I can't believe 2008 is almost over. The first part of the year went slow with morning sickness and Natalie never wanting to go to Nursery class, but time has just sped up lately. It has been so fun for Tyson to have Preschool and to have Andrew around. It was hard for them to get along at first but now they play really well together. I have loved each holiday this year with my kids. It is so fun to see them enjoy each season and holiday that goes with it. Halloween had to be my favorite with Natalie loving the idea of getting candy by just ringing a door bell. Tyson still loves his cartoons, but loves going to basketball with Dad even more. He comes home and just crashes after playing so hard. Tyson plays and sleep hard. Natalie is now potty trained and likes being a "big women" as she says. She thinks she one of the boys when Ty and Andrew are around, but loves putting on makeup and nail polish. She now loves Nursery and hates taking naps.

The kids are looking so forward to Christmas. Tyson and Natalie were arguing a bit yesterday and making me upset, but then Ty reminded me that Santa will leave coal in my stocking if I get mad and am not a good girl. So, I am trying hard to be better so Santa will visit me too.

The kids are looking forward to their new sister too. Natalie calls every baby Alivia now and loves the idea of being a big sister. When I ask Ty for a kiss he usually kisses my tummy and says, "I love you Alivia."

We hope you all have a wonder Christ filled Christmas!!!

Snow Day

This is infront of our house. We woke up to a Winter Wonderland!!!

The kids were having a blast. I would have taken pictures of the kids, but it started snowing again and I didn't want to ruin my camera. Tyson was disappointed that Preschool was cancelled but got over it real quick when we let him play in the snow.

Aunt Cindy made Natalie this tutu and she won't take it off. she just LOVES it. She is our little ballerina now. She likes to dance to Kyle playing the piano with Tyson yelling, "twirl Natalie twirl."

Tyson's 4th Birthday

Tyson got to celebrate his birthday twice at Preschool seeing as they got his birthday wrong, which was fine with him. His teachers made him this birthday crown that he wore out in just two days.

We had his birthday party at the local bowling alley here. He invited four friends which worked out nicely. Most of the kids had no idea what they were doing and it was pretty enjoyable to watch them figure out the game of bowling. I made Tyson a Blues Clues cake which I thought turned out pretty good. The picture doesn't quite give it justice. Natalie was so funny. She wanted to bowl with the pink ball which was half her weight. Once we convinced her to use the 6 pounder she just loved carrying it to the lane and getting help from Daddy to roll it down the lane. It took two full hours to get 5 kids to bowl one game. They sure had a good time.

Halloween was so fun. Natalie was SuperGirl and Tyson was a Fireman who "saves the day." Natalie out trick-or-treated Tyson. She was so funny to watch. She would run from house to house saying, "More treat more treat!"

Utah trip

We were able to go to Utah this week and boy did we enjoy our time. Kristi was kind enough to watch the kiddos for us so we could have a nice getaway. We were only there Monday through Wednesday. We rented a car so we were able to pick up Jennifer and Lilly on our way to Stacie and Enzo's house. Jennifer came down Sunday and stayed the night at Cindy's apartment. We got to Stacie's house and we all ate lunch together and visited for a few hours. We then loaded everyone in the rental and hit Walmart where we rented a movie and picked up some pizzas for the night. Cindy was able to join us after work. We took the kids to the park and little Lilly showed us how hard she works at walking.

Tuesday morning we woke up with out anyone crying or asking for breakfast. It was sooo nice. We were able to make it to the Jordan River Temple where Grandpa and Grandma Morris were working. We were able to go to the 2:00 session with them. We then were blessed to see the newest member of the family. Jackson decided to sleep the whole time we were there, but we were sure glad we got to see him and his parents.

Then we headed down to Cindy's where Brigham (Eric's mission companion) met us to go out to dinner at Tucanos. After dinner we took a carriage ride through Memory Grove. After a visit with Grandpa and Grandma King we watched the new Joseph Smith movie and then headed home. What a wonderful visit.

We celebrated Sariah's birthday today at Papa's Pizza. We sure had a good time. Natalie's favorite part was the tuptake as she calls it. It is so fun to see all these cousins so close in age playing together. We even got to see little Charlette (Cousin Philip and Cristy's 4 month old).