Family Pictures

SO, this is just our second time in almost 10 years of marriage that we have gone through the agony of getting family pictures taken. My good friend Vanessa took them at Edwin and Linda's house. Here is just a few I have gotten back so far. I would highly reccomend Vanessa! She is SO VERY patient and a great artist! Here is the link: http://vanesaruizphotography.com/blog/?p=189

I will post again when all the pictures come back.

Thanksgiving!!!

My parents were in town for Thanksgiving at our house this year. My mom came with a great little activity for the kids to do . They made turkeys out of pine cones and wrote what they were thankful for on the feathers. They were SO cute and a great idea.

Emma making her turkey...

Caleb making his turkey.....

Abby making her turkey.....

Braiden made one too but he finished too fast I did not have time to get a picture. He is not really our detailed oriented child. Wondering where Dayson was during all this? Scroll down........

Dayson LOVES the Cars Movie. I could not pull him away from to make a turkey. He came down long enough to make a mess with the glue then he shot right back upstairs to watch his movie!

The finished product!!!

Grandma also brought prizes for the kids to pick from after they were done with the turkeys. They were $5 gift certificates to places like DQ and Sonic!!! Thanks grandma!!!

Abby also was able to have MY cousins come spend the night. This is Cameron and Coleen. Yes, they are MY cousins, but they are Abby's age. I guess thats what happens when your mom comes from a family of 10 kids. I have LOTS of great aunts and uncles who have great kids my age and my kids' age. Every time I say these are MY cousins Abby goes "Mom, they are MY cousins TOO!" How blessed we feel to have a great big Conway family!!

Shelley Shelley Conway

Last night at 6:15 pm my sweet, amazing Aunt Shelley passed away. Although we are devastated as family and miss her so much, we are greatful that her suffering is over. We know she is in a good place surrounded by those who have passed before her. I have gotten a personal testament that she is taken care of by our Heavenly Father. My Uncle Mike has written the sweetest blog update. You can check it out at: http://shelleyshelleyconway.blogspot.com/ This has taught me to be so thankful for the family that I have. I have an amazing family and I cherish everyday that I am given to be with them.

"Mom, you're kinda acting like a teenager" -Abby

Ok, so my cousins and my aunts were going to the midnight premeire of Twilight. So, I decided I would tag along. I DONT KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING. I am the "in-the-bed-by-8:30-or-its-been-a-bad-night-kind if a girl. SO, when 8pm rolled around I did not know if I was going to make it. But, with the help of some crazy cousins and aunts, I had a blast! I also have to thank my sweetest husband for staying home that morning and getting the kiddos to school so I could sleep in after my late night. Before I left that night Abby said, "Mom, you are kinda acting like a teenager!".

OH EMMA.....

I walked into the kitchen today and I found Emma sitting at the table with this. I asked her what she was doing and she said, "Its a Happy Birthday Mom". Notice the pizza on the plate with the straw in it.....I guess you can use your imagination when you are 2 and a straw is just as good as a candle and pizza is just as good as a frosted cake. She is SO funny!

You know we have had a lot of birthdays when you find your 2 year old creating her own birhtday cake and singing "Happy Birthday to you....".

Soccer FUN

The soccer season is now over! This is Caleb at his last game. I forgot the camera for Braiden's game, but since everyone thinks they look like twins, just imagine the same boy but with a grey uniform on. Great job this season boys!!!!

Abby's Birthday Date

It was now Abby's turn to go out with us on our date for her birthday. She wanted to go get a pedicure (I took picutes but they did not turn out). Then we went to see the new movie Bolt. It was a great movie! To end the great night we went to Cold Stone for some great ice cream. We sure love that girl and we are SO glad she was sent to us.

Birthday date for Braiden

This is a tradition in our family that we started years ago. We take the child that hs had a birthday on our next date out with us. It is a great way for our kids to get one on one time with Mom and Dad. OUr kids just love it. They never ask to do anything spectacular, I think they just like the time they get and it doesnt matter what it is. THis time we went to Wal-Mart where Braiden wanted to spend his Birthday money. Then we went to Pizza Hut. The story behind that is that Braiden got a free personal pizza for Book It reading at school. He really wanted to go there, we would have prefered that we go somewhere nicer, but he insisted!!! After that we went to Cold Stone Cremery (his favorite ice cream shop). This is where I remembered I had brought the camera to take pictures....so, here is the one!!

