Happy yet Sad!!!

I can't believe Christmas is over,
It was so fast and fun.It started out at the
annual Christmas Eve dance at the Burton church.
It's been going on for over 100 years.
You go and dance around the Christmas Tree,
then santa shows up and gives out candy to all the kids.
It's great fun!











We then head over to Nicks parents house
every christmas eve where we have a
christmas party with lots of food and Santa.
He brings toys for the kids and pjs for the adults.
Then we end the night and go home and get some sleep.












Christmas morning was so fun.
I'm still the one that wakes the kids cause
i'm just way to excited to sleep.
Nat was mostly thrilled over the movie
that came in her stocking (mama mia).
Thats her favorite show.
Wes was opening one present after another
not caring if they were his or not.
And Ellyn saw what santa brought her and
thats all she did all morning.
Good thing Wes was willing to open her presents for her.












After we opened presents we went to
my sisters house where she had breakfast
for our family. (way yummy!)
We opened more gifts and then said our
thanks and went to Nick parents house to
open gifts again and then had a big lunch.
As busy as christmas was it was great!

My Oh So Sweet Boy!

Wes hates getting his hair cut, so
this morning I asked him if he would
like to go and have a really cute girl
cut his hair(thinking maybe Evans
beauty colege or something). He told
me "no, I want you to cut my hair, cause
your a cute girl." I thought that was the
sweetest thing ever said. Oh so sweet....

So here's the before hair...................














After hair...........I can not ever get him to
have serious face in any picture... No Luck!

Another funny thing about this crazy

kid is that while I was fixing dinner

I looked down and saw Wes on the

floor with the truck over his head.
I asked what he was doing and He told
me that he got hit by his truck.
who knows whats going through his
head.

Welcome to the past!!!

Things have been so crazy busy lately that
I haven't got around to posting much, or taking
pics. So here's a bit from the past few weeks,
but i'm sure i'll have more
later on this month.


Here's a pic i just had to post of Ellyn sleeping.
I went in to check on her, and her feet were
hanging out of the crib.

Last weekend Me and Nick, and Clark and Sarah
went to SLC for the weekend. We usually take the
kids, but being prego this year it's easier to just
relax a little. Plus I had never left Ellyn overnight
yet so this was probably our only chance before the
baby comes.
It was quite fun, we ate really good and walked
Temple square to see the lights and even went
through a sessionat the Temple, which was way
AWESOME!
I didn't take to many pictures of this weekend, cause
I was just being to lazy.

When we were walking around the
Gatewaymall, we were hit with a Salesman,
and any of you who know us, is that we
can't say NO to a salesman.(way bad thing).
So needless to say we came home with a
LoveSac. Oops!
The kids sure love it.
It's been quite entertaining.












































Last but not least, this is for those of you who
keep asking for the belly pic. Don't get use
to it, cause this is just way to embarrassing.
So here it is-6 mos.

Happy Birthday Nat!!!

This past week was Nats birthday. She had quite the week.
She celebrated by having 4 different parties.
One with her friends at the movies, one with
the Jensens, then Merrills, and then of course school.
She thought it was pretty neat having her birthday on a school day.

I just can't believe she is 6

Here's some pics of her throughout

the years.

So anyway, we went to the doctor

yesterday for the 20 week ultrasound.

We let Nat and Wes go with us so

they could see the baby moving around.

They thought it was pretty neat.

We had decided to have the doctor

put the sex in an envelope for us to

open on christmas morning,

thinking that would be kind of

a fun gift to open.

Well, to our surprise you couldn't miss IT.

Yep, there was a tail. IT'S A BOY!!!

were so dang excited. (2 boys, 2 girls)

Halloween fun!

Halloween began a week early for us this
year. We decided that we would have a
halloween party this year where we had to
dress up. (WAY FUN) I never knew dressing
up could be so fun .

