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January 2012

Hailey did a good job playing the First Noel for everyone on Christmas Eve.
We had a fun, peaceful Christmas. Aaron knitted me a hat, I made Emily some play dough, Hailey made Seth a hat and wooden letters of his name to put on his door, Seth made sam his name in wooden letters and gave Sam a flashlight compass, Sam made Aaron an ornament and Emily made Hailey a vinyl puppy and prints for her wall with a lot of help from me. WE had brunch at the Taylors. Sam informed everyone at the front desk at the ATC that he got camouflage underwear for Christmas.
Emily's 3rd birthday, she covered her ears when we sang Happy Birthday to her and she yelled at us to stop. She doesn't want to be potty trained , she climbed into bed with us the other night and peed all over Aarons back. She likes to poke her finger in her nose and say,"ew, gross" the whole time it's in there.
We went to Utah for New Years week, while we were there we went sledding at Soldier Hollow on their man made snow. Seth went tubing down the hill 14 times!
We hooked ourselves to a rope and it pulled us up the hill. Even Emily went down by herself.

We had the Cranes, Lelands and the Taylors over for Christmas Eve, we acted out the Nativity scene that turned into a battlefront between Joseph and the shepherds.
Hailey helped me decorate some beautiful cookies.

2011, A Whole Lotta Livin Goin On!

Cute Kiddos

Sam explaining to Santa on the Polar express which three lego sets he would like for Christmas
Santa handing Emily her bell, I guess we all believe in Santa because we heard the bell loud and clear all the way home.

Hailey and Seth getting their Hot Choc-o-late

All Aboard the Polar Express!

BYU -VS- TCU Horny Toads at Dallas Cowboy stadium in Dallas, Aaron I went by ourselves! Mom and Dad came and watched the kids while we went away for the first time by ourselves since having kids. We stayed at the Gaylord and went shopping it was so fun!

Seths spy party, turning 8 yrs old

Sam's 6 year old cowboy party!

Nate and LIanna got married in Austin,TX by a judge

Mom and Dad stayed with us for the month of Nov and had Thanksgiving with us, I made my first turkey!

BYU soccer camp with cousins Jada and Rocky, so fun

2011 Thompson Family Reunion held in Spanish Fork at Chris and Karens house

We had a medieval theme complete with a raid on cardboard castles and medieval buffet eaten with our hands and served by wenches (not really but we did have goblets)

So cute of grandma and Julene!

Aspen Grove!!

The Elliott family won the water follies!!

Hailey right before her terrifying experience on the ropes course. She rock climbed to the top but when she got half way through the course, she was so high up, she froze. Thank goodness for her camp leader who climbed up and helped her make it through.

Aaron and I did the rope course as well, so fun!

Hailey got a cute new pup for her 11 year old birthday and she named him Petey. He's really weaseled his way into our hears, all though I still get mad when I see a little pile of somethin somethin left behind by him in the house.
We went to Missouri to see 4th of July fireworks at Aaron's grandmas house. Because of the drought in Texas, fireworks were banned. In good ole missouri on the other hand, Aaron's uncle Jim brought 3 days of incredible fireworks! We were up close and personal. We also went and saw city fireworks and made ice-cream in a baggie.
Sam graduated from preschool and started kindergarten, he is doing so well but we are sad that his teacher Mrs. Van Netzer has cancer.

Ryan and Charity got married for time and eternity in the Salt Lake City temple!

Easter Pix

Poor Little Blog

This poor little blog has been neglected, meanwhile life has been rushing past us fast and furiously. Since January Emily got her cast off and learned to sit up, crawl and walk again. Grandma Sue and Grandpa Mitch came to visit and helped Seth with his first pinewood derby! Emily has been so much happier running around, I think she thought her lot in life was to be in a cast and watch other people run and play. She would sit and watch the other kids and put her toys on her head. In March Grandma Vicki, Mariko, Justin, Daniel, Skye and Alicia came to visit for spring break. We had a stay-cation, Sports week, we went rock climbing, indoor water park, bike ride, tennis, soccer , miniature golfing and hiking in Palo Duro canyon! It was a lot of fun, and the cousins made it more fun.

TOP THREE EVENTS OF 2010

Emily broke her leg over Thanksgiving

Seth was baptised on Oct.1, 2010

In June Aaron graduated from ALL his schooling. He accepted a job in Amarillo TX where we moved over the summer.

ANGEL FIRE

Recently Cheryl informed me that any father worth his salt takes his kids fishing, so I loaded everyone up in the trusty minivan and set off for Angel Fire, NM 4 hours away. I used google maps to choose the route. Most of the roads where two lane out in the middle of no where. We were within 20 miles of our destination when the road turned to a single lane dirt road. We decided that google was a good resource and set out with confidence. Unfortunately, the road got worse as we climbed through the mountains.

We saw great views and made it in one piece. The lake was beautiful.

Getting the fishing poles ready for the three older kids took awhile, they could hardly contain their excitement.

Emily found a good use for the net.

It didn't take long for Hailey to get a bite.

Then it was Seth's turn.

Sam only caught his knee, which the whole lake heard about as he danced around screaming.

The fish stopped biting in this spot so Hailey lead us to the other side of the lake.

Emily spent most of the day crying, or maybe she knew what we were about to do to the fish.

Hailey and Seth enjoyed helping clean the fish, but said it was gross.

Some of the locals were aghast that we took the dirt mountain pass to get here and strongly recommended an alternate route home, but we were glutton for punishment. On the way back we saw a bear and a mule deer. Look in the middle of the photos, top one is the bear, next the deer.

We made it out without any problems, in fact on the dirt road we passed two motorcycles, another minivan and a car. All the way home we were glad we took the road because we got to see the bear and I felt like I had conquered the road. Unfortunately Cheryl called me at work on Monday with a flat tire. Hey, it was still worth it!