THE BEGINNING OF OUR YEAR...

well, well, well,

look who's back!

Life has been busy,

but

I was having some blog issues,

it's been hard not to document the happenings of our lives,

because I've wanted too so badly,

I hate not being able to write things down, cuz life changes quickly around here,

blogging and journaling and keeping track of it all makes me feel grounded,

I don't want to miss the big and little things

and there has been quite a few...

I'm just glad my blog troubles our behind us.

It's been snowing like crazy

and Candice is snow crazy, poor girl, she just wants some sunshine,

she just graduated last week with her Master Estitician

getting ready to take her state boards and is going to start job hunting,

somewhere where the sun shines...

Caitlyn is taking her state boards too. (finally!!!)

she been having a little bit of a lazy hiatus lately,

and

 taking full advantage of Candice's estitician services,

we all have! and it's been quite nice.

Spencer is doing good.
he says black when i say white,
and white when I say black!
it's making me crazy
 but
i guess that's his way of gaining his own opinion...
or something like that!

and little Lynzie, isn't so little anymore...

she is almost so close to being taller than Candice and Caitlyn,

she's going to be my tallest girl, I'm so proud,

Candice and Caitlyn are little pipsqeeks, I don't know why!

Kurt and I are just working...

at our jobs, at our green smoothie making, at parenting, at our relationship, at our church callings,

we just celebrated 

our 22nd anniversary!

The holidays were nice...

we celebrated and decorated
which included a little Harris family party...
we ate and laughed
 and made gingerbread houses,  it was amazing to see the creativity of the kids
and how they're personalities came through...
enjoying each other is what holidays are all about.
(We missed Dave & Kristen, but they were enjoying knee surgery and preparing to welcome baby Crew!)

We are just trying to survive this Utah weather,
it's weird!
we're not use to the cold, snowy, cloudy, inversion in the air,
it seems just like everyone else around here we've been sick a lot.
uggg!
A sunny state seems pretty good right now to us...

So,
just a few thoughts to get us caught up
and that's what'z been happening around here in a nutshell.

Who would of thunk it?

look mom...

now, you don't have to yell at me to pick up my clothes off the bathroom floor!

 I was speechless, WHAT do you say to that!???

yes, sometimes Spencer does out think me,

but most of the time,

 I just love that goofy 14 years old boy who has the ability to render me speechless! 

(just for the record...yes, that is underwear and a t-shirt!)

gross.

(yesterday he made me laugh too...

can't wait to post that picture!)

I haven't been able to get into my blog for a week.... I've tried everything, so I'll have to post under Kurt's name until I can figure it out!!!

We are under full Christmas mode here,

which is fun, and crazy and a little bit stressful...

but it snowed today and it's beautifully white and Christmasy!

Happy Twentieth...

 She spent her birthday

 in the place of her birth...

Charlottesville, Virginia

Happy Birthday Cj.

10/10/12......Z has a birthday!!!

Z had a birthday yesterday and it was a big one for her!!!
12.
12!

Turning 12 means...

starting the Young Women's Program
 with all the kids (boys & girls) in church from 12-18 yrs old.

and

the wearing of mascara!!!

think about when you turned 12...
 IT"S KIND-OF HUGE!

We all gathered around her bed at 6 in the morning and sang Happy Birthday,

she woke up happy and ready to celebrate her special day.

we gave her a few gifts,

like new clothes and earrings

cuz every girls has to look cute going to school,

she took cupcakes to share with her class,
After school she had her last soccer game,
and as it turns out, her coach couldn't be there
 so Kurt volunteered to coach,
 it was so fun to watch Lynzie play and Kurt coach,
he did a great job and had all those little girls hyper,
they won the game,
and on the last play Lynzie almost made a goalie,
she was just an inch away...
she was sad, but we were so proud of her!!!
then we came home and ate a delicious salmon dinner
that Kurt took time to prepared for over 24 hours...

Lynzie wants a cookie cake and so I'll make her one tomorrow,
that's one of the beauties of having a birthday,
stringing it out through out the week.

We love Lynzie,
she is sweet
and spiritual,
she's sassy and smart,
she's feisty and funny
and
we love having her as the caboose of our family.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYNZIE
WE LOVE YOU!