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We have been busy trimming the tree and getting our house all ready for Christmas before Thanksgiving was even over! That is a first for us. We only did it that early because Ryan took the week of Thanksgiving off of work. It was so fun to have him home! We decorated the house inside and out together which is always so nice. The house looks great and the kids are already so excited for Christmas! We had a fun month with Ashby being off track for school. Ryan took the kids on several different outings. One of their favorites was going to Circus Circus with him. Ryan was so sweet and stayed home during most of his time off and let me do fun things for myself and the kids. Ashby and I got pedicures together (thanks Shelli for the gift card!). I did a lot of fun shopping and errands without the kids which is always such a treat. He even helped me get all the kids pictures taken for Christmas. What a guy! We had a great Thanksgiving again this year spent with the Bellows fam. Cheri and Rich were gracious hosts and served up a delish meal. It was fun to have my sister Kristi and her boys there as well. The cousins sure have fun playing together. I didn't manage to get any pics of Thanksgiving. Darn! But we did get new family pictures taken of our family of 6! We had Kristi take them at my parents house and thanks to Kristi and my Mom's great efforts getting the kids to smile they turned out awesome! Thanks again guys!
My sister Kristi and I are very excited to announce that we have started a Custom Digital Photo Card Business. We have some great custom cards for all occasions, Holidays, or invitations. customphotocards.blogspot.com Our Christmas Card Collection is here!! Check out our great new designs!!
Ashby is 7
years old now! She just loves 2nd grade and
anything to do with school. She had a fun break from
school this month. She loved going on special outings
with Dad like Circus Circus, The arcade at Wild Island,
or shopping and pedicures with Mom. She had a f Ashby also found out what performance her other dance class will be doing. It is Peter Pan!! Her class are pirates. She is very excited about it. Ashby sang her first solo at church in Sacrament meeting this month. She did a beautiful job. We loved hearing her sing. Ashby is always amazing me with her conscientious attitude and desire to do good. She makes sure she reads everyday and does her homework right away. She loves doing writing, crafts or drawing. My favorite thing she does every month is make new pictures or crafts for her cork board on her desk. It always has a theme for the month. This month during quiet time she made her own "thankful tree" all on her own and attached leaves to it with things she was thankful for. She just amazes me. For Thanksgiving she wanted to make each individual at the dinner a homemade Thanksgiving card made by her. It took a lot of time and effort to make each card. I was impressed how disciplined she was. Such a thoughtful little girl. We sure love her dearly. She has also already started to make homemade Christmas gifts for members of our family. Ashby
loves when we do Family Home Evenings each Monday. She
especially likes to give the lesson when it is her turn. She loves doing dance still with her friends and favorite teacher at school. She is looking forward to possibly taking piano lessons, and basketball in the Winter. She is a great big sister and loves playing with Dalton and helps watch Brooks a lot. She adores little Ryder and loves holding him. She loves watching Wheel of Fortune with us at night. She is pretty darn good too! One of her favorite things to do is still writing cards to family and friends. She loves drawing, playing games, and swimming! She loves to read new books with her Daddy about presidents of the United States and Politics. She is very creative and is always finding fun things to do.She never gets bored or runs out of ideas. We have noticed she is a very talented writer. She loves to write detailed stories & poems. We are so grateful for a bright, sweet child. Ashby loves to read and is an exceptional reader. She has already passed all the comprehension tests that put her past a 6th grade reading level. We enjoy watching Ashby's spirituality grow. She is very intuitive and sensitive to the Spirit. It is neat to watch this quality in her continue to grow. She loves reading the scriptures with us as a family and loves going to church and learning the Gospel with her friends.
