Garrett's basketball endeavers

Well Garrett has started basketball this year. His team is the Jazz. He has really enjoyed it. They practice twice a week and it has really shown. He has definitely improved since the beginning of the year. He loves to go to practices and games and it is fun to go with his dad.

Posing for mom during half time



Going up for the layup



During the game

Valentines Day

Well Valentines Day came and went and we had a really fun one this year. On Saturday we went over to our neighbor's house across the street, Dan and Teresa Maisey along with around 12 or so other couples. We had lasagna and other potluck dinner and we had some great conversation and played some fun games and had a wonderful time. We absolutely love our neighbors. We played a newlywed type game which me and Chelton rocked at and a mad gab game which I was terrible at. There was also a game played which if you lost you literally got shocked but I didn't play that one. Thanks to my mom who watched my kids for me so we could go out and enjoy some really good company. It was nice not to have to go out with the crowds and get to enjoy some really good friends. I think I have the best neighbors in the whole world. We got to get to know a lot of people a whole lot better and I got to spend my Valentines Day with the best guy in the whole world.

Check out this site to win some cute stuff

My friend Beckie is giving away a darling pendant and a set of "Luck" blocks on her website. Go to beckieandbrad.blogspot.com to enter to win (before February 7th).

Biggest Loser Challenge

So my family (there are actually 11 of us participating) are starting a biggest loser competition. We each put in $10 a month and the one who loses the biggest percentage that month gets the pot. So you can potentially win $100 a month for being the biggest loser. Today is the first "weigh in" and then we start reporting our numbers next Monday. Wish me luck....I need this motivation.

Help to Haiti

My friend Beckie just posted on her blog about how much Haiti is in need of our help and if we all could donate even $1 how much help that would add up to. After looking over the red cross' website I learned that if you text "Haiti" to 90999 (confirmed by snopes) you will donate $10 to help and it is charged to your cell phone bill. We can all afford $10 and you don't have to even give anyone any credit card information. Hopefully my little bit counts towards helping someone in this terrible disaster. If the situations were reversed I would hope we had some help too. Also a wake up to all (as Beckie listed on her site), that we need to make sure we are prepared for our own disasters, food storage, emergency kits, etc. I know I could definitely use some help in this regard. My prayers are with the people devastated in Haiti.

Christmas and 5 year old birthday

Below are some pictures of our Christmas and Connor's 5th birthday. Christmas was a lot of fun. We spent Christmas Eve at my mom's house. The kids enjoyed every minute of it and we had a great day. Connor also had a great birthday. On Saturday we went to Fat Cat's and played some games and then took him to see Alvin and the Chipmunks. On Sunday he had cake and ice cream and opened his presents. He was excited to finally get Spike the Ultra dinosaur that he has wanted for two years. On Monday (his actual b-day) we took him to lunch at Moore's. He got breakfast food and loved it and ate more than I have ever seen him eat. I can't believe he is 5 now. He is such a smartie and is truly my sweetheart.