Ace

This week we had Nelda and Jerry over for FHE.  They brought Tessa, so that was super fun.  She is so cute.  The kids were dying showing them their new swing off the pull up bar.

Darlin ran into the wood box and split her lip open pretty bad.  Last month Blazen split his head open and we ran him into the ER because it was a weekend.  We were pretty sure that they would have to do stitches, but all they did was superglue it shut......and it worked amazingly well.   So, we bought several bottles of the higher quality-faster drying stuff at Walmart.  When Darlin split her lip, we saved the over $600 bill at the ER and spent $2 super gluing it ourselves.  It has healed fabulously.

The kids and I went to Springerville and got a ton of salt.  Here we are being super silly.

I went into the school for a whole day and spent time with Denim.  I loved my day with her.  She loved it too.

We celebrated Ace's birthday.  He requested flat enchiladas with an egg on top and smothered in homemade red chili - beans on the side.  It was my first time making them, and although they weren't perfect, they were decent.  Ace appreciated me at least trying.

Here is one of Denim and her friend Alea that I got mixed up.  Denim has also received her key covers and types without being able to see the letters.

Back to Ace.  Denim had been playing in the barretts if you were wondering.  Happy birthday babe, we love you a ton. 

Now.......for the photo shoot.  I was playing with my camera and Denim wanted a photo shoot.

Obviously the other kids had to have their moment of glory too.  Here is Blazen and his new favorite toy......a squirt bottle.

Darlin is my little horder.  Do you think that you can carry one more thing Sister Susie?

Love all Timber

Cheer

This week was wonderful. We had a lot of the normal household things going on, but we also had a few exciting events.  Ace was gone for a few days so it was good that we stayed busy.  We went to Casey Wayne's birthday party.  It was a lot of fun.  The kids enjoyed themselves, and as always got a ton of candy.  Blazen cracks me up when he does the limbo because he leans back before he goes under the stick and then as he is going under he tucks.

 It was fun to see little Tessa, she is just so cute.

My little Darlin is getting so big and she felt like a big girl participating.

Denim performed her cheer at the basketball ball game.  This is her favorite part.  They were very cute and Tawana made their bows.

 Blazen had fun at the game using a jump rope as a real rope and roping the pom pom's.  I just love this little man.

 Darlin stayed pretty close to her little home, the stroller.  She was very protective of it.  Grandma bought the girls these cheetah outfits for Christmas.

Granny, Auntie, and Tessa came to watch.  The kids were very excited, and Denim did fabulous!  Krystle did such a good job with the girls.

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Dad got home the next morning and we had all missed him terribly.  It is weird how life just is not the same without dad.  He is such a piece of us.  The kids love him so much.  I went to Sharon Green's baby shower.  Ace refused to let any of the kids go with me, he wanted to spend time with them.  So they got to be with their dad all day.  Mary Tillotson and Krystle and Cassara Creley went with me to the shower.  It was wonderful, and Sharon looked so beautiful.  I am always amazed in this area how giving the people are.  It really warms my heart to be around such wonderful ladies like the Carvers, and the Chavez's and so many more.

I tried uploading a picture of Sharon at the shower, but it didn't work.  Sorry.  

Adios for now!

A brand new year

Happy New Year

We are all hoping for the very best this year.  There is so much to look forward to.  I am just so excited for all the new adventures ahead.

This past weekend we went to Albuquerque.  We took the kids rollerskating in a rink.  They had a lot of fun.  It was pretty busy so we kept Darlin and Blazen on the outside short carpeted areas and skated with them and then played the video games.  We took Denim in the rink.  It was quite a rush for her, but she loved it.  We also were able to go to the temple.  Ace and I switched going in and being with our children.  We had such a nice time.  We had a few errands to run and in the course of doing this (we took the long aluminum trailer) we hit the ball of another persons truck with the trailer and sliced the side railing of the trailer.  The guys truck was fine, but the trailer will need fixed.  A slight bit of drama, but all was well.  We then drove to Gallup and spent New Year's Eve with the Mortenson Family.  They are just hilarious.  We enjoyed our time with them.
This past week Denim had school off on Monday.  We went and played over at Granny's with Tessa, Ike, NaLynn, and Whitley and also went sledding.  Then we finished our last day of Christmas break with a movie.
Denim started school again on Tuesday.  She had a hard time getting out of bed so early, but after school she told me that she had a wonderful time.  Darlin, and Blazen helped me get things back in order this week.  Ace trudged through the mud getting his normal work done and also built new storage shelves for me in the back room. 

On Friday Denim had an elementary school cheer camp in the morning.  She loved it, especially being the flier.  I taught them a little dance to go with their cheer. 

After that we went to Albuquerque.  For part of grannies present to the kids for Christmas she took them to the Radisson Inn were they also have an indoor water park.  It was fabulous!  It had slides, kid toys, inter tube river, Lava ponds, and a lillypads, basketball, and a surfing section for big kids.  Saturday we got to play in the water too, and then went to eat at Mimi's.  Thank you granny for a memorable trip that we will never forget.

I was able to make an early morning session at the temple on Saturday as well.  Then home sweet home with our exhausted bunch.

I put in a picture of us on Sunday morning before church.  Here we are going to worship Christ. 

Happy New Year to all of you.  We send you all of our love!