Where have you been????

For all of you out there wondering if I am still alive...... I AM!! Life has been such a blast since I last posted, thus I have been out living it, instead of blogging about it. The quick version of what we have been up to goes like this.


Sedona turned TWO YEARS OLD!


We drove to Utah to spend Christmas with my family. My mom organized this awesome activity with Santa (cause Grandma's got strings they can pull). The kids had a blast with this and they also go to put together gingerbread houses.








While we were there we went ice skating with Nate & Dodie's family, and Robert & Zach.






Thanks to Tyson & Dee who fed us and let us sleep at their house. We had an incredible Christmas morning with them. All in all we only had 8 kids there so even though it was crazy I could not help but think about the craziness that went on at my house growing up with 11 kids.


On Christmas Day we went and saw The Princess and The Frog (no pictures, just want to remember we did that) with just about everyone. If nothing else there was a lot of us there. After that we went to see the lights at Temple Square. Even though we lived in Utah for 5 years, we never once took our kids. So I wanted to make sure we did that while we were there. Poor Savannah & Sierra they just brought their new jackets so they were FREEZING!!!!




On Sunday before we went to church we were able to all get together and have a massive family photo shoot. Now I want you all to know that I LOVE MY FAMILY!! I especially love the fact that there are so many of us. So when I refer to things in large numbers it is truly a positive thing.




After church (where Whitney's baby was blessed) we gathered at my parents place for dinner and the official gift exchange. It was a mad-house to say the least (again this is a term of endearment). We had such a blast with everyone!!

We spent New Year's Eve at home with the kids. We invited a few friends over and just played and ate (I did not take any pictures of that, but it was fun none the less).




With the kids back in school they got their awards for the second quarter grades. Both Savannah & Sierra made it on the Superintendent's list. Way to go girlies!!!


Blake & I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary. Yahoo!! I am so thrilled to be married to such an incredible guys. I am just thankful he has not figured out that I have him under a spell.





On January 22nd we had a snow day. So the kids had no school. So before the snow melted away we took advantage of our cliff in our backyard and went sledding. We also invited our neighbors over to enjoy it as well. Then we brought them all inside and warmed them up with HOT COCOA!!!


Savannah turned 11 YEARS OLD!!! We had a wonderful breakfast.




For lunch we have a tradition that I take the kids out to lunch, just me and them. So I took Savannah to Eva's (the best Mexican restaurant around).


We then rushed home and picked up the two pans of Marshmallow Brownies that I made for her class and took them to school. All the kids enjoyed the break and the treat.


Since we are not doing birthday parties this year (just way to much going on) Savannah had two friends over for dinner and a movie. Savannah picked to have Waikiki Meatballs and the two friends are Kaitlynn and Kiley.




Dessert was Mississippi Mud Pie. It took a little mishap when some younger sibling was being helpful by taking it out of the fridge. But it tasted DELICIOUS none the less. And....


the candles stayed up so Savannah could blow them out. Which she did. She was a little nervous on if she would be able to blow them all out since she did not get to blow out ten candles last year (she had dutch oven dessert last year and therefore we could not put the candles in it).






At the start of the year we implemented "Kid time" (I am still looking for a great name for this, so if you have ideas send them my way). Anyway, since I have five kids and there are five week days each day I (or Blake) gets to spend time with that one kid for an hour, doing whatever they choose. Saige picked to practice cartwheels. So I put tape on the floor and tried to teach her how to do it. She got better as time went on.


Blake and I got to go to another ACN training event. It was absolutely incredible. This company amazes me as to where they are going. We are thrilled to be a part of it.


Oh, and one day I am going to be as incredible as this lady. For those who don't know (which is most of you reading this) this is Mindy Deeble, my mentor.

After our last training session we hopped on the train and went to San Fransisco.


















We walked all the way from the train station to Pier 39. It was raining most of the time, but it was not too bad. We saw so many people running in it. Talk about motivated! It was such a blast! I have to give some praise to my amazing husband he was such a trooper. He was the only guy and had us four ladies on this trip. We did travel with some great ladies though, so that makes it easier.




Here is some of the beautiful scenery on the 14 hours drive back home. Things are green right now in California.