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Joyce Family - December 2012

Joyce Family
Christmas 2012
Mari, Dodge(2), Stratton(10), Mike, Abby(13), Lexi(14), Stella(4), Briggs(12)

Dinosaur Discovery -December 2012

Mike's Mom, Juanita Joyce, was very generous and loving and wanted to enjoy a trip with her family - so she took them to FLORIDA!!!!! WE enjoyed 4 days at DISNEY WORLD parks, SEA WORLD, DAYTONA BEACH, and other fun stuff. SHe rented an 8 bedroom house for our family, Mike's 2 sisters and their families - 16 total!

THANKS Grandma Joyce!!!

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Fall FUN

Halloween was lots of fun! Here's the kids in their costumes:

Lexi was a Southern Bell/ Scarlet O'Hara

Briggs was a dead man

Stratton was a University Of Minnesota Gopher Football player

Abby was a vampire

Stella was a Pink Poodle

Here they are with their cousins- itch'n to go Trick or Treating!

"Where's the suckers????"

Return of the JOYCES!!

OK, OK - I've finally got a chance to update our blog!! Some people might think that now that the kids are in school and I'm home all day with only Stella that I should have all the time in the world. YEAH RIGHT! Stella has hit the age that when Mommy gets up and walks into the kitchen baby Stella throws a fit, so most of my free time is spent on the floor playing, reading, and laughing with Stella.

This is exactly why we wanted to have another!!!!!!! We will be having our 6th (and final) child in April and of course it cannot come soon enough! Stella gets so excited when "her kids" get off the bus from school. Then I can get the rest of my stuff done while she gets passed from kid to kid enjoying all the attention and ACTION. I just don't move around enough.

But the holidays will be here soon and then spring!

( If you can't tell I'm trying to focus on getting past the
MINNESOTA WINTER!)

Soooooooooo, we're finally settled in our new home in Eden Prarie, MN - a southwestern suburb of Minneapolis just north of Shakopee.

This is a pic of the front of the house - and Lexi's fingers.

Here's Stratton being a Nerd in our backyard.

Abby & Briggs being 'themselves" on the tramp.

And Lexi is Chill'n in the backyard with Bootzie the bunny.'

Its a really great neighborhood with more trees on our street than all of UTAH!
The kids are enjoying school and getting into the groove of homework every night.