Metal Mouth

 Brenner had his orthodontic consultation and due to an overbite, crooked teeth on one side and some spacing issues- he is now a "Metal Mouth"!

 Ouch- that looks like it might hurt!!!

All done!

He chose blue Bands for his first instalment- I am sure we have many other color variations to come in the following months!  He was an ornery bear the first several days after but is back to normal and happy Brenner by now.

Another Cabin Trip

 Cayden and Mia on the sled and Polar Bear!

Mia in her favorite spot- Pa's Lap!

Mia and Grams frosting some cookies.

And since Brenner was due to get braces on his return- Grams made him a batch of Carmel Corn to enjoy one last time in a long time!

Another House Update

-one month past due- 

 Tile in the Master Bath

 Grams and Pa check out the Progress

 Our Banister that I think is absolutely beautiful!

 Some of the chair and curtain fabric and carpet

 Banister stained and very dark- Nice!

 Rock work going up 

 The "Gray" paint gets started inside

 Garage doors- I think they are amazing!

 The first of the "Green" on the out side 

Mia and the front waiting for some paint!

Valentines Day Boxes

Oh Valentines Day is here again- can't believe it has been a year since the last "Boxes"!

This year Cayden wanted a Minecraft animal of some sort and ended up with a sheep as white was the easiest color to wrap. Mia looked all over the Internet with mom and decided on a Minion but the one eyed variety instead of two!

House Update

-End of January... Move in date passed by two weeks-

 Our beautiful tile arrives

 Case and Base and Shelving

 Our doors and banister stuff- Very Nice!

 The kids holding up some Master Bath tile

 Cayden and the Hardy Board exterior- very excited- NO STUCCO!

 We decided that we wanted the Washer and Dryer on the opposite wall and what a mess!

 Laddie comes for a visit!

 Once again, Cayden is always my go to guy for a quick visit to the house!

Playing in a large pile of Sawdust on the Kitchen Floor!

 Tile work in Master Bath- 

Did we make the right choice? Ya never know until it is up!

I think it is wonderful!!!

 Yeah- we have "real" stairs!

 Case and Base and doors hung- even shelves in the Pantry!

Slow down for crying out loud... Right!

A picture of aunt Alisa out front-

LOOKING GOOD!

A Quick Trip to

-TEXAS-

 Nikki and the kids had airline tickets to use before February and just so happened that aunt Natalie had a baby girl this month so they all hopped on a plane and went "on down to Texas"!

As you can see, Mia loves baby girls! Her name is Caroline and she is very cute.

 A picture with Mimi and Granddaddy!

It was a quick trip as the kids did not have any time off school in January but all had fun. And now the kids can cross the great state of Texas of their lists! YE HAW!

New Years

Winter fun at the "Cabin"

 We all walked in as the keys to the snow machines were left in the cabin. 

Mush Mush little doggies! We went up on Friday and would have six days of snowy fun!

 Snow Angel Brenner!

 Zoom Zoom- the machines were lots of fun!

 Cayden and one of the Huge ice sickles form the cabin roof.

 Cort and his family joined us on Sunday and we played from morning till night- after Mandy helped Nikki on her puzzle till very late. Lots of great food, good company and Fun!!!

On Monday Grams and Pa joined us and on Tuesday Alisa and her family came up for the bonfire and lunch- Fun fun fun!

 Cort pulling Mia- she had a blast!

 Alisa the kids and Pa at the association lunch- we did not win much at the raffle this year- =(

 The Bonn fire! 

 Grams and Pa

Grams bringing sexy back in that hat!

 The kids and a big fire!

 Grams and the Little's and a craft

 The big kids and a game of "Clue".

Nikki's puzzle wrapped up in the Green puzzle wrap!

Many things seemed not to work this trip and the pellet burning fireplace was one of them the last day. Pa -and Gent tried in vain to fix it the last day- again- =( 

All in all we had a great six days and a wonderful new years!!!

Christmas Time

 Mia- our last believer (we think) sitting on Santa's lap- what did she ask for?

Lego Friends, a kitty condo (for the cats), several "surprises"?, a dress and lots of candy.

 The kids in front of the Macy's Christmas "candy windows"- very cool and lots of fun!

 Temple Square Picture- Very cold- the hot chocolate helped a bit. Cayden and Austin got lost this night for about 15 min- can't take the kids anywhere!!!

Christmas stories at grams house

It was so very nice as all the kids are getting old enough to all sit and listen!

Thanks Grams and Pa for a great Christmas this year!