SHE'S 37!!!!

Hi everyone! This is Charlee, not my mom. She doesn't know I'm posting this, but she will soon I suppose. Alright, so, this Tuesday, January 20, my mommy, Wendy Michelle turned 37. Now, if you've seen my mom recently, you know that she doesn't look 37 and she certainly doesn't doesn't act like it. (Her and her friends act more like they're 17 instead of 37 when they get together.) I love my mom, and so does the rest of my family. She is a huge and important part of our family. She is the one that keeps us sane and keeps us from killing each other. She makes us laugh and drives us crazy. She's here for us when we need to be picked up, and when we're a little high on ourselves, she'll knock us down, too. Thank you, mom, for all the lunch dates and conversations and heart to heart sessions. I love you SOOOOOOO much. I don't know what I would do without you. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

It's our 18th Anniversary Babe... WOW.

They thought we were crazy kids, crazy-in-love maybe!

Holy Moly 18 years!Married! I can't believe it, the time has really gone by quickly, it seems like just yesterday, that I had on my princess dress with poofy sleeves and my poofy bangs.... Then we were bringing home our first beautiful girl Charlee, we were in college working and running our own little Business, then Graduation, for Loren at least.. Our Baby girl had Open Heart surgery, and came through it beautifully, i might add, that was also the day we announced we were expecting our 2nd baby! Stephanie was born 3 and 1/2 years after her older sister, she was gorgeous, and healthy! We opened our BIG O Tire store couple of months later. Emmilyn was here 3 and1/2 years after Steph, born in Colorado she was our little Angel girl.. ****We loved the land, and it was a welcomed change from the desert.., endured an embezzlement, heartache, and a diagnosis of a Brain Disease.. MOVED Back to the Sunny AZ. Tried to recover physically and financially, we were blessed with the miracle of Brooklyn, and then Porter.... We have also been blessed with some amazing friends a long the way. Most recently we have seen our babies growing up healthy and strong in the Gospel, we have had a few more speed bumps on our road, but through it all it has always been; *****************Loren&Wendy!****************************

Ride Makers..

One of the Boys' presents was a car from Ride Makerz, it like Build a Bear, but with cars! Loren, Porter, and Stu went to build Charlee went as the Photog, but I think she got too caught up.

http://www.ridemakerz.com/RZ/default.aspx

A Tradition...

No matter how uncomfortable. The kids all slept in the same bed the night Santa came, although it is getting harder the more they GROW.. Porter woke us up at 4:30 am, no doubt because of sleeping conditions.

Christmas...Adventure's.

This year Bob and Rox wanted to teach the Grandkids some new things, Dutch Oven cooking, and you know; survival skills like climbing a rope and Archery! The kids LOVED it!

A Family Christmas Slumber party!

Scary Sleepy Heads...

We spent the Eve of Christmas with Loren's Parents, Grandparents, little Brother and his gorgeous little girl... Then we went to my Parent's Home on The day of Christmas, Erin and Matthew's Families were there it was soo nice to be together. Grandpa Bob and Grandma Rox taught the kids the Joy's of Dutch Oven Cooking...The kids made biscuits and scones, we ate them with Jams and Cocoa. We had shredded beef tacos for lunch with homemade salsa... yummy. We played games and Grandpa read the story of Christ's Birth from the Bible, then we had a Big Pajama Party, and watched the Italian Job until we all fell asleep. The next morning Grandpa,Uncle Matt and the kids made Waffle's & bacon outside, Grama, Erin, Jen and I made hash browns, eggs and Hot cocoa to go with the meal. Loren played Basketball early that morning with stu's family, and showed up just in time for waffle's.

The cousin's really enjoyed each other, we laughed a lot, it was so nice to be together. We are so blessed...

Cousin's and Cookies!

A Busy weekend....

Steph spoke in Church today, on the Atonement, she did a great job!

Some Caroling.....

Some Happiness....

Some smashing... with freshly scrubbed hands.

We had the little JOY girls this weekend, It's soo nice to be close enough to watch them grow up.

Eliza, Jane, and Lucy....We love you.