The Silent Treatment

I have recently discovered that my daughter inherited an amazing talent from her Grandmother...Silence....I'm not kidding when I say that it is a talent. There are few who possess the ability to carry out the silent treatment as long or as completely. Camry's vow of silence began tonight at 6:30...I'll let you know when it breaks.

~Love you Mom!~

The Biggest Loser

Okay...so here is my claim to fame! Tomorrow night is the season premiere of The Biggest Loser. This is my cousin Blaine who I expect all of my blogging buddies to be rooting for. I'm so excited to see Blaine along with Dane (his partner) on TV achieving their goals...and to see the footage of my beautiful cousin Jennie (Blaine's wife) having her moment in front of the camera when she gives birth to their 4th baby while he's away on the show! Jennie wins the wife of the year award for sure!

Blaine's Bio: (nbc.com)

Blaine is a very big guy who not so long ago was thin and healthy. He is a perfect example of a lovable, friendly, loud and happy fat guy. He is a former athlete who always has to win. Blaine has a sense of humor, which, coupled with his demeanor, makes just about everyone he comes in contact with comfortable; he is the life of any party. Blaine has a beautiful family who love and support him. The health problems that Blaine has (diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol) can all be reduced or eliminated by losing weight. He has to do this for not only himself, but also for his wife and three children, as well as for his fourth child who is on the way! Six lives, not just one, will be changed forever.
Blaine and Dane are very close cousins and friends who love laughing and making fun of each other.
They enjoy living less than a mile down the street from one other and both have families of five, which gives them a big cheering section. At a combined weight of 755 pounds, they say their bodies are "pure relaxed muscle ready to be whipped into shape." Both Blaine and Dane have health conditions that they can overcome by losing weight and becoming healthy. They both also have smoking-hot wives who need to be humbled by no longer being the better-looking person in the relationship.

Go Team Black!!

Ringing in the New Year

This year our family rang in the New Year at the Sharp's. Jacci always throws a great party and her parents were nice enough to host us. Thanks Hal and Julie! We had a great time playing games, laughing until our bellies ached, and eating tons of yummy food!Tom and EastonAunt Jacci and JaceDad and Jace playing Snorta, if you've never heard Corey's version of what a snake says you better ask him!Tori and Camry (notice they're both holding their cell phones in their hands...you never know when an important call might come in!)Seriously Studious SophieWe played a White Elephant Game. Jessica won the item that Jace was coveting. He made me ask her if he could have it...thanks for giving it up Jess, I know it meant a lot to you!Uncle Corey really wanted the Bill Clinton Biography that Jace won...so we let him have it.When I got home I realized I had accidentally forgotten some of our White Elephant gifts. Oops! Never fear! Look what I found frozen to the hood of my car last night! Thank you so much Jacci for giving up your prized gift for me! You are such a good sister, I'm sure I'll Laugh everytime I see this!Happy 2009!

2008 Year in Review

January

~I spent 8 relaxing, fun filled days with Laura on a Hawaiian Cruise

~Easton turns 9 yrs old!

February

~The boys get a new Karate room

~Camry takes 5th place in the Spelling Bee

~Rochelle and I start a our book group blog

~I finish my first pieced quilt

March

~Bryan and I travel to Hawaii for a week with his siblings and parents

~Grandma Gail comes to stay with our kiddos

~Bryan turns 36

April

~The kids and I travel to St. George to visit Grandma and Grandpa Great

~Emmy goes on a diet :(

~I print my first blog book

May

~Jace graduates from Preschool

~Grandpa goes back to the Huntsman

~Easton competes in the Pinewood Derby

~Camry's musical group goes to the Hope of America at BYU

June

~I flew to San Diego for Sharley's wedding

~Camry and I go to Activity Day Camp at Jeremiah Johnson

~Father's Day at the Huntsman CenterJuly

~Grandpa gets his Bone Marrow Transplant

~~Bryan and I celebrate 14 yrs of being married

~7 Peaks with the Hallidays

~4th of July in BlandingAugust

~Midnight with the girls to buy Breaking Dawn

~Jace goes to Kindergarten

~Camry enters 6th grade and Easton enters 4th grade

~Back to work for mommy

September

~Jace turns 6

October

~Annual Girls Night Out to Thriller

~Grandma and Grandpa go back home to Blanding

~Murder at the Juice Joint at Corey and Jacci's

~80's night with friends

November

~Easton makes the SWAT team

~Midnight Twilight Premiere

~Thanksgiving with the Halliday's

December

~Polar Express and Christmas in Arizona

~Camry turns 12

Goodbye to a great year! Welcome 2009!

The Weather Outside is Frightful...

....but the Snow is so delightful!

We found a great place to go tubing near our house. What a view!

Camry got the award for the most injuries~I think she even beat out Garet!

Easton got the award for bravery!

Jace gets the award for having the most fun!

Going down was awesome....walking back up was lots of hard work!

The man made jump. Every time anyone went off this they crashed....hard!

Here is the train. Uncle Jeff in the lead, Easton, Kaleb, Jace, and Dad bringing up the rear
We were so cold but had so much fun!

Arizona Christmas

Seriously....could they be any cuter???

Thank you mom and dad for having us for Christmas...hope your house is recovering! We miss you! Thank you Doc for the Christmas clothes! They look adorable don't they? Love you guys!

Cute story...tonight we were watching Back to the Future and Jace said "Hey the guy on there is named Doc! WE have a Doc too!!"

Wii Love Santa!

Look what Santa brought!!!! A Wii!!! Just what we wanted!!!Doc and Nemi playing Tennis
Have you ever been Wii sore?? I have!!! Ouch!!!
....and Colby....even though you got lucky and beat me....I can still kick your butt in Connect Four!

The two little guys boxing
Thank you Santa for the best Christmas present ever!!