Dumont Dunes!

Packed and loaded! We were off to Dumont Dunes! We love the sand dunes! It's our Christmas tradition to head out to the dunes and spend several days playing a giant sand box! It's also the best way to kick off Piper's Birthday wk! When we arrived it was raining! So we got all set up and hung most the evening in our trailers playing card games! We loved hearing the rain hit our trailers! So much fun and so adventurous! lol

Sun was up shining and we were ready to ride! 

We love our campers! So many kids to hang with! Non stop riding and playing all day everyday! 

No service! It's out check out happy place! 

Birthday Girl Piper enjoying her giant cheesecake all by her self! lol She loves cheesecake like her daddy and we got it just for her! lol She was so excited! 

The dunes are always a great place to take a photoshoot! We loved being able to have Bridgett come with us to the dunes! We love when she gets to stay with us and make fun memories with Penny! Cutest besties ever! They have too much fun together!

When the sun sets it was bombfire time! We all love sitting around the fire! Sparklers! Floating Lanterns! and bonding time! 

Loved our evening sitting around the fire! Kids played all sorts of fun night games! Love that there's so many kids all ages of my kids to just run wild and play!!! 

The sun back up shining! It was time to ride some more! Every morning I went a 3mile walk with Mel! Loved it! Piper and Ruby would follow along in the mini razor! lol Too cute! Both my little shadows! hahaha! 

Love the action shots! 

Walking and shopping for me and Mel! lol Riding and jumping for everyone else! lol

My Cashy boi is getting to be a good little rider! He's been hitting the jumps!!

We love soaking up the sun and the sand! lol

The best rides! Little dumont! and then over to the swings! Piper had a blast on every ride with daddy! She is a wild one for sure! She was telling daddy to go faster and do the jumps! lol She would just squeal and giggle and then before we got back to camp she would fall asleep! hahaha! She's the best! 

Campfire fun!!! Smore time! 

Ruby time!! She's the best fur baby ever! She loves the dunes just like us! She is such a good girl! Just look at her sweet face in o ur photo shoot! lol

Living our best dune life! 

We hate when the fun has to end! We snapped some pics of our camping crew! We had an absolute blast with these families! Best memories made!! and Right before we headed home we got to chat with our favorite missionary! Elder Ence called his family and we all got to say HI! Love seeing his perfect smiling face! Miss him so much! We had an incredible time riding and relaxing! We absolutely love our tradition together at the dunes! Daddy would be so proud we are continuing his tradition on! Love my dune crew and love kicking off Piper's Birthday wk! Don't mind us just over here living up our Christmas break!

 

The Merriest Christmas!

Merry Merry Christmas!!! I love Christmas morning! It is our tradition to have all our kids sleep in our room Christmas eve! No sneaking and no peaking if Santa comes! lol We wake up and get ready for the day! I take pics of course lol but in their ages before they get to run out and see is Santa found them!! My mom did this every year on Christmas morning! It was so fun to go back and see our heights with each other! So I have continued the tradition around here every year!! Got my babies trained! Even little Ruby! Just look at her little face! lol Ready...set...go.. run to see if Santa came! lol

Santa found our house!! These cuties have all been on the Nice list! lol New room décor and Dancing with the Stars Tour Tickets for Penny! She was so excited for her DWTS tickets!!! Cashy got a new Talaria XXX Pro E-Bike! He was shocked and over the moon excited to ride!!! New tumbling mats for my little gymnasts Piper and also an Aerial  Silk for some amazing new tricks! Piper has been begging for a silk for a long time! Thanks to Santa he pulled through with the goods!! Now to figure out how to hang it from the ceiling! lol I love the joy and pure happiness on their faces! Oh how I love Christmas morning!

Stocking time! All of our stocking were loaded with the goods! All the fun things! Treats! Jewelry! Makeup! Bling bags! Basketball and football cards! Tools! Even Ruby had a stocking full of treats and toys! yayyyyy! I love my babies faces! Perfection! Even my fur baby's face is precious! lol

Present time!!! I try to snap pics as they open! It's so fun to go back and see what they were asking for and excited for in years past! So here we go! Penny's present collage! 

