We hiked Butler wash all the time when I was in high school. Mostly with friends or church groups. When I came home from college once, I tried to take my dad to see the ruins up this wash, and we took the wrong fork. We ended up climbing some steep sand hills to get out.

What happened to the ladder from 10 years ago?

I know there are snacks in here! (And she deserved them, she was a great little hiker.)

This outfit describes our little girl perfectly. She loves to be the princess, but can't keep away from the guns and gear that the boys love. Her future could be interesting. I think this is how she keeps both mom and dad wrapped around her little finger.

The weather over Christmas break was so warm that we just had to get out and enjoy it. So we did a little shooting. I must say I was quite impressed with Bronsen and Parker's ability to shoot the 22. They both have a dead eye.


Bronsen brought the bow that he got for Christmas along. You have to be able to hunt all the seasons you know.

Sienna always loves bouncing around and getting dirty.


Kade's favorite was chewing on his ear plugs. Who doesn't love a little earwax?

We rounded up Travis and kids for the fun too. Can you believe it's January? I'm sure we will regret this weather come Summer, but for now it was really nice to get out and enjoy the sunshine.

We had such a fabulous Christmas and got spoiled as usual. It is most definitely my favorite time of year. I didn't get many pictures of the Christmas Eve party, but here's a snapshot of Christmas morning.
Before

After

Kade's favorite was a candybar from someone else's stocking. The 4-Wheeler was okay too.



Sienna got a lot of dressups and the Barbie that she asked Santa for. I can say that her favorites so far has been all of the dressups and pretend makep. It's so much fun having a girl!
Parker has had his heart set on a DS ever since Bronsen got one for his birthday last year. Good thing Santa got the letter, because he got nervous when he sat on his lap and asked for something else instead.
Bronsen got a remote control helicopter. It is a little hard to manage, but he is getting really good at it. Even better than his Dad who seems to think it is half his.

We've been in this home 2 years now. The basement decor never seems to make the cut when it comes to the monthly budget, so I've been doing my best.

We had a coffee table that once matched this end table.


I decided to change it up.


Maybe someday I will buy some new furniture for the basement, until then, I'll just keep pretending I know what I'm doing.

I was doing laundry and asked sienna to go get me some hangers. Like a good girl, she went and got hangers . . .

by taking all of the clothes in the closet off of them.