Miss Cheeks (aka Aezlee)

This sweet little thing came over to see me the other day....isnt she lovely? So dang cute! I just love holding her. :)

What a ham....

All I know is that, this face on the bottom can change any bad mood I have into the brightest of days. He cracks me up. This kid is pure love. He brings us great joy. He is fun, easy going, good natured, lovable, and just sheer awesomeness! He is 16 months old today! Love this little boy (in 8 mins he will be lol). :)

Oh Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree...

                                                  2009 Traditional Tree

2010 Snowman Tree

2011 Mardi Gras Tree

We are pretty funny. We LOVE theme trees. We try to do a different one each year. My mother in-law does it and I fell in love with hers. So....it got me thinking, we should so do that. So we have. Every year we go for something different. It has been fun. The kids really like it, and plus you don't get burnt out so to speak of your same ole' tree every year. So with my awesome mother in-laws loaners each year, we only have two themes ourselves (Victorian and Traditional) she has several we all rotate them. My MIL gets first dibs of course then my sister in-law Stacey and I get to pick. So Stacey was supposed to have the Snowman Tree this year but she is living with my MIL this year and gets to enjoy her new one. Its very pretty...perhaps next year they will enjoy their own. :) So for us we have Mardi Gras. Its very fun, and very colorful.

Thanksgiving Crook style

What can we say this is how we roll. LOL It never fails at my parents house there always ends up being some sort of wrestling mania. Its pretty funny. Brandon started it off with Carys and Malaki, then Aaron came in with several of the kiddos, then Dennis took over with ALL of the little kids. He was such a good sport too. The kids love the attention, they have fun, and usually...usually they are tired after all the rough housing...LOL. It was a nice day spent with the ones I love. There were several missing from the table this year, but they are never far from our thoughts. :) Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Stoddard Style

We ALWAYS have our Thanksgiving with Aaron's family on Wednesday before the actual "BIG" day. Which for us always works out because we get two turkey days. This year was bitter sweet. We had a great day...we were missing Tyson and Eli who couldn't be with us which made the day a little quieter...LOL...but we got to Skype with Tyson in Afghanistan which was a big bonus, plus the kids thought it was cool, but we also got to have Aaron and Tyson's sister Laurie come to my MILs for the day, it was our first holiday with her. She came with her boyfriend Mike and their adorable son Max who is exactly 1 month older than Brinton. The kids LOVED him and of course Laurie. It was so great. Aaron was a giddy school girl knowing he was going to see her. They moved about 2 1/2 hours away for a job opportunity for Mike, they used to live in SLC. It is such a sweet blessing to have them closer. It was great fun, and we loved our day. The kids all made little Turkeys out of candy that Jodi had found...they were a HUGE hit and the kids had fun. Laurie and Eben were fast friends. :)

Aezlee Kae Fuller

It almost feels like I have waited just as long for this baby to come as if it were my own pregnancy. Ive known for so long that this sweet little girl was coming since my friend was 4 weeks prego. She is chunky and adorable. My poor friend Dacia was bound to the hospital for weeks before she could finally deliver her at 37 weeks to the day. We had our rituals I would go up on every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursdays, and sneak away any other time, but those three dates were the for sure thing. We would chat, hang out, watch tv and movies, and even before she had her the night before our other friend Kara and I went to see her and give her a pedi. That's what friends do right? She had hot toes before the big surgery. :) On November 22 Miss Aezlee Kae came out weighing 9"12.5 oz. might I add that I even guessed her weight right. LOL She is all cheeks. She is sweet, cuddly, and very much girlie. I'm so excited for Dacia and her hubby who also have two boys Spencer and Taylor. It was time to have a girl. :) Congrats to my fabulous and awesome friend Dacia. (The little boy in the pic is our friend Kara's little boy Carter).

First snowfall....

Okay it wasn't a ton let me clarify...it came down hard, but didn't stick much, you can see them starting to fall in the picture with the car. The girls were super excited so they went out right away. So, as long as they liked it, sweet, that's all that matters. :) It kept them busy and excited.

What a little stud.....

My cute little mohawk basketball playing son. He cracks me up. I love that little monster. :)

Carys' play/Averys choir concert

 Carys was in her first school play. It was super cute and very patriotic. She had a small role and did wonderful. It also happened to come with Avery's choir group performing right before the play which was great for us. We got to see both girls perform in front  of a huge audience. They both did super. So proud of them. :) They had fun and did their best.....way to go girls!

Blue.....

I'm having a hard time with somethings. I won't go into details...it's nothing major just feeling blue. Working things out through prayer, patience, and for some guidance on how to move forward. I have such amazing support and wonderful people that are always there for me. Especially my sweet husband. ;) I'm lucky. Everything will be okay it's just the waiting that's the hardest. Sniff...sniff...tearful for some reason. Things to figure out. Here's to answered prayers and a new day ahead. :)

Halloween

I'm not a huge fan of Halloween...I deal with it cause I have kids, but not my favorite Holiday. It was fun though we all headed to the Uptown to do some early trick-or-treating before we head  to the church for good ole' trunk-or-treat time. :) I had the cutest bunch...I have my cute extra who I watch Jocelle who was a Ladybug, Brinton was a chicken, Eben a dog, Jocelyn a witch, Carys a princess, and Avery was Cindy Lauper. Of course I had to add horns with the request of my kids, so I went as a Devil. Aaron wins the costume this year. He was a Zombie Doctor. It was creepy and great all at the same time. LOL Happy Halloween everyone!