Roller Skating

Last night for Family Home Evening we used a gift certificate that Kayley received from school for being a "Terrific Kid" and went roller skating. We received admission and skate rentals for 4 people, a xl pizza, and drinks. Luckily, they had free admission so Kenzie and I got in for free and we only had to pay $2 for skates for Kenzie. We were there for over 1 1/2 hours. The kids had a BLAST!

While Brent helped each of the kids I walked with Kenzie on the carpet. She was loving it and having so much fun. Kayley and Cameron did really well, by the end of the night they had started getting the hang of it. Cory did good, but he was the one that fell and did the splits the most. It was so much fun. I just wish I had remembered the camera so I could take more pictures. Luckily we were able to get this with Brent's phone.

Happy Birthday, Brent

Yesterday we celebrated Brent's birthday. For lunch he went to Denny's and got his free Grand Slam. And then for dinner he picked up a free meal from Joe's BBQ and Joe's Farm Grill (both great places to eat). So he shared his meals with me and we got the kids pizza. What a great meal. We are all about freebies.

He wanted a turtle cake. So I went online and found pictures and realized it would be easier to do it like this than to do it in a 9x13 pan and decorating it like I was planning on. For dessert we invited Brent's cousin, Jeremy, and his family over to celebrate with us since he also just had his birthday last Friday. So we had cake, ice cream, a dozen free donuts from Krispy Kreme (like I said we are all about free, plus Kayley and Cameron were happy because they got to take one for their treat in their lunchbox today), and yummy brownies that Mary made.

I put this picture on to show what it looked like before Kenzie put her hand into it.
It was a fun day. Happy Birthday, Brent

This is what happens when you give a toddler a blue ring pop.

This is after I had washed her. She was a Smurf for a while.

Bracelet

Last night at our Relief Society Birthday party we were able to make a bracelet as a gift to ourselves to take home. I never imagined such a difficult task. They had set up two 6-foot long tables that were covered with bowls of beads. There was so many it was hard to choose. I decided I would post a picture of the finished project. It was a lot of fun.

Birthdays

I thought I would quickly post a couple of pictures from Cory and Cameron's birthdays. Cory turned 5 on December 31st and Cameron turned 7 on January 3rd.

Cory really wanted a Lightning McQueen cake again this year. I'm glad he liked it because I wasn't too thrilled with how it turned out.

Cory was fortunate to have lots of cousins celebrate his birthday with him. My brother Jared and his family were here from Michigan and my sister-in-law Julie came with my parents and her daughter, Abbie.

Cameron decided he wanted something unique and decided on a cactus and a sun for his cake. I think it turned out pretty good.

He had a great birthday and loved all of the presents he got.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Christmas Lights

Last week we went to the Mesa Temple grounds to see the beautiful light displays. It was amazing. One of the missionaries that was there asked me to compare it to the Temple Square lights and I told him you couldn't compare the two. The ones in Mesa are amazing and I loved the Nativity scenes the best.

Kayley wanted to take the pictures as we walked around so the pictures I'm posting were taken by her.

I thought these were so neat. They are flowers made out of lights.

The kids all loved looking at these. The waterfall effect was amazing. I can't imagine how many hours went into designing and setting up the lights.