It was fun having Grandma and Granpa here this year for Halloween. I mean Grandma and Jack the Ripper.

This years theme was Alice in Wonderland

New truck

Just thought I'd post a picture of Norm in his new(well ...new to us) truck. Thanks Holden:) cutest thing ever. Love the detail.

Happy Birthday Mackenzie!!!!! The morning started with breakfast in bed (a giant cinnamon roll) delivered to her by her favorite brother singing "Happy Birthday" all the way to her room. Then he even made her bed for her. He really must love her:). Then later out to lunch at In-N-Out and off to 7 peaks, followed by dinner at Olive Garden and home for cake and icecream with family. We love Kenzie so much and we are thankful to have her in our family. What a great kid! Even though thanks to her we now have 3 teenagers in the house. haha oh well.

a star is born

We got to go see Kenzie perform in her school musical (The Music Man). She was fantastic as Amaryillis. We were so proud of her. She put in many many hours of rehearsal time even at night and on Saturday mornings for the past 3 months.

Last week we celebrated Holdie's 14th birthday. What a great kid! We love him so much and we all agree that its AWESOME to have him in our family. We had a good time with lots of family, friends and fun. As Melanie told Holden "Thanks for being born so we can have cake":)

dread locks provided by Grandma and Grandpa

Shannons cute date for her preference girls choice dance. They had so much fun. They went bowling for their day date and dinner at Applebees then to the dance. Im so proud of Shannons' soft place in her heart for people who are so special.

We were able to spend some time with grandma and other family members at the Elmer family Christmas get together:)Good times

Disneyland

We just got back from a trip to Disneyland I thought I'd post a few pictures.

Happy Halloween

This year we did Jack Skellington and Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas.

I'm obviously a little late with this post since Shannons birthday is actually in August. Oh well better late than never.

shannons red velvet birthday cake

Yesterday we got to attend Grandma Elmers Birthday party. Ive never seen a lovlier 95 year old lady. We all love her so much. There were lots and lots of people there. It was good to see people we hadnt seen for quite a whil. I was mistaken for Jan by Delbert Hodsen. So Jan, Delbert says "Hi"

Well we took Kenzie to the airport and mailed her off to Texas on Friday. I dont know who was more nervous,me or her. She was so very excited to have the chance to see Leslie again. I hope they have fun together. I already miss her.

I cant believe how grown up my daughter is. She went to her Jr. Prom. and she looked beautiful.

Kenzie just finished one year without candy. As per the deal i paid her $100.00

After recieving her franklin kenzie decided to purchase something she had wanted for a long time. A new Wii game called Just Dance. She invited a few friends over for a dance and popcorn party. They had a blast.