Merry Christmas!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.  I did:) well, except Dan was sick for a few days before Christmas and in bed most of Christmas day:( Other then that it was pretty fun.  The kids were spoiled this year and got a lot of what they wanted.   On Christmas eve is when they each got their big gifts from Great Grandma and Grandpa Fulton - 

Surprise!!!!!!

the joys:)

an XBox

 a Turtle, a pet turtle.

                                                    
I hope that everyone had a great holiday season:)  and that all were able to enjoy the season with little stress.  Haha I know.         Oh and no picture I forgot but Kadrey got all of the Monster High dolls from Grandma Rozzy and Aunt Kali - she loves them.

Family Pictures

 Last week we had a friend of ours take our family pictures .......  I think they are pretty cute:)

Greg Fulton

Gregory Wayne Fulton 

53, of Chandler, AZ, passed away November 26, 2011 at 

his home in Chandler, after a three-year battle with ALS 

(Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Greg was born July 7, 1958, in 

Phoenix, and grew up in Tempe where he worked for 

his father at Eaglesons and Fulton Homes. From his 

early years, Greg was an avid fisherman and loved 

sports. He is survived by his parents, Ira and Mary Lou 

Fulton, and son, Michael Fulton. Also surviving are his 

brother, Douglas S. Fulton, and sister, Lorie A. Nicholls 

(Norman). Visitation is planned from 6-8 pm Tues., Nov 

29, at the Pleasant 2nd Ward Building of the Church 

of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 800 W. Chandler Heights Blvd. (between 

Arizona Avenue and Alma School Road). Funeral services will be at 10:00 am 

Wed., Nov. 30, also at the church, with visitation one hour prior to services. 

Contributions in Greg’s memory may be made to the ALS Clinic at St. Joseph’s 

Hospital, 350 W. Thomas Rd., Phoenix, 85013. Arrangements by Bueler Mortuary 


Dan's biological father passed away this past weekend.  He made some not so good choices in his life but he has been -for the last few years- working on turning his life around. He never got to meet Kadrey and Jaxon but will get to spend time with Kourtney and for that we are grateful:)

Shorter!

So I am a little behind - sorry. Life gets so busy you know:)   Both kids are playing basketball and indoor soccer and with practices and games and work there is just not a lot of time for bloging:(

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving!  Mine was nice - we hung out at my parents and played games and ate (and there was only some fighting:)   I think its time for us to find a new food tradition because I think I am bored of the whole turkey dinner thing.

Sometimes drastic changes are needed in life - so heres mine:)

After

before

My brothers wedding

 My brother got married a couple of weeks ago....I am happy for R.W. and Vanessa (and Addi)....here are some pictures and a small video of some cute kids.

school Carnival - in sept. (and tree climbing).

I was looking a pictures on Dans phone and relized that i forgot to tell about the kids school carnival.
 It was back in Sept. so it was a lot warmer and it stayed light outside a bit longer:)  

They had lots of  games and booths for the kids - they even had a hair painting one.




There was this football toss game.  They had to stand on this line and make it into the tire and then move back to another line make it and move back one more time.  Jaxon went first - made all three on the first try, Kadrey then went she made hers too  (she had to try the mid. one twice -- because she did miss the first time).  What can I say they are pretty awesome:)


Dan took the kids to the park one day while I was a work - they climbed trees (and had a good time)

those are mushrooms - gross huh!

 

pumpkins for Halloween

Kadreys - the hair is tissue paper!

    We made (carved or painted) pumpkins for Halloween -   so much fun!  Haha

Jaxons and Dans - they carved theirs!

Kourtneys - i decided to try and make it a cat
I think it turned out cute:)

Everyones all together on our porch.
The painting took a while so I did not have time to do
anything with mine.

Happy Halloween

 This year the kids were both vampires (again). Very scary (very cute) Vampires - so watch out they might get you -lol!




No snow or rain this year !

PT conference

So, its that time of year again  (ok so PT conference was really like 2 weeks ago - I am a little behind:).
We met with both kids teachers and got to check up on their progress.  They are both doing well.

Kadrey is at or above grade level in most all subjects - she is only slightly behind in math.  The girl is so funny (and drives me crazy) - her big goal in life is to make it to Notre Dame and already gets very upset at her self when she does not do her school work perfect.  She is a bit of a perfectionist so her cursive work takes her hours because it need to look just right.  She has woken me up in the middle of the night before and told me that she is "stressing out" because of homework.   Its sound cute right?!  but some days -after all she is only in 4th grade.  She is trying her best and doing awesome - I am so proud:)






Jaxon is doing really well also.  He to is at or above grade level in most areas.  He is also slightly behind in Math.  He, on the other hand does not really worry about school and some days I have to fight him and threaten grounding just to get him to do his homework.  He also get in trouble almost daily for talking while he should not be and also for getting out of his seat and getting off task - this issue we have been working on since Kindergarten- other then that he is doing great at school and I am very proud of him.

So all in all they are doing pretty good and both got to pick out a couple of books at the book fair.    

 I sure do love these kids:)

The mountains

 Dan spend last weekend and Friday hunting - he did not get a deer but he had a lot of fun.  He did get to see a lot of deer and other animals and he got to spend time in amazing surroundings! (lucky) 
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my silly kids.

They are not really asleep LOL

My kids are so silly (and cute).  They sure know how to have a good time:)  Love them!

They always bring a smile to my face -(even when they are being naughty, i just try not to let them see me at those times).