Nick(Mr. Clean), Me(Hannah Montana)
Ellyn(Pink poodle) Nat(Mouse)
Wes(monkey)












Quinn and michelle (70's)
kids( cute witch and little tutu girl)












John and Lacey(hippies) Bailey(pig)












Clark(THE WOMEN) and Sarah(man)
Painter(lion)












Brook, Jordyn, and brynne(madison
cheerleaders and football player)












Here's a picture of the group!!!












The party turned out way fun!
get ready for next year!!!


So here is a pic from Halloween night.
We went to the Burton Trunk or Treat.
Which was such a hit. After that we
went and met my brothers and sister @
Mc Donalds.
The kids had such a blast

Potato Harvest

Potato harvest has come and gone.
I can't believe that it's over. We had lots
of fun riding with Nick, playing in the cellar,
and enjoying the end of harvest pizza party!

flying high

The other day Nicks friend Scott( who is pilot)
called and wanted to go for a quick ride in the
airplane that morning before they had to start
digging in the potatoes. So Nick took Nat and
Wes on their first airplane ride.
They had so much fun.












Can ya tell how excited they are.












This is a view of where we live.

just for fun!!!

I was looking on Sarahs blog and saw that she
had done this Look-alike Meter and it looked
really fun and interesting to see. Thanks Sarah
for the idea!!!


The funny thing about Natalie's is that
She looks more like Nick than she does me,
and there is no blood relation to those two.
I guess it was meant to be......

I always new Wes looked more like Nick.
Surprise, Surprise!!


50/50, who would have known?

Picture of the Day!!!

I have sooo much to blog about...but so
little time! Here is a picture to put a
smile on your face...

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall

I can't believe Summer has come and gone already. It seems like yesterday I was wishing for warmer days. But now i'm wishing for Fall. Fall is my favorite time of year.
Anyways, below I posted a little slide show of some of our pics throughout the summer.

Summer Days!!!

Tagged!!!

I am:always thinking
I think: i need to wake up earlier in the day.
I know: I am blessed
I want: more time in the day
I have: a wonderful family
I dislike: liars
I miss: Disneyland
I fear: fire
I feel: everwhelmed
I hear: my kids
I smell: breakfast cooking
I crave: mexican food
I cry: when I think of how blessed i am
I usually: try to do my best
I search: for matching shoes for my kids all the time
I wonder: If my next baby is a boy or girl
I regret: not playing so much with my kids
I love: MY FAMILY
I care: about my kids
I always: am changing things around.
I worry: what kink of friends my kids will choose
I am not: very organized lately.(more kids=more mess)
I remember: what I want too
I believe: In Jesus Christ
I dance: when no one is watching
I sing: in the car
I don't always: have a clean house
I argue: always, when things aren't done my way.
I write: on post its all the time
I win: always, hee, hee
I lose: Never, Ha
I wish: My kids would stay little
I listen: to Nicks advise

I don't understand: Spanish

I can usually be found: on the computer
I am scared: of bad drivers
I need: more time
I forget: what i want
I am happy: when my family is all together
I tag: Sarah, Crystal, Melissa, and Jenny.

Camping with the Merrill clan!!

This last weekend we went camping
with my family near warm river.
It was a whole bunches of fun.












we wanted to get away from the bees
during the day so we went for a ride
over to Mesa Falls.

We also took a few hours to go fishin'

Wes sure enjoyed himself and his

ity bity fish.

Ellyn and Sammy

Nat

Wes and Seirra

Nick and Nat

Off she goes, to Kindergarten!!!

I can't believe it, She's in kindergarten.
At 11:10 this morning Natalie got
on the school bus. She told me she
didn't want me to take her, so I let
her ride the bus and I met her at the
school so I could walk her in. It was
so dang cute!
Everybody kept asking if I would
cry and I didn't think I would, but i'll
tell you what, once I heard the bus
coming I started bawling like a baby.

Saturday ride

On Saturday we decided to go for a
rhino ride to Webster Dam.
It was quite nice to get out of town for a few hours.











The kids loved climbing all over the rocks.















I was trying to get wes to just look normal
for the pic, and it never happens.











Big hike out of the dam.

























Nat and Wes looking pretty comfy.

Nick and Ellyn