Thank you Clarice!

This is one of my most favorite Christmas memories.  I wish Hayden would perform on command like this.  

Oh - I guess this one too.  I love how she isn't satisfied till everyone is watching her and the thumb for the microphone.

Morgan loves her dad to help her practice her balancing act!!!

A great family dinner after Andrew went through the Temple.

The friends in CA. Storme, Kelly, Cathy, Jan and Daryl

Andrew and little Morgan.

CHRISTMAS

are we drawing names for christmas or what?! i can put it together if everyone still wants to do it.

She was a horse of course!

Morgan had a blast this Halloween! We took her out to Queen Creek where we had a little halloween party with Brittany and Johnny Hubbel. Brittany and I took the girls trick or treating (Jaedyn was a bumble bee) and they loved it...well, they loved the candy at least! We gave Morgan her first lollypop and she sucked on it for an hour! And of course by the end she had it in her hair, eyelashes, and all over her face (and I HAD to give her a blue one...the costume is ruined!). All in all it was a good time, and "baby's first halloween" was a success :)

this is my seven month belly, and i am well on my way to eight months. by the time you see me next week you can all witness it for yourselves.

tyrell made me dinner and a cake for my birthday, but he accidentally cooked the radio in the process. it was nice becasue he hates to cook, and it was pretty funny.

the leaves are really pretty, even though now they have mostly fallen. and we had our first day of snow!!

we still want pictures of the kids in their costumes!

SCARY!

As most of us have already heard. There was a double homicide in SJ last night. Vince Romero & Tim Native were murdered in their house last night. Worst of all Vinces son found the bodies. Story goes that Vince and Tim fired a guy out at work, and he followed them home after work. Sorry SOB!! This kind of stuff doesn't happen in SJ! Andrew and I were with both of them Monday helping Ryan Brower move into his new place. Makes me cringe!

On a positive note.....Congratulations DAD!!!!!!!!!!

VOTE

Good luck tomorrow DAD!!!!!!!!! and we need pictures of the kiddos in their costumes...

Our little "Mogan" in her snow suit while in cold St. Johns!! You can tell she's loving it!!

Here are the "rag curler" girls at the homestead. So cute!!!

Here is a picture of the foreigners!!! This is the day we picked Emanuel up from the airport in Show Low. Niklas is from Germany and Emanuel is from Mexico. They are great kids and a welcomed addition to our family and the school.

Here are the high school friends preparing for our upcoming weekend in Huntington Beach, CA!!!

Yes, we'll be seeing "Wicked" while there!! Yeah

I'll be thinking of ya all while sitting on the beach soaking up the sun and laughing.

Faithlyn called the POLICE!

Well, Faithlyn decided to call the police over to Grandma and Grandpa's house last night. We were shocked and had the policeman explain to her that she only needs to call 911 in a real emergency... After the policeman left we Nicholas told us the real story... Apparently he was taking up the couch and wouldn't let Faithlyn sit down. So she told him "You better move ! or I will call the Police on you and they'll make you move!"...lol... we are so going to have our hands full with her!!

This is how we are surviving life

This mattress has become a permanent fixture in our home.  It's not very attractive but hey, it keeps the kids entertained for a few minutes every hour.  WORTH IT!  

baby bump 6 months

so here is the latest development in my baby bump and he sure is moving around in there. it was funny because the first time tyrell felt him kick, he jerked his hand back and was trying to get away from me. i laughed really hard. now he feels him kick and is perplexed about what on earth he is doing in there. here are some sonogram pictures. one where he is ready to sock me one, and appears to have arnold swartzeniger arms. and the other, is his best impression of an alien. hopefully he is cuter than that when he arrives :)



















ammon we are praying for you! keep us posted on the results. love you guys!

I've finally got a password I can remember - hopefully!! Love all the pictures and things added to the blog. Keep them coming.

coming home

i am coming to az october 17-20. i will be at a room mate reunion friday night, saturday, and sunday morning, but would love to see you guys thursday/friday or sunday/monday. so lets try to plan a get together of some kind. hopefully i will get to see most of you. miss you love you.

CONGRATULATIONS TO DAD FOR HIS FIRST VICTORY AT THE PRIMARIES!!!!!

The great and not so great moments in San Diego

I didn't think I could love Costco anymore than I already did, But I love it even more.  I put my name in a drawing and won a free vacation to San Diego and Sea World.  Ammon was mad we had to bring Hayden, but it turned out she did much better than Brooklyn (middle name: I Can't Have a Good Time) and so next vacation, B's not invited.  Hayden couldn't get enough of Sea World.  And with her harness, we were able to let her have some freedom.  I tried to put live footage of the dolphins and shamu, but blogger dogger won't let me.

Hayden did so great!

Brooklyn got to feed and pet the Dolphins

This was our getto set up at the beach.  It was a lot shorter and smaller than it looks in this picture.  We learned a lot of things that we need to remember for next time.

Hayden wasn't so fun at the beach.  I think she would do better at a beach house where there is minimal sand, shade, a shower and a bed.

Brooklyn got to take a picture with a real pirate.  She wasn't so sure about it.  We had to bribe with an ice cream or 2.  or 3.

And this is Brooklyn at her first day of her preschool.

vacuum

i got a new vacuum and i am really excited!! the shop vac is out of my life forever and now my floors can be much cleaner. this vacuum was consumers choice best buy, so we got thought we would try it out. sad that i am excited about a vacuum, just more proof that i am getting old and boring.

oh and i changed the template to be three columns i thought it would be easier to arrange stuff that way. what do you think?

hurray! i am glad everyone made it on to the blog. thanks for everyone who has posted, it is fun to see and hear about what is going on with everyone. i am far far away and i like to hear about you guys. hope everyone is doing well. and you all pretty much have the most adorable kids. love ya.

Morgan's New Toys

She is four months old now and growing like a weed!! We decided it was time to teach her how to entertain herself...because those endless hours of sitting on the couch making faces at her is starting to get REALLY old! So we bought her a bouncy and this amazing thing called a bumbo seat...as you can see from the pictures, she isn't too sure about either of them yet, but i think she'll learn to love them!

Morgan and Jami Visit SJ!

The Chee Lee House

Christian wouldn't leave me alone until I posted a picture of (his lawn) house. Oooooh!

FIRST DAY OF SHOOL!!

HOLY CRAP, WE FEEL OLD!
Faithlyn is growing up so fast! I was concerned about half day kindergarted because I thought she would learn more in full day; turns out the they just have more recess and snack times. Now, I am soo greatful that the full day was full. It is hard for these little ones to adjust to school... I had no idea. She absolutely loves riding the bus to Papa John's office; she thinks she is a teenager already!... And yes I cried three times the morning I took her to her first day.

What a Life!

It was a long day for mini chee, and he wasn't able to make it past dinner!

Whiting Reunion 2008
"The Cliche Homestead Picture"

me in the US and ty in canada

on the bridge to the USA

the cave of the winds

the tow truck

ty campaigning for dad in canada

we are having a boy!! they said he had "text book measurements" and the doctor claimed i was a boring patient. what more could a girl ask for? he was very active and i am sure he will be no different when he makes it out of there.