Past 9 months! Looking back at 2012!

 In April we entered Lucy into a Tulip Princess Pageant at Thanksgiving Point! She was a Daffodil! and a very cute one at that! However she wouldn't walk down the run way, because there was a Chik-fila cow there that scared her, and she wouldn't let go of me! Grammie and I made her costume! It was very cute!

 For Mother's Day I had the kids picture taken with Lucy in her flower outfit and JT as a knight! We then gave a collage of photos to Grammie and all our other Grandmas.

 JT graduated from Preschool!!! He did such a great job! They sang all the songs that they had learned!

 JT and his friend Carson!

 We hiked to the Y in Provo! On Memorial day we did it! It was a pretty good hike! Straight up! The kids were troopers, and made it all the way with us!

 Grammie taking a rest!

 All of us at the beginning of the trail head! But after we made it all the way up and down!

Justin, Jamie, Brit, Max, Lucy, Pa, Grammie, and JT!

  

 4th of July Parade in Provo!

 Lucy and Addie enjoying a Popsicle!

 Summer Fun! JT with his friends Carson and Max. Swimming and having Popsicles!

 Trek! We went on a Family Trek with Grammie and Pa's ward in July 2012.  It was a great experience! We experienced a huge sandstorm, and some extreme heat! But it all added to the pioneer experience!

 

 Justin and I! Super Trekkers!!

The lovely couple! Grammie and Pa were our group leaders! They did a great job! And must I mention Pa's awesome hair!! Yes, he grew it out long! Grammie was cutting his hair and she said he was going bald so to prove a point, Pa started growing it out and said that after Trek he would cut it! He held true to his word! It was super awesome hair!

 Justin turned the Big 30!!! On July 31, 2012.  I threw a surprise party for him! He didn't even see it coming! I did a golf theme, which turned out pretty fun!

 Grammie, Lucy, and Jac hanging out at the Party with their soda floats!

 JT starts BYU preschool in Sept! He loves it and says he goes to his Dad's school! So true!

 

 JT! The super Ninja! The Big 5 year old! Sept 20, 2012. He wanted a Ninjago Party! We did different ninja training activities, like sword training with bubbles, breaking cardboard with our hands, throwing balls of furry in to buckets, and even had a real Ninja(Sam Chipman) come show and teach us some moves! It was super fun!

 Putting our sword training to the test! Popping bubbles!

 Lucy and Betty at JT's Birthday party! Playing Ninja's!

 JT and his Birthday cake!

 Lucy and her Crazy hair!! She wakes up the the awesomest hair do's! I love it!

 Lucy and her Best Friend Addie! Addie lives across the street.  These two love to play with each other, and do hair, dress up, dance, ect.. Anything girly!

 The Kiddos getting ready to go Trick or treating!

 The Fam! For Halloween we went as JT a football player, Lucy a Cheerleader, Me a referee, and Justin an Athletic Trainer(real original)!

 JT and his loot!!! He sorted it out by type of candy! So funny!

 Lucy turned 3!!!  On Dec 2, 2012. She is getting so big.  And for her 3rd Birthday Grammie and Pa take the grand kids to build-a-bear! She was so excited! She had so much fun!

 Lucy with Aunt Jac, who is helping her get her bear dressed!

 Pa and his girls! Betty and Lucy! At JT's hockey game!

 JT playing hockey! He started with Learn to Skate classes, and then loved it so much he wanted to play hockey.  So he started playing in the Mini Mites league in Sept 2012.  He is doing awesome and has improved so much! He is so fun to watch.  It is high quality entertainment! Love it!

  Lucy and her presents, she got dress ups, a bike, Belle, Brave movie and a outfit for her doll!

 My big 3 year old! Love this Princess!

 Lucy's Princess cake!!!!

  Lucy getting ready to blow out her candles!

Lucy Tumbling Tots!!

Lucy just finished her Tumbling Tots class! It is was a parent tot class! I got to go with her while JT was in preschool. We had a great time together, and Lucy loved it. It is sad to see it end. I know for sure we will have to do this again next year! We went twice a week for 1 hour. Lucy got to do all kinds of activities, learn how to do new things. Jumping, swinging, rolling, somersaults, back bends, parachute activities, stretching, and her favorite, Rocket Jumps!!! On the last day they got to have snacks and also received a medal! She thought this was pretty cool especially since JT just got a medal from basketball. As she would say "like JT!" and hold up her medal!

Showing off her medal!

Swinging on the bar! They would also hang by their knees, and Lucy was the only one in her class that would do it, and hang upside down.

Jumping on the tramp!

Doing log rolls and somersaults!

Getting treats at the end of class!

Lucy receiving her medal!

We had a great time together! And hope to do it again!!!

Oh and I just wanted to post this too!! I got a new bike!!! Is soooo AWESOME! I love it! It is so fun to ride! The seat and the bell are the best part! Lucy wanted to be in the picture with my awesome bike!

YW New Beginnings! 2012

I serve in the Young Women's in my ward and it is that time of year! New Beginnings! We decided to do a "Carnival Theme"! We didn't want to make this a boring, just sit there and listen activity so we had three different booths. Well, let me start at the beginning. As they entered we had them go into the RS room and we gave them a # as a family 1-3. This decided which booth they would start at. In the RS room we had it all decorated cute (forgot to take a pic :( ) and had all the new Beehives coming in this year sit on the front row. We had opening prayer and theme, then intro from the YW pres, and then we spotlighted each new Beehive. One of the other YW read the spotlight, they each came up and their baby pic was displayed on a big screen! So, cute! I love baby pics! They were each given a bag of valued colored M&M's with a cute handout about Making the Most out of Young Women's! Then we split to the gym, and they each started at a booth depending on the # they got. Each booth was different. The first was a spotlight of our Seniors graduating(we have 10 of them), and wanted to do something special for them! Then second was about Personal Progress, the Values, and the New 2012 Theme "Arise and Stand Forth". Then third was the Secretary and Camp Director. The Secretary went over calendar events and things happening this coming year. And the Camp Director went over camp stuff, had parents fill out forms, and answer any questions they had, because for the first time in like 50 years our stake is going somewhere different than where they have always gone before. So, as you can imagine there were questions! ;) We rotated about every 15 min with a ringing of a bell! For the refreshments at each station they had something for them to munch on. #1 had popcorn, #2 had Churros (ones from Costco, cut in half!), and #3 had cotton candy. And also for fun in the middle of the gym we had a candy table with all different kinds of candy with little bags that they could fill. This Table was a hit!!! The parents and the girls loved this part! We had to pull them away after each rotation! And water was on this table too! Also, to add to the fun we had a jar filled with candy at each booth, and had them guess how many candies were inside. The winner got to take the jar home! It was a great night! We had lots of compliments on it, and how fun it was!

The Candy table before the fun started!

The PP, values and theme table! They also had a fun game to help them talk about all the stuff!

The Senior Spotlight Booth!

Let the fun begin!!!

The candy table! I manged to get one last pic just before the chaos began here!!! It was awesome! We had to keep refilling all the jars in between the rotations!