~"Best Day of My Life"~

This year for Hunter's friend birthday he knew exactly what he wanted to do.  He wanted to have pizza, play the candy bar game, the quarter game, and basketball.  I kept trying to talk him into going to Get Air, Classic Skating, or Fat Cats, but he wouldn't budge.  He knew what he wanted to do, and that was that.  I'm glad we did what he wanted because at the end of the night he said "This has been the best night of my life" lol.  Oh to be young again!

Playing the candy bar game.

Hunter had all his best buds there.

We tried playing the quarter game, but it was taking forever, so we decided to cut it short and head over to the church for some basketball.  The boys were all over that.

The boys shot for teams, then scrimmaged.  Shirts vs. Skins.  Mckell and Lexi thought this was totally gross :)

While waiting for their turn to get into the game, some of the boys decided to be cheerleaders, lol.

One of the teams showing their muscles.

Another team showing a jump shot.

Garrett wanted so bad to be down playing with the boys.

It was a fun night, at least I know Hunter had fun, and that is all that really matters, right.  I'm glad he had a GREAT birthday!

~New Years Day Party~

We thought we'd kill 2 birds with one stone.  We had the Wangsgard side of the family over for New Years Day party as well as a birthday party for Hunter.  We had fun playing the candy bar game (again) and the quarter game (again). My kids thought it was great that they got to play these games 2 days in a row, lol.  It was really fun having Richard and Cassie over.  We are going to be sad when they leave back home to Kentucky.

Hunter playing on his birthday gift from Grandma and Grandpa Wangsgard.  It is a trick bike.  Mckell is funny because Hunter will not let her ride it, so whenever he leaves to go to a friends, that is the first thing she goes to :)  We just will not let Hunter know that.

~2013~

2013 was a good year for our little family.  We continued to get settled into our new home, which I can't believe it has already been a year since we'd moved in.  Time sure goes by fast!

We went on some fun trips this year as a family.  We went to Hawaii and to Bear Lake.  Then just Dave and I went to New York and to Paris.  They were vacations to me, but to Dave they were just work trips.

Dave was made bishop this year, at the age of 36.  We still are in awe that he is the bishop.  He keeps busy with that and work.  And he and Jerry are still coaching Hunter's basketball team.  Which I know Hunter is grateful for because he LOVES basketball.

Mckell made a competitive dance team, and is so excited to start competitions in the next couple of months.  She also began taking piano lessons this year and most importantly, she was baptized.

I've learned that I am extremely allergic to the glue they use to put on false eyelashes.  I swelled up like Rocky the 2nd time I had them filled.  It took a week for my eyes to go back down.

The morning after I got my lashes filled.

After I had them removed.  I think I may have also been allergic to the stuff used to take them off.  My eyes just kept getting bigger and bigger.
Garrett has had a lot happen over the past year.  From crawling, to walking, to talking, to going into the nursery.  It has been a big year for him with many firsts.

Lexi loves school, dance, and playing with her friends.  She is such a little social bug, and makes friends wherever she goes.  She is such a big helper to me.  Garrett loves playing with her and follows her around the house all day.  He gets so upset that he can't go to preschool with her.
This year has been very eventful with both good and bad things, but I am so blessed to have my family to go through them with.  I can't imagine life without them.  We are so blessed!

Happy New Year!  We are excited to see what 2014 brings.

~Happy New Year!~

We had New Years at our house this year.  It was a lot of fun!  We had some families from the neighborhood over for dinner, games, and fireworks.  It was a GREAT way to ring in the new year!  With all that Dave has been going through lately, I think we all needed a fun night.

We played our traditional games, the candy bar game and the quarters game.  Dallin won the quarters game, which was a nail biter.  The smile on his face made me glad he won.  It came down to him and Chris.  Chris lost with a 3, Dallin had a 2.  It was a very intense game.

When it hit New Years, we ran outside for fireworks.  Gary brought some shot gun fireworks (not sure that is what they were called) for us to shoot in the air.  The kids thought this was GREAT!

Welcome 2014!  We hope it is a great year!

~Getting Her Ears Pierced~

For Christmas, Santa gave Mckell a coupon to get her ears pierced.  She was so excited and wanted to go first thing the day after Christmas, but she wasn't feeling great, so we waited a few days until she was feeling better.

Mckell was so excited, that is until she was sitting in the chair.  Then she started to get a little nervous.  In fact, she wanted to back out.  She said that she felt like she was going to throw up.  I told her she had to be tough, because there was a little girl standing there watching, waiting to get her ears pierced after Mckell.  I told Mckell that she had to make it look easy, because if she didn't she might scare this little girl off.  Mckell got tuff and did it :)  I know she was so happy she did!

She picked out her birthstone for earrings, and couldn't wait to get home to show Dave her knew look.   She looks so grown up with her ears pierced!

~Happy 11th Birthday Hunter!~

Hunter is now the big 1-1!  I can't believe it!  He is getting so grown up!  I'm not ready for my baby to turn 12 and be a young man, so I hope this year goes by slowly, lol.   We surprised Hunter with breakfast in bed.  Lexi thought this was so cool and wanted me to bring her breakfast to her in bed too. :)  I told her it had to be her birthday, so of course, she can't wait until it's her birthday!

Just after breakfast, I got a call from Dave at work.  I couldn't really understand what he was saying to me, but I could tell he was upset and I could make out "Come".  So I immediately jumped into the car and headed to his office.  It has been super stressful at work since a week or two before Thanksgiving.  Dave has been dealing with hackers getting into their systems and changing things.  He has been super stressed, and hasn't been able to eat or sleep for quite some time now.  Infact he has lost about 25 lbs since Thanksgiving, because of not being able to eat.  He has me worried, so I knew this call wasn't good.  When I got to his office, he had calmed down and could talk.  He explained that he thought he had a stroke.  He was talking to someone at work and all of a sudden started slurring his words.  He knew he sounded funny, but could not for the life of him get what he wanted to say come out.  He couldn't think either.  He tried, but couldn't think.  It shook him up pretty good.  We immediately went to the ER to get him checked.  When we got there his blood pressure read 170/120.  They hooked him up to all kinds of machines, and did all sorts of tests.  His EKG came back good, as well as his blood sugar.  Of course his blood pressure was off the charts, so they were concerned about that.  They did a scan of his brain and saw that everything looked ok.  So it was determined that Dave had a mini stroke but it didn't leave any damage to the brain.  Which is GREAT!!!  This was a huge scare, but we now have him taking blood pressure medicine to help control that.  It seems to be working.  Now if we can just get his stress at work to go away he'd be all better.  But I guess that is wishful thinking.

Dave and I spent the entire afternoon at the hospital, while Hunter stayed home to babysit.  He is such a good kid, cause I know this is not what he wanted to be doing on his birthday, but he didn't complain.  I felt bad for him, so when we got home, I let him call some friends over to go and play basketball over at the church.  We then opened gifts and then he headed out with my dad and brother Richard for a guys night out.  They were so nice to do this because they knew I wouldn't be able to take Hunter out with Dave being in his condition.  They are awesome for making Hunters birthday GREAT!  It is so good to have family!

Dave was so excited to give Hunter his very own gun :)  Hunter had fun shooting at pop bottles (he's a good little shot) and can't wait to go out shooting for real with his new gun.
Happy Birthday Hunter!  We are so glad to have you in our family!