Christmas

Here are a few pics. Sorry it isn't more but you know how it is when you are having fun. Yes my sweet little girl pushing a stroller with her baby nestled in it with a gun in her other hand. Don't worry it wasn't loaded:) Wait a second does this girl have brother's? I think so!!!!

Here is Carter opening his gift from Evelynn (a little lego set).

One of Derrick's gifts was a T-shirt from his Karate class. He was so happy! You can't tell in the pic but he really was. I have it so easy! This is what Tyson's Christmas wish every year!

Evelynn love puppies and Carter got her the biggest one he could find!!

This is a happy mom!!!

My holiday to work this year was Christmas so the fam opened gifts Christmas eve and then patiently waited for me to get off Christmas day so we could go to Grandma Castillo's house. There we found Uncle Alex and Uncle Leigh and his family. We had a great time and got great gifts!!!!! I have to say my fav was a photograph of my grandparents when they were first married in black and white. My brother and his wife introduced us to Settlers of Catan and we had a blast playing it. We had a great Christmas.

Derrick is now 5

So my baby boy is 5 as of the 10th. He had all of his shots and he is super excited to start kinder in the fall. We started his party at Meridian Lanes with some of his buddies. They had so much fun bowling. Afterwards we had pizza and cake in one of their party rooms. The best part was no clean up!!!!! No really the best part for Derrick was everything. He had so much fun and lots of cool presents.

Derrick is so sweet. He really knows how to use his big blue eyes. He is very smart! His favorite color is red and he is into whatever Carter is into. Derrick is also the household recycle police:) and he is very good at his job. I love you Derrick and Happy Birthday

Facebook

Ok so I took the plunge and I am now a facebooker. I am hoping this will facilitate my comunication with my behives. We will see how it goes and what blasts from the past surface.

Carter is now 7

I can't believe my baby is 7 years old. Time is so short!!! We all went out to dinner at McDonalds (his choice) It was a lot of fun. Then on Saturday we had a party. We did a Wii tennis tournament with 9 of his closest friends. We had pizza, cake, and ice cream. Carter really got hooked up with some nice toys. He has been very buzy with them ever since.

Carter is a very smart boy. He is always telling me he loves me and he is such a good big brother to Derrick and Evelynn. He is my helper! I can't believe in one years time he will be 8 and getting ready for baptism. He is already talking about it and he is really excited to get his own scriptures. Carter had his first spelling test ever in school last week. He got a 100%. I am so proud of what he is accomplishing.

I love you Carter!!!!!

Trunk or Treat

We all went to the trunk or treat this year. Evelynn went as Sunshine care bare. Carter was megatron and Derrick is the power ranger. The stealthy ninja in the back is our friend Caleb.

Halloween Stuff

Here are the boy's pumpkins.

I love Carter's Face in this picture. He was so grossed out by the pumpkin guts.

The kids and Tyson made sugar cookies Evelynn had a great time playing in the flour

Update

After Evelynn's bath we tried to french braid her hair and this is how it turned out. Not bad for a one year old.

Evelynn had a lot more fun doing this then sitting on the sidelines this morning at Carter's game. Today Tyson and the kids played in the leaves and had a great time. Carter did a great job raking them.

Derrick is still gong strong in teakwando. He just moved up to orange tiger belt, which means he gets a cool headband. He is so strong!!! Carter's is doing well in soccer. He is the fastest kid on his team and today he was hit in the head twice by the ball so now we have to work on him not being afraid of the ball. His team is mostly 2nd and 1st graders.

Evelynn the nerd

here is my goofy little Evelynn with old sunglasses

Derrick

The boys and I were making chocolate zucchini cake when I spilled cinnimon on myself. Derrick said this; "mom, you smell good, but I wont eat you" with funny smile. He says the funniest things sometimes. He is so sweet. Love you Derrick. You crack me up.

My helper

Well we are in the full swing of school. I sure miss Carter when he is gone all day. He started 1st grade this year. I sure love that little man. Derrick is in preschool and is gone for 2 hours 4 days a week and Evelynn usually takes a nap at that time and I find myself wondering, what do I do now and I guess the answer is whatever I want. I am not sure what to do about this freedom. Maybe I will read more, pick up my old hobbies that I used to do a lot of before kids. Who knows, maybe my house can be rediculously organized (my husband did win a label maker for me recently) We shall see what this new school year brings.