Santa at RCC

The tradition continues as we headed to the golf course to see Santa fly in from the North Pole for last minute gift requests and to make sure his naughty and nice list was up-to-date. Bergen kept singing "I'm Gettin' Nothin' For Christmas"...did she have something to confess?

Santa arrives in style!

Cade, Rudolph, Andelin, Ashlee, and Bergen
We got some amazing balloon animals
Bergen got a little bored waiting for Santa

Bergen wants a puppy and a doll

Cade wants an erector set.

Andelin decided that she didn't want to ask for anything.

Carolynn just wants to hold that sweet baby Grace :)

Chandi and Cade after meeting Santa and having had some peppermint ice cream

Merry Christmas! We hope you have a fabulous day!

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!

Everyone who cares continue reading. As you all know this past summer Kristen and Chandler went on a dangerous mission: to make Pajama Pants. Well that did not turn out as well as the had hoped! The middle turned out to be EXTREMELY large!!!!!!! And Carolynn dubbed them the "Penguin Pants" Cause a penguin could wear them. But at 6:35 on Tuesday December 9th 2008 They Can say they have made Pajama Pants CORRECTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah!!! Please rejoice with us this holiday season! Thanks! And above are the penguin pants, pictures of the good PJs will be posted soon!

Halloween 2008

Carolynn was the cutest prego bunny, Cade the flying monkey, Bergen the horse, and Andelin the Princess
Bergen eating her sucker. Her motto was eat as you go!

Corby was also a flying monkey

Cade our blue face monkey

Ashlee as Snow White

Chandler was an adorable Minnie Mouse but the pictures are elsewhere so they will be added soon! Overall we had a fabulous night and Chandler had a fantastic party!

Take a Stand

Greetings from California! This is Morgan and I don't normally post on this blog, but there is action needed now! If you haven't heard about Propostion 8, you need to! Whether you live in California or not, we need to spread the word. For more information go to www.protectmarriage.com or preservingmarriage.org. Also you can check out my thoughts at least a few of them, on my personal blog, www.mangostree.blogspot.com .

Catching Up

We have had quite the busy month! With school starting, family here, surgeries, and other such drama, we have been frantically trying to catch our breath! So here is an quick update of our lives in the last little bit!

Chandler harassing Sadee on the first day of school

Our beautiful 8th (!!!!) grader

Robert had an emergency appendectomy 3 days before his birthday! He is doing fantastic now and we are so so glad he is feeling better! Chandi made this beautiful cake for his birthday! And no, no one had eaten any yet :)

Overall we are doing good and trying to keep up with life! If you want to see the latest family drama, as of this morning, check out Ashlee's blog :)

Sewing Projects

We have gone sewing crazy! Some projects have worked, some have not, but overall we are so excited for our projects! This is Kristen's quilt she has been working on. Doesn't it look fabulous!

These pants didn't quite turn out as expected but we can't figure out what is off with them ;)

Stadium of Fire!

Every year we are so lucky to have our family come up and attend Stadium of Fire! We look forward to this event every year! We have so many memories of our family at these events! It's so fun to see how the family has expanded and the new little kids get to enjoy it!

This year we were able to see Miley Cyrus, the Blue Man Group, and Glenn Beck! Before the show we all met at Pizza Factory and then walked up to the stadium! Makayla, Bobbi, Maggie, Molly, Chandi, Aubrey (Chandi's friend), McKenzie, Mallory, and Ashlee sat on the field while the rest of the family sat up in the stands! This year was wonderful and the fireworks were amazing!

Bobbi was not a fan of any of the loud noises but she sure was cute with her fingers in her ears!
Makayla, Chandi, and Aubrey waiting for the show to start!
Mallory (or at least part of her face haha) Molly, Maggie, and Bobbi

waiting so patiently for Miley Cyrus!
Makayla and Chandi rocking out and loving Miley!
We had VIP seating! We are oh so lucky!
McKenzie, Mallory, and Makayla
Kelly, Blaire, and Lydia
Haiden, Jake, and Jaxon
Maggie, Bobbi, and Molly
Aubrey and Chandi

The whole gang
Gayle and Brooke
Connie and Jeff
Colt and Megan (the finger belongs to Kenzie)
Tami, Jack, and Yancy. Jack was showing off his guns!

June Excitement!

This month has been a blast for our family! We had so much fun taking pictures (thanks Chandler), and making memories! Robert got the opportunity to play in the Champions Challenge Pro Am. He had a blast playing with new people and a member from Riverside. He made some great new friends! Chandler has pictures but is a little slow at getting them developed! :) Also, Chandler got her birthday present a little early again this year! She got a darling new bedspread that is just perfect for her! We also have pictures of that too but it's the Chandler thing again! We got the bedspread and sheets for a screamin' good deal, so that was a big plus! Morgan went on a cruise the first part of the month and has some adorable pics on her blog! Plus she flew into SLC and spent the night at our house! We love you all so much! We hope all had just as great as a June as we did!

Ashlee's Birthday is almost here!

I would like to inform you all of my older sisters B-Day this Saturday! She is turning 23! I would like you all, if you see her to give her a hug and wish her a happy birthday! She is very important to me and I love her. She is an awesome girl and she deserves the best! I just wanted to let her know that! I know she is sometimes a pain, but she is so fun and always there for me! She is amazing, in fact she deserves the sister of the year award! Love ya Ash! So if you see her give her a big hug for me! Ash, Happy Birthday! You Rock!

Once Upon A Mattress

Cade and Andelin waiting during intermission.
The set
Chandler on closing night
Chandi and Mrs. Makechnie

(aka Kim, she was Morgan's freshman roommate)

Chandler did a wonderful job in her play! We were all so proud of her! Thanks to everyone who came and supported her!

Our Trip To California

Well Morgan is officially gone and living in Newport Beach, California. Her house is on the sand and all of us left behind are extremely jealous :) Morgan, Chandi, Ashlee, and Kristen all traveled out to sunny California so Morgan could do final interviews and check out her beach house! Here are a few pics from our trip!

As soon as we get pics of her house we will post those too cause you have to see it!

American Girl Store

There is nothing Chandi loves more than American Girls! So we had to go and visit the store in Beverly Hills! It was in a very swanky shopping mall similar to The Gateway but oh so much nicer! We all let the inner girl take us away here! It was so much fun!

Wicked!

We LOVE Wicked! We were able to see it for a 2nd time (3rd for Morgan) while in Los Angeles. Aaron, Morgan, Ashlee, Chandi, and Kristen were able to snag some amazing seats!!! Center Orchestra! If you haven't seen it, make the trip! It is so worth it!

Disneyland

What can we say, we LOVE Disney! While Morgan was off doing her interviewing thing the rest of us headed to the Happiest Place on Earth! We were able to hit Disneyland and California Adventure! We had an amazing time and are so glad now we have an excuse to go visit all the time!