OK, so no one has rejected the idea I had about gifts,and no one has told me of any other ideas, so we are going to go for it.I drew everyones names for everyone, even the kids. So each kid will give to a cousin. I know that none of us are rolling in the dough, so keep it simple. The limit is $3.00 a kid or less. As far as a price range for adults, I think $10 to $15, what ever everyone is comfortable with. Ok, so here are the names.

Ryon has Sean
Jana has Josh
Justin has Celeste
Ali has Jana
Shantelle has Rachelle
Josh has Ali
Rachelle has Ryon
Sean has Nate
Celeste has Shantelle
Nate has Justin
Hannah has Paige
Carson has Brayden
Harry has Brooklyn
Simon has Sadie
Brayden has Harry
Brooklyn has Hannah
Paige has Simon
Sadie has Carson

There ya go, see you all soon.

Hey everyone, so the kids in the family need to decide what we are doing for presents this year. I think that since everyone will be in town we should mix it up. We always give to couples, so I think we should give individually this year. I already drew names and stuff, but I don't want to make it official if people have already bought gifts. So let me know what you all think. If I don't hear from anyone I will assume this plan is fine. If is is not ok, call me, 801-209-7510. thanks, ali

Well I finally am getting on to blog about our Halloween. The night before Halloween we carved pumpkins, Paige got her own and was loving it, I didn't think she would get that into it but she had a good time. She really is our little copy cat, so if we are doing it, she wants to join in.On Halloween we went to my parents and had a Halloween Breakfast Party. We all dressed up and played games. We even went Trick or Treating at like 11 am around their nieghborhood.It was fun, the rest of the day was pretty relaxing, we really did not do much and stayed home for trick or treaters for the night.
Other than Halloween things are going well. Unfortunatly I have benn pretty sick with this pregnancy and it has definatly slowed me down. (Hence not bloggin.)I am just counting the days until my first trimester is over, which is a week, and praying that I start to feel better. Justin is being awesome about it and taking such good care of me and Paige. She sure loves her Daddy, as do I. He really is the perfect man for me and I appreciate him soooooooo much.
We are getting excited about Christmas, and cant' wait to see everyone. Hope all is well out there, luv ya all.

Well I noticed that Justin was good and posted a blog, so I guess I'll do THE pictures. These are just some fun ones of Paige.

At least that is what I have been told. And like a good husband, I believe everything that my wife tells me. I do not do everything she tells me, but that is a different story. ha ha

I feel really bad for Paige. Everytime we think that she needs to get out of the house and play, we go shopping. Her favorite store is Shopko. It is so sad that we take her to go shopping as her escape from the house. (We are very boring) Her favorite area is Halloween. She loves it!!! Most stuff does not scare her, she just says "looook" and points at all the decorations. The one thing she is not sure about is those full size characters that move and talk. It is cute cause she grabs your leg a little tighter. She still watches in amazement.

We also have our Halloween decorations up. They are really good for making her happy. If she wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, just take her around the house to all of the decorations. She points at them, then says look, then starts laughing at them. They work, you should try it, especially Celeste. (we all know how Nate is when he wakes up, yikes!)

Anyways, that is all for now. I will see if we have any pictures to post.

So....is anyone doing anything for thie weekend?

Ok so I felt bad about the no pictures thing so here are some cute ones of Paige we got taken at Target a few months ago.

It does seem less worth it to blog when you have no pictures, but it is better than nothing. I just though I would update everyone on our life, not that much is going on. Ju is still working and going to school, he just officually got his associates degree. Now we have to figure out which degree his extra credits will go towards the best. I just went back to work, for the year. I have 30 kindergarteners in my class this year, which is better than my 31 last year. I am missing all my time with Paige, but it is good for both of us to get out of the house. Paige is getting so big, I can hardly believe it. She is running all over the place and saying new words all the time, not to mention all the cute tricks we teach her to do. It is so much fun to be parents. She got stung by her first bee today after being pushed in a pond by her cousin!! Thankfully she is fine. Hope everyone is good. See ya.

First off I just want to say congrats to Nate and Celeste, we can't wait to meet Sadie. We are glad everything went well and wish you luck in this new adventure!!

Anyway,so Paige gets really bad diaper rashes, and it takes a lot of work to get rid of them. One of the things we do is let her run around naked to help dry it out. So the other day I took her outside and just let her play, I could not help but take pictures of her many activities. Like blowing bubbles, watering the flowers, sweeping, and my favorite, running down the street naked!! Enjoy!

Well our little family just got back from our vaction to Mexico. We went to Playacar, which is just south of Cancun. My entire family went, 8 adults, and 9 children under the age of 9. It was a little crazy, but SO MUCH FUN!
We stayed in a beautiful resort that was all inclusive. It was awesome having everything included. But as a result I think we all ate way too much food. Thakfully the resort was huge so there was a lot a walking involved so we could burn those calories off!

While we were there we swam in the pool and went to the beach a ton. We also went parasailing, which was great. I have to admit I started freaking out when we got up really high. It was a little scary for me, but Justin loved it.

We also did an excursion with my sibling and spouses, while the grandparents babysat. We took ATV's into the jungle and went ziplining to three different spots. It was my favorite part of the trip. Then we climbed down this dark hole in the ground into a cave. There where stalagtites and stalagmites everywhere and it was full of water, so we went for a swim. The water was really cold, but felt great since it is so hot there.

It was a great vacation and we are so thankful to my parents for taking us all. We created memories that will last forever.