Penny's final spread! Incredible! Oh how I love my teenage girl and ad you can see she is so fun to shop for! hahaha! Besides clothes, shoes, room décor and jewelry Penny also got a ring making kit, legos, and new nails stuff! and the finished product of her new custom closet! She loves it!! Such a difference for her room too! Merry Christmas beautiful Penny! 

Here's Cashy's present collage! Clothes! Clothes and then more clothes! lol Pre teen with his style! and let's just say Cashy Boi has the most swag and style! Love my boy so much! New shoes! Legos! Custom plate and seat for his new Talaria! riding googles! His 1st pair of 100%! He says he's moving up in the world with those! lol and lots more colors of filament for his 3D printer! Yayyy!

Cashy's final spread! He made out good and definitely spoiled! His highlight was definitely his new E-bike! He is such a good rider! Crushes it out there! He was so hyped to ride it that he rode it over to Gma DeeDee's house for breakfast! lol Merry Christmas my handsome #1 Son! 

Ok this little one makes me smile so big! So remember how I mentioned that I try to take pics as they open their presents well this little one waited until she had my full attention for every present and had me take a pic of every present! lol She is the absolute best! She takes the picture taking very seriously! That's my girl!  Love my baby! 

Piper's final spread! She hit the jack pot! lol She's still in toy land! Barbie's! American Girl accessories! Baby dolly clothes! New shoes! Clothes! Cute little custom blanket I had made for her too! She loved it all!! Merry Christmas Pretty Piper! 

My Honz got some fun surprises too! We sure love spoiling daddy! Lots of tools! Shoes! Clothes! Custom American Stitch Golf balls on his favorite golf ball! He was hyped about that! That was a fun custom surprise! Never done that before! :)

Mama got spoiled too! New checkered purse! New shoes! Clothes! Perfume! and LV card holder! Always spoiling myslef all year long! hahaha My most precious present was from Piper! She made at school for me! She is my only one left in elementary school to make me a special Christmas surprise! I loved it! She was so proud of it too! Just melts my mama heart!

We took a break from our presents and headed over to Gma DeeDee's for her traditional Christmas morning scones breakfast! Yummy and delicious! 

It was a wonderful Christmas morning together! The cousins ate, sang and played! 

We had a fun photoshoot too! It was a great morning together!

Then back home to play and get the new items organized into the rooms! Lots of lego building! Slime making! Testing the new nails stuff! The best highlight for me was when my cute nephew Elder Chance called me on his mission! He is pure sunshine! Love his face and smile! It was the best to catch up for  a bit! He's doing amazing things and we are all so proud! He's got 6mons left! Wow! That's crazy! Keep up the amazing work Elder Ence! You got this! Such a fun Christmas surprise to talk to him! 

Honz cooked up a spectacular Christmas dinner! Steak and Fried Rice all of our favorites! The kids continued to play with all their new things the rest of the day! Daddy and Cashy worked on his new bike putting on all his new accessories!! Piper was really showing me all her tricks on her tumbling matts! Wahoo! I even caught Ruby playing with her new toy! lol We had such a blessed and glorious Christmas day! Can't believe how fast it comes and goes! Let us never forget to pay tribute to the true meaning of this beautiful Christmas day! So grateful for the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ! He is the true meaning for the this wonderful blessed season! I love my forever family and all the beautiful memories we make together!

 

Merry Christmas Eve!!!

