The Rest of 2012

Its been awhile! So I figured I'd finish up 2012 starting from where I left off at that end of October...

Scott got tickets from a work friend to a Cardinals game and I got to go too! It was my very first pro football game and my very first time seeing the stadium. It was such a fun experience but the game was lame. Dang Cardinals.

We had a great Halloween. Our pumpkins...

I made both the girls' costumes this year. Rylee was a witch, Haylee was Batgirl, and Zach was Batman.

They trick-or-treated around our neighborhood with their cousins

Then we went to my Mom's for my family's halloween party. We trick-or-treated there too. My Uncle is always known around the neighborhood for this giant costume but this year he stepped it up a notch and made it completely awesome with the cage. Man, was he popular this year!!

Not much happened in November that I really remember! Haylee had her Thanksgiving feast at school which her class dressed up as the pilgrims. (Haylee is bottom left)

I didn't take any pictures on Thanksgiving but it went great! We went to Scott's family's first then to mine. Then Holly and I stayed up all night once again to shop Black Friday. Wasn't really worth it this year but still fun!

December started off with Scott out of town for a week. While he was gone, Rylee had a fun run at school to raise money for a playground for their school. She ran over 2 miles, I couldn't believe it!! She did so well and the event was really fun.

Rylee had a Christmas performance at her school. (She's top middle) It was super crowded and being its a new school it was a little crazy. But it blew me away the songs they sang, Silent Night and Away in a Manger. I really appreciated the focus and made me love the school a little more!

Haylee also had a Christmas performance at her school. It was very cute. She stood up their shyly singing with her hands in her mouth. Literally licking and shoving her hand all around in her mouth...??? A nervous (and germy gross) habit I guess. But still cute and she opened up once they sang Jingle Bells while ringing bells.

We went to my Mom's to celebrate her birthday and we all made gingerbread houses while we were there.

On Christmas Eve Eve, we made and decorated sugar cookies.

All ready for Church on Christmas Eve.

We were suppose to go over to Scott's parents for Christmas Eve dinner but they were not feeling well and it was already getting late so we ended up having a impromptu speghetti dinner at home!

The kids with their cookies and milk out for Santa...Haylee is actually not crying this year!

Christmas morning started EXTREMELY early, 4:30am. The kids were up and ready to open presents at that crazy hour and there was no getting them back to sleep.

We had our traditional homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast then headed over to my Mom's for Christmas day.

This is the life size batman action figure Papa and Grammie Nave got Zach. The thing is awesome.

We wasted no time, the day after Christmas we headed to the cabin! It snowed a couple times and it was overall a fun relaxing trip!

I love this picture of my happy girl.

Zach all bundled up.

We went sledding the day after it snowed. Zach hated it and cried almost the whole time at the bottom of the hill. Rylee found a friend and sledded with him until she almost crashed and got really upset at me for not saving her. And Haylee's boots didn't get any traction so she had a really really hard time getting to the top of the hill. As in, I literally had to throw her the rope attached to my sled to pull her up when she got stuck at one point. It was a mess, but Scott and I had a blast sledding down! At least we had a good time!

 

My boys

Snowball fight!

Scott was pulling the kids around the driveway on the sled and Cruiser wanted in on the action. It was pretty funny!

 

Batman joined us on the trip, surprising us in random places but had an accident so we put a diaper on him.  

Scott made his Dad's famous snow cream.

My WHOLE family. =)

We did a lot of puzzles which was new for us. Scott and I actually completed our first 1000 piece puzzle.

We went sledding again which went a little better this time.

Scott and Rylee crashed halfway down.

Rylee was mad so she threw snow at him.

Surprise snowball attack.

Haylee lost her first tooth at the cabin on New Year's Eve! She was so excited but terrified the tooth fairy would come so she made Scott sleep with he tooth under his pillow.

Rylee was the only kid that stayed up until midnight. She was very diligent about checking the time and she planned out stations for us to do stuff at which included games, puzzles, and eating.

Goodbye 2012! Happy New Year!

Phoenix Children's Museum

We joined Tony, Holly, and their boys and went to the Phoenix Children's Museum. But first we finally tried Pizzeria Bianco. The pizza lived up to the claims, it was very good!

At the museum...

Rylee and Zach serving ice cream

 

Zach loved filling his shopping cart

 

The girls painting the rocket ship

The pirate hats they made...

Afterwards, I took the kids to the park to fly their kite.

Also, this happened...

 

He face planted in the mud! Haylee started screaming, which I thought she yelled that Zach was bleeding, so I ran to him in a panic. But when I got there, I couldn't help but laugh! He tried to laugh too but mostly cried.

Our Anniversary

Scott and I celebrated 8 years! We went to the Melting Pot and had a wonderful evening out!

Haylee's 1st Field Trip

Haylee went on her very first field trip to Peter Piper Pizza. Her class got to tour the kitchen, make their own pizza, then play all the games. She had a great time!

Zach got to tag along too and loved driving the truck.

Eating their pizza. Even Zach got to make his own!

A family reunion of sorts

Over labor day weekend, just about all of my family went up to the cabin. We had at least 15-20 people there at any given moment. With the addition to neighborhood kids that hung out with us too, it was a full house. It was so much fun too, always something going on! I think the kids had the most fun having cousins to play with all day long. My family is majority girls, so Zach was a lone ranger in that age group!

 

The first day we were there, my cousin Ashley, Victor, Scott and I took all of our kids (8) to the lake to catch crawdads. We actually hiked down pretty far to where the dam is and caught 2 itty bitty crawdads. All of the kids did really well, it was a fun afternoon!

 

When we got back, the kids played out front and the guys played football.

That night was very interesting. Let's just say a few guys started talking politics and religion. It was not pretty. But we all made up and had a family moment all around the bonfire. ;)

The next day, my cousin Debbie, Ben, Terry, Scott and I took our kids to another lake. This one was not in good condition. The water line was super low and the banks were pure deep mud. All we could think of to do was skip rocks and then throw the largest objects we could find into the mud to make the biggest muddy splash. I think Scott won that competition.

Zach tried.

Our picnic lunch at the lake.

When we got back, the kids stayed busy with all of the neighborhood kids.

 

Zach trying to get into the hammock. Good job buddy...

It rained off and on that day and which meant a lot of mud pies and mud holes and mud castles....

Zach and Scott were playing football together. He was so happy.

One of the neighbor kids was throwing the ball back and forth to Scott and Zach in the hammock. Zach thought it was hilarious and was laughing so hard. I love the pure joy and love from both of them in this picture!

My pretty girl

I tried to take a picture of the 3 of them, they are such cheese balls.

We ended the night with another bon fire and smores. It was so much fun, I love my family. Crazy and all. :)