My baby sister Mary got married the first of January to a great guy named Andrew! I give myself a pat on the back because I helped set them up. They are the such a cute couple and are madly in love, it is great. Mary has lived with me off and on in the past few years, she is a great person and I am so excited for her. The last sibling on my side to get married is Dane, and he found a great girl too named Alexa. She is awesome and loves being around the kids. So needless to say we have been busy with wedding plans. Dave keeps telling me that I am not their Mom! All of the kids and grandkids were able to attend the wedding, it is so fun and crazy to all be together. It has been an great experience to attend the temple with all of my siblings and my parents, it was one of those events that I will never forget, it was awesome!

Family Pictures

Halloween Shots

I know I have been a slacker on my blog, I have had a few computer problems and hopefully we have them solved. I decided I am a 4 times a year blogger!! We had a great Halloween, the kids absolutely loved it! Alex wanted to hit every house he could see, Cecy's legs were tired after a few houses, Daren just wanted to sit down and eat the candy on the grass and then move to the next house and Carson just got excited about the candy. When we got home we dumped all of the candy in a big pile and Alex organized it into categories and put them all in baggies. I was cleaning up on Halloween night and I kept looking over in the family room and the kids started falling asleep one by one, we definately wore them out! (OK, it was Alex that wore everyone out!) The picture with the 4 babies are all cousins, they will always be good friends we hope! The picture with lots of kids are all cousins too (sorry about Miley's head!). We missed Anna, Adam and Hailey, we love you guys! Anyways.....Carson was a gorilla, Daren was a skeleton or anything else he could find, Cecy was an"ice princess going to get married" (we got in trouble if we got that wrong) and Alex was Optimus Prime. GREAT MEMORIES!!

Cecy loses the training wheels!

Alex first day of 1st Grade

He is so excited to learn! He acted like it was Christmas morning when he woke up, I only wish I felt the same way! I miss having him home with me, but am excited for him! He came home the first day and told me that he had chocolate milk, cake and a yogurt for lunch. (I saw the evidence of the cake on his shirt!) His favorite things so far are lunch (of course) and 3 recesses!

Running 1/2 marathon

This is after my second 1/2 marathon with some of my family.
My mom, myself, Mary, Alicia and my Dad!

Good job Mary and Leesh!
Running has become one of my favorite hobbies, and outlet. Someday I will do a full marathon!! I could not have done these races without Dave helping me! He is an awesome Dad and would just take over while I ran. He came to both finish lines with the kids, it was great to turn a corner and see my family cheering me on! Thanks for all the support family!

Summer Naps

Daren is famous for falling asleep anywhere but his bed. The first picture he is asleep on Cecy's pillow with her, the second picture is of him sleeping under his bed. He is seriously the funniest kid. His new thing is to say, "Mom don't talk to me". I know he is only 2, but he acts like he is in charge of our household. I keep thinking he will like me if I just keep feeding him, he is a boy so hopefully he will come around at least in his teenage years. He loves his siblings to death. I tell him about 30 times a day, "Don't touch Carson." Needless to say he can't keep his hands off him!

Carson is just a happy baby, he has just learned how to stand so I think walking is not far off. He loves balls and following his siblings around. He is approaching his first birthday, time flies! He loves it when I sit and play with him. He already likes to wrestle, which is good because he has to wrestle out of Daren's arms all day! He is definitely a Mommies boy, which I love, because the rest of them all prefer their Dad.

Alex never sleeps during the day, so this was a rare thing for him. He has a hard time stopping during the day. (He is just like his Mom, go...go...go and then crash when his head hits the pillow at night!) He loves to camp, ride his bike and read Magic Tree House books right now. He is a great cleaner and does jobs around the house, he especially likes to clean toilets, which I am ok with!

Cecy is always asking me why we don't have any sisters for her. I keep telling her that she might like to have her own room all growing up, and it is so fun to have brothers. I told her today to be grateful that she has siblings to play with and asked her if she would be sad if she was the only child and her response was, "That might be nice because then we could get a dog". (Dave is always saying we can't have a pet because we have too many kids! That was a pretty smart come back!) She really handles the boys great and loves playing with them. She is a true girl, she loves pink, dress ups and acting like a princess.

Though there are many moments of chaos in our house, we feel truly blessed to have these 4 children in our home. They make me smile and laugh everyday!