Happy Birthday Kamden Noah!

This week we celebrated Kamden's 6th Birthday! He not only had his birthday this week but he was Student of the Week in his class. He had to do something each day to help his class get to know him better. On Sunday in Primary they sang to him. On Monday he got to open his presents after school, we let him open one before school, and he had to make a poster about himself to take to school. We created the poster that morning since I had forgotten over the weekend and then I made some mini cupcakes for his class too. While eating the cupcakes he went over his poster. Tuesday he got to take his favorite book to school and his teacher read one of his favorite stories from it. Harold and the Purple Crayon was the book he took. There are several stories in it and they read the Fairy Tale one. Thursday he had to take a jar of candy for the kids to guess how many were in there. And Friday he took the photo book that he had to put pictures in and write a journal entry of his week with Brody the class stuffed dog. He took Brody everywhere that week and we took some pictures with him. He had so much fun and we are so proud of him. He's doing well in school and is speaking more clearly since having tubes put in his ears. He's becoming a wonderful young man and full of love for his sisters and brother. I can hardly believe he's 6 years old already and almost done with Kindergarten. He received some fun presents and had a good birthday party with a few of his friends too. As a family we made a Fruit Ninja Cake and for his Party we made Cupcake Ice Cream Cones that I frosted and put together to look like Captain America's sheild. He had a Super Hero Party so that went well. We had Spiderman, Batman, Iron Man and Star Wars all present with Captain America. The kids had fun. I found it amusing that more girls than boys showed up to celebrate with him. I love that. I like the kids in his class and he's made some good friends at church and at school. He loves video games and playing with his sisters. He finds his little brother amusing and loves to make him laugh. He's a good student and is discovering that he has homework that some days he likes to do and other days not so much. LOL get used to it Bubba, life is full of homework and cleaning. He's learning more each day and is a sweet spirit. He doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. He has learned to control his temper a bit more this year which I am grateful for. We love you Kamden Noah! You are a special part of this family!

Christmas 2011

We had a good Christmas this year. We didn't have the 3 older girls this year but will get them for next year. We were able to do some fun things before Kait left for UT though. We filled up Christmas Break with lots of fun family time. We finished our Christmas shopping fairly early so that was nice. We were able to watch a bunch of Christmas movies, Made some yummy Christmas treats and shared them with friends, decorated a Gingerbread House and Train, made and decorated Christmas cookies, went to the Mesa Temple and looked at Christmas lights, drove around town and looked at a few lights, had a wonderful Christmas dinner and of course read the Christmas Story and Twas the Night Before Christmas. So many fun Holiday traditions! We even started a few new ones this year. We have decided to focus more on the giving than the receiving so to help us with this we picked a name off the Angel Tree. The kids had fun choosing a name and getting the gift(s) for our child. We also made some new treats this year in addition to my mom's delicious fudge and took it to friends. We had a fun Ward Party that had ham so for our dinner we decided to do Shrimp Fetuccini and it was yummy. I love Christmas time and this year was just as fun. We all got some great gifts but had just as much fun making the treats and fun crafts. We had fun picking out gifts for each other and getting them ready. I'm so grateful and blessed for all that we have. I'm grateful Larry has been doing well and was able to participate in all the fun activities. I love my family and look forward to the new year ahead. I may do an end of year post eventually that would be our Christmas letter but haven't decided.

Thanksgiving 2011

I'm not sure what happened but I don't have very many pictures of Thanksgiving. I'm pretty bummed about it because my family was all together this year for the holiday. A little mini reunion for the Eoff's. We didn't have Kaijsa with us, she decided she was busy and couldn't make it, but the rest of us were all together. My dad came out for the whole week which was fantastic! My brother and his family drove down from UT and brought Kira with them, Thank you Drew! It was wonderful to be together even for a short time. We had 2-3 days together and it was busy and fun. The kids played and got along really well. The grown ups relaxed and everyone ate a ton. We are so blessed to have a home where we could all get together and have space to be comfortable. Larry unfortunately wasn't feeling the greatest and ended up in the hospital the day before Thanksgiving. He spent the holiday there but we were able to see him every day. We played outside, I had a few days off so got to play with them. We watched movies, slept and just spent time as a family. What a wonderful way to spend Thanksgiving! I'm so thankful for my family! While we were together, first time in 3 years, we had a family photo taken. Sadly Larry and Kaijsa were missing but hopefully they will be there for the next one! They are a part of the family even though they couldn't be a part of the picture. We took one of all of us, Me with Larry and I's kids: (Kaijsa was missing), Kaitlyn, Kira, Kamden, Kinsee, Kaileigh, and Kallen. Jen and my dad or Papa (Bob), and Drew with his wife Heather and their kids: McKenna, Miranda and Graeme. I think the pics turned out cute, hard to do with so many of us. What a great posterity my mom and dad have created! And to know we are all sealed to our families and together forever is another great blessing!