Sledding with Cousins!!

We were so excited to go sledding with Emily and her kids and Shaylee and Mikah. We all met at the Sugar Bowl in Lethbridge. My kids have never gone there before so they were excited. I wasn't sure if it was going to be a hit or not. But they all had a blast. It was so fun to watch and take pictures of all the fun going on.

There goes DJ, Mary and Brianna down the hill together.

There they go!

Cadence flying down!

The long hike up!!

Evan had rolling back down the hill|!

So tired!! Ha ha!

Cute Nate!!

After the sledding we went to Tim Horton's and got some donuts and had hot chocolate. We just hung out there while the kids slowly drank their hot chocolate. It was a lot of fun. Lots of giggling go on! Then Ali jumped in with us and she had a sleep over at our house. Mikah and Shaylee came over too. It was a party house! Ha ha!!

My Girl's are 11!!

I sometimes feel bad that my girls' birthday is the day after Christmas. We always stay up late on Christmas night and end up sleeping in late on Boxing day, which is their birthday. I always see cute things that people do for their kids birthdays, like filling their rooms with Balloons, or just having the dining room decorated nice. Well that doesn't happen here. We are always tired and wiped out (or maybe that's just me) from Christmas Day. But I always try to make it fun for them.

We ended up cleaning up in the morning and getting ready for their birthday. We'd invited family to come over and sled with the girls. That's what they really wanted to do. So Mikah and Shaylee came first with their mom. The kids went out and had a blast sledding for a bit. But then came in, because it was pretty cold out. Then Cody and Emily came with their kids and they went back outside. Lisa then showed up with her kids so that worked out perfect. They got some sledding in before it got too dark.

It was freezing out and I was so tired, so I just got one picture from the door! Ha ha!

Before Christmas I had the girls tell me what they wanted for their Birthday dinners so we could get the groceries before all the busyness started. So Abbi and Brianna really wanted my homemade hamburger veggie soup and Cadence wanted Hawaiian Haystacks. So that's what we did. Easy enough. Plus we'd have lots, for family to come over and celebrate with us. Then that same day, we stopped at DQ and got them a BIG ice cream cake and had the lady put all their names on it. They were all happy with that. Which made me happy too! Love my girls. They are so sweet and I love seeing them grow into amazing young women! Anyways, back to their birthday day!!

Everyone came in from sledding and we got the food ready and we set it up buffet style. So that made things quick and easy. We had a lot of food, or I should say just enough. We enjoyed having so much family over. It was perfect!

Some of our family all in our basement. It will be so nice to have the upstairs done!

Then we had the girls open their gifts, cause some people had to leave. It's fun to have them all sit together and open their gifts. Little Emmett wanted to be apart of all the fun. So Abbi had him sit with her and let him help her open her presents. It was so cute and he would get so excited. It was cute. I had a hard time this year, trying to think of something to get them. I feel like each year gets harder to get enough Christmas presents and then Birthday presents. So I gave them each a coupon for a bike that we will get in the spring time. That was one of their gifts.

My girls opening their presents, with cute, Emmett helping!

Cadence trying on her sleep mask!

Abbi so excited that she finally got a pocket knife!

Reading their cards from Richard and I saying that we will buy them all a bike!

Looking so cute Brianna!!

Oh so cool, Cadence!!

Eric opening up hit present!

Then it was time to sing Happy Birthday to them and their Grandpa Spencer. I totally forgot to get candles, but we had sparklers. So that was their candles. Ha ha....oops! Then we ate their yummy ice cream cake. It was a fun day.

Trying to blow out the sparklers!

This picture just made me laugh out loud! Abbi's expression! Ha ha!!

Our 3 cute girls! So crazy to think that they are 11!!!

Their cool cake!

Our 3 girls are pretty amazing. I knew from the moment they started to move inside me that we were going to have 3 very different girls. And I was right. They are so different that sometimes I have to remind myself that they are triplets! Ha ha!! I love seeing their different personalities. We feel so blessed to have these 3 wonderful girls in our family. Yes, it's been crazy at times, but so well worth it. My girls love hearing our stories about when they were younger. They all laugh and sometimes they've asked us how we did it! Ha ha!!! We love you so much Abbi, Brianna and Cadence.

HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY GIRLS!!!

Christmas Day 2016!

The kids woke up around 5am, did their stockings and then fell asleep till 7am. Then they came up and woke us up at 7:02am. They are such good listeners!! Love my kids! Christmas ended up on a Sunday this year. Which, I really love. We have 1pm church. So we had lots of time to do our Christmas morning.

We came downstairs and the opening of presents commenced! Of course, we had super excited kids and I absolutely love watching their faces!! So fun! I really enjoyed getting my presents from my kids. It was so cute. They were so happy to give them to me! So sweet. Same with their dad too. So enjoy a lot of pictures of us opening presents!

The kids and Richard got me a big comfy blanket for my bed! I love it!!

Cadence was so happy to finally get her own jewellery box!

DJ got a BIG nerf gun! I think he likes it!

Oh look what Santa brought Abbi, her own pellet gun! She loves it!!

Brianna got a teddy bear and a Lego set!

DJ had to run upstairs and find his BIG stuffed monkey! He loves that thing!

Cadence was so happy to get a troll doll!

DJ got a pellet gun too!

An art, spray gun! She loves it!

DJ got an Oiler's jersey!

I got it super cheap cause Hall, no longer is on the Oiler's, but we won't tell DJ that!

Santa brought the kids a basketball game for all of them!

Then I put in the breakfast casserole that I put together the day before. It baked for about 45minutes. Then we had a delicious breakfast of orange juice with our breakfast casserole, which had hashbrowns, eggs and bacon in it, plus cheese. It was delicious. A huge hit with everyone.

Then we had a relaxing morning of watching some new movies that we got for Christmas. Plus the kids were playing with their new toys. I love Christmas mornings with my family. Simply the best. It was such an enjoyable Christmas!

Abbi trying out her new gun out our back door! Ha ha!!

DJ shooting his. This gun is something that he can load himself, his other one was pretty tough.

Then it was time to get ready for church. All the girls were so excited to wear their new Christmas dresses. They all looked so beautiful. Then there was DJ, who always looks so handsome in his suit. I had to get some pictures before we went to church.

Abbi and Cadence all ready for church. Abbi was actually smiling here.

Our kids all ready for church. Abbi likes to glare at me when I have the camera.

Then away we went. Since it was Christmas Day, we just had Sacrament meeting. It was perfect. I absolutely love Christmas Sacrament Meeting. Best ever. The spirit was so strong and it was an amazing way to remember the true meaning of Christmas. The music was perfect.

We then, came home and changed and packed up our stuff to take to my parents place. We were having Christmas dinner there. We got there and watched one of our new movies with them. Then Steve and Stacey came and we all sat down and ate. Oh I should mention that my mom surprised Richard and I with a new quilt that she made for our bed. It was beautiful and I love it! It was a fun evening with family! Then it was ready to come home. We went outside and it was freezing outside. SO so so so cold! I think it had dropped to -30. Which is kind of crazy. We got home and we all went to bed!