Happy Mother's Day!

 I love being a mom!

 My dad took us all out to a wonderful brunch at the Red Lion.  Curtis and Paige then took me out shopping!  It was such a nice warm day, we then came home and washed cars and planted flowers. 
Only 16 days of school left and then we can enjoy more relaxing days like these!

A Little Bit Of Sunshine .......

makes for a good time!  We had 60 degree weather yesterday.  The warm sunshine felt so good!  The neighborhood came alive and the park quickly filled with kids!  Of course today is cloudy and dark, but just one day of sunshine and warmth gives our moods that little boost we need.

We are anxious for the time change this next weekend.  One more hour of daylight is sure welcome around here.  I am hopeful that it will jumpstart my greatly needed workout routine :) 

Happy "Almost" Spring!

Reptile Man

Paige's school had a new assembly last night.  He is called the Reptile Man!  400 people showed up last night and it was a huge hit with all the adults and kids.

Lots of laughter, screams and even a few tears from little ones!

In the very end, Paige gathered up enough courage to have her picture taken with Lucy the Alligator.

I wanted to show some bravery for my daughter so I participated, too!

Of course, Curtis had no fear and hopped right in there.

Happy New Year!

We had a fabulous Christmas with all of our family!  Paige is loved so much by everyone!  It is still a struggle for me not having my grandparents with us.  Paige never got to experience Christmas Eve at my Grandma Edna's.  Those memories will always be held near and dear to my heart.  Growing up, Christmas and/or Thanksgiving were always at my Grandpa Tom and Grandma Mary's house.  Hopefully Paige will keep those memories with her forever!

Christmas Morning!
Santa brought Paige her 1st pair of skates!

These last two years we have traveled to Aunt Heidi's house to celebrate Christmas with the Fryer side.  Paige loves traveling to her aunt Heid's.  Maybe we have created a new Christmas tradtition!

These last few years, it really has been fun making our own family traditions!  For the first time ever we had mom and dad to our house for Christmas dinner.  With great success, I made my first prime rib dinner!

Mom and I dressed baby Eli up in this adorable Santa suit and took lots of pictures!

We just returned from McCall.  For the last several years, Curtis has liked to spend his birthday and New Year's in McCall.  This year was a bit different for us as there wasn't any snow!  The first two days it rained and rained.  The ski hill wasn't able to open until Dec 30 due to lack of snow!  We usually get 3-4 days of skiing in and this year we got in "2 hours" of skiing.  We look forward to this vacation every year.  Not much could ruin this trip, not even the rain!  I enjoyed just sitting by the fire reading my book and watching these two dance along with the Wii!

Great fun!  Dancing to Just Dance 3 on the Wii

Santa

She did it !!! 

Santa makes Paige so nervous!  I have been trying for several years to get her picture taken with Santa.  No way, no how would she ever go close to Santa!  We would see Santa at the mall and she would walk way on the opposite side of the hallway.

Well, Paige's BFF had a cookie party at her house and Santa stopped by for a visit.  All the kids sat on Santa's lap, even Paige.  She was so nervous but yet so brave!  He gave her a package of Fusion Beads and asked what she wanted for Christmas.  She was very happy to tell him that she would like an Anastasia music cd!

Thanks to our friends, this experience with Santa was very memorable for Paige!

We are very proud of her!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Today we are trying to keep the cold/flu bug away.  We hope to not spend our Thanksgiving holiday feeling this way!  Paige, especially, is looking forward to making a yummy pumpkin pie.  It has become tradition for her and I to do this together each year!

We had our annual photo shoot with Grandma Billie a couple weeks ago.  Thought I would share a few of the great pictures we took of Paige.  Paige loves having her pictures taken and rarely do we get a bad one of her, so it is really fun!

My Fav!
This was not planned.  It just happened and I love it!

Halloween Fun!

This year, Paige was a cute little Pirate for Halloween!  She loves the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and loves this ride at Disneyland.  We were asked a few times why she wasn't going to be a pretty princess.  Well, sadly, Paige has grown out of the Princess stage!

Now in the 2nd grade, her wardrobe consists of black, white, grey and lime green!  Paige is a VERY picky dresser/shopper.  All she wants to wear is a pair of jeans and a peace sign shirt!  Occasionally she will put on a cute little skirt.

Here are a few pictures of our jack-o-lanterns this year.  We grew, in our own yard, 8 huge big max pumpkins!  Curtis was up to the challenge of carving at least one out.  The whole experience of growing these pumpkins has been so much fun!

 Yes, we had to get the power tools out !

Paige painted her pumpkin.  This is the pumpkin that won 1st place at The Fair!

The front of our house with all those huge pumpkins.  Our neighbors loved them, too!