Sugar Town

When I was in Junior High/High School, Precious Moments made this little Christmas town that they called Sugar Town. They only made it for 7 or 8 years. My mom bought me the new "scene" each year and this year was the first year I have gotten them all out to display. They are so cute!! Thanks, Mom!

Ice Skating, etc...

We went ice skating during Christmas break, and it was so fun. I didn't even fall down!! I think the kids had a great time. I think we'll need to go there again. Eva and Paisley loved riding around on the chairs. By the end, they both tried skating in their own skates.Okay, that's why I didn't fall, I spent most of the time holding onto a chair! But, I got braver after awhile and skated around without it.Eva in the skates. She was a bit nervous about it, but had fun once she had them on for a few minutes. Ely likes to play peek-a-boo.This is Eva all dresssed up for her Christmas dance recital. She did so great!Like the new color?? Don't worry...those are just wigs!

Mini-Cassia Turkey Trot

On Thanksgiving day we did the 5k in Paul. It was kinda chilly, but no icey roads like our last race! Everyone did a great job and it was fun.
Brian was so proud of his mom for finishing her first 5k. Great job, Becky!!Everyone who ran/walked in the race: Brenda, Marcy, Brian, Duchess, Charmaine, Mitchel, Dale, Becky, Melanie, me, Holly, and McKenzie. Thanks to my mom for hanging out with Eva and Ely and cheering us on.

Anybody wanna run???

I just signed up for the Tommy Vaughn's Marathon that is going to be in Blackfoot on May 19th.

http://blackfootmarathon.blogspot.com/

You should sign up, too!!!

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Eva's 4th Birthday

Eva just had her 4th birthday! I cannot believe it!! She is a wonderful daughter. Eva always wants to help in the kitchen. She is funny and likes to tease. She loves her little brother and is (usually) such a good sister. She also loves her grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. She is always saying she wants to go to Paisley's house. Eva absolutely loves horses and has been telling me for a long time that she wanted a horse cake for her birthday. I think it turned out pretty well. I didn't have McKenzie here to help me this time, so I had to do it all by myself. Eva loved it, and that's all that matters!

I think she really enjoyed her birthday. She was excited for everyone to come over and see her. She also had her first Primary Program and she did so great. She stood right up to the microphone and said her part with no help!!Sorry, I forgot to rotate these before I loaded them, so you'll just have to look at them sideways. :) Aunt Mel spoiled Eva with lots of nice things.Eva & Grandma GrimmEva & Grandpa GrimmEva & Aunt Marcy. Grandpa Anderson came, too, but we didn't get a picture. Eva, Tanner, & MicahEva got a little Barbie Jeep for her birthday. Ely REALLY wanted to ride it and was getting mad that he couldn't get inside of it!On Monday we went swimming for Eva's birthday. She really likes the water. It took Ely a minute to enjoy it, but he had a great time once he figured out he could splash.

Eva - We love you and hope you had a great birthday!!

I asked Eva a few questions and here are her answers:
What do you like to do with your family? Play horsies.
What do you like to do with your friends? Play.
Who are some of your friends? Paisley, Kierra, Abby, Sophie, Tasha, McKay, Kaci, Van, Nolan.
What is your favorite song? Sunbeams.
What is your favorite movie? How to Train a Dragon (probably because we just saw this at the store).
What is your favorite game? Candyland.
What is your favorite book? A book about horses and unicorns.
What is your favorite food? Cheese.
What is your favorite place to visit? Paisley's house.

Happy Halloween!!

We went to a pumpkin patch a couple weeks ago with Brian's mom. Ely liked trying to climb the pumpkins.
Eva picked her pumpkin out from way in the middle of the field!

On Saturday, Eva and Paisley were playing in my parent's basement. They came upstairs to show us the "snow." We went down to find that the big yellow bear you see in the background had a whole in it and the girls were having a blast throwing it around!

Brian and Dutch got another pheasant Saturday, the biggest one he has ever shot - 20" tail feather.

Ely made a cute little cow for Halloween!

Eva wanted to be Tinkerbell for Halloween. Good thing last year's costume still fit!

We got to dress up at work for Halloween, so I went as a clogger from the 90s. Oh yeah, I totally wore that outfit in high school...like 13 years ago!! It was fun walking around in my noisy shoes all day!