Christmas Tree

This year we decided to put the tree up a lot earlier than usual...we usually don't put it up until a week before Christmas...I know that's late but id rather not fight with the kids over touching the tree...so far they have been great...It has been up sense Saturday and no casualties yet...(tree or children)...We have a tradition in our family, as I'm sure a lot of you do, to buy the kids a new ornament every year... Something to represent their year or a character that they really like...then when we decorate the tree the kids get to take turns putting their ornament on the tree...It is so fun to see them get excited over all the different ornaments they have and to tell them the story behind them...We also buy sierra one every year...They kids get even more excited to put hers on the tree...

When I was a kid we would decorate the tree as a family...Putting the ornaments where ever we wanted...then with out fail after we had gone to bed my mom would redecorate the tree...making sure all the larger balls were on the bottom and the smaller ones were on the top...there weren't 2 on the same branch...no 2 colors were close together...lol...i love it...that's mom for you...well i must have inherited that, because until this year I have done the same thing...But this year I just left it...I think it gives the tree personalty (it sure needs it)...we will see how long i can stand all the ornaments on the front of the tree...

thanks giving

I just wanted to tell everyone Happy Thanksgiving...hope your holiday was really nice...

Christmas photo

Here is my first atempt this year at a Christmas photo of all 4 kids....I had to do a little editing to fix this one...If you can tell what I did let me know so I can fix it...Im still going to reshoot it but besides Andrea I want to know if you can tell what I fixed...

Xander

Here are a few pictures I took of Xan in my Christmas Tea Cup...
I'll take this cup of tea any day!!!

The Weekend

today i went to the craft show...it was fun...so many things i would have loved to buy but so little money to buy it with...Jeff came home today...WOO HOO...it is so nice to have him here, even if it is only until Monday morning...I'm looking forward to thanks giving...good food, good football and family fun...also my sister and her family are moving back to Spokane that weekend and I'm sooooooooo excited..i bought the kids Christmas outfits yesterday...they are cute...i think i am going to attempt to take their pictures tomorrow...sometimes i don't have any trouble taking their pictures but most of the time its not fun...wish me luck...well until next time, BE GOOD!!!

just sharing a random picture...Hayden being goofy!!!

GNO

Tonight was girls night out...Just a small group tonight...We went to P.F. Chang's....Tthe food was great and the prices were really good....My fortune cookie said I talk to much...And its true I do...But oh well that's me...I tried a little tofu tonight...Not to bad...But not something I could eat all the time....

Ashi

Yesterday took a day off from blogging...because i have been wiped out...tonight I'm going crazy...but I'm finding it hard to complain about my life when Arah is going through this hard time...so ill tell this story with out wining about my life ....My sweet sweet little Ashlynn...Ok this is how it starts...tonight i went over to my aunts house for a little while and left sky ash and Hayden with mike...Hayden went to bed and the older kids were supposed to be watching a movie in my bed...My dear little Ashlynn decided to color on my window seal and blinds...this is not like her...i still don't know why she did it...then she go into the gum from Halloween that has been put up and started to chew and play with it...being the crafty little girl she is she thought it would be cute to have a necklace out of it....need less to say it got all over in her hair...after using half a container of peanut butter i still had to cut some of it out of her hair...then the task of getting all that peanut butter out of her hair...2 baths later she is tucked soundly into bed...I'm sure someday ill look back at this and laugh a lot...but for no ill just laugh a little...

Olivia Kamille Kunz

I just wanted to share a few of the pictures I took of Olivia...

Such a sweet sweet baby...

She is Beauiful...

I want to start this blog entry by saying Thank You to Matt, Arah, Brinley and the rest of their family for letting me be a part of Olivia short precious life...It was truly an experience I will cherish forever...What a sweet little angle our Heavenly Father sent to your family...I am comforted in knowing that my little Sierra has a best friend in heaven with her now...Arah...You are a ROCK!!!...I am so blessed to call you my friend...Matt...What a great Father and Husband you are...Arah is blessed to have you as her eternal companion...Brinley...You are going to be a great big sister, and Olivia will always be by your side...

When Arah first told me about her baby my heart sank for her...I cried a lot for the first few weeks knowing a tiny bit of how they felt...I tried to think of what was most comforting to me when Sierra died but nothing was coming...The only thing I could think of was to just be there for anything their family needed, and hope that they knew I would do anything I could for them...Then Arah ask me to be at the hospital with them when they had the baby to take pictures...I told her I would be honored to do it...Over the next 3 months my emotions were on a roller coaster...There were days when I thought to myself, what was I thinking when I said "Yes"...I can't handle this...I was worried that I would be too emotional and not be a good support to Arah...But at the end of the day I was always comforted and knew that it would be ok...As I walked through the hospital on my way to their room this morning my heart was pounding and I just kept saying to myself, "I will be ok, you can do this."...When I entered their room The most peaceful calming feeling came over me and I could feel the spirit so strong...I knew Sierra was right there with me to hold me up...It was so amazing to me to see Matt and Arah's Tiny Little Angel Baby and know she just came from Heaven and was so perfect that she would be returning right back to Heavenly Fathers arms...Thank You again for sharing this with me...I hope and pray that some of the pictures I took will bring you comfort...I love you guys like my family...May God be with you until you hold your Sweet Olivia again...

