The Underwear Gang

Fifth Grade Girls can be really silly.  One night Susanna and her friends were trying to think of something to do and they came up with this???  Don't ask me why and yes the underwear was all clean.  They will use any opportunity to goof around and get their pictures taken.  I love that Susanna has such good friends.

 

 Chloe Week, Susanna, Brynlee Tingey, Madison Grover...crazy girls.

Little sisters had to get in on the action.

Christmas cookies...yes Christmas

I am almost a full year behind in blogging.  If I don't start somewhere it will never happen so here I go.  For the 2 people that probably see this blog, sorry it is so outdated but since this is my only form of family documentation, my kids will still like it.

 

 Every Christmas we try to sit down and decorate Christmas cookies.  They aren't pretty and half the family doesn't even like them but we always have lots of laughs (from almost everyone) and we see how artistically challenged we truly are.

I should have taken some close-ups of the finished products.  Justin probably had the most creative.  It is always a fun memory.   Don't worry, we wouldn't dare deliver them to anyone...I'm sure the knives are licked multip

Miss Eliza is growing up

Eliza has hit the make-up stage.  She loves make-up and more importantly putting it on by herself.  We were racing to church one morning and she came waltzing down the stairs all ready to go.  I wiped off as much as I could get away with.  She was crushed that I wouldn't let her keep it all on.  She makes me laugh all the time.

Thanksgiving

My sister Lisa is the family photographer and offered to take a few family shots at our Thanksgiving celebration.  Parker and Lark took a quick snapshot since their kids were done with pictures.

 Emily and Kyle's cute family.  I had to take quick snapshots so I didn't mess up the real shots.

 Lisa had us take a few of her family but none of us did a very good job but with such a beautiful family, it is hard to mess up too bad.

 Benjamin and April and their four boys, what a family.

 This was my favorite "OUTTAKE"  Everyone kept trying to get Amelia to look at the camera.  My little brother was so proud of himself cuz he got her to look at him...just not the same direction as everyone else.  It makes me laugh every time I see it because he did get the best shot of her.  I didn't get any of his family since I was taking them with his camera for him. 

 My sweet Nathan

Cousins and buddies Clara and Annie

 Amelia is quite smitten with her Grandpa...and pretty much anyone that will shower her with attention.

 What a great brother.

Thanksgiving dinner anyone...

I just had to document what my very difficult eater had for Thanksgiving dinner.  Cookie crisp anyone?  At least it was a food product.

Halloween dance

I taught dance on Halloween so we decided to have a little dress up party.  They are too cute for words.

My little ones had a hard time sitting still, especially when we threw all the babies in with them.

 such fun costumes.  Happy Halloween

Halloween...I know a few months behind.

My camera broke right after I took pictures of Halloween and I didn't get it back until a couple days before Thanksgiving.  So, not only did I not blog any pictures, I didn't take many.  Then, when I got it back I was out of the swing of things so I am trying to get back ont rack.  Amelia had two costumes this year.  She started out as Dorothy because I got this costume for about 5 dollars.  I thought she was pretty adorable.

Pumpkin carving at Grandma and Grandpa Fillmores.  My girls are pretty serious about it.   Dad is always the lucky helper.

 Clara dressed up like a nerd and Susanna was a grandma.  She got a nightgown she wouldn't take off she loved so much, so we worked around it. 

 some of the grandkids with their creations.

 Grandma and Grandpa with Jacob.  It's good to have them home.

 Then, Amelia's real costume...a little flapper.  It is my favorite put together costume ever.  Eliza wore the same thing when she was this age.

On Halloween the neighborhood has a little chili dinner and kids parade.  Justin came over after swim practice.  His hair does crazy things after swimming in chlorine all afternoon so he dressed as a surfer.

Clara decided to dress up like a nerd this year.  I think it was partly because I told her I wouldn't buy any costumes and partly because her cousin (who she kind of worships) Annie was a nerd the year before.  I think she was almost still too cute to pull it off.

 Eliza was Goldilocks and the three bears which would never stay in her pockets.  It was such a cute costume.

 Some of the cute neighborhood kids.

 Eliza and princess Avery, our neighbor across the street.