Aaahhhh, Idaho! Caution Photo overload!!

Greetings From Idaho!!!! First I'd like to start off with the picture from our Christmas Card. The caption on it was "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!" This was taken (obviously) in Arizona
The night we got to Idaho my sister Sara, Brad, and Eli came over to decorate the tree.
Here is Avery putting up the candy canes.
My mom and Eli. I can't believe how big he got in 4 months.

All of the grandkids on my side (At least for a tiny bit longer)
The girls all prettied up in their Christmas Dresses.
The next day my sister came over and we baked all day. This is Avery's finished and partly eaten cookie.

Hadley frosting her cookie.
Lulu just making a mess with the frosting.
Hadley got tired of baking and went to play in the snow.We are so thankful to have snow to play in. The kids have had a blast. We are going to miss it like crazy when we go but at least we will have dry roads and people don't park like idiots at our malls. Though we will still have dumb drivers there too.
Christmas morning. The look on Avery's face is priceless. The funny thing is they flipped over their babies in their cradles and they were with me when I bought them, they even picked them out and carried them to the car. Hadley just kept saying, "Santa is real!". Oh! To be young and naive again...
A few days before we left to come to Idaho we were in the mall and Avery saw Santa, I asked her if she wanted to go sit on his lap. She told me she didn't know what she wanted to ask him for, so I told her a few of the things she had told me she wanted. She just looked at me like I was crazy and said, "I guess I'll just ask him for a candy cane!" So that was one of the things Grama & Papa got her. Who would have thought a box of candy canes would make a little girl so happy. This might be one of our new traditions for her.
Lauren got a "Tinker Bella" dress up and she was a fairy for quite a while.After all these festivities we went to Jamie's parent where we made a haul but for some reason we didn't take any pictures over there. We had a really nice and relaxing Christmas. I hope everyone had a great one too. I'm glad it's over but now we have to pack it all up to take it home with us.
Then yesterday, Jamie took the 2 older girls to the Robbins to play with Gwen and so Jamie could play with Daniel and go hunting. Here is a picture of Daniel posing for Jamie.
Gavin playin with the girls. Poor Gavin, we need Gabe to come so he can have a buddy.
All the girls snuggled up at the Robbins'. I love Gwen's blanket Cass!
We have had such a wonderful vacation. It has been so fun spending time with family. We haven't seen many friends due to the fact everyone has been so busy lately. We are hoping to make it to the hospital by Wednesday night at least to be checked, considering I was at a 3 on Saturday. How nice would it be to have all 4 of my babies born in the same hospital? I think it would be great. We will keep you posted. We wish you all the best in the New Year!

Heads up

Just to let everyone know. I am at 36 weeks and have been feeling a lot of pressure and pain so I went to the hospital this morning to get checked I am at a 2 almost 3 and about 30% but I am home now and in even more pain. Being 36 weeks they don't want to start me but if I go on my own they won't stop it. Here's hoping.... I have a felling I will be going back soon, I hope it happens before we leave to go back to AZ next week and not on our way to AZ. Pray Gabe decides to grace us with his presence within the next week, please. Now you know.

Home Sweet Home

For anyone who might be interested, we are home, by home I mean in Idaho at my mom's, if anyone wants to stop by and see us feel free. We would love to show off our cute ever growing family and visit and play anytime. Give us a call either at mom's or on one of our cells. We will be here until about the 3rd. Hope to hear from you!!!

