Our Trip to Arizona

The kids and I drove down to Arizona to visit my family for Thanksgiving. It was so nice to get away for awhile to just relax and escape everyday life, and the cold weather. I couldn't believe how nice it was!! I was expecting it to still be hot when we came, but it was gorgeous weather. James wasn't able to get work off so just me and the kids went. I was really nervous for the 12 hour trip in the car but the kids did surprisingly(if that's even a word) good so I was relieved. They even did better on the way home. The kids had fun with Grandpa and Grandma, going to the parks and taking walks almost every night. That was nice for me since I got a break away from the kids. But then I ended up just being bored and not knowing what to do so I would clean. I organized Modena's sewing room and my Dad's shed while I was there. My trip has inpired me to start my own business in organizing people's homes. So I'm excited to get that started.

Nicholas helping Grandpa with his outside yard work.

Andee joining in with Grandpa doing his exercises. Since my parents would ware them out during the day, the kids napped which means they don't sleep until really late. So my Dad would have Andee do his nightly exercises to see if that would help her unwhind.

Andee helping with Christmas decorations.

Freestone Park

It's so nice that the park has a little area for kids now! Andee and Nicholas loved it! Well more Andee than Nick. It usually takes Nick awhile to warm up to new environments.

As you can see Nick not enjoying himself at all. The guy asked us if we wanted to get him off but we said no since I thought once he got the ride going that Nick would be better. But he ended up getting him off since Nick was completely freaking out.

So Andee got to ride all by herself and loved it!

Once again, Nicholas not looking too excited.

Riding the train! The kids had so much fun on the train.

Cute little Nicholas wearing Grandpa's hat.

Andee's 3rd Birthday

James talked me into letting Andee open her presents in the morning. Growing up we always had to wait until dinner time for the "birthday party". But James was able to open up his right when they would wake up, so I guess his tradition won.

Andee loves these little animals! Every time we go over to her cousin Addison's house, she always steals them from her, so I decided it was time to get her a set of her own.

More little baby animals...

My little pony set...

Chucky Cheese!

Andee and this little boy would go around and play on all the little cars and things. Andee would always get a free ride because he would use his tokens. This was our first time going to Chucky Cheese and the kids loved it! So we are definitely going to go more now that we know it wasn't a waste of money.

Nicholas wasn't too sure of the moving rides, he would freak out if the ride moved too fast. It was pretty funny. Also, when Chucky the little mouse guy came around to say hi to all the kids, he came up to Nicholas and it was the funniest thing, Nicholas completely freaked out. He kept his eyes on him while he ran the other direction. So funny.

Nicholas loved watching the little "show". He would never get too close though since the animals move around, he wasn't too sure about that.

Andee's castle cake with a river of blood. I obviously didn't read the directions good enough because when it called for 2 packages of jello, it didn't click that it was for the water..hehe. I just picked the red because I thought it would taste better. So good thing Andee is still young enough that she doesn't care.

Nicholas got so into his icecream and cone. By the end, the cone was completely destroyed.

Maxers and Mary Moo

Here's my sweet Max, he is 1 year old. He's honestly the sweetest dog ever. He's so protective of our family, anyone that comes around he's ready to get them, which can be bad sometimes considering he does it with kids. James and I decided we are always going to have Boxers, we've fallen in love with our's. They are so good with the kids, the kids can do anything they want to them and they just sit there.

And here's our sweet little Mary. Not really little anymore though she's 5 months old. We have the dogs in this huge fenced in area and Mary has to be tied up because she climbs the fence and gets out. So my father in law has been trying to figure out how to keep her in. They went out and put wire all along the top part and thought maybe it would intimidate her, but sure enough, 5 minutes later she was out running around. Then yesterday they went and bought an electric fence wire and put that around the top. Floyd was so excited, he was hiding behind a bush giggling while he watched her to see if she would try to get out. And believe it or not, 2 minutes later she climbed right out. I told him my dogs are too tough, nothing will stop them. So I guess she'll just have to be tied up until we move : (

Autumn Leaves...

It was such a nice day today!! So the kids had fun playing outside for awhile without me having them come back inside because I'm too cold. We even had the dogs out with us for awhile and let them get a little exercise. Today made me not look forward for the winter even more.

He loves this toy! In the yard there are a few little hills and so Nicholas and Andee take turns going down the hills on this wagon. It always amazes me how much they aren't afriad of.

My little sweetheart

Nicholas and Grandpa Losee

The Losee Clan

Here we all are

I can't wait for our kids to actually be good when it comes to family pictures. When they can actually just sit and smile...

The cousins: Bryce, Whitney, Andee, Alivia, Gavin, Weston, and little Nicholas

Andee and the Lizards

I don't know why Andee isn't afriad of these nasty things. But when I see the animal door open and the kids are quiet, I know what to expect. She loves the lizards. I hate it when she gets them out because that means I have to put them back! I used to just call Barbara or my brother in law Darin in to take care of them, but I decided it was my daughter who did the mess so I better clean it up... eww.

Happy Birthday Nicholas!

His firetruck cake

Grandma Losee made him a blanket that is so cute and got him a truck

More trucks... he got so excited once he realized what it was. He loves trucks.

Grandpa and Grandma Jensen got him a puzzle clock that he loves. Because he will spend forever on trying to put things together and into things. So puzzles are his favorite thing.

Nicho helping Grandma outside with her garden