LOVE THIS WEATHER!!!!

It is SOOOO nice to be outside these days. I also just LOVE having Caleb come home early because he is in 1/2 day Kindergarten. I took the kiddos to the park and I was also lucky enough to have Kyler Bowen come too. That kid is SOOO cute.

Caleb and Emma going down the slide...notice the snot on Emma? Poor child, where is her mother?

Caleb is the nicest boy. Here he is making friends with some other kids at the park. It has been great to see him come into his own without his older brother leading the way.

Emma.........

Here are the 2 buddies. Sharing Oreos and playing on the slides! Life cannot get much better......

Happy Birthday ABBY

This year was just a family party year for Abby. We had a special Ice Cream Cake and she opened some presents. My cousin Colleen is Abby's age and in her class at school. SO, on the day of Abby's birthday Abby came home from school and told me we HAD to invite Colleen because she was part of the family. I agreed, of course!

I surpised Abby on the day of her Birthday and brought her balloons, which I did not know but Higley District policy disallows balloons in the classroom :(. I also brought cupcakes for her class and then I took her out to lunch. We went to Paradise Bakery at the new mall. After lunch we went to Glitter Box where she got the cutest flip flops. Then, I took her to Dairy Queen to get her favorite Oreo Blizzard. We had a blast and thanks to Cydnie for keeping Dayson and Emma for me!!

Good 'ol Kansas!!

Well, my SIL had her second baby boy 15 months after her first! So, I figure I have done that a few times and decided to go to Kansas where her and her hubby are so he can go to law school (GO KU!). Anyway we went up for the blessing and I was able to stay a few extra days to help out where I could. My SIL Laura is awesome and would have been fine without me but I enjoyed my time there getting to know these cute boys!! I have to give a shout out of thanks to my GREAT friends that helped me out SO much with my wild ones while I was away: Cydnie, Lindsey, Tena, Kristen, Rachel, Susan, Velvet, Martha, Shannah, Maryanne and my awesome Aunt Connie.

The WHOLE family. Jarom and Kelly made a LONG drive from Colorado to be there. They are troopers to bring their 2 cute boys along too!!

Spencer and I were able to get some alone time before he went back to work that Monday.

The newest addition to the Hill family, Aaron.

This is Laura's 1st boy, David. We went to Wal-Mart where I thought he needed what every boy has...his first lightsaber!! Don't worry David next time you are in AZ my boys can show you EXACTLY what to do with it!!

I was giving David a bath and he has the BEST hair I have ever seen for this style!

HALLOWEEN 2008

Here are our great little boys....Indiana Jones (Braiden), Ninjia (Caleb), and our very own Superman (Dayson).

And of course our wonderful girls.....Dorothy (Emma), and Sweet Witch (Abby)

The whole bunch-a-cute kids!!!

I think this was one of Spencer's favorite costumes this year. This is actually my cousin Briggs Conway. I don't think my Unlce Mike will mind we used his son but this is a pretty funny looking costume!!

Who are YOU voting for....

This was too good to pass up! Hopefully it gives everyone another way to look at how to vote this election. Thanks to Carey's blog who got it from someone who got it from someone.

Happy Birthday Braiden

I cannot believe my little boy is 7! This was his year for a friend party and OH what a party it was!! I borrowed tons of stuff from my aunt Carol and set up a haunted house upstairs. It was great. NONE of the boys made it all the way though the haunted house. I guess it was scarier than I thought it was. OR, maybe it was Spencer dressed in all black running around the house with a chain saw running (blade off of course SAFETY FIRST). Regardless it was a great party and everyone had a blast!

Cake- Thanks Wal Mart (No, I did not make it myself I HAVE 5 KIDS!!)

Our Haunted Diner. Look what is for dinner....yummy!!

All the boys (and cousin Kambrie) Yes, there were about 20 boys there....

PRESENTS!!!

A great big hug fior Kambrie! What a trooper to come be around ALL those boys!


Gotta love a cupcake cake!!!

OH BRAIDEN!!!

Ok, I hope you can all see what I saw this afternoon at the nurse's office at the school!

I was out running errands with the 3 youngest and I got a call on my cell from the school nurse. Braiden had fallen and hit his head at recess. So, beacuse there was only 45 minutes of school left I thought I would go ahead and pick him up. I did NOT expect to see this! He looked at me and said "It doesnt even hurt mom". What a tough kid!!

Here are some shots from the side......