Isaah Football

Isaah played flagfootball this year. Chad was the coach and their team name was the Silver Bullets. They did awesome! On defense he was the best free safety there was. He let very few get past him. On offense, the season started out with no one wanting to play QB, but in the last few games Isaah played it and did great. He passed it a few times for touchdowns and started realy getting a hang of weaving in and out of the opponents while running the ball. It was Chad's first time coaching a team of kids before but he was wonderful. He definetly had some strong personalities to deal with and his patience really was amazing. By the last few games the kids really new the plays and ran them well. This is Isaah's slide show he directed for your viewing enjoyment.

We Wish You

For all of those friends and family out there that are away from us this season we wanted to tell you Merry Christmas, we miss you and hope that you enjoy your Christmas season. The Kiddo's after opening presents wishing you a Merry Christmas! (Remember turn off the music and turn up your volume.

Once there was a snowman

Here is the the twins singing Once there was a Snowman at their Preschool. They now go around town singing Jingle Bells wherever we are. Hope you enjoy the Show!
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Twins Program

The twins put on a little christmas program at their preschool for us on Thursday. They sang us a vareity of songs. They did such a great job. One of their teachers informed me that Talli is one of the best singers (Maybe that just means the loudest). The girls did so good, Paige was a little bit shy in her singing but she still sang it all. It is fun to watch their different personalities start to come out. (Remember to pause the christmas music before pushing play.)

Christmas Crazy

I recently had a discussion with a friend about how blogs are the happy things in life. I thought I would post the normalness of life. The Christmas Crazy's have hit me. I do have 95% of my shopping done but it's everyday life that seems to be getting me. I feel a little scatterbrain. You know how it goes. I had two pictures almost the exact same downloaded on my computer for the christmas card, I choose the wrong one I wanted. Let see, forgot to pay the electric bill, left the grocery store with 1/2 of what I bought (luckily she ran the rest out to me). We attempted to make gumdrops yesterday, I had kids adding ingredients, needless to say after fixing my mistake we had to 4x the recipe (The kids followed my directions to a T), hopefully they will still turn out. I thought you might want to know if you are having a week like me, it's ok there's always next week. lol

On the positive side it snowed everywhere around the valley except in our valley. So after school yesterday I surprised the kids and took them up the hill (10 minutes away) to see it snow. They loved it! They stood next to the car catching snowflakes in their mouths and hands, laughing and giggling and loving it all. There is a chance of snow again tommorrow so hopefully some will fall at our house.

A Visit from Friends

Our great friends Steve, Jenni, Ashley and Nate came to visit us last week. We went 4wheeling and had lots of fun hanging out. For some reason I have odds n ends pictures from it. I guess I was enjoying it to much to pay attention. Nate loved riding the 4 wheeler with Chad and wearing Talli's backpack around the house. Madi and Ashley were quite the 4wheeler riders. They tore it up out by our house. The funnest was watching Ashley and the twins take their shoes off and hike up the sand at the trails. Chad and I were so glad that they could come visit. We loved having them here, its an open invite for any of our friends and family. Next time I will have to get some more pict.'s.

Chad, Steve and the girls getting ready to ride. Madi and Ashley tried the polar bear swim. Yes, they actually jumped in and enjoyed hot chocolate after wards.

These are some from the Logandale Trails. For some reason I don't have any of Jenni, she was kicking up some sand out there on the 4wheeler.

Recap

I had an exciting night at the rodeo last night. Shawn placed first in the last round, and Jody, Colby and I loved cheering him on. In the whole rodeo he ended up placing 4th, winning around $70,000 for this one rodeo. He is now ranked 7th in the world. He had a fun interview last night on a live tv show at the Gold Coast casino here is the link, it is the Dec. 13th night (interview). (remember to turn off my music) He had a great 10 days in Vegas, his shoulder and hand are slowly on the mend so he hopefully will be ready for his next round of rodeos in January. Keep up the good work!
A clip from the interview

Update

Shawn is half way through his first NFR rodeo. Round Seven starts tonight. We have enjoyed watching him on ESPN every night. The big news is he won 1st place last night in round 6. This won him a nice big gold buckle and a big chunk of money. He is sitting 3rd in the average. He has rode 3 out of 6 of his bulls, on round four he dislocated his shoulder but after having in put back in and taped up he says he is ready for more action. Here is an interview after his first place win click on video. Video Keep up the good work. You can also click on my sisters blog (my story) and you can read her view.

