Karly Turns 6

I can't believe I have a six-year old. Wow! It fits though. She was ready to be six. Karly is such a sweet girl and the perfect oldest child you could ask for. We had a goal to finish "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" Which we did two days before her birthday. So she is now a reader. She is one smart little bug.

The day before her birthday, we had a ward breakfast party for Christmas that we all got to dress up for which was fun. The rest of the day was pretty much devoted to making her Barbie cake. My first time using fondant also, which I made and didn't buy. There were some stressful times, but we were very very happy and excited with how it all turned out. On her actual birthday, we went to church in Heyburn so Ty could sing with his dad and brothers. Then had dinner and cake and ice cream at Grandma and Grandpa Peterson's. It was a super fun day where Karly got to be with her cousins all day.

I realized having a six year old and how much this barbie cake was a big deal, she will probably remember this forever. It made me wonder if I have been being a nice enough and good enough mom. I want her to remember me in good ways not bad so I had better try harder to always be good.

Happy Birthday Karly! We Love YOU!

What do you want for Christmas?

Sleigh Ride - Check. Santa Clause - Check.

We took the kids to a local nursery to go for a ride and see santa clause. Their trees were too expensive so we still have to get that, but it was a fun little adventure anyhow. It was fun and informative to hear what my kids asked Santa for. Karly - "Polly dresses because I only have one shirt and pants" Kami - not able to interpret. Derek - "Skates for the ice, a sled, and a four-wheeler" Where did that come from? I think Karly's price range is a bit more reasonable! Fun times!

Water Fun

Teague really is just a cute kid. He wanted to turn the water on and so he climbed in the sink so he could reach. When he realized what he could do, he was very happy as you can see in the picture. What a funny little boy!

Th..th..th..The Grinch!

Well, after many ideas, and planning and eliminating, we came up with the Grinch this year as our halloween theme. I wasn't sure Derek would want to be green, but after watching the movie he decided he wanted to be the Grinch. Ty thought that would be easy because our girls already look like whos. Thanks to Bonnie Z. it turned out super cute, even better than the picture portrays. And thanks to the amazing Bonnie, I spent less than five dollars! YES! That's how I like to do Halloween, cheap and cute! The kids had lots of fun at our ward's trunk-r-treat. Everyone walked past our table to get to the food, so everyone saw and commented on the girl's hair. I think Karly liked all the compliments, and not going to lie, I like them too! It was a fun night! Teague however was a little weary about all the weird costumes and wasn't about to accept grandma until the makeup came off!

The Grinch

"The girl with the ring, but my mom doesn't really like her"

I just say she's a cute who!

Cindy Loo Who, naturally

Max the dog! He didn't have a say so in the choosing of themes!

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch

After mentioning numerous times that I wanted to take our kids to the pumpkin patch and wanted Ty to come with us, we finally went, and it was so fun! We went to Oakley because I knew they had fun things for the kids, but it was better than expected. They loved it. A haunted house, goats, rabbit, games, hayride, straw maze, what else could they possible want?! It was perfect and totally worth the drive. On the way home, I asked Ty is he had fun. He said he thought a pumpkin patch was just that a pumpkin patch, not worth driving to Oakley for. He was surprised they had all the other things for the kids. He enjoyed it and will be more than willing to go again next time.

Derek wasted no time climbing onto the walls of the straw maze!

Derek is into weird faces during pictures!

Starting our hayride to find the perfect pumpkins from the patch.

Karly barely being able to carry her big pumpkin.

And again, with the faces!!

What a cutie!

Even Teague found a good pumpkin. He kept throwing them on the ground, I guess they are a similar shape of a ball, and we throw balls, so naturally he threw them.

I love fun outings with my cute little family!

We have a climber!

So Teague has never been content for too long. Once he could roll, he wanted to scoot, then crawl, then walk, then run, and now he is into climbing! Fun!(for him more than me) His most recent find is the kitchen table. He loves it! I used to put things on the table to keep them away from him, not any longer! I guess, one good thing about this is now I usually have a clean table!

He's so happy up there! I'm fine with it unless we're trying to eat! Then things go sour.

P.S. Thanks Tonya for the way cute vest! I love it!

He definitely isn't my baby anymore. He looks like a little boy!

Even with a dirty face, she's still a cutie!

Boating with Grandpa Wardle

And once again, I will flash back to July. It was a fun month what can I say! I'm just slow to share. We spent lots of time at both grandparents houses as well as dinner in the mountains, but one of the highlights was grandpa Wardle taking us boating. I will probably never hear the end of the kind of mother I am for letting Derek fly off the tube when I was supposed to be keeping him on. It just happened so fast. It took me a second to realize he had flown off, and by then I thought I could jump in, but the boat would be back to him before I would so he was in the middle of the river all by himself. I felt SO Bad! He was upset and I don't think he has quite recovered from it. Hopefully next year, he will have forgotten and will be back on the tube.

Derek was the only one to be thrown off the tube ever, until a few days later that is!! This time all of us flew off, Karina, Marisa, Catherine, Karly, and me. Karly's first words were, "I hate this." The rest of us couldn't stop laughing forever. After just playing and laughing in the water for a while we got back on the tube and guess who was also back on? Karly! She really is a die-hard when it comes to tubing, She LOVES it! I was so proud of her. Anyway, those are a couple of the fun stories. Here are pics of one of those lucky days where we actually had good weather and had all the grandkids there.

Karly thought she would try waterskiing, but this was as far as she got!

I love Karly's face as she swims to the dock.

Teague likes Grandma's lab and a cell phone way better than the boat!