Christmas Continued

This picture is so funny, the little kids go tin the bath after skating (or something that made us all really cold) and while all of them were in the bath Ty Peed on Meika and Sienna. Kim, Meggan & I were dying Laughing!
Sienna, Krew, Meika & Ty

Here are the little ones running the the hall in the hotel singing something. ( the neighbors complained ALOT, but what can you do? They were having fun!)

Here are Meika & Sienna in their Christmas Dresses that Nana & Papa sent them... so cute!

This picture reminds me of a picture of me when I was little, she was whining about something. Mom do you know what picture I am talking about?

Christmas Summary

We had such a great Christmas and the main reason was that Daddy was with us! He is so busy going to school full time and working full time that we rarely get to see him, so we tried to enjoy every minute of being with him.

We had fun staying a couple nights in Salt Lake with my family, we went ice skating, to movies, to eat (love the Pie), and to Temple Square.

Here are the little kids on Christmas Eve they all got new pajamas and a teddy rexben (sp?)

Video of Sienna

I know, I still need catch up from Thanksgiving to now, but I thought this was too cute to wait any longer.

Halloween Fun!

Friday we packed some lunches and took them to Seth's work so we could eat lunch with him, which was actually a lot of fun because nobody else was working on Friday, so he got to really relax and eat lunch with us.

Our friends Liz and Patrick and their little boy Jacob came over Friday evening and went trick or treating around our neighborhood with us. It was so much fun! Our neighborhood is so awesome we totally love it. Their were TONS of kids and the people were so nice and thoughtful, the weather was perfect (not cold at all) so a lot of the neighbors had chairs and were sitting on the driveway waiting for the trick or treaters.

Sienna, Jacob, Meika

Liz & Sienna

The last few homes the kids started getting brave enough to walk to the door by themselves.

Here we are after trick or treating, we were all so tired!

We put all the candy in zip locks to put up in the pantry... can you believe how much candy they got! Seth and I are doing our part in getting rid of it!

We had a couple chances to dress up this year, a few weeks ago we dressed up as grandma & grandpa. Seth had just thrown his wig on so it was a little lopsided.

This picture was from the day after Halloween, Seth won the funniest costume prize. The costume had some short shorts to go with it but there was no way Seth would wear them.

We really enjoyed all the Halloween things we were able to do this year and are so grateful for all the friends who are willing to hang out with us during the holidays... Its really hard being so far from our families, especially during the holidays!

TRUNK OR TREAT

Last night was our wards Trunk or Treat and it was so much fun! My girls were so excited to get dressed up and get their hair and make-up done. We seriously love Halloween! We were bummed that Seth couldn't come because he had class, but were so excited that our friends Miriam came with her Niece and son. Meika and Sienna ended up with a TON of candy!

Meika was a bride and so we did an up-do in her hair and she looked so dang cute!

Here are Sienna, Anthony, Miriam's Niece & Meika

Sienna was a Cheer leader! SO CUTE!

Sienna & our friends little girl Ryan.

Oh My gosh!

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Kathleen Dougherty you so completely talented!

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St. George Marathon

On Saturday 23 members of Seth's family ( including his Dad, siblings, in-laws, and cousins) ran the St. George marathon. His dad, Rock, was running it for the 30th time so his family was joining in to celebrate. It was raining and VERY cold... but everyone did AWESOME!
A few weeks before the marathon Seth started having a little knee problem, but he thought for maybe the first half his knee wouldn't bug him but... after the SECOND mile his knee started hurting really bad so he had to walk, then around mile 12 or 13 he could barely walk. Another runner had him tie a garbage sack around his knee and said it was probably his I.T. band rubbing, so he did that and it helped a little bit. He had to keep stopping to tighten the garbage sack and eventually stopped and had someone tape it. So he ended up limping most of the marathon and finished it in 7hrs 17 min. So sad! I felt so bad for him that he trained all year and then wasn't able to really run it. We are so proud of him and all of the other members of the family who participated in the marathon!

We had Jayma while her parents ran the marathon.

For while all three girls Meika, Sienna & Jayma all sat in the stroller trying to keep warm.
( we were not prepared for such cold weather!)

Good job Daddy!

Here is Seth limping in...

The girls feel asleep while waiting for daddy.

Soccer

Meika started soccer on a 3yr old team two weeks ago. She really loves going and loves the coaches. Her little friend Cooper (who she asks to play with every morning right when she wakes up) is also on the team. I asked her if she liked soccer or dance better and she said " ...dance, soccer is a little boring".

Meika has started does this funny pose with one shoulder up and her head tilted... so funny!

She kicked the ball into the goal! Go Meika! One thing that is so cute is that all the parents are sitting on the side cheering for the kids... so cute!

Here are all the little kids and the coach.

We will be missing the first soccer game which is this Saturday but can't wait to see her play at the next one!

Meika turned FOUR!

Meika turned four on September 18th and I am just getting these pictures up so yeah I know I am lame! But I really can't believe how fast these four years have flown by. I tried to plan a fun filled day for her and this is how it went.

I put four streamers and four balloons on her door so when she woke up she could run through them .

Here she is noticing her gifts from her granparents and mom & dad.

The gifts she was most excited about were the two envelopes from the great grandparents with MONEY in them. She loves money!

We had a few girlfriends over for lunch, Meika said it was a tea party. We had pizza, cupcakes, donuts, made bracelets painted our nails and played out back on the swings.

Here are the girls Collette, Jaylee, Meika, Sienna,Haydin & Mckenna

Thank you so much Leesha for staying and helping me out!

Primary Program

Saturday was the practice for the primary program and Meika was so excited to go! I dropped her off from 10-12 and when I went to go pick her up she said in this really excited voice "MOM I TALKED! I TALKED INTO THE MICROWAVE!" I thought it was so funny.
Then Sunday we were so excited to see how she did up on the stand for so long, she was hilarious. She kept giving us thumbs up (just like she did in her dance recital) and waving her whole arm to say hi. We were a couple rows from the front so I could hear her little voice singing. She did such a good job on her part she said " my favorite family in the scriptures is Noah, because he gets all the animals".... so cute!

Meika & Sienna before church

Yesterday Meika also gave a talk in primary, Seth was sitting in the front by her to help her when it was time to give her talk and she told him to go sit in the back. She said she could do it by herself. But She ended up needing Seth, I guess she forgot what she was suppose to say. But her talk was on prayer andshe told about Joseph Smith and how he prayed and got an answer.

After our sunday naps we drove out to Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam and we could not believe how big the moon was, this picture doesn't do it justice!

New puppy, and Swing set

The girls have been kept very entertained with our new swing set and our new puppy.

Sienna & Meika both like going out there and swinging, eating Popsicles and laying by each other as they slide down the slide.

Cinderella (our puppy) is so much fun, she follows us around all day and loves to chew on toes and fingers. She kept trying to jump up to see what the girls were doing in the bath, so I moved the stool over so she could see and she jumped up there to watch them play.

They girls like to think that Cinderella is like a baby doll, and I don't think Cinderella minds.

Meika undressed and holding the puppy watching Mary Poppins.

We can't wait ill Cinderella gets her shots this week so she can go potty outside instead of on puddle pads... and so she can get her first hair cut!

Memory Game

I just saw this on a few peoples blogs and thought it would be fun to do so....

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Please do this! I would love to read what everyone's memory is of me.