9

Preston turned the big "9" today! Since it was Sunday we spent the day at church and at home. Grammie, Grandpa Ferguson, Grandma Ferguson, and Aunt Rebecca came up for a little get together. We had Preston's favorite dinner, haystacks. Cake and ice cream. Then we opened presents. Preston has found a new love for Harry Potter and a new love for Legos. So all he wanted were Harry Potter Lego sets. He got three of them! He even got Hogwarts!! He was so excited!! We are planning a birthday party for Preston and Tyson combined, but that will be in a few weeks. Happy Birthday, Preston! We love you!!

28!

I turned 28 on Friday! Wow—I’m feeling old. The realization that 30 is approaching is hitting me! Nevertheless, it was an awesome birthday! I worked for a few hours. Then spent the afternoon doing absolutely nothing. Then later that evening I went to dinner and to see Harry Potter 7.2 with some friend, my brother, and my Mom. I was given a free babysitter for the night—which was wonderful! My co-workers made me a cake, a big Happy Birthday Banner, and a crown! It was hilarious. Every time I walked through the classrooms the kids would sing to me. I got lots of birthday wishes and phone calls. Which was really nice! And Harry Potter was amazing! I loved it! I really want to go see it again! Let’s see… I had some fun birthday gifts…. 2 new dresses, lotion, A.J. is donating money to my iPod or iPhone fund, a new shirt, and one of my favorites..a GLEE towel! My friends know me too well! It was a great birthday! I am very blessed to have such great friends and family to celebrate with! I decided that I don’t look terrible for being 28 with 4 kids! And as long as I can keep dying my hair, no will know about all my premature grays! :)

Our Cupcake is 2!!

My baby is growing up too fast! I love having her birthday in the summer. We had a small family birthday party for Kaitlon this year. Her birthday was on a Sunday so I kept it low key. She had a "Pink Cupcake" theme party. I found her the cutest little outfit at Target. I made her a giant cupcake cake. Then I made cupcakes for everyone to decorate. She got lots of things she loved. Barbies, make-ups, dress ups, a new "dinky" aka blankie, pj's, and some birthday money. My favorite memory of this day would be the fact that I spent more money on the cake pan then I did her birthday present.

Happy 50th, Mom

While the boys were at Fathers and Sons Saturday, the girls and I celebrated my Mom's 50th. We threw her a little birthday luncheon at Chili's and invited her friends. I don't think the Chili's people were thrilled to have that big of a party at 11:00am. Oh well! We gave my Mom 50 things she needed for turning 50. Which included fiber therapy, arthritis cream, new glasses, moth balls, etc... It was pretty funny! Then we sang her Happy Birthday and ate cupcakes! Happy Birthday, Mom.

November 21st-November 28th Part 2

♥♥AddYsOn's BiRtHdAY♥♥Addy turned 3 on Friday!! She is growing up so fast!! As much as I love it, I hate it! She loves dress-up, make up, and being a girl! I wanted to get her a vanity for her birthday, and have known this for several months. So last June, I found that one at Kid to Kid. It was perfect!! She loves it, and I love watching her play with it. Addy picked pizza for dinner, and then we had cake! It was so low key, and so nice. I was still really tired!!

~FAMILY REUNION~On Saturday, Clint took the 3 oldest kids, to Lehi for a Family Reunion. They had a lot of fun!! They ate, played, went swimming, and slept at their cousin's house! They loved it, and had a really good time!! The whole unemployed thing was catching up to me, so I wasn't in the spirit to go down. Not to mention, Kaitlon is getting all her teeth (at one time) which is causing her to not feel well. So we vegged at home.

**PuTTing UP ChRisTmAs**

Since I was home, with one child, who slept the whole time... I put up Christmas. Okay, I already had our tree up for weeks. But I was able to get most of our decor up. This year we ended up with lot's of trees. My mom bought Addy that hot pink tree for her birthday. Then my boys talked to her into buying them one too. I also decorated my little pine trees up this year. I used extra raffia I had, and made bows to keep that "woodsy/forest" theme going. I love decorating for the holidays!

-Harry Potter-

A couple weeks ago, my brother took me to the Deathly Hollows. So we spent the past week re-watching all of the Harry Potter movies. I have only read book 1 through half of book number 4, but after re-watching the movies. I am ready to start over, and read them all. It will take me forever, but I am kinda looking forward to it. I want to read them with Preston and Tyson. They watched the 1st & 2nd movies with us, and they have been running around the house casting spells on everything. I do know how everything ends, but I know the movies leave out a lot...and kinda want to "fill in the blanks". After watching Harry Potter, over and over, I have decided all mothers should have a magic wand!!

Tyson & Addy's Birthday Party

We had a Toy Story themed Birthday Party for Tyson & Addy. We had to do their birthdays together this year. We played darts, had an obstacle course, and pin the parts on the potato. We also ordered Pizza Planet Pizza a.k.a Little Caeser's. We made alien cupcakes, and drank green alien juice. It was a LOT of fun! We were very glad to have friends over, and are very thankful for everyone who came!!

Tyson, Addyson, Grandpa Birthday Celebration

My Dad, Addyson, and Tyson all have birthdays very close to each other. So we had a little party this weekend for them.

Tyson turned 6!!!

Tyson turned 6, and we celebrated by having a fun family dinner at home. He wanted Birthday Brownies this year!! :)

Being “8” is great!

Preston turned 8 today! We decided to keep this year low key (since we have a baptism coming up), and have a fun family day. We spent the day at the Zoo (see the previous post). It was a blast, we had a great time. We ended our day at Chili’s. It’s one of Preston’s favorite places to eat. He ordered his favorite thing, BBQ Ribs. He even got a free chocolate shake. We opened presents there. Preston got lot’s of Zhu Zhu things, a Rocket Ship/Alien set, a DS game, and some cool science things. He is very into that right now. He has even decided he will grow up to be a scientist. :)  We hope you had a great birthday, P!! We love you!