Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas Morning 2009

Santa's been to our house and left tons of family games.

Dad was a bigger hero than Santa this year when he gave the family this double hoop basketball game.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Family Christmas Eve 2009

Jerry had to work on Christmas this year, but was able to join us for a little while.
Grandpa Gifford, Joshua, and Matthew
Georgiana, Mikayla, Charlotte, Levi, and Grandma Benham
Donna, Tiffany, and Jerome
Charlotte, Tiffany, Heather, and the boys in the background.

Happy Birthday Tiffany and Jerome!

Poor Tiffany and Jerome had to celebrate their birthdays with our Christmas party.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Making Picture Frames

Jerry was the lucky one to help the kids make their picture frames.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Santa

There was a Christmas Party at Jerry's office for the kids. We brought dipped marshmallows on a stick, they made picture frames, and Santa gave each kid a gift (with a little help of course:)



Monday, December 21, 2009

Mini Gingerbread Village

The kids loved to make their own little houses. Thanks again to Brandy for this cool kit.
Jeneva keeps pulling the candy off her house and eating it so I suppose by Christmas the house will be bare.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Christmas Crafting

The Nelson Family doing crafts courtesy of the Nelsons from Ohio. Thanks for all the projects. The kids are in heaven.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Decorating the Tree!

The kids favorite Family Home Evening all year long!

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

A Cast for the Stylish Girl.

Jeneva's burgundy cast. I picked it hoping you wouldn't see all the dirt and food that was going to accumulate over the course of five weeks. It doesn't really hurt her now, she's just a drama queen.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Give Me a Break

Here's Jeneva the day after she broke her arm by falling off a chair. She hated wearing the sling. She doesn't seem to care if it is Peanuts characters, she just refuses to wear it. The cast comes off on January 6th.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Meet Yukon

We got a surprise when Jerry came home from work one day and brought a dog with him. The kids were very excited and Jerry organized a vote to determine the dog's name. After several rounds of voting and much waffling by the younger kids the winner was Yukon. He is 7 months old and is great with the kids. Unfortunately for him it is common to see Jeneva walking behind him holding his tail tightly.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Happy Birthday Times Three

To make it easy for my family we celebrated the kids birthdays with one big party at the beginning of November. Levi had his own chocolate chip cookie cake.

Jeneva and Georgiana had a girls cake. They all had a great day with their cousins and all those presents.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Trick or Treat


The kids had a great time doing trunk or treat at the church then we went down to Simi Valley to trick or treat with their cousins. The result: too much candy!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

The World in One Place!

Jerry III's masterpiece of different landmarks from around the world.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Happy 9th Birthday Jerry

Jerry III had a carnival food themed birthday and here is his birthday funnel cake.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Cub Scout Day Camp 2009-part 2

Jerry's troop skit on the last day.

Levi and Charlotte was in the camp daycare called the "dog pound." Their skit was entitled "Who Let the Dogs Out?"

Monday, June 29, 2009

Cub Scout Day Camp 2009

Jerry was a natural on the rope bridge. It was a snap.

Jerry earned his Archery pin and belt loop. He was also recognized for being the best shot on one of the days they practiced.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Jerry Earned Wolf

Jerry III pinned Dad. You know every time your kid earns an award the parents get one too!

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Jerry Enjoying His Summer Vacation in Alaska

Jerry, Ken, and Katrina.

Linda, Jerry jr., and Jerry

Katrina and Kolton

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Friday, March 27, 2009

Devil's Punchbowl

Here are our little mountain goats going off of the trail for some high adventure.
Charlotte, Jeneva and I stayed safely on the trail.