Riley's 6th Birthday

If you are ever looking for a good time - invite 10 kids under 6 for a party!! Trust me, its more fun than you can stand! Really it wasn't to bad - but after 2 hours I was happy to see everyone go. I can hardly believe that my oldest is 6 and growing in to such a big girl. She is so much help when she wants to be and is quite the social butterfly - always wanting to play with friends. Happy Birthday Riley!! (It was January 13th). See, better late than never :)

Update.....Better late than never

That is my new motto... Better late than never. So here is a very outdated update of our holiday happenings! We had tons of fun in Vegas and we weren't ready to come back to the snow and cold. But we didn't want to miss the visit from Jar & Jax and their kids. We had lots of fun!!

New Years Eve

They finally fell asleep - just in time to take them home

about 2am
Jason's new toy
Guitar Hero

It's very addicting and lots of fun!

Yes - Ryker was still awake
Playing cards on New Years Eve

Grandma and her little helpers

Luke & Jared came over one night
We almost had a sleepover :)

The firetruck at the Treehouse
Children's Museum

Christmas

Uncle To-to with Riley &
their matching beanies

Most of the Worthen Grandkids
there is 9 total!

Opening presents at Grandma Worthen's

Rayden enjoying Christmas morning

Riley and her new gutiar

Ryker and his new guitar
he didn't want to look at anything else

he just wanted to play his guitar!

Ever since we came back from Vegas life hasn't ever really slowed down. We played with Jer & Jax and their family until they went home on New Years, and then tried to get our house and life back in order so I could start school - again! We are always busy - doing homework, studying, cleaning, laundry, making messes for mom to clean up (or I just save them for Jas). I never seem to get anything done but I never really stop moving. All the kids have been sick - croup, tonsilitis, ear infections, eye infections, colds, you name it, we've had it. Someday - maybe in April - we will be healthy again.

Just when I thought life was getting a little more settled. my sister Lindsey moved to Provo to go to school (so excited for her to be close) and about a week after she got her found out she had a blood clot in her arm. She has been on the hospital for a week - most of the time in the ICU. She has had several procedures to get rid of it. We think she is finally on the mend and hopefully getting discharged today. She will have lots of follow up care because she has to be on blood thinners for a while. We are all hoping she can get better and stay that way. Here is the rest of my pictures - who knows how they got here......

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve PJ's

No - its not Jesus - just Uncle To-To

The Nativity

As usual - these posted kind of funny - but I don't have time to fix them

Hope you are all doing well and I love reading everyone's blog - it helps me feel a little more in touch with the important people in the world :)

Cruise Pictures!!

I am so glad that Lindsey turned 30 - because we wouldn't have had this fabulous trip otherwise! We had such a great time together and we are so happy you guys asked us to come. Thank goodness for Grammy & Grampy and my sisters and sister-in-law for helping with my kids so we could go have a relaxing vacation! As you can see we really had a good time and we can't wait to do it again - 2009??

10 Years Ago.....

It's hard to believe it has been 10 years since my brother Richard's horrible accident, but this is a day I am sure we will never forgot. The day his whole life turned upside down. I'll never forget the first time I saw him in the ICU after I had flown home from SLC to see him the day after it happened. It was pretty hard to see him like that - but boy does he look good now! Unfortunately he still gets sick and gets sores and is in bed more often than he would like but I am amazed at how far he has come. If it wasn't for people like my mom and his caretakers, his life would be even more of a struggle. My mom does so much for him and I'm so glad she still takes such good care of him after so many years of doing it. For those of you who don't know, Richard is an amazing artist and has a graphic arts company - and for someone who doesn't have full use of his hands- he does the most amazing art work. I do good to draw a stick figure and he draws every detail! So To-To we just want you to know how much we love you and how amazed we are with what you can do. I'm sure life sucks for you more often than not...but we are so happy you are around. Life wouldn't be the same if we didn't get to come visit Uncle To-To in Vegas! So here's to remembering a horrible day I'm sure you would like to forget - but I am sure glad you survived!!!

We Love You!!!!!

As long as they are sleeping....

There is nothing more rewarding to me than a sleeping child. They look so calm, peaceful, and even sweet...and then they wake up. Since Ryker has been quite the handful lately, I can honestly say I really am excited when he falls asleep. Sometimes it is in the oddest places, sometimes not for very long, and sometimes he's wearing sunglasses (he didn't take them off for two days), but the only thing that really matters is that he actually sleeping!!!! Don't get me wrong, I love my little Rykus, but oh the joy of a sleeping 3 year old.

Grammy & Grammpy Come To Visit!

We finally had a visit from my parents. They came to visit the weekend before Thanksgiving and we had so much fun with them. My kids just love having them here and of course I do too. Our fun filled weekend started with High School Musical on Ice. My kids are obsessed with this movie and I found tickets at the last minute. The seats turned out to be incredible - front row right on the ice! It was great, the kids loved seeing it and were signing along to all the songs. I was too, I couldn't help it, we only watch the movie 3 times a day! The boys did some 4-wheeling on Saturday just around our house so Grammpy could finally try his new 4-wheeler. Of course a visit isn't complete without Grammpy playing / teasing with the kids. He sure can make them wild! We went to dinner and the girls went to a movie. Then we had Riley's primary program on Sunday - she did and excellent job by the way! I'm sure my parents were ready to go home after all of the excitment - which included Ryker screaming his head of for 2 hours because he didn't want to eat his dinner - oh the joy of parenting! Thanks Mom & Dad for such a fun & exciting visit. We miss you and love you lots!

Sorry the pictures are kind of screwy but they wouldn't go where I wanted them. You get the point ...right?

Happy Halloween!!!

We had such a fun Halloween. It all started with a trip to Riley's school to watch the Halloween parade and then I got to stay and help in her class for her party. It was actually a lot of fun - but I defenitely don't think I could be a kindergarten teacher. We then got a visit from Grandpa Howard & Grandma Betty to see the cute kids in their costumes. Finally it was time for trick-or-treating. Grandma & Grandpa stopprd by after to see us and then we went to a neighbors house for chili and treats after all the candy collecting. The weather was perfect - not as warm as Vegas, but at least it wasn't snowing or raining. I really do love Halloween - but we must move on to the next holiday and all the festivities!