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I absolutely love where I live! I love that I could be outside in a T and shorts and within 15 minutes be in SNOW! Here are a few pics from our little adventure today! The kids could barely walk, but had a blast...that is until they both faceplanted in the snow! Then it was definitly time to go home! I SO wish I had the camera out at that time! Poor babies-but it sure was funny!

In case you were wondering, you have to stand in this cool pose when you try on your snow boots!

The snow level was so low that we had snow on every mountain that surrounds the Gila Valley! I'm pretty sure that's the first time I've ever seen that in my life! The above picture is just at the base of the mountain. We stopped and played at Noon Creek, the very first rest stop and there was well over a foot of snow!

So, let's face it...I've been slackin in the blog department lately! I know there are a few faithful readers out there who have quit checkin because it's been so long! SO...da da da...I decided to make it a new year's resolution-and am going to be updating my blog once a week.

So to play catch up I added a ton of pictures from the last 3 months or so. Sorry if you get bored seeing picture after picture of my kids, but let's face it. They are my kids! Don't have much else to blog about- I love em!

So here's to a new year and a better blog!

Carving Pumpkins for Halloween. She was quite grossed out by the yellow goo. But you can tell she's definitly my kid in this picture!

Brooke said we should name the pumpkin Braden,

so we gave him one little tooth since Braden only had 1 at the time!

My Dbacks players on Halloween

Dasha and I as the "swine flu"

My crazy dad dressed up with the kids

at his school for the halloween parade.

A little too much turkey for this guy.

He didn't even make it to dessert!

Everyone in my life should know that if they make a

funny face at me while I'm taking pictures...

they WILL end up on my blog! You've been warned.

Valerie and Daniel

With Grandpa on his Bday

Daniel and Brice B.S.ing

For Thanksgiving we had so much fun reuniting

with old friends from back in the day!

Child Labor

You know you're old when it takes 4 people to light your candles! Haha...Brice and my dad on their birthdays-this wasn't even half the candles! lol!

Takin a lunch break with Dad at work.

Dad's future crew!

Another lunch break!

My sexy hard workin man!

At the city's big Christmas tree

They were much more willing to sit on Mrs. Claus' lap than Jolly Old St. Nick's!

The kids watcing their video message from Santa! It was pretty SWEET!

Check it out here

She gets mad when people call her a good mommy saying, "I'm not her mom! I'm her big sister! I can't be her mom cuz I'm not married in the temple yet!" (She came up with that one herself)

Can I just get ONE good picture in your new hoodies?!

Take 1:

Take 2:

Take 3:

Take 4:

This will have to do!

The kids up on the roof of my dad's storage unit.

He's tearing the old one down in order to build a new shiny one!

Grandma Lunt made the cutest bags for the kids' scriptures!

She also made me an amazing bag.

Click here to see it on her blog.

Check out her other creations here

The kids opening some gifts from the Lunt side of the family.

Our Bro-in-law Joseph (also Jarom's buddy from HS)

made all of Jarom's wrestling/football

VHS recordings from HS onto DVD for him.

That's a pretty awesome gift!

Braden is absolutely IN LOVE with Ariel!

Sonya and Joseph got him the movie for Christmas.

In this moment he's yelling, "ARIEL!! ARIEL!!"

SWISH! Daddy making a basket in the kids new Bball hoop!

Raaar

Woop Woop! Me opening my new 20 guage Shotgun!

Didn't even ask for it, but Jarom remembered the one I wanted from when we were at Sportsman's Warehouse months ago! Good Job babe!

And...I've been asked by his mom if it's a joke-

like he got it for me but it's really for him.

One word...NOPE!

We've already been out and I did dang good hitting the clay pigeons!

This is so my gift-it's just me I guess. Not the usual wife gift-

but I'm not a usual wife :)

Rock'n out!

Jarom made it through opening presents then was OUT!

Did I mention we were up at 4:30am?!?!

Brooke was so excited. I stayed in bed with them on Christmas eve so they wouldn't wander int othe living room and I opened my eyes, getting ready to check on the kids and saw Brooke sitting up in bed. As soon as she saw my eyes open she said, "Mom! It's morningtime!" Needless to say, I haven't caught up on sleep yet! But it was fun and I was just as excited too.