Connors Nova Graduation

Connor had his NOVA Graduation (which is like the DARE Program) This was his graduation day for it. Deputy Stauffer is a great friend of our Family's so this was fun to get a picture of her with Connor.

Pre Christmas Traditions

Our traditions are to always go to the Christmas tree lot to pick out 2 nice trees for our house one in the living room and one in the family room. This year however we were really broke. Luckly I had broke down during last years Christmas clearance sell and bought a fake tree for $8, I thought I would put it in the living room and we would continue to buy a real tree, we love the smell, It just smells like Christmas. So we set off to the lot for a real cheap tree, I was going for the $5 one but there weren't many so we settled for the next cheapest a $14 one. We got it home it was perfect, wasn't to big.

Keaton thinks the balls for the tree were for bouncing... luckly they were plastic and didn't break, but then the little glass ones did break on him and he wasn't so sure about them!



Ashleigh was trying to make the same face like her preschool ornament




We love to make a gingerbread house for Family Home Evening one night!

The Giles Grandkids

My whole family ended up being home this Thanksgiving time so we tried to get a picture of all the Grandkids and this is what happens when you try to get all 15 Grandkids together for a Picture... CRAZY times! They all want to do there own thing... They definately take after their Grandpa Giles;)

FuN Pictures

Thought this was a gorgeous fall night sunset...

Keaton loves to play with Play doh, always asking for a snowman.


He also love to show his muscles. He is so cute and tries to flex so hard. Then he just starts laughing, so we all have a good laugh and he thinks it is even funnier because we are laughing!


Connor and Brittany participated in our Wards 1 mile and 5K Race for a Turkey. Connor finished the 1 mile and did great! Brittany wanted to do the 5K she ran the whole time and did awesome.


As some of you know I used to do a lot of Wedding Cakes these are the last 2 I have done this one was for my sisters wedding

This is my cousin Brianne and Toffer on their Wedding day. She looks so beautiful
Since it was a quick wedding meaning they has a month to plan it because they weren't sure if he was getting deployed soon. I did their cake also.

Stressful Times

This Fall was very stressful for Brett and I. As some of you know he is still trying to finish his Degree at USU in Business. Usually he has 1-2 classes because to much is just overwhelming for him. (US) We decided that in order for the pell grant to pay for it all this fall semester he had to take 12 credits so we didn't have to take out another student loan. That and he only has 5 classes left after this semester. Meanwhile he has a job in Salt Lake (we live in Cache Valley), travels for work every other month to Missouri and still has a wife and 6 kids;) at home. I haven't been able to work because he usually stays in SL a couple + nights of the week so I do all that needs to done at home. Which the kids have suffered in there school work because they all need help, but I can only help one at a time. Plus everything that goes with housework and just being a Mom. Needless to say we didn't see him much. Well this particular Semester. He has had to retake a few classes, Math is not his strong areas! I felt like I could probably help him, I was very wrong. So he hurried and finished up one class since it was online and he had 3 more, 2 business classes and Math 1050 so he kept caught up on the 2 business classes and we were getting down to the last 4 weeks he needed to get the Math class done. We were stressing, he went up to the Math Lab at USU, that was a joke, along with 50 other students needing help, he didn't get anywhere... I started asking around for help, we didn't know what to do so my brother in law Jeff was here for Thanksgiving and he helped him go over one quiz and helped, but he had to go home. Then I thought his Brother just graduated from Pharmacy school, he has got to know something. So I asked him, if there was anyway he could help him and if he could stay at there house to get help. Long story short, Eric helped him night after night and when they were to the last quiz, Eric was stumped and we were at my Family Christmas Party, and I was talking with my cousin Mark and he said Kelli his wife was a Math tutor and teacher....YEAH!! So Brett called and met up with her one night and she knew how to do the last few problems and they finished the quiz and He took the last 2 tests and the Final on the last day! A special THANKS to them and their Families he passed with a "A" talk about a esteem boost... next is STATS and BUS Calculus that he needs to pass to take the last 3 classes, so watch out. cuz we are going to need more help!

So back to the stressful things, we have tried to sell our house on and off for the past 2 years. For this reason, he can be closer to work, I will be less stressed out, he can be home and get school done. So this poor guy doesn't have to drive 3 hrs a day just to come home. WE don't know why it just hasn't happened... We don't know? So for those of you who ask why haven't they moved closer are they dumb or something. No we are not, it is just not happening for us right now.

Brittany turnes 13!

Brittany Turned 13 on Nov. 13th! She showed me this Purple Jacket at Shopko, that she wanted so bad. Well being the Mom I am, I thought I will wait a little while for it to come on sale... well I went back to get it a few weeks later and guess what? no jacket urrrgg. In the meantime, she just knew she was getting this jacket, I had to finally ask her if there was something else I could get her, because I couldn't find it anywhere. She wasn't very happy;( A couple of days before her birthday, I went to Salt Lake with my Mom, I can't remember why, I went and did a little shopping and I thought I would try the 3 Shopko's I knew would probably have it. Guess what the last one I went to on Redwood Rd. had it on clearance. So she was very surprised to see it in the box as was I.

Her other big gift was a cell phone, the note said that she could go pick out a phone for her birthday. She was so excited!!! if you can't tell.

A few days later we had her cake with Grandmas and Grandpas and Aunts and Uncles


I had a Surprise Birthday Party for her with all her friends and teammates. She was very excited and surprised!

Halloween

Connor dressed up as a Zombie, Ashleigh did his makeup

Alyssa wanted to be Astrid from How to Train your Dragon Movie. She was a great Astrid she looked just like her!

All Kaeli wanted to be was a Avatar. Since the movie Avatar came out she hasn't seen it but thinks they are really cool, I tried to hard to change her mind but there was no getting around it. She was a cute Avatar!

We looked in the box to see what we had, Keaton lucked out the lion costume fit him. So that is what he was;)


Ashleigh I don't think she was anything this year, and Brittany dressed up like a teal fairy with wings. Couldn't find a picture

The best was Brett, I worked secretly til the night before for his costume. He was going to be the Tooth Fairy... I had made him a rainbow tutu. Kaeli thought this was the funniest thing ever! If you have ever listened to her laugh, it is so cute it is contageous!
contatageous!