Kaya Gets Baptized

I can't believe the time came when my baby girl was old enough to be baptized. It was such a great day for her. She was able to be baptized with her best friend Ellie and Ellie's cousin Isabel. The girls were so cute and were just glowing. All the girls sang "When I am Baptized" during the program as the musical number. They did so great. I was so proud of them.

We then broke up and went to our own homes for our luncheons with our families. It was such a great day. I just can't believe I didn't get a picture of her and her daddy in their baptism whites. Oh well!!

Kaya's 8th Birthday!!

The night before Kaya's birthday we had her friend/cousin party. She decided she wanted to have a spa party. So my sister-in-law Megan came and helped me. The girls soaked their feet in foot spas and then we scrubbed them and gave them pedicures. They all loved it. While two were having that done the others decorated flip flops. They did such a good job.




Then they enjoyed pizza and cake and ice cream. It was a lot of fun for them. We sent all the boys away so it was just the girls.























On Saturday, Kaya's actual birthday we let her choose what she wanted to do as a family. She decided she wanted to go bowling so that's what we did. The kids love bowling and are actually getting pretty good. Then she chose to go to Tepanyaki for dinner. That was a ton of fun for the kids plus the food is great. I think she had a pretty great birthday.

Kaya's Live Shots

Back Handspring

Back Tuck

Side Aerial

Front Walk Over

Cartwheel

Back Walk Over

These are always so fun to see and see all the new tricks she learns each year.

Ice Castles

We went up to Midway with our good friends Ryan and Shauna and their little girl Ella and saw these ice castles that a guy up there makes. It is amazing!!

We went up there at night and they look so cool because he built them with lights in them and they glow. He took all winter working on them.

The kids absolutely loved them!!

While we were there a huge snow storm moved in though and just covered all of the roads. It was such a horrible ride home. We couldn't drive faster than like 15 mph until we got out of the canyon. It was pretty scary. Thank heavens the kids slept through it because I was a nervous wreck.

Tanner Turns 6!!

Wow!! Tanner celebrated his 6th Birthday! His birthday fell on Monday so we gave him his presents from us and I took cupcakes into his Kindergarten class. Later that day we blindfolded him and took him to Walmart to pick out a new bike. We took video but unfortunately didn't take any pictures of him with his new bike. It was a fun day and that night he chose to go with his dad to bowling and be with all the men.



The Saturday after his birthday we had his friend party. He decided he wanted a Mario party so we had a Mario Kart competition on the Wii. There was 20 kids so it was a crazy madhouse but a lot of fun.

January Adventures

The month of January was a whole lot of adventure. The kids had the first 3 weeks of the month off track and so we needed to keep them busy after the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. Dave's sister Beth invited us to go bowling with them one day so we were so excited. The kids loved being able to bowl with their cousins and Grandpa and Gramz Newman. We indulged in Pizza Factory pizza and loved every minute of the afternoon. Tanner became quite the pro at chucking the bowling ball down the lane even without the ramp.

The next week we decided to take the kids ice skating at the Olympic Oval. It was all of their first time. They were such good sports. We couldn't keep up with Cole. He loved the little walker and he just cruised around everywhere alone. I even pushed Max around in the stroller. It was great fun.
















Our last big adventure of the month was that we took Kaya and Tanner skiing for their first time. We had some free passes for us to Snowbird and the kids were free so it was awesome. Dave and I had not been to Snowbird and so we didn't know all of the hills and ended up taking them on an intermediate run the first time. That was a huge mistake and took us over an hour to get down. We were so relieved when we found the bunny hill and so were the kids. Tanner was such a daredevil. He got the hang of it so fast and so when we would get off the lift he would just ask if he could go and he would take off down the hill. Kaya being a little taller and a little more fearful struggled a little but she was such a good sport and never gave up. It was such a fun day and hopefully we will be able to go a lot more in the future.

Christmas Day '10

Christmas morning was so much fun this year. The kids were great and were so excited to see what Santa brought. They didn't ask for a lot this year so they were able to get pretty much everything they wanted from Santa. It was great having the basement done so that Santa could come down there and set up this year.

They really loved their pillow pets that Grandma & Grandpa Jolley gave them.

That afternoon we went over to Auntie M and Unc's for Christmas Dinner. The kids got to exchange more presents with their cousins and got sleds from Grandma and Grandpa Newman. What a great year!! We have so much to be grateful for and to have such great family and friends around us.

We love this special time of year when we can celebrate our Savior's birth and feel of His love! We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and will have a great New Year!!

Newman Christmas Eve Party

Christmas Eve we headed over to grandma and grandpa Newman's house for a little party. We enjoyed yummy food and white elephant exchange. The kids had fun playing out the Nativity and getting more new jammies from Grandma Newman.
Then Kaya played a bunch of Christmas songs on the piano while we all sang along. Tanner even played his first song in front of people "Jolly Old St. Nicholas." It was a great night to feel the Christmas spirit and get ready for Santa to come.

Jolley Christmas

We had our annual Jolley Family Christmas party. The kids had so much fun exchanging presents with their cousins, getting their jammies from grandma, hearing the story of christmas told by grandpa, and having santa surprise them. We always have such a great time.
Kaya asked Santa for a craft set, Tanner a DS, and Cole a GeoTrax train.

Thumb Sucker?

So during this past month Max has been figuring out his hands and in this process he found his thumb. He still loves his binky but every once in a while I catch him chewing on or sucking his thumb.

Another attempt to catch a smile but not fully successful.

Santa!!!

Kaya's gymnastics group was able to do an extra performance this year at a Christmas boutique. It was great to be able to have another chance to have others be able to see her. She was lucky to have supporters like her Auntie M and Unc and also her 2nd grade teacher Mrs. Goodman come and watch her. Santa was there too which was great to save us from waiting in the mall lines!!

Kaya's Christmas Performance '10

Kaya had yet another gymnastics performance. We are so proud of her and how she continues to progress. She was able to do her side aerials and roundoff back handspring backtucks at this performance. We love you Kaya!! Keep up the hard work!

Max - 3 MoNtHs

It's hard to believe that little Max is already 3 months old. We had his baby blessing on Nov. 7th. There were a total of 4 blessings and Max was the only boy in the mix. Dave did such a great job on his blessing. Max is starting to smile a little bit more but he's still struggling with his tummy and so he still fusses. He is so sweet though and is starting to coo and make cute little sounds. We love him and just hope he starts to feel better soon. I realized that I don't have very many pictures so I need to be better at that. 4 kids is quite busy!!!

Tanner's Fall Soccer

Fall Soccer came and went so fast this year. It was fun to go to Tanner's games though and watch how much better he is this year. He had a great coach that really taught them well. Tanner made at least one goal each game but he was really good at defense. He runs so fast he was able to run after that ball and stop the other team from scoring. Great season Tanner! Can't wait until Spring!!!

Happy Halloween!!

We had a fun Halloween this year. We took the kids to the pumpkin patch and let them each pick out their own pumpkin. Then we went over to our good friends, The Francoms, and ate soup and helped the kids carve the pumpkins. The had a really good time.
The kids loved being able to dress up in their costumes. Cole of course was Buzz Lightyear and wore his costume almost everyday for the month leading up to Halloween. Kaya was a witch and Tanner was a vampire. The school carnival is always a big hit with the kids and they of course loved going our trick or treating. Even though it rained on them most of the time. Grandma Newman had a fun party for them on Halloween where they got to go down a spook alley and get treats with their cousins. Too much fun. Can't wait until next year with Max running around.