Staples

Today Rhen had a little accident and we ended up at the instacare.  She was standing up on the edge of the couch and slipped off and hit her head on the baseboard of the wall.  Rhen's pretty accident-prone so I didn't think much of it when she fell and started to cry.  It wasn't until I saw all the blood that was coming from the back of her head that I realized she had a pretty good gash.  We headed off to the instacare and they took really good care of her.  She was a trooper and didn't hardly flinch when they numbed her and put 4 staples in her head.  Crazy girl!

Instacare

The same day that we were at the instacare for Rhen, we took a trip back for Mr. Liev.  He hasn't had an ear infection since he got his tubes out, but today he has been really warm and complaining about his ears.  Sure enough it was just what we thought.  He is super great about getting his ears checked now though and was so cute laying there waiting for his turn.  Hopefully a quick round of antibiotics and this will be the end of it!

Skiing

One of Rease's Christmas presents this year was a skiing pass to Park City.  She was so excited to be able to go with her dad again.  The two of them headed up right after the new year and had a fun day together.  Josh said it took her a couple runs to get comfortable again but then she was great.  He told her that if she could go down the bunny hill without falling then they could go up to a bigger lift.  She did it and they continued up the mountain.  She is doing great and loves being with her dad!  This is the first of many ski days this winter!

Rhen's calendar

Rhen made this adorable calendar for 2015.  I love all the cute handprint pictures on each of the months!

Rease's Calendar

Rease's calendar made at school for the new year!

Josh's Birthday

Josh turned 36 this year!  What?!?  We're old.  

Anyway, we had a fun day with the annual panini party.  It's always a fun day to get together and celebrate our dad and husband.  We love him so much!  These girls are the best and love their dad to pieces.

 Josh got a helmet for skiing this year.  He was pretty excited about it!

 And Rease wrote him this sweet little note.  Love her!

Happy Birthday my dear sweet man!  I wouldn't be me without you by my side.  Thanks for being my best friend and always making me laugh!

Stuck

Liev loves to climb.  It's just that today he didn't know how to get down once he was up.  Poor kid.  I only left him up there long enough to get this picture then I helped him down!

Snow Day

Christmas day we got a few inches of new snow on the ground.  The kids were so excited!  The next day they got all bundled in their snow clothes and headed outside to play.  I didn't think Keen would last too long in the cold but he actually made it longer than I thought.  Long enough to take a trip down the slide at least.  Rease Rhen and Liev stayed out and played for a while though and had a blast in the new snow!

Christmas 2014

Christmas is already here!  We love Christmas at our house and the kids have been waiting for this day all year!  The kids have loves having the elves on the shelf at our house.  The first thing they do every morning is try and find out where they are and if there was a note left for them.  Both the girls have been really curious about them and have written notes back and forth all Christmas season.  It has been so fun!

 When Christmas Day finally arrived Rease had a plan for the day.

 We hosted this year and had a fun group.  Josh's parents, my parents, Garrett, Andy and a friend of Josh's from work and her daughter.  We had a yummy dinner of French Dip sandwiches (Josh's family's tradition) and lots of desserts!  Then we went caroling around the neighborhood.  It was a perfect Christmas Eve night with a light snow falling.  It was beautiful!

After all the Christmas Eve traditions, the kids were ready for bed and ready for Santa to come!

On Christmas Eve all the kids sleep together in the same room.  I think they actually did get a little sleep!

Lined up Christmas morning at the top of the stairs!

Santa did make it to our house this year!  

This year we tried to have one person open a present at a time so everyone could watch.  It actually turned out good and was super fun to see the reactions of each of the kids with every gift.  

This was Rease's Christmas list to Santa.  Turns out he read her letter!  She got Pokemon cards and also got a ski pass to Park City to ski with her dad!

We had such a fun, happy Christmas this year!  Most of all we loved being with family and friends to celebrate the birth of our Savior.  It was a day to remember!

Cousins

This is a favorite spot at Grammie's house for the cousins to gather.  There's a little tv in the toy room and at the end of a long day, the kids love to watch movies together and squeeze onto this little couch (and the window seal.)  Such a fun time for all these kids to grow up together!

Just underwear

My Liev would wear nothing but underwear all day every day if I let him.  When it's naptime he takes everything off except his underwear and when I put the blanket over him he says, "That feels nice!"  Such a funny kid.  Anyway, this is a perfect example of what I'm talking about.  Obviously not a good day to go without clothes, but why not?  At least he put his boots on to go outside!  He was so excited to play in the snow that he didn't care that he didn't have anything else on.  

Rice Cereal

Beck's 4 months old and you know what that means!  Rice cereal baby!  He's not sure what to think, then excited, then back to not sure what to think.  Me either buddy - it doesn't look that good!  Don't worry.  There's much better stuff to come!

Great Grandma Losee

My sweet grandma Losee had a stroke this week and has been in the hospital.  She hasn't been doing well so I wanted to take my kids down to see her.  We loaded up in the van after school and headed down to Delta.  The kids all drew a picture for her and were excited to be able to give them to her at the hospital.  Grandma has been so healthy and has always had tons of energy to do whatever she wanted to do so it was so unordinary to see her down and in bed.  The boys were pretty concerned about her and all the tubes that she was hooked up to.  But we had a special, sweet time while visiting her.  The kids all sang songs to her and each had a moment to give her a hug and kiss.  We sure love our great grandma Losee and are so glad to have had time to see her.  We hope she gets well soon!

2 little teeth

Oh they're comin I know it!  We've seen the drool, the runny  nose and the crabbiness - they're all signs that these little teeth are going to make their appearance very soon!  If you look close you can see them just poking through.  Thank heavens!

Beck and the Trips

We get the have Hayley's kids over here once in a while.  The kids love having them over to play - except Beck is sometime a little skeptical having 3 babies his size crawling all over him.  I usually try and keep him in the bouncer since he can't crawl around and the girls can.  Even then, he gets bombarded by babies.  He's exactly 6 months younger than the triplets but he holds his own in the size department.  I took this picture of him and Millie and he looks so big compared to her - especially his head!  These 4 babies will have so much fun growing up together!

Shower Time

Our kids love to shower in the shower in our room.  It's big enough to fit all of them and there are 3 shower heads, so it's like a party!  They're still young enough that we figure it's still ok to put them all in together.  Most of the time they just play in there until the water turns cold and it's time to get out.  Fun times!

Family Pictures

We haven't had a family picture since Beck was born so we decided to take a few.  These are our favorites of everyone.

Candy Day

Candy day is always a packed, busy day for us - but always fun too!  This year we had lots of help - Hayley and family, Justin and family, Garrett, Mom and Dad, Uncle Greg, Uncle Andy, The Hammers and Jeanie and Alma all came to help.  It was a long day that didn't end until almost midnight - but we got it all done and ended up with LOTS of homemade delicious candy!