Band

This was Isaah's first Band concert. He plays the Alto Saxophone. In our middle school you either have the choice to do band or orchestra. I am actually surprised at how in such a short time he can actually play something that I can tell is a song and not just an animal dying. He did a great job. You can just see the top of his head on the 3rd row from the back. I couldn't get the video of him playing to load.

Reindeer Run

The girls had a Reindeer Run at school on Thursday. They had been practicing and were so excited for it. I wasn't sure if I wasn't going to have winners or not, I had an idea that I would have 1 maybe 2. I was so excited when they all three came home winners. They had winners for the 5 fastest boys and girls in each grade. Paige came in 1st place and Talli came in 3rd place for the 1st grade girls. Madi came in 3rd for the 3rd graders (she has had a sore ankle for the last month and it's still hurting, she informed me that if it wasn't for that she would have been 1st because she usually is. That made me laugh). So proud of my fast girls.

Picture

I wanted a family picture for our Christmas card this year. I didn't know it was going to be so hard to get. I wanted to get pictures done in the fall leaves but didn't make it up to UT to get it done. So I had two different friends just take some for us with my camera. The first day Paige was bond and determined she was not getting pictures done. She cried the whole time, needless to say that is why we had to go back and do them again. The second time my tween was goofier than goofy. If he wasn't tickling his sisters he was being crosseyed. I have some great friends to put up with my crazy's though and we did get a few keepers.The twins... My girls love their skinny jeans and boots.


This one is from our 2nd day of pictures. Everyone one was happy... some a little to happy and goofy.
This is from the first day. You can actually see Paiges face in this one. Yes that is a frown. Did you notice the nice bunny ears behind my head. I had 3 different pictures of these.

Choir

Madi deceided to do the Children's Choir at school this year. She loves it. This is one of their Christmas performances. They are warming up for there performance in this one. The one above is her doing her reading part. They did a great job

HaHa

Last night I came home and saw three kids Isaah knew walking past our house. About 5 minutes later the door bell rings, I told Isaah it was his friends but when him and I got to the door nobody was there. Our dog loves to greet people at the door by loudly barking, but since no one was there Isaah said "Go, get im". Off she ran around the side of the house barking like crazy after them (she doesn't bite, she just likes to scare you). Those three boys ran and we laughed and laughed. After ward Isaah went out and talked to them. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. They did try it again about 5 mins. later and ran into the middle of the street this time and had fun with the dog and Isaah.

The Phantom

We were able to go see The Phantom of the Opera at the Venetician with Jenni and Ashley. It was an early bday present for Jenni, (her bday was the next day), they flew in that day and flew out early the next morning. Wish they could have stayed longer. We had such a good time for our girls night. We walked and walked and walked around Vegas. We ate at the Hard Rock Cafe, saw the water show at the Bellagio, and took pictures of the Eiffel Tower at the Paris. The Phantom was AMAZING. We had great seat and loved every minute of it. As soon as it was over Madi turned to me and said "Can we watch it again?". I think that is how we all felt!

Waiting for our yummy dinner to arrive. The girls were so giggly and excited.

Who can resist dessert? We ordered two and shared them. The one with the strawberry sauce was by far the favorite.

We were in Paris for a few minutes.

Waiting for the water show at the Bellagio.