Overview of last six months in 2014!

Yes, I am trying to catch up finally!

6-13 Father's Day camping...NO Stephen unfortunately.

 But My Dad and brother helped.

7-2 Camping at Big Lake With DADDY!!!

 It rained, and rained, and rained!!

 putting the kids to cooking! and yes, those are brussel sprouts. They love them.

 fishing in the rain

9-8 Saguaro Lake trip

10-25 Pumpkin Carving

10-30 Ward Halloween Party

 

10-31 Halloween with cousins

 

                                                           Christmas 2014

 Eli didn't want any pictures...

Laney's Birthday 12-21

Peter Piper Pizza...yes, boys will be boys....

turning three!

Laney loves Sophia the First. Bike helmet for her bike...


Christmas EVE 

 Laney the little angel...

 Don't Mary and Joseph look nice? The "Heavenly Hosts" have come to see baby Jesus.

 Craziness of opening stockings

 My Dad was surprised by the headphones we all chipped in to get him.

 "peace and love"

 Alger tradition (passed down from my mom) NEW PJ's on Christmas Eve....

 

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

patiently waiting to make sure everything is ready... 

 Dolls from Mom and Dad

 Anything super hero...Lydia loves Hello Kitty. This one is as big as she is!

 

STEPHEN GRADUATES!

 Yes! I am so proud of this man. He worked while finishing his education in Marriage and Family therapy this year. I know how driven he is and how happy he has been practicing in this field. I am so proud of everything he has accomplished and love him more than he knows. He is my rock and 'funny bone' when I'm down. I love you Stephen. Congrats!!

See ya' 2014!!!

5-9-2014 Camping with a TRAILER??!

Lydia is my ARTIST! LOVES to color...

Playing at the park on a "digger"

Laney always wants it HIGHER and HIGHER!

Time to relax for a while? Hey Eli, does that taste good??

and he's OUT of here!

This is the second time we were able to have the spot with the swing!

Daddy always makes awesome forts with them!

Did I mention she likes to "POSE" like a DIVA?!

We've decided to get a trailer for camping. Since I seem to take the kids alone a lot and have been having trouble with bathrooms being close enough for the kids and making sure they stay warm enough all night....so instead of getting a new "Nicer" tent we decided to go a totally different way. But before spending the cash for something like this...we were able to take a friends Pop-up out for a "trial run". It was great!!! Still have the fun of camping and all the experiences that go along with it but a nice bed up high enough for me to get in and out of without killing myself (my knee's are beyond bad now). A bathroom for the twenty million times the kids have to go (never at the same time!!) And a place to cook out of the wind and rain. DONE DEAL!!!