Speaking in Sacrament meeting...

Ok I usually don't post mushy, gooey things, but we got asked to speak in Sacrament meeting last Sunday. The whole family, even Kyle. We got to speak on our Temple sealing and it was both amazing and terrifying. I started crying when Kyle got up and didn't stop until the meeting was over. I can't explain what a wonderful experience the Temple was or how great it was to try and share that with everyone. I just hope everyone could understand me because I really did cry through the entire talk...

GO CARDS!

So the NFC championship game was today. And we skipped half of Church and went. The game was awesome!!! We went with Ryan's parents, and screamed and jumped and now we are all exhausted...
But the Cardinals won and are going to the Super Bowl in Tampa.

Freakin' Awesome :)

Scouts

Turning 8 means cub scouts. Oh joy. For those of you who don't know, I am not a scout mom. So this means a bunch of work that makes him happy and me very grumpy. But isn't he cute in his uniform?

Kyle's 8th birthday

Kyle turned 8 on the 9th of Jan. Yes I'm such a slacker mom that I haven't even posted that yet. He had a great birthday at home. And yesterday we went to Peter Piper Pizza and had a friend party.
Good times were had by all.
No really...

Again with sooo much going on...

So things have been a little nuts, and I haven't been posting. Again. But I really have every intention of being better. We had a friend of ryans come to visit for almost a week, he and Ryan went to he Bowl game that was here, and a Sun's game. And all three of us went to the first round playoff Cardinals game. It was AWESOME!

So many things, so little time...

So it's been a crazy month and I haven't been good about posting, so I've now done a ton, we did our tradition of the scavenger hunt on Christmas eve-eve tonight. I took the kids out to run some errands and while we were gone Ryan put together the hunt with all the clues. He likes to send them up and down the stairs and outside and all over so they are panting and tired when they finally get the prize. This year it was a dvd for the family to watch together. Tomorrow we will do the hunt for the pickle on the tree and whoever finds it gets an extra present to open before bed. I love this time of year. We spend so much more time together doing fun stuff...

Gingerbread houses every year, we all get our own! Aaron made it snow all over his and covered the whole roof with frosting. Fun times at the Memmott house, the floor was a mess of candy that kept falling off...

So many things, so little time...

My sister and her baby Keenan came to visit for a week. Man I LOVE it when they are here. I miss them terribly, Keenan will be 2 in March but is already talking in sentences, he reminds me of Kyle when he was little. Strong willed and a bit naughty. But instead of being frustrated, I get to laugh and laugh...

I guess all that laughing she did when Kyle was little is coming back around, I reall dig payback ;)

So many things, so little time...

We finally got our dinner with Mark & Kaylene in, this is the icecream we had on the way home. Mark almost finished it AFTER he had dinner...

So many things, so little time...

We did our annual Chistmas angel night, we go to the mall and pull a couple of tags from the Angel tree, buy what's on the list, and donate it. We always try to pick one boy and one girl, this year the little boy was 4 and wanted everything to be green, how cute is that?? Green clothes, green toys, it was fun trying to find everything on his list in green...

this is a pic of the kids in front of the tree at the mall