The Vibe

Alivia started dance a few months ago at a place called The Vibe in Lindon. She has never taken dance before and was not very sure at first. Her first day she was very awkward and some of the little girls, she said, were whispering about her.

It was hard to hear her little feelings be hurt however she likes it more and more.

This is a video of the dance they are working on, they do a mini performance at Christmas time and then a showcase at the end of the year.

Alivia's teacher is Alexis and she is AWESOME!

Mad Skills

( This is Alivia's house I took the picture of the side because she said that the gum with the licorice on it represents a hose and the hose holder:)
Ben and his gingerbread making skills. I think Ben has more fun than the kids do. This year the kids were able to choose one more difficult and then make a little house they could do whatever they wanted.
Here are some pics from phase 1, yes this has become so complex we will have a phase 2 installment.
Ben (not pictured yet) an igloo and ice skating rink
Andrea (not picture yet) swimming pool
Alivia - fish tank and little house
Cooper- optimus prime and little house
Bauer- Bumblebee and little house
Kessler- little house
Alivia's House



Optimus Prime with the detachable cab (ben is out of control)

Kessler and his new smile when he sees the camera (it is hysterical)

Bauer and the Michael Jackson approach (one-glovin it)

Bumble Bee

Butter cream frosting. yummy. I was frosting graham crackers with this frosting and eating them just because:)

Did they turn their Christmas lights on...

Cooper has always been known to not pay attention and when asked a question he will respond with a very weird answer or respond with a question.

Tonight:
(a very condensed version)
Ben: holds up a picture of Mary on a donkey
Ben: Alivia what is this?
Alivia: Mary riding a camel with Joseph holding a baby
Me ??
Ben: where were they going?
kids: no answer
Ben: explains what a stable is
Cooper: did they turn on their Christmas lights?
Me: ??
Kessler has been sitting on my lap so far, the kids are on the floor sitting by each other, Kessler won't sit there anymore gets down and hits Cooper on the head and says "duck"
The kids crack up laughing and we never regain control....

Saturday Sleddin'

We decided to go sledding we started in our back yard and then ended up at the school up the street. The pictures are not really in order however I took quite a few and narrowed them down to the funny ones. This is Bauer he was loving the sledding and then by accident his sled went sideways and hit some kids jump they made for their snowboards. I unfortunately wasn't as prepared for this shot and it is blurry, but once the kids saw Bauer go on the jump and survive they thought they should try it too.

Cooper's first jump attempt

Cooper didn't like the 'fear factor' sledding very much, he said he hurt his bum and if you have seen what bum he has, he doesn't have much padding.

Ben trying to hit me with snow balls---rude...although his aim was lacking...never got me

Fun~ I should have brought gloves....tad bit chilly

Kessler's first sledding try..

He was sad for about 90 seconds and then off to sled with someone.

Liv's first jump attempt

Ben trying to snow surf :)

Some of Liv's jump attempts

The things people do (including my kids)

Today was one of the most recent flight adventures I have had in a while. Probably because it was a 4 hour flight and had time to get to know some people on board.

The first passenger I spoke with was a professional ultimate frisbee player/frisbee golf, (that is not the proper name though) it is disc golf. I was shocked he traveled around for tournaments this weekend he was playing against teams from Utah, California and Nevada.

The second passenger was a women who was going to meet her biological parents for the first time in her life, she and her twin were foster children until they were five and then adopted. She has never been out west and could not believe her eyes when we were flying over the rocky mountains.

The third passenger was actually a group of well seasoned (elderly) passengers who travel around together. There most recent stop New Orleans for five days. The most memorable of the group was the cutest, smallest little Asian women traveling with her equally cute and small husband, what cracked me up is that she had leg warmers on.
~I loved it.

The fourth passenger was the man sitting in row eight and I brushed his leg with a VERY LIGHT trash cart I bent over to tap his knee for him to move it (because he was dead asleep) and then he starts swearing at me, I can't believe you f-ing did that.
~He was a gem.

A passenger sitting in first class with a big ol' fat Superbowl ring, we didn't dare ask who he was. We could only see that it was for the Panthers and that he used the bathroom a lot. He told us he took a water pill before we took off.
~ Really a water pill...ok

A passenger probably in her 70's-I asked her how old her cute mother was, she was 95 years old mother she commented she is taking her on final vacations of her life here on earth.
~ I hope I can do that for my mother some day.

The kids some of the crazy things they have said lately:

Alivia in the car - mom I want to go to Hollywood to see superstars.
me: which ones would you like to see
Liv: Josh Groban, Michael Buble and Carrie Underwood.
(that's my girl)

Bauer in the same car ride, I want to go to San Diego ( he thinks that is where the cartoon boy "Diego" lives)
Cooper- mom I want to go to Canada, we have not been there in a long long time. Can we go there when I get home from school.

Cooper decided that the suburban is a girl transformer, (because the blue tooth talks to you in a female voice)
He asked for days what her name was, so we decided that it is "ironista" (there is a transformer named Ironhide)

Why I don't clean my room.

The other day I was helping Liv straighten up her room and I asked her why doesn't she put her dance outfit away (dance was still a few days away) and put her jewelry box, hair box and piggy bank on her table to clean that area out.

She told me "but mom if I clean up that stuff, lucky (her dog) won't have any room to change and the jewelry box is the door for my piggy bank."

I see...

Get Out!! (said like Elaine from Seinfeld)

Yes I did it, I sewed something. I have done it before but it has been a while, and nothing that you would wear in public. Alivia wanted another pair of pajama pants (her Nana made some for her that she ripped) so we picked out some fabric at (said under my breath and looking down) Walmart.

With help I constructed some pajama pants for Liv. I wish I would have taken photos of the actual event, you would have seen the confusion on my face of trying to follow a pattern. I am sure it will get easier if I ever try it again.

Cooper is begging for some Optimus Prime pants....will the begging of a child guilt me into trying it again??