Christy and Braxton making a tumble weed snowman

Merry Christmas
We wish you peace, love and joy!

Shaye, Braxton and their friend Savannah

Aunt Christy as a chicken

Saturday we went to the Cedar City Christmas Parade.
They have such great costumes. My favorite was the huge gingerbread man.
Shaye and Braxton loved that their aunt Christy got to be in the parade.
Usually this parade is so cold, this year it was nice and warm.

I made gingerbread houses with the kids yesterday.
Part of the fun was eating the frosting and candy while we decorated.

Decorating the Christmas Tree.

Gobble!

Ryan and his three brothers

Playing chess

Thanksgiving dinner

Making turkeys for thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving preparations.

Grandma and Grandpa, Braxton and Aunt Christy.

When we are in Vegas we love the aquarium !

Shaye and Braxton liked the sharks I like the Parana.

Shaye was brave enough to touch the sting ray this year. Braxton will wait until next time.

The cats at Las Vegas.

We went to Las Vegas to pick up my sister Christy from the airport.

This is us visiting the lions, baby tigers and other animals.

Shaye has been drawing a volcano and tracking the progress of the the lava.

Around the volcano are the planets that will be effected by the explosion!

Braxton is 6 years old now.
We had a lego party and made these robots out of foam.
Braxtons favorite gift was a large box of lego guys.

Shaye is such a fun girl !
She loves to laugh and dance and she loves school.

Fall!
Shaye is shaking the tree to make the leaves come down.

Trick or treat!
We took a hay ride with some of our neighborhood friends.

We had a Halloween dinner with our friends.
It was a great night we had a fire, a good food and a hay ride.

Our pumpkins

Scary!

Halloween!

Halloween!

Braxton with grandma and grandpa at school.

Braxton giving me a math lesson at his school.

Playdough pigs

kids and playdough pigs

Great Grandma and Grandpa Martinsen

swimming lessons

Big hug with pink paper hands.

We made tin can stilts Shaye and Braxton loved them.
I remember playing with these when I was a kid.

Braxton rock climbing at SUU