NFR Rodeo

We had a fun time at the rodeo on Friday night. Isaah enjoying keeping track of who was winning and what each person had to get to stay in first place. He really enjoyed a lazer show at the beginning of the rodeo and his tub of popcorn. We had good seats so we could easily enjoy it all. The stadium is definetly alot smaller than the Houston Rodeo that we have seen Shawn ride at. The first round Shawn tied for 2nd, the 2nd and 3rd he didn't make the 8 second buzzer, the 4th round he rode his bull and tied for 4th but after he was on the ground the bull helped him dislocate his shoulder. He is doing well but just sore and ready to ride again tonight. 6 more rounds to go. You can watch it on ESPN at night if you want to keep up. Keep up the good work Shawn!

Rodeo

The NFR officially started last night. Madi and my parents were there to cheer on Shawn. The rest of us were excitedly watching on ESPN. We were all on the edges of our seats as the ride started. (Sometimes I think it is actually longer than 8 seconds.) Well we all went wild including Shawn when they announced a score of 88.5. Yahoo! He ended up tieing for 2nd place for the 1st round. Only 9 more to go. I will have some pictures up this weekend. Chad, Isaah and I are going tonight so I can get some shots hopefully. Good Luck Shawn!

Thanksgiving

We had a a full house for Thanksgiving this year. Chad's sister Kelly was down with her girls, Jorden and Jazmyn and his mom Vickie and dad Dan came with them the week before Thanksgiving and spent the week in Vegas. I was a slacker and didn't take my camera the weekend before, we went to Circus Circus with Kelly, Vickie and the kids. We definitely got our money's worth. All the kids rode each ride at least 2x's some as many as 6x's. They had a blast and keep wanting to go back. Talli and Paige wanted to go on the adult coasters. They thought it looked like fun. They had no fear. Jorden, Jazmyn and Madi got to have a few sleep overs at our house during this time which they thought was so fun.
Then my parents and brother Shawn and Jody and her hubby Colby came to join in the fun on Thanksgiving day. We had a good day enjoying the food and visiting. We missed Chad's dad Bernie and his mom Terri and the boys... hopefully next year they can make it. Anyway the kids enjoyed playing outside and playing with cousins.
The day after turkey day instead of shopping we went 4 wheeling at a place called Logandale Trails. It is very pretty there. It had been raining two days before so the sand was packed down. We had a fun ride. The kids had alot of fun climbing on the rocks and playing in the sand during our breaks. The night I think we were all tired so we just played the Wii, and sneaks (like spoons but safer). The next day we went for another ride but on the other side of our valley. Madi and Isaah took their machines this time. Isaah's quite working (Chad had it running about 2 hours after we got back)so Isaah, Chad, Paige and I rode on Chad's machine. Luckily it's quite large. Madi got scared because she thought we were going up a big hill so Jody rode her machine. It was pretty funny. We all had a lot of fun.

Friends

I have a few friends who have started selling different products. The first is my friend Jenni, she is now selling Simply Fun Products. I am having a party on Wednesday, December 10th for these fun family games,many of them can be played in 20 minutes or less. I love that with young kids. I have about 5 of there games and there isn't one I don't like.
you can go to simplyfun.com/?cons=jenniferwilliams to view or place an order

My friend Cheryl is selling some cute hats and headbands. Those cute crocheted ones with the flowers on them. She is also selling bracelets. Here is her site www.averygirls.com

I will also be placing a Scentsy order on the 11th you can go to www.scentsy.com/brandif For a limited time you can purchase some cute Christmas snowflake warmers red, white or light blue, it's while supplies last. They are so cute. Just click on the What's New tab on my site.