Merry Christmas Eve! Can you believe it! Wow did Christmas come so fast! We spent the day with  Auntie Em and Mav and the evening with the bff Decker's! We really had nothing going on during the day but to finalize Christmas and begin getting ready for the Dunes since we would be leaving the day after Christmas! But when do I ever not have anything going on! So let's make a plan! lol We all really wanted to see the new Avatar movie so we called up Auntie Em and Mav and they met up with us so last minute! lol Ryan had to work but we sure loved being with Auntie Em and Mav! The movie was long but really good! We have loved all the Avatar movie so seeing this was a must! After the long movie since it took up our whole day lol we got home and prepped for dinner! We enjoyed a lovely dinner with our bff Decker's! Delicious food! Played card games and just had a blast together! Love my bff neighbors so much! Love our traditiond and making memories together too! :)

Penny had a couple surprises on her Christmas eve which was so fun from her friends! Then it was time to settle in for Santa to come! The kids put out the carrots, cookies and milk for Santa and his reindeer! The kids were so hyped! Santa was on his way!!!! Hoorayyyy! Such an amazing Christmas Eve together! Love my family! Ho-Ho-Ho! and to all a good night! :)

 

Merry Christmas Eve Eve!

Merry Christmas Eve Eve!! We had the most fabulous time with bestie Shayla and her family! We went to the last night of the DTS Christmas Parade! We got down there early to to hopefully beat the rush and find parking! lol We were absolutely nuts to go down there this close to Christmas! It was crazy cook town but we had the best time together! We love making memories together with our families! We've both had such a busy December that this was out first night together and man did we love it! It was worth the crazy cook town of all the people! lol 

Because our arrival was so early we found the best seats for the parade! We ate dinner together and shopped around! Our kids truly have the best times together! We love it! Guess what.... while we were standing there the bff Facer's, Bayardo's and Wells' walked by! We pulled them into our section and enjoyed the parade all together! The parade was longer then I thought and it opened with the Budweiser Clydesdale horses! They were beautifully marching perfectly to the beat of the opening Christmas song! It was amazing! After the parade we went to Menchies! We never want the fun to end!!! It was the best night with all our besties! yayyy! Merry Christmas Eve Eve!  

 

December Wk 4 Festivities!!

We are in full Christmas swing! December wk 4 lands on Christmas week and we are ready for it! We kicked off the wk with the Bierstedt Family Christmas party! Thanks to Melissa and Jeff for putting it together and hosting! We all had such a wonderful time! 

Ginger bread making! Sugar cookie decorating! Cousin secret santa gift exchange! Ornament painting! and Delicious food! We did all the Christmas things and had a blast!

 Non stop  laughter and fun! The cousins played and giggled all afternoon! Thanks again Jeff and Melissa! 

Cashy Riding non stop! More cousin time for Penny! and several lunch dates! We are loving our first week out of school and work! 

Cash and Piper even got to go to a Golden Knights game! Thanks to their bff's for spoiling them! They had an absolute blast with the Well's besties! Knight's dominated and took the WIN! The kids were so hyped! They even had some air time on the jumbo tron! Ysyyyy! That was for sure their highlight of the night! Love it!!! They had the best KNIGHT ever!

Ran into my Bestie Shayla at Frijoles! lol Love any chance to see her!! She is the best! Cashy got a fresh cut before Christmas! He absolutely loves his new barber shop!! Penny had some friends over to hang! Then next few posts are also Dec wk 4!! Count down to Christmas post! lol

 

December Wk 3 Festivities!

 

Oh what wk!! December wk 3 was onnnnn! It was spirit dress up wk at the school! The staff got to dress up all wk and the kids  got to join in on Thurs and Friday! Here's Monday: dress love a present!!!! Secret Santa started this wk at school too! Chad also dropped of glazed donuts for Cash's ela class! Best daddy ever! Wahoo! Piper had cheer! Piper also got to have a pizza party in for class! The Chicago Bears won 20 games so Piper's class got a pizza party to celebrate! Piper was so excited! She's been keeping track of those Bears winning each week! lol

Tuesday: Light up like a Christmas tree! Wore my sparkle jeans and tinsel top! Lol Secret Santa spoiled me yet again! Pick up selfie with Penny! :) Piper working with her bestie partner on her all around the world Christmas project!

The Grinch arrived Tuesday! Best little Grinchy Grinch ever!!! Piper's class won a giant gingerbread house making party! Cash was thrown into the Grinch costume to add the extra fun! The Grinch ran through the party and wrecked the ginger bread costumes! lol Cashy was the best Grinch! He was made for this! lol Putting on shows! Making people laugh and smile! He was an absolute hoot! Love my boy! He's so funny!

