Family Kenpo/Yoga

We had a family exercise night.

The kids were cute, but they only lasted 15 minutes.

ben's job

i have always been curious about what ben looks like in surgery, so he took pictures for me. it looks pretty cool. i thought i would share. he is in surgery 2 days and in the clinic the other 3.

Minute to Win it Games

We had a Pajama PARTY for New Years Eve & my birthday

We played Minute to Win it. It was a BLAST!

Look at the NBC Minute to Win it for the rules to all the games.

We let everyone play all of the games.

The couple with the least amount of Strikes at the end Wins!

THE GAMES

1-Shoe Fly Shoe: Flip a shoe onto a table 9 feet away

2-Ornament Exchange: Pass 10 ornaments from one bowl another using paper towel rolls.

3-Breakfast Scramble: Cut the front of a cereal box into 16 even piece. Put the puzzle together.

4-Elephant March: Knock 8 bottles over with a ball in pantyhose worn on your head.

5-Junk in the Trunk: Jiggle 8 ball out of a Kleenex box that is around your waist. (the funniest)

6-Back Flip: Flip pencils in sets of 2,4,6,8,10,12 off the back of your hand and catch them.

7-Stack Attack: 36 cups constructed into a pyramid and then taken down

8-Cookie Face: Get a cookie from your forehead to your mouth only using facial muscles

9- Ball/Cup Stack: One partner has a stack of 8 cups. The other person throws a ping pong ball into the top cup. The bottom cup is put on the top the catch the next ball. It's a leaning tower by the end.

10- Defying Gravity: keep 3 balloons in the air

11- Hole in One: Standing on a chair, drop a single M&M into a bottle

12- Go the Distance: Roll a ball on a measuring tape into a cup from 4,5, & 6 feet away.

13- Candelier: Make 5 layers of cans starting with 1 on the bottom and 5 on top with paper plates in between. (We modified this one)

Bonus round- Egg Roll: Fan an egg with a pizza box into a square on the floor.

EXCELLED TRICKS

14-Double Trouble: Bounce two balls into 2 cups

15-Don't Blow the Joker: Blow all the card off the top of the bottle except one.

16-Caddy Stack- Stack 3 golf balls on top of each other

Items needed:

Cereal box, ornaments, empty paper towel rolls, pantyhose, 8 Root beer glass bottles, Baseball, 2 empty Kleenex boxes, lots of ping pong balls (24), Big red plastic cups (36), Oreo cookies, 12 new pencils, 3 balloons, M&Ms, tape measure, 3 small cups, plate plates, 15 empty soda cans, 3 decks of cards, 3 golf balls

Finished Winter Sports

Gabe played indoor soccer. He really likes defense.

He counts how many times he blocks the ball.

Luke loved basketball. He has a great shot!

Goofey Face, Awesome Trophy!

Happy Anniversary!

It been 11 years and we are going for eternity!

I credit our successful 11 years to:

#1 Temple attendance: I think this has been the most important thing in keeping our priorities straight.

#2 Commitment: Both people have to give a 110% effort; always working on the relationship. Ben is always doing everything he can to make me happy.

#3 Dates: We love our kids, but we take time to be together too.

#4 Endurance: Times can be tough, but hold on to each other through the storm.

#5 Forgiveness: Can't hold a grudge.

Clark's Birthday

He's 2 years old!!!

We are super lucky to have this sweet boy in our family!!!

The Celebrations Continue

Thankful for 31 years of life!!!



I had an awesome birthday!