Christmas (Eve, Day, Dayafter)

Moving Day

Deciding to move back home to Utah was very hard to do. i have loved living in Vegas and have made some amazing true friends that will last forever! we originally were going to move back in the summer after Aubrey was finished with kindergarten and Rylee with pre-school but after much "pondering" (and crying) we decided that it was time. we officially decided on dec 3 and we moved on dec 22. so not much time for my yard sale that i wanted to have- plus it was kinda to cold. so we put our house up for rent (which rented out in just a couple of days) and started to pack everything.--except the poor pool table that stayed with the house and new owners:-( jake was sad

vegin from all our hard work! this was our last week in the house and before the tv was turned off

we made sure we bubble wrapped everything important!

this was the morning that we moved. this picture was taken by my fabulous (and one of my bestest friends in the whole world!) Brynnley.
as soon as i rounded the corner in my car i just started to bawl! the girls kept asking my what was the matter and then they started to cry too.
it was very hard to leave!

great way to move
ABF

The past Three Months

So I have been really slacking on keeping up with my blog. Life has thrown me for a few loops lately so in a nut shell here is Oct-Dec. minus moving day which needs it's own entry:-)

October
Halloween

Witch and Kitty Princess- crazy enough there was another kitty princess in Rylee's pre-school class!

Livy, Eliza, Hannah, Aubrey, and Rylee
all the girls stayed together in the neighborhood. we had allot of kids out this year. the weather was very nice (i wore a t-shirt and flip-flops) no coats hiding the costumes! of course there was allot of candy which was thrown away at the end of the week- i hate candy in the house- cause i eat it!

November
During November the most exciting thing that happened was that Palio got in a cat fight
his check was all swollen with an absess. he had to wear this neck cone for about a week- it was so funny to watch him try to back out of the thing. he soon discovered-- the hard way --that he could not fit through small spaces- he tried to jump through our stairs railing....it was so funny!
this is the tube the doctor placed in his check where we had to flush out the infection2 times daily, it was full of puss that stunk pretty bad...gross!

December
Hannah, Aubrey and Livy
we had a treat Party at the Pynes house with our family the Pyne fam and Jackie Smith's family. Brynnley, of course, out did her self with every possible treat there is. and all of it was delicious! the girls danced and sang for us

Livy Adores Aubrey!

Oh my Brynnley!

Kes and Jackie- I love you!

Kes, Jackie, and Brynnley
(I hate this picture of me but whatever)

AUBREY' S 6th BIRTHDAY!!

Halloween was every where at Disneyland. We had a blast, of course, the weather was nice (except the wind and smoke- the fires started this weekend in San Diego)
Aubrey turned 6 years old! Rylee can FINALLY stop asking when we are going to Disneyland. Splash mountain was both Aubrey and Rylee's favorite ride ....i think that it's mine too:-)(Ry was just barely tall enough to ride)






we stayed saturday until monday and it was nice not to have to fight the crowds. lines were less than 30 min except Nemo which was still over 2 hours long. Aubrey was frustrated with mom and dad cause she only wanted to go on the rides that were fast and made me through up. and it looks like Rylee is going to be the same as her older sister....next time we'll have to take some cousin to go with them.




right before this picture we had a fairly serious accident. Aubrey had her hoody on and was standing on the bricks when the photographer told her to get down. she went to jump and got her hood stuck on the spokes which first scared the crap out of us to see her hanging and it also rip the skin off her underarms! :-( The nurse station was the first "ride" that we went on.





Aubrey refused to take off her banbaids but soon forgot about the hole incident--she was to busy srceeming on the materhorn--our first official ride of the trip.

The Tooth Fairy Comes Tonight

Aubrey's front tooth has been holding on for the past few days but it decided it was time to come out. Aubrey wiggled it all day and while we were eating (at the best freekin cheesecake place around--The Cheesecake Factory OF COURSE!) it decided to come out! I know that our neighbors were as happy as we were-seeing that Aubrey was holding a blood tissue all night-- so tonight the Tooth fairy Comes! CHEESE!!!...cake:-)

It's the Hoover Dam Man!

dad was here last week and we decided to see some of the wonderful views around Vegas (away from the strip) and we ended up at Hoover Dam. it was actually very cool, we took the tour and even the girls had a good time. (interesting facts)....did you know that only96 people died when they built the dam? and that no one is buried alive? also if you rub the feet of this thing with wings (i'm sure it has a name but I can't remember) you will receive good luck....interesting.

Aubrey's first day of school

OK so her first day was really on August 27th but I just uploaded these photos today so there ya go....... We are so close that we walk to school everyday. However, Aubrey HATES wearing shoes that she "can't wiggle" her toes - hence the flip-flops that I brought for her to walk home in:-)