying to stay optimistic. I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas.

Fall

This fall has been great. It started with Aaron and I got to go through the temple. It was an amazing experience. When they brought the kids in to be sealed to us that is a feeling you can't describe, they looked so cute all in white. Haylee even got to keep the little hair bow that they used with her outfit. The kids are still talking about going to the temple and how cool it was. We are so excited to have our family be eternal, it really puts a whole new perspective on life. We also found out that we are expecting another baby this next Spring. I still am not too sure how I feel about that because Aaron will be on deployment, so we will see how things go.

October was crazy for us. Haylee was really sick and down for about 2 weeks. Aaron was home for about 5 days out of the month. He has been doing some active training with the Marines. He is working up for his 10-11 month deployment. He got all of last week off and is now gone until Thanksgiving. We love having him home and when we get him we do a lot of fun stuff together. He got to be home on Halloween night, it was fun to take the kids around. Haylee was a flapper girl from the 20's, Pay was Spiderman and McCoy was a lion. They all looked so cute adn they had a lot of fun going trick or treating. My family also does a haunted alley every year, so we enjoyed putting that on. We had over 1100 people show up for our entertainmnet. It is so much fun to scare the living day lights out of people, and we all do it together as a family. Even Payton was brave enough to go through and sacrifice himself to my cousins, but he loved it. My sister and her husband and daughter went through the temple this month too, it was alot of fun to go through with them.

Now it is November and we are getting excited for the holidays. We love THanksgiving and Christmas. Haylee is still enjoying ballet and I am now helping to teach her class so we are having a lot of fun together. We also got a piano and are looking forward to piano lessons. Our lives are crazy, but we are loving every minute of it.

School Days

School has started, as if any parent is unhappy about that. Payton loves pre-school he is doing really well. Haylee's first day was yesterday and I thought that she was pretty excited. When I dropped her off everything was fine. When I went to get her she wanted to ride the bus home so I let her, when she got off the bus she started to cry and told me that she is quiting school. She is only in kindergarten and she is ready to drop out. I hope that she start to like school as the year goes on. I think that the size of the school and the newness was too much for her. Oh well just a few deep breathes and everything will be okay. Well i hope everyone else had a good first week of school.

Gold Old Summer Time

I love summer, but I can't wait until school starts. The kids only have a couple more weeks and I am so excited to start school and get into a normal routine. We have had a crazy summer, and we still have one more earned trip to go on. Meaning the kids earn a fun family activity for doing their chores. I don't know what we will do yet. Haylee will also start ballet this month and I have scout camp to go to. Aaron is gone for a couple of weeks training with the Marines, he will be back on the 15th. I am not looking forward to fall because that will take him away again, and I can't handle being a single parent anymore. His year long deployment is going to be a nightmare. I shouldn't complain, I'm grateful for my kids and all the happiness they bring into my life, but it is not easy. Well not much else is going on I hope we get a little more exciting.