Can Rotation System

We were so excited to get our Shelf Reliance can rotating system. We have been wanting one for so long and finally we got one! We had to get the smallest one to fit in our laundry/storage room. The kids had so much fun helping Daniel put it together! Ryan kept using the tape measure and saying this side is 2 Dad! We were disappointed to find that they didn't send us all the parts so I can't put cans on it yet.
Here is Ryan helping Daddy!

We also bought a few cans of freeze dried foods. We had to sample the Strawberries. The girls thought they were pretty yummy!

Here it is in the laundry room, don't look at my unorganized shelves! It is a perfect fit! My dream is to someday have a room just for storage like food and other stuff I stock up on. This will have to do for now! We either have to build on or buy a bigger house!

Update

So I haven't really had anything to blog about lately and haven't even taken any pictures for a long time! Anyway I decided to do a little update on our boring lives! Well we finished our service mission and are now back in our old ward. Our ward changed a lot in the 1 year and 3 months that we were gone! It has been hard to get back into things but they wasted no time on giving us callings. Daniel got called to ward financial clerk and to be the 10-11 year old primary boys teacher. I got called to be the Enrichment Leader again, I was it for like 4 years before.

I am almost 34 weeks now and am so ready for this little boy to come! I had Ryan at 36 weeks so that would be like 2 weeks from now, but I guess this guy will come when he is ready. I just got the car seat and stroller I ordered, I was so excited to get them! I think I have everything I need now! I just wanted to feel ready this time, so I even have my bag packed already! The only set back is that we haven't picked a name yet and really have no good ideas on one either. The baby was in breech position so hopefully he turns soon too! Here is a picture of the new stroller and car seat.

Hailey had her 100 day party at school today. She was so excited about it! She got to wear her shirt she painted for it! Here is a picture of her with her shirt,her 100 beads, and her 100 stickers book!

PBR and Stock Show

Every year in January we love going to the National Western Stock Show that is held in Denver. We love doing this as a family! Daniel and I also go to the Professional Bull Riding each year. We took our friends Luke and Asia with us last night and it was a lot of fun!

They had the cutest thing last night, that we have never seen in the years previous. They had these cute monkeys riding dogs chasing the sheep around. I was sad the kids weren't with us to see it! It was so cute, I just love monkeys! I couldn't zoom with Daniel's phone so my pictures didn't turn out, but I found this one on the internet that looked just like the dogs and monkeys that we saw!

Here are pictures of the kids when we took them. We will be going again in the next week because we didn't take the kids to one of the rodeo's yet. The girls and I were also excited to get new boots this year, too. Yes I actually wore cowgirl boots and pants(of course I couldn't button them with my huge pregnant tummy)! (You would be so proud Hannah)!!

3D4D UltraSound

While my parents were in town I took them with me to get my 3D4D ultrasound! It was my Christmas present from Daniel. It was really neat! The pictures didn't come out as clear as I'd hoped but it was still really cool to see! The baby was sitting in a breach position with his feet and hands up in his face. So it was hard for them to get a good picture. He finally moved his feet but his hands were in his face almost the whole time. Here are a few of my favorite shots!

I know you can't really tell what they look like but it was fun to do. I love the one with him yawning and the one with his hand open on his face! I have always wanted to do one of these kind of ultrasounds and thought this might be my last chance! So thanks honey for a great Christmas present!

Visit from Grandma and Grandpa

My parents came into town for 5 days and we had such a great time with them here! The kids loved every second of it and were sad to say goodbye to them this morning! I didn't take many pictures when they were here but here are a few! We went on a tour at Hammond's Candy Factory! It was fun and we bought some yummy treats after the tour. Here is a few pics from the candy store. Don't look at my horrible swollen face though!

On Sunday night the girls had a fun time doing my dads hair! What a nice Grandpa to let them do this! They thought it was the funnest thing and had a ball doing it!

Thanks for coming to visit mom and dad we had great time! Sorry I was a tired, complaining pregnant woman the whole time!

Happy New Year!!

We had a fun New Years Eve and Day! New Years Eve we decided to just stay at home with the kids! We splurged and bought some King Crab Legs, Shrimp, Sparkling Cider, and lots of other goodies! Daniel's sister, Rachel and her baby Gavin, came over too. Here is a picture of our feast before we dug in!

Then we had fun counting down til the New Year. We had some confetti poppers to pull at Midnight!

Then we had to finish the night off with a some sparkling grape juice in our fancy glasses!
Daniel, Rachel & Gavin, Hailey, Ryan and Ashley

Christmas

Christmas Day was fun! We have a tradition of making the kids line up in the hall youngest to oldest to walk out to the tree. They were so excited! They walked out and were totally surprised! I love this picture of Ashley's face as she see's her new bike and sits on it!

Hailey and her bike! Santa was too tired to put hers together the night before! Ashley's bike had come all put together.

Here is Ryan and his new gun and cowboy set!
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We had a great day of relaxing, playing games, spending time with family, and just not having to work or do anythings stressful. The kids and I got Daniel roller blades. It was a pretty nice day out so the girls had fun riding their new bikes and Daniel had fun trying his new roller blades out. I even got to try them out, I haven't roller bladed for probably 10 or 11 years. I put them on and Daniel kept telling me "no your pregnant" but I couldn't help it I just wanted to do it so bad! Well I did fine once I got up. But when I was getting up I lost my balance and fell on the side of our chair outside and broke it, and fell on my butt. My hip and butt are pretty bruised up! I guess that's what I get! But it was fun and it brought back memories of my roller blading days with Jolyn!! Once I have the baby I think I am going to have to get me some!


Christmas Eve we always go to my Daniel's parents and eat lots of good food, have our little program and open presents from each other(we draw names). Daniel's mom also always gets her grand kids pajamas so the kids got to open those too! Here are some pictures of our little program!
Hailey as Mary holding baby Jesus with Joseph by her side!

Ashley was an Angel, Ryan a little Shepherd!

The whole group!


This is a picture of my kids on Christmas eve, before bed, wearing their new pajamas and looking at their new books from their Grandma.