Christmas Morning

We had such a good Christmas! Ganon got a new bike and a leapster from Santa and Adi got a power wheels four wheeler and a puppy that barks and moves. They were so cute! I love watching my kids open presents. Santa LOVES me, he brought me a super cool camera (that I still can't figure out) and a pretty diamond necklace and bracelet! He's the best! Anyway I'm so bummed its all over. I love the spirit people have around Christmas and I love that everything about Christmas is so family oriented! I'm looking forward to the New Year and I sure hope it will be better than last year! Hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Just a funny lil story

Wednesday night was our GL Christmas party, so I was getting ready and I painted my toenails red. Adi walked in and must have thought that my toes were bleeding because she started patting my back and saying "ouch mom, oh ouch." Then I started blowing on them to dry them and she thought they were hot she started blowing with me sayin "hot...hot" I got a pretty good laugh out of it. Then the next day we were at my moms and she asked Adi if she wanted a drink and Adi said yes so my mom said ok say drink and she said "coke" Ha Ha we've taught her well. They are so funny when they first start talking!

playin in the snow

My Silly Girl!

Ready for church

Bubble baths (by dumping out the shampoo!)

Playing dress up with Ganon's Beanie, my slippers and a glove!

Playing with her Daddy!

Adi is a riot! She has such a great personality, even though she is a little extreme she can go from silly to ticked off in a snap. But she is a girl so its to be expected. I haven't updated my blog in a while and I don't really like to write so I'm just going to put up some cute pictures of her being silly. She is so stinkin cute, and we have so much fun.

Last years pictures with Santa

Wow I can't beleive its almost December. My rule is always " no Christmas until the day after Thanksgiving." But I was bored so I did my page Christmas-E a day early. I was looking at these pictures that I still haven't scrapbooked ( Ya I'm wayyyy behind) and I couldn't believe how much my kids have changed in a year! Adi had no hair! She was not a big fan of Santa. Then again what is Adi a big fan of... Fun Hater! Ganon of course LOVES Santa and sits on his lap and tells him lies about how he's been soooo good all year! Ya right! :) I'm excited I love this time of year!

Missionary Blogs

So I have been thinking I should do a blog for Kellin and Cindy left a comment on my last post about making him one so I finally did it! The address is http://www.elderwalker4.blogspot.com/ It may not be very organized for a while because I need to get it up to date so bare with me! There will be three of us adding to it too...my mom, Tessa and me :). Should be fun, and now Cindy you need to get one going for Ross! I've kinda been neglecting him since Kellin went out! I better send him a package and show him some love! Ha ha I keep thinkin I hope these third world countries have good dentist cause I only send them candy and lots of it! :) Anyway check it out, its amazing how much his testimony has grown in the short amount of time he's been there.

Elder Walker

Ganon on his mission :)

Elder Walker's district

Kellin is doing really good. He is still at the MTC, he leaves for Naga December 1. He said the language is coming along good, they are teaching lessons in Tagalog now and he said its a blast. He told my dad it's as fun as playing football! He said he gets a rush form it! Goof ball! The guy on his right is Elder Kimball his companion and the other guys are in his district. Kell was just made the district leader which must mean he's too busy to write because I haven't gotten a letter in like a month! Mom and Amanda get emails every Monday! I was sending him a letter like once a week but I have cut back. I can't expect him to respond to every letter I know he is busy doing more important things! Ganon is an "Arthur" (author) so he wrote Kellin a book. The title was I want to be like Kell. It was sooo cute, I'm pretty sure it will make Kellin cry! They had an activity in Primary where the kids went on missions and got little name tags and Ganon really thinks he went on his mission! He always says mom where is that picture of me when I was on my mission! So here is Lil Elder Erhart :) Thanks Jace and Kellin for being a good example to him!

My Jacer :)

Loved you once, love you still, always have, always will!

