Aislee is dancer of the month

Aislee was picked to be Dancer of the month at her dance studio! I'm so excited and proud of her.
Here's the link:


http://www.onstagedancestudio.com/


Scroll all the way down to see her picture!

What we've been up to!

Aislee lost her first tooth. We were at Grandpa and Grandma Congers watching Ramona and Beezus (so cute), and she wiggled it the whole time until it fell out! The Tooth Fairy came and brought her $5. But, I had to remind her that the Tooth Fairy brings more money when you lose a tooth and Grandma and Grandpas house!

We went to Disneyland with the Webster Family! I LOVE Disneyland. My husband LOVES Disneyland, and my kids LOVE Disneyland!! It's just so magical. We stayed at the Marriott across the street and never ate out once, we cooked crockpot meals in our room! So, we saved tons of money, seriously tons, like HUNDREDS of dollars!! We would put our kids to bed at night, except Ais, and then we would go out and play (Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Webster for staying back with the little ones).....Aislee discovered so many fun new rides...including Hollywood Tower of Terror, Thundermountain Railroad, Space Mountain & even Splash Mountain! She is a brave little girl. She kept her hands up the whole time in Hollywood Tower of Terror cause her uncle Danny dared her too. If you've ever tried to do that...it's freakin hard. She then explained the feeling to her brother...."you'll never need to eat again, because it makes your tummy so full!"

Aislee holding my nephew Tayton, then there's my neice Melayna, and Easton! The cousins had so much fun together!

We got to meet Rapunzel, and even Santa and his reindeer were there! (look at King Lewy the 3rd...he's as big as Aislee!)

Aislee was chosen to be on a competing Gymnastics team. They had there first get-together to meet their new team and to also go over some things...and they had her already doing flips off the bar (into the pit). She's so excited. They will compete in the Spring. That was a hard decision for Brian and I to make, because it is a lot more time during the week. But she loves it, she's good at it, and we're all really excited!! Just to give you an idea of how Aislee works. She decided she wanted to have her backbends down to show her new teacher...so the day before they got together she practiced and practiced until she got it. If she puts her mind to it, she gets so frustrated until shes mastered it. So, I'm excited to see what this little girl will accomplish now that they will actually be working towards something.

Then came to rain.

The Virgin River flooded right behind our house. Look closely in the picture above, just left of that white sign, is the actual river on the road. And if you look even closer, you can see how close it is to the bridge, just to the right of the green tall tree. By the way, on a normal day, you cannot see the river behind our house. It's just a little thing floatin along minding its own business!

And then Christmas. I love this time of year!

Merry Christmas Family and Friends! We love you and are thankful for you in our lives!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TOO!

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Eastons drawing

The other day Easton decided to draw with his sister (which is a rarity). He handed his finished product to me and said..."here mom this is for you...it's Sid". I could not believe how much it really does look like Sid. I'm sure he wasn't meaning to draw him, but realized thats who it looked like.

My Deep Thought & Happy Thanksgiving

"Why is it, when you don't have anything, you feel like you have everything and you count your many blessings; but when you do have it, it's never enough and you want more." ~J.L. Webster

I thought about this the other day. Last year at this time, we were just about to get laid off, the Monday after Thanksgiving to be exact. That was the worst time, yet the best. Why? Because we were truly humbled. Our priorities were put in order, and our perspective on life was focused on the eternities and our good health. I truly felt like the richest woman in the whole world.
Just one year later, now with a job, I caught myself the other day thinking about all the things I don't have, and everything I want. Shame on me. I want my old life back. At least my perspective on life. Although I am truly thankful for a WONDERFUL job, I need my mind to remember what I have.
I am so thankful for family, my health, my family's health, 3 beautiful kids, a wonderful loving hard-working husband, our cozy warm home, the beautiful place we live, the food we eat, our neighbors, my Savior, our friends both old and new, the Holidays, and being alive every day to enjoy it all.
That's all I need. That's all I want.

Happy Thanksgiving Family and Friends!

Halloween 2010

Holy Cow it's hard to get a good pic of 3 kids!! I had to hurry and document this years costumes...because I'm getting farther and farther behind on my scrapbooking!
LOVE BLOGS for journaling purposes!

Meet Rapunzel, a BYU football player, and a monkey!

My sweet daughter

My cute little sweetheart has a wonderful friend. Bus Driver Mike. He drives her home from school everyday, and he is wonderful. She always sings me the songs he sings to them, and tells me how fun he is. He even gives them suckers, which is huge to a 6 yr old! Bus Driver Mike went missing for a couple weeks, and it really bothered little Ais. So, she must have asked the sub bus driver where he was, and she found out his wife was sick in the hospital. (they are an older couple). So the sub bus driver told Aislee that he would be back the next day, and cute little Aislee asked me to go get flowers while she was at school and meet her at the bus stop so she could give them to bus driver Mike to give to his wife. She spent that whole morning working on a card for her too. It makes me cry it's so sweet. And when we gave them to bus driver Mike a little tear dropped from his eye too. She since has recieved a thank you note signed....Bus Driver Mike's wife Sherry.
I love you sweet Ais!

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The birthday party (Ais!)

So, let me preface with this. This was Aislee's first ever birthday party. Therefore, this was my first birthday party as a mother. I loved it. But--it was a lot of work. I get the whole every other year idea....but I think mine will be every 3 years....or ONCE in a LIFETIME!!! No, it really was fun, and when I asked Ais what she thought after it was over..she replied...Mom, I want to have another one!! How fun would a Halloween party for 6 year girls be??!!! Tiff....come on!






The invites:

The goody bags (soooo easy, just decorated lunch sacks!...oh and that little puff ball, is a bow)

They were filled with: Silly bands (of course)...homemade lipgloss (see below), ring, sticker earings, aislee's chocolate covered strawberries (because they are her favorite food) thank you card (see below),

The cupcakes: from the Sweet Tooth Fairy, now here in St. G

The beautiful guests:

Easton with his date: Halle. These two are the cutest best friends ever. In church the other day, (nursery), during lesson time, I was sitting behind them and they were sitting so close together it was like they were glued there! Then Halle would play with Eastons hair, and Easton would lay on her lap. It was so dang cute, I was taking pics with my phone, and if I could figure out how to get them on here, I will....so stinkin cute. So, in this pic, Easton decorated the table...notice the spiders and transformers....and even cuter...Halle LOVED it!!

the Martini glasses (from the 1$ store, dipped in Oj and Pink sugar) oh, and of course, the peace sign napkins.

Aislee's little thank you note:

the pink chocolate covered berries to go with her note!

we made homemade lips gloss!!

And not pictured:
We did sparkly toes. SOOOO EASY. all you need: polish, glitter, and a top coat. See here!

It was so much fun! I had to do this....just in case another girl doesn't come my way. And, I've had a serious guilty conscience about not having a decked out tea party with her friends/dolls/stuffed animals. This makes up for that right???!!!! I hope so, because she's 6...she's getting old...maybe I still need to have a tea party. any good ideas?????