Just Dance!

To say Jaida loves to dance is an understatement.  She is ALWAYS dancing!  We went to our friends house for dinner the other night and they started playing the game.  I loved watching Logan shake his little buns.

A Day Downtown

It was so sunny we had to get out on Saturday. We decided to explore downtown and ride the "train" in the free zone. The kids loved that part! We tried Saint Cupcake, my favorite was the carrot cake. I give it 3 out of 5 stars. We got a snack at the Newport restaurant on the water, that was fun. Such a fun day with the family.

Future Car Designer?

 

 This is Logan's drawing of his remote control race car, pretty close, eh?

Logan loves to draw his race cars! 

Here is a video I took of him drawing another race car, he's very passionate about how FAST they are!  

Yes, he is his father's son.

Weekend!

 My sister came out for a quick weekend trip.  She got here Friday morning and had to go back Sunday at 5.  We sure made the most of her time out here!  We went non stop all weekend!

Nike store

Nike campus

made bread

dinner at Pastini

dessert at Heidi and Dave's

early basketball game

Cannon Beach

Mo's for lunch

Tillamook cheese factory

Cape Meares lighthouse

Octopus tree

church

Multnomah Falls

Downtown Portland

view point

make cookies

back to the airport.

Seriously, we had such a fun time.  I haven't laughed so much and so hard in a long time!

A big THANK YOU to my friend Heidi who made this whole trip possible!

Potty Training

Logan has been wearing his big boy underwear since the Christmas break. For the most part he's been doing really well! Haven't used a diaper or pull-up since he started. We're still working on the pulling up the pants part. We are so proud of him!

Family Photos

 We took our family photos in November, I didn't want to post all of them since I wanted our Christmas card photo to be a surprise.  A friend in our stake whom is a photographer, Megan Elle Photography took our pictures.  No muss, no fuss, 20 minutes and we were done!  

 Jenna Eve

 Logan

 Jaida

Artist Logan

Logan said this is his Dad, I think he's being generous with the hair. Hehe. 

What a good little artist he's turning in to.

Famous Toast

 Jenna is famous for her toast in our house...I don't know how it started but now Jaida is always asking for "Jenna's famous toast".  This morning she made some for Jaida's lunch, what a nice little sister!  Jenna is always helping make lunch for herself and Bubby too.  Why, just yesterday after having been to the dentist I fell asleep on the couch (still drugged) and woke up an hour later.  Jenna had made lunch for Bubs and herself, sure there was a mess but everyone was fed.

Pop Goes The Weasel

At Target the other day, Logan was stuck with this toy for a good 10 minutes laughing so hard!

Weekend

Finished this Saturday night.

New Art Blog

Along with my first blog I'm not able to add photos to my "art with dimension" blog, so I created a new one!

 HERE

Now all 3 of you that look at my blog can see all my latest work...how convenient!

Christmas Glider

Thanks for the glider, Pops!

Christmas Eve

We spent our Christmas Eve morning at Big Al's. We bowled a game, had lunch and played video games. I must say Russ rocked the bowling, beating us all, I rocked the bball hoop game while the kids rocked the driving games. Fun spending time with the family.

Jesus The Christ

I was challenged by my cousin Michele around the end of October, along with my whole Staker family to read Jesus The Christ before Christmas.  As soon as I heard about the challenge I was excited to get going, so I started reading the next day.  Let me tell you, after the first chapter I didn't think I was going to finish!  The book was written about 100 years ago, the author, James E. Talmage uses such big words I felt I needed a dictionary...in fact, I actually looked up a word he used and it wasn't even in the dictionary.

I kept reading and was so glad I did.  It wasn't until a few chapters in that I found out I can listen to it here, I added this page to my phone and listened with my headphones during the quiet times during the day.  Whether I was folding laundry, cleaning up around the house or sitting on the couch it was much easier to listen than to read...most of the time I did both.

  My testimony of the Savior has grown so much during the past month and a half.  I loved learning more about him and was brought to tears several times because I was touched by the Spirit to know that what I was reading was true.  I am so grateful for Jesus Christ, I know he lives and that he loves me.  He is our perfect example of everything good.  He lived on this earth, healed the sick and afflicted, walked on the water, endured the pains of the Atonement, sacrificed his life for mine and yours, He was resurrected on the third day.  It is only through Him we can return to our Father in Heaven.  He is my Savior, He is whom I strive to be like (I have a long way to go), He is my friend.  His church is restored to this earth today.  He will come again to this earth and I pray I will be ready to greet him.

 I am so grateful I was able to read the book, Jesus The Christ...all 793 pages.

Gingerbread Tower Smash!

We SMASHED our Gingerbread houses today, it was so fun!  The kids have been slowly eating some of the candy from the houses and I was tired of moving them from table to table...it was time to SMASH!

I love this action shot of Jenna smashing her house!