Lainie's birthday

So we successfully had Lainie's birthday party on the 4th. I am happy to say that even though we had Christmas 2 weeks earlier, we were able to get her 4-5 things that she genuinely loved- and the gifts from family were perfect! It goes to show that all they really need is the attention and a cake!
So now we have Payton's birthday on Sunday and I hope that we can have another success even though Payton is much harder to please! Wish us luck!
Baylor was invited to go to St. George with a kid from his class this weekend that I have never met or talked to before yesterday. We are letting him go and surprisingly enough, I am not worried about the family he is going with, just the drive down there and back! I will admit that I have become much more anxious about driving lately (not me driving, just the idiot's driving with me) and I don't know why. So if he makes it down and back safely, it will be a success!

New Years Tradition

So for the last 3 years we have gone to our neighborhood park and pulled the kids on a sled behind one of the 4-wheelers! We have been lucky and there has been snow, so we will keep up this tradition as long as we can, but I think that we might need to find a new place to do it!

I was pulled on the sled with Payton and of course Todd dumped us off on purpose, so I was home changing when they all came in telling me that a policeman stopped them and told them that "a fun-hater" had called us in! I can't believe it! I thought we lived in such a cool neighborhood!

Oh my goodness!!

I cannot believe that it has been over a year since I have done anything on this! I swear in my mind it has only been a couple of months! Anywho... since it is a new year, it will be way too hard to play catch up on here, so I will just have to start from today and move forward!!

Christmas was great! Here is Riley, Lainie, Baylor and Payton showing us their favorite gift this year! Riley is now 11 and we caved and bought her a phone (well Santa did) and I have to say it is kindof a good thing. Now she doesn't want mine, I can reach her when she is out, and now I have something to hold over her head to keep all of her A's in school! Baylor got an iPod, and Payton and Lainie both got Baby Alive dolls which I thought was a great gift until Lainie informed me that she didn't want a baby that peed!

I really don't enjoy New Years, and actully I think this was the first time in 5-6 years that I was awake at Midnight!

Having Lainie's birhday one week after Christmas (January 1st) makes it really hard to find her any gifts! It just seems like overkill! And then Payton's is two weeks (January 16th) after Lainie's! I have screwed myself on this until they are married! CRAP!