Christmas Eve

 Jingles came and brought pajamas and

coloring books to the kids.

Later in the day, Aspen and Raider exchanged

gifts to each other. Raider got ninja

turtle toys and Aspen got some bead 

activity set. 

We spent the rest of the evening at my

parents house. The dinner was fabulous. 

we did more gift exchange, read the 

Christmas story, read a letter

from my grandma, my dad read 

Cajun night before Christmas, we also 

played a few games. The night was a 

success!!!

I fell down the stairs and hurt my foot. 

Getting ready for the big day!!!

Polar Express

Trent and I took the kiddos to ride the

Polar Express in Heber. Their was caroling,

golden tickets, hot chocolate, cookies,

North Pole, and Santa himself!!

Santa handed out bells to all the kids.

 fixing the boat

 shoveling snow 

Raider loves being Trents side-kick.

Whatever Trent is doing, Raider

is right there helping. 

Thanksgiving

 The day before Thanksgiving, my Dad

taught me how to cut up our

smoked turkeys the right way. 

My Dad is amazing and I am always

so grateful for him and his

lessons. 

Thanksgiving is my most favorite 

holiday ever!! This year we ate with

the Turners, it was yummy.

With all the people, cooking and 

running around, Raider and

Sebastian were sweating. Before you

know it, the shirts were off. 

November

 In November I turned 32 years young.

We also had an anniversary. For both

events Jan and Tony took our kids for the night

so Trent and I could go on 

a nice date.

 Trent modeling his new leather

electrician bags,

On one of our date nights we actually

stopped at Lows to compared their

electrician bags to Trents new ones.

This was super romantic....growing old 

together is awesome!!!!!

Halloween!!!

 For my moms annual Halloween dinner 

party, I was a cowgirl, Aspen was

the queen of hearts, Raider was a

ninja turtle and Trent was a party pooper

( he never dresses up). 

 Since it was suppose to be cold on Halloween day,

I decided to dress up as a warm werewolf.

Well, it ended up being hot... too hot to wear the 

costume, I was dying while I took the

kids around. I hate being hot.

Two of my siblings, Lacey=baseball player

Hyrum= Dora the explore.

Garth Brooks.........Best Night Ever!!!

 Trent and I 

 Me, Hyrum and Courtney 

 Garth Brooks was so good, he put

on one heck of a show. Trisha Yearwood

also came out on stage. They both

sang every song I wanted to hear. 

Trent and I. Hyrum and Courtney went to see 

Garth Brooks. It was amazing!! For real. the high

light of my year, I love love love this era of

country music. I am so so grateful that Trent 

took me on this wonderful date. This

is something I would totally do again, 

Halloween, almost

 My mother and I took my kids and

Zoey and Darcy to a pumpkin patch. They had

a mini corn maze, petting zoo, play ground,

a non-spooky spook ally and lots of pumpkins.

 Gardner Village to see the witches. 

This is the perfect picture of Aspen telling 

me one of her many stories/ideas and 

me listening ever so intensely.   

This is serious. When either one of my 

children talk to me, I have to stop, and look

at them or they get extremely frustrated. 

Fall Randomness

 Trent painting Aspens nails...cute

 When I don't work, we actually get

to go to church 

Its a really rare occasion that we take the kids

to a movie, especially at night.  

We went and saw Hotel Transylvania....

Of course they were showered and

ready for bed before we went. That's how we roll...

The Race......

 Kim and I got up early so we could have a spot by the fire

as everyone waits for the race to start.

I took Gu and water at miles nine, fifteen,

nineteen and twenty-three. Towards the end, I even ate a 

few slices of oranges. Oranges always taste better when I'm running. 

my goal was 3:45:00, I kept faster then that pace till mile fifteen and then I 

started to slow down. I did not pace myself very well. I ran the first 

half of the marathon faster then the second half, it should have

been the other way around. By mile twenty-one I was 

going much slower then planned. Next time...I will

run smarter, not faster or stronger...just smarter.

 Holy cow, it felt so amazing to cross that finish line!!! 

All the Turners were there cheering me on, it felt good.

St. George Marathon

 The whole Turner family came to watch me run

the St. George Marathon. In between planning and

packing for the trip I was worried that I might leave

some of my running stuff at home, so, I

laid out all my stuff days before.

 The first stop... The Convection center to pick up

my bib number, and timing chip

The kids made posters for me, I loved it!!! (Seriously,

it helps seeing a sign just for you in the last few miles)

Football

Raider played Itty Bitty Football

this year!!! It was so fun to watch

him learn the very basics of football. 

To say he loved it, would be an understatement.