I had the best time taking these pictures at Techatticup. I'm hoping to have it printed and framed somewhere. I love it!

Techatticup

A couple weekends ago we were feeling the need to get out of town. Techatticup was the perfect solution. An early mining town and only 50 minutes away. When you get there you're out in the middle of nowhere. It's a great place for the kids to roam around....and breathe in some fresh air. We had a great time!

We were going to have a picnic out there...but the girls and I were starving so we ate lunch right before we left. Of course the guys toughed it out and ate when we got there.

I love this picture of Dakota. He'd just made a joke...which if you know Dakota and his sense of humor, you know that means he made a literal comment that was hilarious to the rest of us. This was his reaction to the statement...."Dakota, did you just make a joke." Too funny.

This is my feeble attempt to catch up on the blog. Every year October through December seems to kick me in the hiney. Guess this is better than nothing, right???

Hopefully with the new year I'll have a new desire to do better. One can only hope! :0)

Just a couple of funny things Carly has said that I want to remember.

We were driving down the road and she asked me. "Mom, do bunny's get married?" I said no, why? Her response was. "Well...then how do they have babies?" Me...we'll have to talk about this later.

Over Christmas:

Carly out of the blue. "Mom, I want to celebrate Harmonica this year?" Me...hmm...how do you celebrate that? Carly.... "you make a dreidel out of clay and then just spin it?

New pictures

One week before Christmas we ran out to try and get a picture for our family Christmas card. Here are a few that I got.

It was COLD so Cassidy was the only one who would cooperate with having "extra" pictures. The rest of the kids were....done.

Christmas Morning

This was the funniest thing. Cassidy got eye concealer in her stocking this year to help cover up her dark circles. She'd obviously never seen such a thing and thought it was lip gloss. Too funny.

Dakota loved the holidays and all the cooking and baking that comes with it. He was anxious to get some breakfast made on Christmas morning.

Cheyenne in her fedora

Carly got some fun little toys...

Oh the mess....

Christmas Eve!

We had such a wonderful Christmas Eve. It is seriously our favorite day of the year. We stared out with breakfast at a buffet....which turned into brunch because we were there so long! Then it was off for some traditional family bowling. We spent the afternoon at the park riding bikes and rollerblading. Then went home to make some eggnog and yummy dinner. After dinner we hit the spa and then played games until we were all too tired and needed to get to bed. It just doesn't get much better than this!

Cheyenne Gets BRACES!

But first she needed to have four teeth pulled. Such a trooper.

Cheyenne was SO excited to get her braces....she could hardly wait. She didn't complain at all about any pain or difficulty with eating. She's just plugged along and is doing great.

She looks so cute....and grown up!

Holiday Concerts

Cassidy and Cheyenne had their concerts on the same night at the same time. It took some doing but we were able to make it to both in time to see each of them perform. Thank goodness Cassidy's choir was the last of 5 to take their turn. They both did great and it was fun to watch. Dakota also had a winter concert but I can't find the pictures from it. DARN! It was awesome....oh how I love listening to an orchestra play music.

Cassidy is ALWAYS stuck behind a microphone....

Cheyenne had a speaking part this year too! She did great!