Papa has a Harley and it was so much fun. We thought that Sarah would scream but we were wrong, she didn't want to get off. They had so much fun and well Jeff wants one. I have to admit that it was a blast.

We took the kids, including Bryon and Lauren, to go and visit Maybeth and Grandpa. They got to go swimming in the cold water. Grandpa of course got in the pool with them. They had so much fun and it was nice to visit with Grandpa.

We decided since we flew all the way across the country we might as well stay for a while. We drove back to California with Mom and oh boy is that a long drive. Thank goodness for video players in the car. Other wise I think we would have gone crazy. The kids love to play Rock Band at Nana's and Papa's. It was so cute to watch. What a fun game.

We finally ended up at the Conference Center. That place is huge. We got to see the podium and the inside of the center.

Next we went to the Visitor's center. The girls loved all the flowers and wanted to keep picking them. They loved the Christus Statue it was the best time.

It was so neat to take the kids to temple sqaure. They have never been so this was a great experience. Wish we could have spent more time there. It was so peacful, even though we had all the kids. It was like they could tell it was a special place. We went to the JSMB first so the we could see the temple from the the top.

We took the kids on the TRAX to downtown Salt Lake. Who would have thought it would have been so much fun. We adopted Sydney for the day. She loved the train wanted to go on it over and over. We just went on it once. I told her that her mommy could take her later. It was fun.

The most recent event that has happen in our families life is that my grandmother past away. We got the oppurtunity to fly out to Salt Lake for the funeral. I think that even though it was a sad time we had a lot of fun. We got to see all of our cousins and family.

Grandma and Grandpa took the kids to the Columbia Zoo. We got too meet Jasmine the girl, that my in-laws are fostering. Sarah says that she wants one of every animal. That doesn't surprise me at all. She is our lover of animals in the family. She even rescuses bugs. Loves all creatures big and small.

The kids love to go fishing so we try to go as often as we can. There is a little pond down the street. Joshua really wanted to catch something and he did. He was the only one. My big boy:)

We got to have Jeff Grandma come to visit for a day. It was neat to have her here. The kids had never met her so of course we took pictures. Who knows when we will see her again, hopefully sooner than later.

Beatiful girls in there matching shirts.

The kids wanted to sleep out on the trampoline. Oh to be a kid again!! They didn't last it got really cold. At least they tried.

We had visitors for Conference weekend. So we decided to do and Easter egg hunt, since we hadn't cut the grass yet it was perfect. We could just throw the eggs in the yard and the kids couldn't see where they were hidden. It was so much fun to have my sister come and play.

Before and after color of the boys room. Let me tell you that I never thought it would have been so hard to pick a color for boys. Caleb is getting to that age where he likes things his way. And wow it is hard to come to a solution that we both liked. He wanted black ao we wnt with gray. PHEW!!

Wow time goes bye fast. I feel like I just blogged the other day and then I realized that I haven't updated since February, so here it goes. We have been so busy. Feels like there is always something going on. Our big project was we remodeled our kitchen. We stained our cabinets and painted the walls. I love the new color and now I enjoy being in my kitchen. Before it was way to bright with yellow walls and I wasn't in love with it. But I am now. Let's see we also painted the boys room. Yeah it finally doesn't have the color of poop and the walls. We also put in wood floors in the hall and dinnig area. Love them so much. Easy clean up.

Howling Monkeys at the Zoo! Very Entertaining!

We had the opportunity to go to a swim party yesterday at the YMCA. The kids had a blast. We have a friend in the ward that takes great pics and he keeps the blog going:) Sarah isn't she just so adorable.

So we did our experiment with the lifesavers. It was a lot of fun, standing in the dark in the bathroom with mints in our mouths. And by the way Breathsavers, Yuck! Turns out that we were both right. Wintergreen Lifesavers and Wintergreen Certs spark in the dark. Although Wintergreen Lifesaver spark a little bit more, we called it a draw. A win, win for both of us. So now it is bed time and we have very kissable breath!!

Jeff and I have a little bet going on right now. Which mint sparks in the dark? I think that it is the Wintergreen Lifesaver and he thinks that it is a different one, so we will see who wins. If I win, Jeff cooks dinner tomorrow! And if he wins well I can't say, wink-wink!! So wish us luck either way we win!

We had the opportunity to go to a special performance tonight. Joshua and his kindergarten class put on a great performance for PTO night. It was so cute to see them sing a lot of songs. Thought it would never end :) But it was fun.

We took the kids to this awesome park that we found in Greenville. It had stuff to play on that I had never seen before. They didn't want to go home. We should have packed a lunch to eat there. Next time we will have to do that.

Happy 29th Birthday Jeffrey! We had fun celebrating his birthday. The kids and I made him a cake which was yummy. And he got to play XBOX all night!!! What a birthday. Love you my sweet.

We had a snow day the other day. We couldn't believe that South Carolina would get snow. The kids school was delayed two hours so they got to play in it before the bus came to come and pick them up. It was nothing like the snow at Nana's and Papa's house but it was a lot of fun.

