So it's now 9-10-09 we just got back from camping up at Stawberry. Tysen took a ton of photo's of our little cousins. They turned out great. She likes to take photo's. Now we just need to get our family photo taken. The kids just got there school photos for this year. Tysen is now in ninth grade! Bailey is in seventh. It's amazing how fast they grow up. Dakota is now in third grade.

He now has long hair and loves it. Just like any boy now a day's he won't cut it. He has a small tail of hair and he loves it. He's going for a mullet and we made a deal once he could get it all the way around to his mouth we were going to cut it. But we'll see if that actually happens. :)

Bailey died her hair black over the summer and it turned out way cute. She is a fashion model. She dresses up in the cutest cloths she always looks her best weather she is in sweats or a suit.

Tysen is very into reading books and loves to read. She has already finished more than 3 books that had more than 300 pages! She got into English Honors and already has a 15 page essay on the two books she read over the summer.

I'm as busy as usual and Mike is out playing with his four wheeler. He loves those things. He has also been up hunting quite a bit. But no luck just yet.

Christmas 2008

I must admit....I was a bit nervous about Christmas this year. Money has been so tight and the kids dream of having so much....If only I had been able to see into the future I would have known that everything always turns out alright. I should have known. We were truly blessed. We have great friends, family, and ward members who look out for us.

Dakota's list of favorite gifts wasn't as short as the girls. Depends on when you asked him. His answer could have been the snowboard, the air soft gun, the pirate set, his very own MP3 (like his sisters)....you get the idea. He was pleased with everything.
















Bailey got the I-touch (wanna-be) that she has been waiting for since the beginning of December. It was a b-day/x-mas gift. It holds pictures, videos, and music. It's pretty cool. I don't know if she thought that or the $100 we gave her was better.



Tysen's favorite gift was the drums. She said that's ALL she wanted for Christmas was drums and a toothbrush.


Mike got a spotting scope and Kristen got jewelry.















We kept with the tradition and went over to my Mom & Dad's house for a wonderful "brunch" fixed by my dad. He is so great! What would we do without him? It's so nice to know that when we get there (whatever time it is) he will serve us a wonderful, warm breakfast and mom will spoil us with gifts. After we have all opened about 100 gifts from mom and dad, we always feel welcome to do whatever we want: lay down and take a nap, play with our presents, or whatever our little heart desires. Aren't we lucky to have family so close? What better Christmas gift could we get?























After all that, we went over to Mike's sisters house and had some more fun visiting and playing with the Rogers' family. It was really a great Christmas.