Ashlynn's Little Song

Hayden's Song

Sweet Land Of "Liverty"

He's Home!!!!!!

Jeff got to come home tonight instead of Saturday...I'm so excited to have him home...For the last 3 weeks he has been out of town Monday through Saturday night... We miss him like crazy... The kiddos are glad to have daddy home... And my life should be a little easier...

My Rock Stars

Here are just a few pictures i wanted to share...
These are my Rock Stars...
Jeff and Sky playing their new guitars...

Ash in her "Rockin Star" outfit...

Hayden Rocking out with some Guitar Hero...

I love these little moments in life...
Thanks For Looking!!!

One Who Soars

Tonight has been really great...I went to grief counseling with Arah...What a great experience...It is nice to know that there are other people out there who are going through the same thing we went through...For those of you who don't know here is a little of our story...On June 8, 2003 I gave birth to our 3rd child... Sierra Elizabeth Pixler...She was perfect...At 2 weeks old we found out she had some problems with her heart...So when she was 3 weeks old we went into the hospital for a heart cath... The doctors were unable to fix the problem so 2 days later Sierra had open heart surgery... Her body didn't react well to the surgery and she got sicker and sicker...On Aug. 3, 2003 Our Heavenly Father called Sierra back home to live with him...She was 8 weeks old...Tonight i got to listen to other stories of mothers who lost their babies and share with them how i have dealt with the loss of my own baby...How very grateful I am to have the gospel in my life...

I'd like to give a shout out to Mike...Thanks for watching my kiddos!!!

Hayden & Xander

I just wanted to share this fun moment between Hayden and Xander...

Xander has decided that he really likes being the baby...

He is 10 months old and he just started sitting up a week ago...

He can crawl a little but he is a long way from walking...

as alot of you know all my other children started walking early...

the boys at 8 months and ash at 10 months...ok so back to my story...

Xander really likes to be in the saucer because he can stand up with out falling...

Hayden likes to play around it...

Saturday Hayden climbed up on it and sat around Xan and was playing with him..

What makes this even more cute is that when Sky and Ash were babies Sky did the same thing with Ash...now i have pictures of sky and ash on the saucer and Hayden and xan on it...i know I'm dumb...but i love it!!!

Halloween!!!

Ok here are a few of our Halloween Pictures...

Xander and Hayden were Cowboys...

YEE!!HA!!

Ashlynn was Cinderella...and Sky was a Skeleton for the first night

and Darth Vader for the next night...

We had a lot of fun...After 3 Trunk or Treats...3 Carnivals...3 classroom parties

and Dad out of town all week, I was warn out...

Thanks for all your help Mom and Julie

Soccer

Today was our last soccer games of the season....WOO HOO!!!!!!.....as much as I love soccer I'm glad to have my Saturdays back...This year I coached Ashlynn's team....We had a great season...I think overall we were about 6 and 3...I had the cutest girls on my team...We start again in the spring...GO LADYBUGS!!!!....Skyler's team also did well this season...I think they were about the same as us 6 and 3...He has played on the same team for 3 years and the boys are really starting to play well together...Good Job Rockets!!...Winter will be nice break from soccer...

a sad good-bye

Tonight we said good-bye to my sister, Julie and her family...They are moving to Ninilchik Alaska tomorrow...This has been really hard for me...We are really close and I'm going to miss her a lot...But as an adult I understand that we will be able to see them again and talk on the phone...My Skyler is having a hard time with that concept...This is what happened...As we left their house tonight i was doing really well fighting back the tears that were stabbing my eyes like swords...Skyler from the back of the van started saying, "Mom I'm really going to miss them." Cory and Chris are his best friends. Then a few minutes later a little chocked up, "Mom I'm really going to miss them. Are we ever going to see them again?" I assured him we would while I fought the tears back even harder. Then he was quiet for a while so I thought that would be the end of it. When we got home we unloaded the van and went into the house. Skyler looked at me and said,"Mom I'm really going to miss them."and then he lost it... I don't think i have seen him cry like that in a long time...sobbing he wrapped his arms around me and wouldn't let go...by then the flood gates were open...we sat on my bed and cried together for about 30 minutes. After a phone call to daddy I thought he would be ok but every hour or so he looses it again and starts crying...My heart breaks for him...he spent the evening writing letters to Cory and Chris about how much he already misses them an cant wait to see them...

We love you guys...Drive safe and God be with you till we meet again...

Welcome!!!

Ok so here we go...This is my crazy blog...What is so crazy about it, you may ask your self...Well I'll tell you...My LIFE...that is what is crazy...Some days I'm not sure I'm going to make it to bed before the sun comes up, and other days i can barley make it out of bed...This blog is my little way of staying in touch with the world out there...and sharing my funny crazy little stories about my family...I hope you enjoy this and I can't wait to hear from all of you...