I finally took a picture of our little starter home. So there it is. It's small like us. Hobbit size :)

In the back you can see the fence we put up. It really hides the neighbor's junk yard. Its Awesome!!!

I came out one day and the girls were making mud soup.

Aubrianne loves all living things.

McKelle added to the fun by eating the soup.

We went bowling for family home evening with friends of clints.

Aubrianne's 5th birthday. Man I am old.

Pucker up.

This is the swing set we made out of left over posts we had. The girls love it!

Aubrianne got roller blades for her birthday.

Clints catch of the day. Pretty good huh.

The Girls day out with Dad.

We went up to the fire station to visit clint on his birthday. Aubrianne had fun pretenting to Drive the Ambulance at clints work.

Aubrianne strapped herself into the gurney. She thought that was cool.




It looks like McKelle likes the station also.

Clint got to drive us around the parking lot in the fire truck.

The girls favorite part was wearing the headphones and being able to talk to each other through them.

Clint's sister kira got married on January 16th. We're really excited for her.

Miles(clints brother) and McKelle

This is what Mckelle would look like as a blond.

Brynlie played this fishing game all Christmas day. She ran the batteries dead.

The Christmas eve party at grandma Atkin's or Natkin as Brynlie always says.

Brynlie was the angle in the pagent at My mom's house.

We went to see santa's reindeer at Thanksgiving point.

Aubrianne had to be the donkey because she loves anything that even somewhat resembles a horse.

We went caroling to the neighbors house then hit home for hot chocolate.

McKelle the red nosed reindeer:)

This was our cute little Christmas tree We found. It actually worked great in our house.

The fall Festival

From the Mouth of Babes

Brynlie: "Look mom, Amanda's trees have light boobs."
Me: " What?" I was wondering where she had heard that, but then it dawned on me that she ment light bulbs.

Brynlie: "Can I have a drink mom."
Me:"Yes Madam."
Brynlie:"I am not a Madam."
Me:"are you a woman."
Brynlie:"No, I am a girlman."

I was wearing my glasses as I was driving one day.
Brynlie:"Why are you wearing glasses?"
Me:"So I can see the road signs."
Brynlie:"Wow. You must be really old."

Aubrianne:"Dad don't drive so fast. You will get a ticket, and then you will go to jail and the policeman will take us and we will be police kids."
(I guess I never knew speeding was so serious)

Clint:"Aubrianne, don't pick at your owies."
Aubrianne:"Dad!(She gets a really stern look)I get it from you(Like it was his fault, and she couldn't help it.)

From the Mouth of Babes

Aubrianne: "Mom, where is my toy foal."
Aubree: "I don't know. Maybe it came to life and ran away."
Aubrianne: " Mom, my foal would never run away. It loves me"(Not that coming to life is far fetched.)

Brynlie:"I am berry cute. huh?"
Aubree:" Yes, but can you say VERY"
Brynlie: "Not very mom Berry"
Aubree: " OH, all this time I just thought you didn't know how to make the 'V' sound."
( I think she has been watching too much Strawberry Shortcake.)

She loves her johnny jumper.










... and after.




Before the halloween party. . .






Brynlie just had a birthday and is now three.


























This is Cookie Cutter. Our new pony. I let the girls name her.

She is only green broke, but they still have fun on her.

The girl's Making Leaf Angles at Grandma's.

Hay Ride. Jessica, Aubrianne, and Braydon.

We went to a little fall festival they had in our neighborhood. The kids loved the straw maze.

(Isaac and Brynlie)

We were digging holes to put up a new fence around our house. One day when I went outside to find my girls, I could find them until they popped out of the post holes and scared me half to death.

This is Aubrianne with Miss Jill's preschool class.

Looks like she is a water baby like the rest of my kids. She is always happy in the bath.

Some of McKelle's first smiles.

Clint had Aubrianne pull him into shore.

Brynlie, the dirt lover. I cant keep her out of it. In fact, one day we were at grandma Atkin's

and brynlie was in her church cloths so I told her not to get any dirt on her cloths. Next

thing that I know she is outside in her birthday suit rolling around in the dirt. Good thing grandma lives a quarter of a mile from the main road.

Everything we caught was carp. So, as you can guess, we threw them all back.

This was our trip to yuba resivoire . It was also McKelle's first camping trip(1 month old) The girls loved the sand, and fishing with daddy.

The proud father.

McKelle and Andy's blessing day.

Aubrianne and McKelle

The Proud big sisters(Brynlie).

Here is McKelle at one week. Man she's got dark skin.

There's some similartities.(Grandpa Norm and McKelle)

I was induced with her because Clint was starting boot camb and he couldn't miss it.

I think making her come earlier than she wanted to made her a lot balder than my other girls. ha ha ha! Just kidding.

6 lbs and 11 oz. What a Cutie. My shortest labor yet :)

This is our newest eddition. Little McKelle. She is a ton of fun.

She reminds me a lot of her sister, Aubrianne.

Clint finished his Paremedic schooling and he now has a job as

a fireman. He loves it!!! I am glad also because now we have our own little

starter home that we can afford(sorry, no pictures. I really need to take some)

We had cheesecake for aubrianne's birthday. My kids don't really groove on the traditional

chocholate sheet cake, so I did this one instead.

This is the tortoise that Brynlie kept trying to ride.

Aubrianne love's animals so much, even rats.

Aubrianne had her fourth birthday this year and we went to a little animal show.

The kids loved it.

Brynlie in her dress.

Then came easter. Here is my girls in their easter dresses.

Here is my nephew's Benson and Packer.

At the first of the year, my sister in-law Angie and I did a little preschool with our kids. Needless to say, that only lasted a couple of weeks. However here is a valentines activity we did with the kids.

Since I am just starting my blog, I thought that I would do a quick outline of the year.