Hope your holiday is sprinkled with joy!
Merry Christmas!

It was a blur....

Ok, so it's been a little while. I guess I'll never win the title "best blogger"--oh well. Here's a few highlights from our craziest December ever (actually, lets' start in November!) Brace yourself and when you are done, you'll feel a little bit the way I do right now--WHEW!

The superstar of Thanksgiving: newest relative Jason Karl (Karl after his Grandpa and my brother ;o) He was born on the Sunday before Thanksgiving so we were privileged to see him at only 4 days old!
Here he is with his Mom ,Whitney:

His Aunt Jennie:

Brynn's beautiful placecards:

This is funny....one difference between Cass & Brynn. Here is Cassie's plate:

and here is Brynn's.... Notice nothing is touching.

Then the real craziness started (ugh. I hate the roof thing):

The school events (Ethan's "Rockin' Ring Toss"):

Brynn's dance performance at the new SJHHS theater!

The church party (who's the cute shepherd?)

The singing angels:

Cassie's concert:

Ethan's concert:


The cookies:

Wayne's evil cookie man:

And finally the tree!

Happy Anniversary!

Wayne and Erin - 18 years today!

HSM4 (pause the music on the right)

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DWTS Audition Video (pause the music on the right)

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Party on!

Brynn & Cassie in stripes

Cute little Ethan

How do I keep getting talked into these things....?

Party on Wayne

Party on Garth

HIPeace

Boo!

Finally 12!

Those of you who have fall birthdays know how agonizing it is to wait for your birthday to roll around. Especially if all your friends have turned 12 and moved into the youth group, etc. Congratulations Cass - you finally made it! Here she is celebrating at her murder mystery party.
Happy Birthday!
(A shout out to "Dar" who we wished was here and also to our budding photographer!)

Wishing.....


Oreo dessert....

The crime scene.....


The Detective (aka expert blogger & photographer, etc. etc....)

health kick

Brynn has always been our biggest junk food junkie, but lately (thanks in part to her high-school health class and also Bethanie K ;o) she's decided to change her ways....yeah! She's been a great influence on all of us and is continually asking me to buy particular healthy snacks whenever I go to the store. She decided to combine all her new knowledge in to a YW in Excellence project (see below). It should be an interesting Halloween, although I'm pretty sure none of are ready to go completely cold turkey just yet. Baby steps......

Cowabunga Unga!

After many hours of work, Ethan was finally able to race his pride and joy "Cowubunga Unga!" (For those who don't know, Unga is a star running back for BYU--and an appropriate mascot as the Cougs are having a great season and ranked 8th. That was for you, Wayne.)

Cowubunga Unga was pretty fast and won the first few heats, then ultimately came in 4th place after the finals. We had a lot of fun cheering for all the cars, and I truly believe this event is just as much for the Dads as it is the Scouts :o) Wayne and Ethan came home and promptly began to discuss next year's car.

never a dull moment......

There's always something to smile about when Ethan's around. Here he is trying to find faster ways to slide down the stairs....

We love the funny signs he puts on his door. Here's the current:
He loves his scout uniform and can't wait for the Pinewood Derby in a few weeks.....pictures coming soon! Love this kid!