50 Things

50 things you didn't know about me until you read this...
1.What color is your tooth brush? Light green and White
2. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? Mailing a package to Virginia
3. What is your favorite candy bar? Whatchmacallit
4. Have you ever been to a strip club? No
5. What is the last thing you said aloud? Are you Okay?
6. What is the best ice cream flavor? Anything Blue Bell
7. What is the last thing you had to drink? Milk in my cereal this morning
8. What are you wearing right now? Maternity Pants and Maternity Shirt
9. What was the last thing you ate? 2 Granola bars
10. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? It's only Monday give me time
11. When was the last time you ran? Well, I run errands everyday
12. Who was the last person to send you a message/comment on your blog? Erika Allred
13. Do you take vitamins daily? No I can't ever remember them
14. Do you go to church every Sunday? Pretty much
15. Do you have a tan? You wold think I do living in Arizona but I'm whiter than I was iliving in Idaho
16. Do you like Chinese food over pizza? NEVER
17. Do you drink soda with a straw? Not a soda drinker
18. What does your last text message say? I don't believe in texting
19. Are you someones best friend? I'd like to think so
20. What are you doing tomorrow? Packing and traveling
21. Where is your dad? I bet he is at home
22. Look to your left, what do you see? A dirty dining area and kitchen
23. What color is your favorite pair of shoes? I really don't have a favorite just as long as they are flip flops
24. Do you use chap stick? Yes I sure do
25. Whats your favorite thing to do in your free time? Free time???? What is free time?
26. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? Usually drive thru
27.Do you have a dog? I wish
28. Last guy you talked on the phone with? Probably my hubby
29. Last girl you talked on the phone with? The primary president
30. Any fun vacation plans soon? yep, we leave tomorrow night for Idaho
31. Do you dye your hair? Yes
32. Can you say the alphabet backwards? Yes
33. Do you have a maid service clean your house? Kinda, my whole family pitches in
34. Are you jealous of anyone? My friend Jenny, she knows why
35. Do you love anyone? Sure do
36. Do any of your friends have children? Almost all of them do
37. Do you use the word Hello daily? I just answered the phone, so yep
38. Do you like cats? Yes
39. Have you ever been to six flags? No
40. How did you get your worse scar? I fell and slit my wrist also I ave stretch marks from my chest to my knees
41. What is your favorite smell? Fresh clean new babies
42. What is the last DVD you watched? I can't remember probably something with the kiddos
43. Have you ever been to Disney world? No
44. What is your favorite number? 45, I have no Idea why I just like it
45. Do you toast your pop tarts? Nope
46. Have you ever waited tables? Kinda I worked at Pappa Kelsey's
47. Where did you have your first kiss? Oh my gosh, it has been so long ago, I have no idea but my first kiss with my husband when we were dating the first time was on his parent's front porch
48. What should you be doing? Cleaning and Packing
49. Do you enjoy wasting time blogging? You have no idea
50. Who do you want to tag? Everyone of my friends on my list

Mexico A Go-Go

Okay, so no comments about wanting to see the Mexico pics. But we're going to rub it in anyway. First, we went southwest through Why, AZ. Yes, Why, AZ. Believe me. You'd be asking the same question if you ever went there, too. We opted not to go directly south to Nogales because of all the drug-related shootings and such, and it really wasn't a direct route to Rocky Point. Why, AZ is. After a hundred miles or so of chaparral valleys and desert mountains, we passed through Why down through Organ Pipe National Park (Saguaro cacti galore) and into Lukeville, which is basically a waystation for people trying to get into Mexico. NO ONE stopped us from crossing the border. NO ONE! I thought for sure some Federali would ask us if we have any weapons, tainted meat, or a kidnapped half-Chinese-half-Apache-Indian baby. But no, we drove right on through. So once we got out of the Mexican border town (you could just tell how little the people cared about their town: garbage, rundown houses, stray dogs), the chaparral disappeared and we were left with another 60 miles of barren wasteland. We finally got into Rocky Point and walked through the tourist trap part.

We had to order Mexican food, because there

were no Asian restaurants. Oh, and because we were in Mexico. Duh.

We thought about leaving Avery there. She just seemed to fit in.

Well, we got some fresh shrimp (the restaurant was located on top of the seafood market) and headed off to the resort area of the bay. We collected seashells. Walked in the surf. Basically stuff that is normal in July, not in the middle of December.

Once we had a full bucket of shells and sand, we packed up and headed for greener country, the USA. Even Why, AZ is greener than Rocky Point. And they let us all back in, including the half-Chinese-half-Apache-Indian baby. THE END.

Our vacation with the Welkers

This is how we kick it when Gramma and Papa come to town.







How many of you can say you were swimming on Thanksgiving day?










This is what Tombstone looks like. Lots of merchandising the past. Pretty boring.





But wait! Instead of wasting money on Black Friday, we went plum loco in Mexico! Okay, we just went to touristy Rock Point and spent a little money. But we all had fun at the beach and the dirty town. We'll give you the Mexico pics as soon as we've decided you really want to see them.
?Comprende? (That first question mark is supposed to be upside down.)