Xmas 2009....

For Christmas we traveled to St. George and we had such a great time! We had an itinerary with lots of fun things planned! All of the sister-in-laws got sewing machines then had a 2 hour lesson on how to use them! We had a lot of fun hanging out and playing games and eating A TON of good food!! The pictures explain almost everything we did.....

Here's Taylor with her letter that she wrote to Santa on Christmas Eve, it says: "Dear Santa, Here is Cookies, I'm sorry our house is hot. Bye, by: Taylor" What?
Grace and Olivia decided to get a permanent marker and color on themselves!! (I was incredibly mad that night!) what are kids thinking?!?!
We had a karaoke competition and Rob was Hannah Montana! It was pretty ugly!

We recreated the nativity scene with the kids!

We had a girls vs. boys gingerbread house competition and we had some friends come over and judge it, and the girls won!!

The inside of our house!

Santa Claus was able to visit the Judd house while we were there, the kids were soo excited! he gave each of them christmas pajamas

We went to Tuachan to see christmas lights and to watch a live nativity

Rob and I went to Target to get a xmas tree after Christmas and instead I got a sweet deal on a bathing suit there! :)
Michelle with (almost) all of the grandkids!
We had such a FUN christmas and I'm so sad it's over! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Judd!!

If you want to see an argument at the Judd house...

come to our house while we are decorating for Christmas!

 

I had Rob get the Christmas decorations out before Thanksgiving so that we wouldn't come home to Thanksgiving decorations and I think he wanted kill me! although I have to say this year he was a pretty good sport! Soon he'll be the one begging to get the Christmas decorations out...okay not really!!

It's past 10 and this is what my kids are up doing in their room! Bedtime is REALLY annoying at our house!!

Trunk or Treat...

Our ward had a trunk or treat and the girls were sooooooooooo excited to dress up as Mulan. My mother-in-law made cute little wigs for them that I thought for sure they wouldn't keep on, but they did all night and asked if they could wear them to bed! It was a really fun night but we have all had WAY TOO MUCH candy and it's not even Halloween yet, yikes!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch last night and the girls were soooooo excited about it! I made the mistake of telling them that we were going in the morning, so they asked me ALL day about it! It was a lot of fun , I just don't know if our bank account has enough money in it to go again! The rides are WAY too overpriced! It was worth it though, my kids had a blast!

Camille's Baby Shower...

My friend, Brooke and I threw a baby shower for our friend Camille! It was so much fun, Brooke made homemade tart yogurt and we had tons of yummy toppings! It was a great turnout and Camille is such a cute pregnant girl!! I can't wait to meet little Rowan Paige!

Soccer...

Today was Taylor's first soccer game EVER and she did so well! I was so proud of her!! She actually scored a goal and everyone got so excited, I think she was kind of embarrassed but really proud of course! She was really aggressive and actually started trying to get the ball away from her own team! oops! we'll have to work on that. It was fun watching her, especially since it was only 30 minutes long. :)

First day of school...

Grace and Olivia had their first day of joy school and Taylor had her first day of Kindergarten today! I seriously can't believe that she is old enough to go to Kindergarten. It makes me so sad, but I'm really excited for her!! Grace and Olivia kept saying they didn't want to go to school, but after it was over they didn't want to leave! I'm excited for the 2 1/2 hour break!!!

High School Reunion

Meghan and I had our 10 year high school reunion last night and it was so much fun! I'm so glad that Meghan could come down from Utah to go with me! It was so great to see all of our friends, no one has changed at all! I felt like we were at a high school dance and I can't believe that it's already been 10 years!

They took a picture of all of the girls in our class that showed up!

My dad...

My sister Heather wrote this on her blog and I couldn't have said it better so I decided to copy and paste it to let everyone know who has asked about my dad, what is going on!
I just want to say that things happen that you aren't expecting at times. BUT... faith is strengthened and exercised by these things that happen. My dad is well loved and we have been praying for him to have a speedy recovery from his hip being broken. Than he realizes that he also broke one of his ribs... and to top it all off, he must have surgery today for skin cancer they found on his neck! He sure is living the life of Job right now - but through all of this, he has received a blessing from someone holding the priesthood and we have the faith that those blessings will be realized if we show forth our faith! It's hard to imagine that we signed up for these struggles and trials - but absolutely reassuring to know that we have a loving Heavenly Father that stands by and is always there! I am so grateful for my testimony and I am extra grateful for such a wonderful man to call my dad!

Hawaii

Rob and I just got back from Hawaii with my sister, Meghan and her husband Mark! Mark's grandma has a house in Hana and she was so nice to let us stay there! It was honestly the most beautiful place I've ever been! It was so unbelievably relaxing (nothing compared to my life at home!) We jumped off a ton of rocks, visited lots of waterfalls, went on a lot of cool hikes, swam at the beautiful Hana hotel pool, ate lots of junk food and came back probably 10 pounds heavier, but it was soo worth it!! Thank you Meghan and Mark and our families for watching our kids!! We had such a great time!

Taylor turned 5!!!

Taylor turned 5 years old and I threw a "makeover" party for her today! It was a lot of fun! We had them decorate visors...
I painted their nails and put flowers on them...

and Emily (Taylor's Aunt) did the girls hair and makeup!
It was a lot of fun decorating for it too!



The party turned out great, but I am pretty happy that it's over...for atleast a year!!!

San Fransisco...

We just got back from San Fransisco with Robert's family and it was so much fun! My mom came up and watched the kids, we left on Wednesday and stayed the night in Monterey then we were on our way to San Fransisco! Get ready to see WAY too many pictures!!!


This is us in front of the oakland temple
Riding the Ferry over to Alcatraz

We visited the Farmer's Market
A picture of Alctraz from the Ferry ride
outside Alcatraz
We went to the Giant's vs. Padre's game! The pitcher on the Giant's pitched a "no hitter" game, it was amazing and a once in a lifetime game to go to! (even though I should have been cheering for the padres!)

We visited Coit Tower
This is Lombard street! It was so beautiful!
We went to Ghirardelli two nights in a row! It was delicious!
We ate down by the Wharf at Boudin Cafe!
We visited Hearst castle on our way up to Monterey, it was so pretty!
Still Hearst Castle.
We ran on the Golden Gate Bridge
We had Kara's cupcakes 3 times!!

Here is the famous "bush man"
We took pictures with wierdo's!
This is a huge aquarium in Monterey, it was awesome!



okay so this is so ugly, but we were really desperate for a hot tub!
We met some really cool guys on the street! :)
This is almost all of us, stuck in the 15 passenger van that we took!
We had such a great time, especially with no kids! It's a little hard getting back into the routine of things after such a fun vacation!!