FAMILY TIME

So lots has happened in our family since the last time i posted! Here are the pics that the kids and i had taken the day after Thanksgiving 2010. I need to definitely get better at posting again..i have actually kinda missed it.

Tree Time!

A very tired mom and dad...and the tree decorating was just beginning!
Zoe & Paige

Is this not the sweetest pic u ever saw? This is blackmail for when they get older! They will like eachother...they will like eachother!!

Holden & Cade

The beginning of Cade makin his silly laughing face!

Silly pic of all :)

We just love Cade's laugh! :)

Gingerbread Houses!

Grandma Holyoak made the cut outs for the kids to make their own gingerbread houses! They had alot of fun!
Holden

Cade

Paige

Zoe

SALADMASTER!

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SCHOOL.....

So i finally realized that i need to be a grown up now and go back to school...funny how that works huh?! I have never enjoyed school and never knew what i wanted to be when i grew up..until now! There are so many jobs out there in the world, but you have to have some type of degree if you want to get paid decent! So i looked into a couple different schools and finally came to a conclusion! Dental assistant! So i start school on February 2nd! It is 38 weeks long! I can do it! :) If i could be pregnant and carry 4 kids for about that length...then there is no reason why i couldnt go to school that long either right? And...there wont be any labor pain at the end! Just the delivery of a diploma! :) Now who can complain about that?? So now i am looking for a part time job! If anyone knows anyone who is a dentist...and would luv to hire me as i am going thru school...that would be fantastic! :) I am a very fast learner and would love to work in that field while i am going thru school!! Wish me luck!!!

Family...

So here are the original 7 kids with our wonderful and amazing parents! Jed, David, Blake, Sean, Kjell, Me, Ginger!Then add a couple spouses to the mix.....and you get

One BIG family!

Sean's Wedding

Here are a couple pics from my youngest brother Sean's wedding yesterday! I have yet to figure out how to upload pics from my new camera i got from christmas...Zoe and Paige were so excited with these dresses that they called them the "PARTY" dresses!

Family....

Here we are right after church! Don't think Christmas cards are being sent out this year...please accept my apologies! Too much is going on for me to even go have someone take our pictures...maybe i can do a happy new year card for everyone! I also have a new email address...so please email me so i can update my list...everything was lost when my computer crashed. My new email is hblonde78@gmail.com

Would love to hear from everyone and get updates! I am currently living back in my old house where i grew up! If you need that address please let me know! I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Girls...

Guess taking pics from cell phones and transferring them to email and then rotating them to make them appear on here actually work! Who needs a camera anymore?.... Just bought the girls new dresses finally!

CHANGE

These last couple of months have been the most difficult for me. A change has happened in my life that has affected alot of people. I just want to say a great big thank you to alot of friends who have given me their ear to hear me and a shoulder to cry on. I am holding strong and excited for what is to come in the future! I moved back into the mesa area and am happy to be back closer to family and friends! So please call or leave me a line so we can catch back up on life! Hope everyone is doing well..my computer crashed a couple months ago and so until i figure out how else to get pics on here these are going to be some pretty plain entries..

HELP!

Stephanie and Christian Nielson

Stephanie is the author of the blog, nieniedialogues.blogspot.com.
They are the parents of 4 young children. A couple weeks ago they were in a plane accident where they sustained severe burns over most of their bodies. They are in the hospital in critical condition and are expected to go through months and years of skin graft surgeries and rehabilitation.
The details of their accident can be found here. As of right now, their family is caring for their children during their long road to recovery, which you can read about here.

If you can, please help us bless this family in during this dark time. Most importantly, please remember them in your prayers.

I went 2 high school with Christian but didnt know him 2 well. I found this on a friends blog and thought i would get the word out.

ALL ABOUT THE GIRLS!

So better late than never! Here are Paige n Zoe on Easter! They both got to pick out what dress they wanted. And no I didnt tell Paige she HAD to get pink and I didnt tell Zoe she HAD to get lavender! :) I dont know maybe that is how it has been for the last 3 1/2 years of their life and that is all they know?? I am trying to buy them different colors. They just dont like any...

Ok so i felt bad only having the black dress when i took their pics last year so i did go onto ebay and thankgoodness i found the red matching one! :)

CALIFORNIA FUN!

Ok so im gunna be goin backwards for the next couple blogs...we went to california and stayed with our good friends the Curtis' back in March. While we were there we went to California Adventure, whale watching trip, Disneyland, and the beach (kinda). This is in their backyard overlooking the Trump Golf Course! Absolutely beautiful!

Somewhere along the coast! Loved the lighthouse in the background!

Holden and Cade wanted to go swimming so bad...the only thing holding them back was the FREEZING COLD water! I told them whoever jumped in first got $5.....


Cade WON!

This was inside california adventure! We went on this rollercoaster alot!

Yahooo we found goofy! :)

This was our whale watching trip! Cade wanted to jump overboard so bad so I thought I would help him out!

I love random pics that kids dont know when u r taking them!

This is pretty much all we saw on our WHALE trip!

Here is Cade, Kay Curtis, Holden at the start of the trip!

This is one of my favorite pics of the boys!

In line at Disneyland!

First time at the beach that he remembers! We weren't really gunna get in the water...but once we got there they boys begged to get in....