Grandma and Grandpa Buffington took the kids to the zoo. They Had a blast!

Howling Monkeys at the Zoo! They were very cool!

We of course had to go and play in the mountain snow. I didn't pack accordingly and had to improvise. We found these huge boots in the closet and stuffed the toes with Kleenex so that they would fit. The kids had a blast in the snow.

We got to surprise my brother Brent. Hecame home from his mission in Texas McAllen. Megan and I went to the airport to pick him up. It was so good to see him after two long years. He had a great mission.

Afterwards we frosted cookies for Santa don't they look yummy!

PAJAMAS it is our tradition that we open PJ's on Christmas Eve.

We opened our Christmas Eve present. What do you think it is?

This was our Mary and Joseph. They didn't wanted to get dressed for the ocassion.

Sarah was the most beautiful Angel and star. They had a lot of fun.

On Christmas Eve we did the Nativity and acted it out with the kids. This is our family tradition and the kids have a lot of fun. The two boys were the shepards and the wise men. Don't they look cute.

These are my neices Morgan, Lauren and of course Sarah. They all wanted their finger and toes painted red for Christmas. Lots of fun.

HO, HO, HO Santa came and visited all the good little girls and boys. Sarah said she wants a pink IPOD like mommy, Joshua doesn't want much just everything electronic, and Caleb said he wanted a DS. We will have to see what he will bring come Christmas day.

It was to cute they sang Once There Was A Snowman. One of there favorite songs because you get to melt onto the floor.

We got to go to Kevin and Carrie's ward Christmas party. It was fun to see old friends. Lauren and Sarah were best of friends the whole time.

It snowed in Apple Valley. The kids were so excited to see snow that they couldn't wait to get out there and play. We got to stay with Kevin and Carrie for a couple days and play with Lauren. It was a blast.

This is us on the airplane. They were the best kids for having to fly 5 hrs the first leg and then another hour. Thank goodness for DVD players. Joshuas poor nose had to have a bandaid because is glasses got adjusted a little to tight.

The kids and I have the opportunity fly to California for Christmas. We stayed in a hotel over night in Raleigh NC and flew out the next morning. The kids had so much fun being in a new place.

Joshua, Just happy to be outside!

Caleb took a few precious moments to pause for a candid photo : )

Sarah and Sydney with their new cousin/sister Chloe!

Sarah getting ready for her 5th B-Day Party!

Hold it right there buddy! Josh is on the job!

Sarah and her friend Rhianna

She is our Gorgeous little girl. I wish she would stay little...

Josh Is Ready To Lose Another Tooth! I think he likes this !

Another tooth bites the dust!

Josh is so brave! Didn't even flinch!

Momma made this fairy costume for Sarah. Lindsay is quite talented with needle and thread.

Sarah Was A Pink Fairy! (of course) Mommy Made the costume!

Joshua was a (unraveling) Mummy. Very Scary! Apparently all mummies wear glasses!

The kids Enjoyed the Church Fall Festival... Joshua's favorite time of year!

Dad Can You Help Me Pull This Tooth, Please!

The Tooth Won't come out! I have turned to more desperate measures!
I hope it doesn't hurt!

He sure doesn't look worried! 

That Didn't Hurt! He may have even enjoyed it!

Yep! Thats My Tooth!

Pretty Happy 'bout my one front tooth!

Sarah wants one of these mini-horses. She said that we can keep it in our backyard. Yeah right we have our hands full with Jack the dog that acts like a kid.

Goats are very selfish animls we found out.

Isn't this the smallest little donkey you have ever seen.

They had llamas. She got a kick out of feeding this animal.

They have a lot of fun animals at this place and most of you know just how much Sarah loves animals. We let them feed them carrots and apples. I think that they loved it. Sarah would have gotten right in there with those horses if we let her. I have to keep a close eyer on her when it comes to all of God's creatures big or small.

On our walk we went by the rail road tracks. This was a lot of fun we found some really interesting and cool things. Some of the kids found coal and just about everybody found a nail that has been wiggled out at one point in time. They wanted a train to come by while we were there so that we could smash pennies but one never did. Oh well.

What a fine group of kids.

Old tractor that we found in the barn.

Really cool Barn that we got to go and explore. Caleb loved it he said that he ahs never been in a barn before.

This is Sarah's friend isn't she the cutest. They really get a long well. It is nice ti have someone her age in the group. Even though Sarah goes to school she still does a lot of things with the group.

Today was a fun day for us homeschoolers. This is our little group (one of them at least) that we do things with every week. Today we got to go on a nature hike. We are learning about incests, so it was a lot of fun to see what kind we could find on our walk. As you can see Caleb is the only boy. Poor kid! He endures alot with all these girls and there emotions.

He does not like cake or the icing that is on it. So every year for him we make a rice krispy cake. It always seems to go over well. Although this year I had no idea but the candles that I put in the rice krispy were the ones that re-lit themselves. It was fun to watch him blow them out over and over. His friends got into it to.