He started preschool with Miss Susan again this year. He loves going 2 times a week with all his friends. He is a great little reader already and loves to play the Wii. He read his first talk in Primary last week. He did a great job. We were so proud of him. His writing has really improved and now he is writing a lot of words and he also likes doing his kindergarten workbooks. He has been into Math lately. He loves to add numbers in his head, and count and measure things. Dalton LOVES friends and cousins. He makes new friends quickly wherever we go. It is really cute.He is still obsessed with anything Star Wars. Dalton continues to love his CTR 4 class at church and is learning a lot. He loves to read the scriptures with us as a family and is really interested in all the stories. He is quick to remember things we have read together. He misses Ashby at school but is enjoying time with me Brooks and Ryder. Dalton is a great big brother. He will get me a diaper when I need one, hold Brooks, and is very gentle and loving towards him. It is really cute to watch him. He loves playing games on Daddy's iphone. He has a great sense of humor and always has us laughing at his antics. He loves playing outside(especially swinging or having light saber battles) and riding his bike. Brooks is 21 months now! He is very busy and fun to have around. He is still very much a Daddy's boy. We are sure enjoying this little guy. He is talking a ton and cracking us up at his little voice. He copies anything we say. Some of our favorites are, "Alright!" "Quiet! Okay?!" "More what?!" of course he loves saying, "No!" and "Mine!" now! ha ha. He can say all the kids names really good. It is too cute. He now goes down and up the stairs like a normal person one step at a time. He l Brooks loves and is obsessed with wearing and putting on shoes! Especially Ashby's princess dress-up shoes! He loves playing with animals, star wars guys, balls, or anything he can push or pull. He climbs on everything all day long including the chairs, then onto the kitchen table or countertops. He has taken quite a few spills from all his crazy climbing! He loves wearing rings and bracelets. He will keep them on all day if we let him. It is funny. He is obsessed with taking the backs off all our remote controls and then giving them to us saying, "Uh oh". Then he wants us to fix them just so he can do it again! He
loves music and dancing. He moves his shoulders from
side to side that is one of his favorite moves. He loves
to jump with both fe Brooks loves to write and scribble with pens or crayons. When he wants to color he says, "Color!" over and over until we let him.He loves to be held. He loves to vacuum with his little toy vacuum and is obsessed with the real vacuum. If someone is vacuuming he has to be in their arms the whole time watching intently. He is such a joy to have in our family. He smiles and goes to just about anyone. He is such a happy baby. He loves interacting with people. He is very friendly and smiley to everyone when we are out and about. He will wave and smile at strangers when I am waiting in line. It is the cutest thing.
He is a very happy baby. When he is awake he just smiles and laughs (!) at us all the time. He is such a joy! He is a great sleeper already(he sleeps 9-10 hours straight at night). We are so grateful for that! He still has a head full of dark hair and blue, blue eyes. He likes the car seat and riding in the car. He is a great napper. As soon as he gets a little fussy we put him in his bed awake with his blanket and nuk and he falls right asleep in a couple of minutes sometimes even seconds. It is awesome! He does not like to be rocked or held when he sleeps. He just wants to be put in his bed! Ryder is such a low maintenance baby! We can go anywhere with him. He usually just sleeps or is content in the carrier. It is heaven! He is a great nurser and does it with ease. Ry He started rolling over both ways when I put him on the floor. He likes holding toys now and playing with them.
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November
just flew by this year! I'm not sure if it was because
Ashby was off track or the Thanksgiving Holiday but I feel
like it came and went in about 1 week! 
Ryan
is still enjoying his new job at NV
Energy. He has
been there 1 year now! He
received a promotion and is now the director
of Human Resources. He
is
still doing
all
their
legal
work too. Way
to go Ryan. We are all really proud of
him. He has been
traveling to Las Vegas a
lot (probably every other week) this
past month. Ryan is
still enjoying his new calling in
our ward as a High
Counselor.
Ryan's assignment is still over the
spanish branch in Sun Valley. He
is enjoying using his spanish from
his mission he served in Chile Ryan
is still very much enjoying his Judgeship. It
continues to be a welcome change from
the same old and even very
rewarding. 
I
keeping busy with things at home. 4 kids keep me hopping!
My big sis Kristi and I played in the Reed High School Alumni basketball
game over Thanksgiving break. It was kind of a joke and really
unorganized. But we had fun anyways. I love playing with my sis! I
love working out everyday. Every day is busy but
such a joy and I wouldn't have it any other way! I am still
serving as 1st
counselor
in
the Primary Presidency. I love teaching the children
in our ward. I recently started getting into making homemade
decor for our house. It has been really fun! 
ew
playdates with friends and more
trips to the Discovery Childrens Museum. She
started a new Ballet class this month. It
is more formal and classical ballet than her other dance
class. She LOVES it! Her teacher said she is very strong
and has beautiful lines. We are very excited for her!
Oftentimes
she cons
us into letting her do it every week she likes it so much. I am
always impressed how much she really knows when she gives
the lessons! They are really good. This month
she taught us about keeping the Sabbath Day Holy and Moses, Aaron,
and the 10 commandments. That kid is something else!
Dalton
is 5 years old now! He
is loving being at home with
Mom and his
brothers. He
is a great
helper and likes to play and "watch" Brooks.
oves
going to nursery at church now and is going all by himself! Hooray
for that!
et
off the ground and run all over the house. He
has discovered the power of a high-pitched scream! He loves giving
Ashby and Dalton hugs then tackling them to the ground and playing
around rough-housing with them.
Ryder
is 18 weeks old. Poor guy caught Bronchitis this
month. He has been kind of miserable. He has been having a difficult
time
eating and sleeping. We are hoping he gets better soon!
der
loves the bouncer or bumbo. He will sit in those and watch
everyone around him or grab at the toys on the toy bar. He is so happy and
I will often catch him just smiling at himself or his hands while
in the bouncer.