Wed: Dress in your favorite movie!! I wore ELF! I love to Smile...Smiling's my favorite! lol Buddy the Elf! More secret santa surprises!! My wonderful sweet students surprising me with gifts too! and we also surprised Mrs. Anderson with her Christmas basket! She loved it and we love her! 

Thursday: We all got to dress up! Ugly Sweater day!  More gifts and more Secret Santa surprises! Wow I'm feeling so much love!!! These people love me! hahaha A funny saying I have said my whole life! If you know you know! lol

Some of my amazing little friends taking selfies! It was also my work Christmas Party! Bowling and mingling! I had such a fun night with all my work besties! 

Friday- Wear Red/Green and all Christmas Accessories! I chose to wear the Grinch and all my accessories! The kids loved my Grinch gloves! Man was Friday fun! It was a half day and it was party central! All my students were having a blast with games, movies and parties! I bounced from o ne party to the next! The Grinch even popped in! lol My secret Santa revealed herself and it was Mrs. G!!!  Omg did she spoil me! She was such an extra Secret Santa! She made the week so fun and special! Best Secret Santa ever! Thank you G!!!

I also was showered with so many gifts from carline friends to my students! Wow! So generous in their gift giving  and so loved! Thanks you! Mom's gone wild in the hallway! lol and the Grinch was a hoot! 

Piper had the best day ever!! She had a blast matching her bestie in their Christmas colors! Such a fun party and they even did a secret santa gift exchange! Cash popped in after his last exam day and got to party with us until school was out! He loves to be a student aide! It comes with some fun perks! Like Christmas parties! lol

Exam week for Penny and Cash! Penny is a pro with her exams and did amazing!! Cash was new to this exam half day business! lol He crushed it too! So proud of my big kids!! Here's their fun on their 3 half days! They played from the minute the bell rang! lol Both kids got rides to lunch with friends and then home! They sure loved their half days! Yayyyy! 

Also this wk!!! Cash had his Winter Choir Concert! He is actually the finniest! This one has the most outrageous personality! lol Even on stage he was cracking us up in the audience! The choir sang wonderfully and he wins for best performance! Love my wild child! 

Just look at that sweet face Why is he such a  little stud! lol He literally keeps us all smiling and laughing! 

Christmas came early for Penny!!! Daddy arranged Bff Honey Jason to come over and do a built in closet for Penny for Christmas! She has been wanting a custom closet since we moved in! lol Merry Christmas sweetie! She loves it! Jason is the absolute best when it comes to anything custom built! 

Saturday fun!!! Took both my baby girls to get their nails done! Piper loves nails and begs to put them on but when it's cheer season she can't have nails! So since we are out of school and there's no cheer practice for a couple wks I took her to get those tiny nails put on! Yayyyy! Kicking off her almost birthday wk! She loved being pampered and loved getting her nails done! She was so excited and happy! Penny got her nails done too for rocking straight A's on exams and finished out her 1st semester of 10th grade with straight A's! Wahoo! 

The rest of the weekend fun!! Penny with her teens! Piper with her bestie! Cash rode all weekend but I never got pics! dang it! Great times!

Honz squeezed in some golf! yayyyy! and we also had a date night! Celebrated Tanner's 40th with dinner and karaoke! So much fun! Best group of friends ever to go karaokeing with! lol We literally had a blast! Oh and also got to see Auntie Eryn for a quick ortho apt! Love my sis! She's the best Dr ever!!!

Wow what a wk! We made it to Sunday Fun-day!! It was our Christmas Sunday! It's the most beautiful Sunday of the year! A musical sacrament full of Christ! Love it! Piper sang with the Primary! She did amazing! Cashy passed the sacrament perfectly! It was a beautiful sabbath! Love my forever family! Now that's a wrap! Here's to the weekly recap for December wk 3!!! Now it's Christmas Break! Wahoo!