Sweet 16 and never been ... well nevermind

Happy Birthday Ty! He had a fun birthday! He had a party with friends on his birthday then we celebrated with the family on sunday.

It was one happening party as you can tell!

Jessi

Jessi had a project at school that she needed pictures for. I thought these were cute, so I thought I would post them.

New obesssion!

I have recently started scanning in all of our negatives! I am obsessed with getting them done. It will take forever though! It takes about 2 minutes a neg. and we have thousands! It is interesting how much better photographers we are now that we can see the photo right after we take it. I am laughing at a lot of these pics.

White Tie Affair

Jessi and Ty went to "The Best Concert Ever!" They saw White Tie Affair with friends Reggie and Matt. Jessi even had them sign her shoe.

Oh Deer!

We have had a herd of deer in and around our yard lately. They have even gone under the deck. The most we have counted at one time is 9!

Amy and Kaya

We were really excited to have Amy and Kaya visit. We enjoyed visiting and a dinner with the Andersons.

I'm on the bandwagon too!

Ok I decided I would jump on the bandwagon with the weight loss also. But since I am displaying this to everybody I guess I should come clean with something. I had my first weigh in fully clothed, right after I had eaten a full meal, and 4 oreo cookies! This way when I weigh in on monday morning (my weigh in day of choice) I am positive my girl will move! Hey I need all the incentive I can get!

Caught up again

It took a while but I am finally caught up again. Our internet wasn't working for a while. Then there was Christmas to get ready, wreaths and quilts to do, and my job. Yep I started a job. I am a reading aide at the school here in Mendon. It's not to bad. I just don't like my day invaded on. I am used to having time to get what I want done. Any I hope I will be able to keep everyting up now. We will see!

Snowy Photos

Dad, Grandpa, Lezlie and Shonee went to Logan Canyon for some Photo Opportunities. The pictures were beautiful!

New Years Eve

The Keen's had a New Years Eve Party! This time with no flood! We had a ball! We enjoyed having the Piersons, Odd's, and Page's there as well! We played games all night. Paul gave Jessi advise about her New Years Eve date. She had fun but was offered things she had never been offered before. Vodka, beer, hooka and porn. She handled it well though. They were only there 10 minutes then went to another party. We had the traditional fireworks at midnight. Good thing Officer Rigetti was not home next door. Not all our fireworks were legal!

Surprise!

We were glad when the Flavel's surprised us with a visit! Thank you for the gifts!

What do you do with so much snow?

.............You go Sledding. We had fun sledding at Trenton Hill with the Keens! It was very cold though! You had to keep moving!

Giant Snow Storm!

We had a giant snow storm Christmas day so the next day we had to dig out. Ok actually Todd, Dad, Tyson and Justin dug out. Later we went to play games with Tex and Carrie and Family

Thief!

Our Christmas garland for the birds was stolen! I wonder who did it? At least there was still stuff left for the birds!

Christmas Day!

We are lucky, our kids don't get up to early on Christmas. We started the day about 7:30. We saw what santa brought. It was hard for all of us after that because in years past we would then go to have breakfast with Pat. We really miss him. Later we opened presents. A highlight was the gifts the kids made each other! They really did a great job this year! Jessi made Brecken a soccer bag out of duct tape and a heat sack, Tyson made Jessi a belt out of pop can tabs, Justin made Tyson a clock out of a cymbal, Shonee made Justin a Wrestling bag and Brecken made Shonee a wrap around skirt! They all did great with their poems also. The birds liked their present also. We were glad when Grandma and Grandpa came over. Later we went for our family party at grandma and grandpa's. We got to talk to the Pontes and the Ashes through Skype. Thank you Ashes for the game! We love it! Thank you everyone for the great gifts and love!

Christmas Eve

We enjoyed our traditional Christmas Eve with Grandma and Grandpa Skinner. We had all the foods we love! Jackie, Darrick and Olivia and Robyn, Dave and Talan were there too! We read stories, read the nativity and opened pajamas!

Christmas for the birds

We had fun stringing garlands for the birds. We strung raisins, Cheerios, rose hips and popcorn. Then we painted a Christmas tree with peanut butter and sprinkled bird seed over it. We put it on our deck so we can enjoy watching the birds.

Senior Ball

Jessi went to the Senior Ball with her friend Adam Hanover. She made her dress and she looked beautiful! They also made the boutonniere and corsage
.....out of duct tape!

Gingerbread Houses

My friends Paul and Lisa and their family made gingerbread houses and put them on their blog. It got me excited and we did some for family home evening. It was a lot of fun. Just like Lisa I thought gingerbread was to much work so we used grahm crackers.

We have a wrestler in the family

Justin has started wrestling. He loves it. He really takes it seriously! He has been exercising a lot and watching what he eats. He has lost 9lbs! His first tournament he won 3rd place. Yea Justin!