Jace is going to Philli the day after Thanksgiving! I can't believe its already this time of year! I hate it when he leaves, a few years ago I started having really bad anxiety attacks after he left. There was this really big bug in my kitchen and I freaked out I couldn't kill it so I sat on my kitchen table and squirted it with Windex! I think this year is going to be the hardest. Jace seriously does sooo much for me. When I get home from work my house is clean and my kids are bathed and in bed! When I do laundry, I wash it and dry it and put it on my bed and he folds it and puts it away! (definitely the most dreaded part of laundry!) Not to mention Adison is the biggest Daddy's girl and a lot of times he's the only one that can get her to sleep! Then the part I will miss the most, he writes me a sweet note every morning on a dry erase board! He used to leave a note in my car every night when we were dating and now I guess its just kinda a habit but I love it! So yes I am going to miss him like crazy! And if I am the biggest hag next month everyone will know why!

Trick or Treat!

This year for Halloween Ganon was Optimus Prime and Adi was a Kitty. I made a black and orange tutu for Adison's costume and I was pretty sure she would throw a fit about wearing it, but to my surprise she loved it! She was actually having a lot of fun trick or treating, she thought she was so big! Ganon has been wearing his costume at least once a week since we got it. Sami drove by my mom's the other day and Ganon was jumping on the tramp in his costume! Corbyn said look mom that looks like Optimus Prime! Such a stupid holiday, but it's all for the kids, right?!

Crazy Kids

So both of my kids think they are "Rock Stars". The other day me and Adison were in the car and Pink- So what came on, she loves that song! I was on my phone and she started hitting my shoulder and saying mom... mom... mom so I finally turned the music up and she started dancing like CRAZY, headbanging and laughing! Then the next day I was getting Ganon ready for school and he was wearing his favorite red shirt that has some kind of graphic on it and I got him a new, brown stripped sweat shirt. When he put it on he laughed and said, mom everyone is going to think I'm a Rock Star... I look so cool! LOL they crack me up

Our Never Ending Fight!

When Adison was in the Hospital she slept all the time, I couldn't even wake her up to eat. Jace and I thought we had gotten our "sweet" baby, our "I'm sorry for Ganon", but we were wrong, truth was she was just sleepy cause she was sick and once they started giving her antibiotics she started waking up like a normal newborn. And then the "fight" began! She has been HELL, she slept with us for the first 8 months while I was still nursing then getting her in her own bed was a nightmare! It took about two weeks of screaming fights at bed time to get her used to it. Then she actually started to like her crib for a while. And now we are back to screaming fights at bed time again! I'm not exactly sure what is causing it, could be that whenever I try to put her to bed and she cries Jace comes and gets her and lets her fall asleep on the couch while he watches TV, or it could be that she stayed the night with Tessa a few weekends ago and slept in her bed with her and now she thinks she needs to sleep with me I don't know but I'm going CRAZY! I don't understand why she would rather sleep on the floor or couch than in HER bed! She just likes to fight with me! In the ICU when she slept like a little angel

Finally getting used to her crib

Refusing to sleep in her crib and fighting so hard she gave up on the floor

Sleeping on the couch after Daddy saves her from her crib and lets her fall asleep on the couch while he watches TV

Family Pictures

We have taken family pictures on Escadilla every year when the leaves turn since I can remember. This year was bitter sweet, we took them a little earlier than we usually do because Kellin was leaving Oct 1 and this will be the last picture with our whole family until he gets home. It was really bright outside so they didn't turn out that great but I'm glad to have them!

Taking Kellin to the MTC

My family went to Provo on Monday to take Kellin to the MTC. It is a LONG drive, especially with two bratty girls. We took two cars my mom, dad and Kellin in one car and me, Tessa, Tae and Adi in the other! Ya we got the shaft! Anyway on Tuesday we went and walked around Temple Square and took a tour of the Conference Building and watched the movie Legacy in the visitors center. The Salt Lake Temple and all the buildings around it are absolutely beautiful! Then on Wednesday Kell had to be to the MTC at one so we went to breakfast and me and Tessa decided that it would be easier for Kellin to say bye to us at the motel, it didn't really matter where the goodbye took place it was still hard! I think that walking around the temple and watching Legacy really helped us feel better about leaving him. I am so proud of him and he is going to be such a good missionary! I can't wait for him to get to Naga to start getting letters from him! It was really hard but a truly amazing experience!

