"Have joy in the home.  Have joy in your husband.  Have joy in your children.  Enjoy the journey." ~Marjorie Kay Hinkley~

Friday, December 31, 2010

Snow Much Fun!

We spent some time up in Idaho at Grandma & Grandpa Stosich's house right before Christmas. It was so much fun being in the winter wonderland which added to the Christmas spirit! That's a novelty to us Vegas folks! Hartman will usually get out the 4 wheeler and pull all the kids and their cousins around and around the house and fields! We also dressed Luka up & to my surprised he loved it! He sat out in the snow for about an hour and just looked around, watched the kids play, & occasionally would eat some snow! I thought he looked so cute, we took so many pictures of them and especially Luka, but here are just a few!



















Thursday, December 30, 2010

Christmas Eve at the Fire Station

When your dads a fire fighter you have to get used to spending holidays at the station. This year it happened to fall on Christmas Eve! As a family we have come to love going down to the station and have made sure we try and keep up our family traditions. So every Christmas Eve we always open up one gift (usually from grandma and grandpa) and it's always pajamas! So I packed up the kids, stopped at McDonalds and headed down to spent time with Daddy!
They never get tired to watching all the excitement!
The kids took their dinner and ate it in the kitchen. They love going down there and eating all their yummy sweets! They think they run this place!
Opening our Jammies


Sofia just kickin it!
The Stosich kids on Christmas Eve. They are so ready for Santa!

Mommy & Santa


Of course in the middle of our visit Daddy usually gets a call and off he goes! Merry Christmas Eve and we'll see him in the morning!

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Winter in Idaho and More!

We headed up to Idaho last week to enjoy family, snow, & many Christmas festivities. We love the snow and the winter wonderland this time of year!
We went out to Aunt Jennifer's to make Gingerbread houses and the girls had so much fun!
Their final products!
Grandma and Ava
Before leaving town, Ava had her Christmas Pre-School Christmas party where Santa, AKA Uncle John came to visit the kids and bring a gift. Luka couldn't take his off off Santa and was completely intrigued by him!

Miss Ava loved her Princess tea set Santa brought her!


Friday, October 29, 2010

October Update

I can't even begin to explain how busy this month has been for our family! Here are some of the highlights!

Our School's Trunk or Treat!






Isabella's 1st grade Halloween Party! She is my sweet Princess Tiana



Sofia's Kindergarten Craft Day! My little girl's growing up. She is the "queen bee" in her class. Everyone knows and loves her!



Ava's Halloween Party at Pre School! She was so sassy in these photos!




Her class sang some really cute Halloween songs for the parents
Ava and her BFF MaKayla
Miss Ronny and Miss Wendy
Luka's First Birthday Party. We celebrated with our family and extended family...LaRon, John and family & Anthony, Julie & family! We just love this little boy so much and can't believe he's one. I am so blessed to be his mother and we are blessed to have a little brother in our family! Happy Birthday Little Man!






He loved his fire truck bike he got from the Hartners. He could only scoot backwards! He also loved his new toy the fire station from Anthony & Julie and kids, as well as all his new toys and clothes from his family & grandparents! It's really fun to see boy things around our house!






He dug right in and couldn't quit licking his fingers! I think the consistency of the frosting felt funny to him! So cute!

On October 15th, Isabella turned 7 and what she wanted most in the world was to get her ears pierced. So we agreed and took her on her b-day. However, when we got there...her nerves go the best of her and she was really close to backing out!
I wished I would have gotton an after shot, but that look of fear turned instantly to a smile and she was so happy & excited. Here she is opening some presents from her grandparents and was very proud to show off her new earrings!

Later we had a "friends" party at the roller skating rink! She had a blast and it was so fun to see all the kids work so hard at skating. I saw them fall down so many times, but they were such troopers and just kept getting back up and kept going. They worked hard and had a blast!








Hartman made her cake once again!







Here was the first of many Halloween parties. This one was hosted by LaRon & our good friend Drea. They put on such a fun bash for all the kids!






The Sweetest Pink Cowgirl, Princess Mulan, Princess Tiana, & lil' Monkey in the world! I just love my little ones!


The month started off with a girls night at Town Square shopping, Dinner, & a movie to celebrate LeAnn & La Ron's birthdays! It's always a blast hanging out with our good friends!

Now I'm ready for November, cause I'm exhausted!!!!!