Christmas 2011...

i found all the kids footed jammies with skulls on them this year for Christmas Eve...they all loved them...

Christmas morning...Santa brought Ashley a Basketball hoop...she was excited...

dad being SUPER Happy...putting things together...

Breckyn wanted a TOMMY GUN...this was as close as we dare come to that...he was happy with it...

and a remote control ROCK CRAWLER...

Charlei Lou wanted a SALLY so she could do her hair...

she came with all the GOODS...just like a real Beautician...

she also got a Stable with 2 Horses...she loved it...

love.love.love our little family...it was a GREAT Christmas...

we also went to SLC to see my sisters and their families...we had a ball with everyone...

Christmas Eve...Gingerbread Houses!!

the kids wanted to make gingerbread houses...i think they are messy things and to be honest a pain in the butt...but they had fun and so did Mr Hoggard...

what to do now??
CHEESE...

working hard...it started out a house and turned into a tent...couldn't get it to work as a house...

same with Breckyns...

Breckyns house-car...

Ashley's had 2 cars, a well, snowman and bushes and trees...

Charlei's tent city...

so much fun...2011

Day before Christmas...GUNS!!

jer and i had went out the week before and had a blast so this time we invited the kids...Charlei and Breckyn were ALL OVER IT...but Ashley wasn't to sure about it...i told her to get dressed that she was going and guess what....SHE LOVED IT...first time she had shot a gun in her 14 years of life....

this is me...totally look like a RED NECK but what can i say..that is the way i ROLL...this is Ashley shooting the 9MM...it had a kick and she wasn't to sure about it but she did SHOOT it...we were super happy about that...
and this is the 22 revolver...she really liked it..

Breckyn shooting the 22...

this is the 30/30...dad got in behind him so he could take the kick of it...

this is CHUCK...she wanted to shoot a pistol so bad she could taste it...this is the 22 with a banana clip in it so she could shoot it as fast as it would go...so fun...

this is the 32 dad held it so he could help with the kick but she couldn't pull the trigger...it was to hard for her little fingers...

getting ready for a fire roasted HOT DOG...so YUMMY...

master fire builder...

the rock climber...

we are so grateful to live in such a beautiful place...it was a GREAT day...

MES Christmas Concert...

here is princess Charlei getting ready to sing....

can you find her?? this is the whole Kindergarted and 1st grade classes...
Breckyn Lloyd getting ready to sing...

can you find him??

they both did a GREAT job singing for sure...

more from Oceanside....

i took these ones with my cell phone and finally got them on my computer so i could share them...this was the sunset the first night...still can't believe how amazing it was...

the view of the pier the first night...
standing on the pier...the pelicans were pretty friendly...

watching the surfers and the dolphins off the pier...

the pier was over 1900 feet long...this is at the very first of it looking toward the ocean...it took my breath away...

picture of our building from the pier...

playing on the beach...LOVE this pic....

ashley LOVED the water...it was bitter COLD but she was a body boarding FOOL...

making sand castles...

this one was before the littles LIPS turned BLUE...

this one is fun too...

Charlei Lou found this crab and we had to take a picture of it...

the flowers on the grounds were we stayed were amazing...I have never seen a real hydrangea plant before...so PRETTY...

Family Pics...2011

these are pretty self explanatory...we LOVE them...and we LOVE each other soooooo much...