TuTu Cute!

So I saw a picture of Britney Garners little girl on her blog in a TuTu that Britney made! Ally looked very unhappy in her TuTu and my first thought was that is exactly what Adi would look like if she was wearing a TuTu! She is not at all the girl I thought I would have, she hates earrings, bows, dresses, and basically everything else that is girly. But I fell COMPLETELY in love with that little TuTu and I had to have one even if I could only get one picture in it! And just as I thought Adi is not a big fan! It is so freakin cute though I'm going to keep trying. I talk it up every time we see it I say, "Oh Adi there is your sooo cute TuTu, I love it! If you ware it I'll take your picture! Ya I'm pathetic I know! Oh crap the best part of the whole story... Ganon came home from school just as I finished the TuTu and he asked who it was for and I said Adi and he saw some more material and asked who that was for and I said I'm going to make Tae one too, he said can I try Tae's on? I said no its a TuTu for girls and he said (totally bummed out) Well can you make me a MAN suit! I thought I was going to pass out from laughing! Thanks for the cute idea Britney!

Fishing

Our friend Donny from Philadelphia has been here this week for his elk hunt. He killed an elk the second day he was here and he wasn't planning on flying out until Friday. Everyone had to go back to work and Donny was pretty bored, so me and Adi took him to Greer to fly fish. It was fun, me and Adison fed the ducks while Donny fished. When he caught a fish Adi got so excited, she even touched it!

The Races

Lance was at Ganon's soccer game on Saturday and he was telling him that there was going to be DIRT BIKES at the races that night. When Ganon got home that was ALL he talked about, so I had to take him! We had a blast like always! I love the races! Ganon LOVED the dirt bikes, Keanon took him down to get the guys autographs. He put the picture that they signed in a frame in his room! He kept telling me "those cars are fast!" He was so tired but he hung in until the end. I'm afraid, like all of us once you've been once, He's HOOKED!!! Good Luck to Richie next week! I hope we get to go again!

Daddy's Girl

I had to work today, covering a shift. Jace doesn't usually have to work Friday so I had just planned on him watching Adi but he had a small job in St.Johns. He was going to leave her with my dad but he was on the mountain so he TOOK her to work! When I got home she was filthy! Jace said she was so funny, she just followed him around and carried his tools for him. She is such a daddy's girl, and he is so cute with her! I love it!

Josh & Britney Crick

I have been slacking lately, but the only thing I have been doing the past couple months is helping Britney plan her wedding. She married Josh Crick on September 13 in the Snowflake Temple, and I am so happy for her! Everything turned out perfect. I took thier engagement pictures and some pictures to use for her centerpieces but I was so busy at the reception I totally forgot to take pictures! So here are a few of the engagement pictures! Congratulations Josh and Britney, I love you guys!

Welcome Home Lancey!

Lance and Richie

Ganon hugging Uncle Lance

Welcome Home Lance

Just hanging out

All smiles :)

Lance was able to come home last thursday. There were a lot of friends and family waiting for him and of course I followed him around with a camera. So here are some pictures! We are soooo glad he is home and on his way back to the Lance we all know and love!

First Day of School

I did better than I thought I couldn't stop laughing long enough to cry! Ganon acts so big and tough like he's already been there done that, we pulled up in the parking lot and I hadn't even parked yet and he was staring to get out he said "see ya mom, thanks" then he thought I was silly because I stayed a little while to take some pictures! Good luck Mrs. Benson!

Ganon

Practicing for soccer




Cutest lil cowboy ever!



Ganon starts Kindergarten this year and we're FREAKIN out! His poor teacher! He has been on a cowboy kick this whole summer, he would wear the same shirt, pants, boots and hat every day if I would let him! We've gotten in some big fights over him having to change his "cowboy clothes" we made a deal that he could be a cowboy every other day he had to be what he calls normal on the other days! He is such a kick and I'm not sure what we're going to do with him but thank goodness for all day kindergarten!