12..Twelve...TWELVE!

All of the guys in our home will hold the Priesthood come Sunday...  How powerful is that?  Seriously!! Ke'Nie and I are very blessed ladies.  I cannot even imagine the strength of it but I know it is incredible.  I am very blessed to have had boys come to our home and make a safe haven for their little sis.  I LOVE our family.  Heavenly Father made it perfect just for Ken and I.  Ridge had a birthday on the 2nd and alot of great things are in store for him.  He passed the hunters safety class and is so excited to be able to go hunting.  He is now in middle school and likes it so much better than Elementary.  He is now a Boy Scout and into Young Mens and in a couple of days he will have the Aaronic  Priesthood.  Ridge is such a sweet boy.  Quiet and always with a sly smile.  He loves video games, shooting guns and bows and arrows and he works very hard when he wants to :)  He is good in math and Science and enjoys reading..finally!  He is a cheesecake lover, tapioca craver and loves taco soup.  He really likes Burger Bar!  He will be a great young man and we are soooo excited he is a part of our family.  Ke'Nia thinks he's great and always thinks of him when we are shopping!  The way they fight you would never guess it, but I'm sure he loves her right back. 
On New Years Day we went shooting all the new guns Santa dropped off and for Ridges Birthday he chose to take his good friend Jake Rowlan and his sis and Ke'Nia to Get Air.  We ate his favorite dinner..taco soup and he celebrated with a cheesecake. 

A page of Christmas 2012 memories

This year an advent calendar of service, fun and treats decked the banister.  Christmas came quickly as it does and left us with warm hearts and resolutions for a great New year.

Ken and his Scouts

Book Club ..Victorian Era Christmas and A Christmas Carol

Miss Annie

English Scones and Miss Rileigh and Miss Ke'nia

Miss Maddie starting off our story

Starting out the Advent with buying a families dinner

Taking back garbage cans

It was actually fun!

2nd Annual Book/Cooking/Sewing/Craft girls cookies exchange held at the home of Miss Rileigh

Kens scouts and kids sharing cookies for Christmas

Snowboarding socks YES!

If he didn't get anything..he would still have on this smile!

Ridge is NOT happy haha

Oh maybe he is!

oh ya..He is definitely happy!

boys and guns

Checking out the stocking

Really Santa??

The real excitement is the things we did for those around us!

Christmas...  Where are you now?

Guns were a favorite this year as well as blow dart guns and bows and arrows.  It was a a weapon kind of year.  Ke'Nia scored herself a pink bb gun from Dakotah as well as a tablet from Santa.  The flu did make it to our house after Christmas but before New Years..Oh well we snuggled in and stayed warm!

Where oh Where will HE go??

The biggest surprise and most waited event happened for Jaden and his family...no..not the pulling of the wisdom teeth :( (He had his teeth pulled that morning) But the call that will change Jadens course of life for 2 years.  As a Mother of a Son that has chosen to take this road and be worthy to do so, I am SO EXCITED!  As a Mother of a Son who has been with me for almost 19 years, I am emotionally a mess.  Here goes the roller coaster ride once again!  Is it easier this time around??? NO!  Do I have a testimony of this work?  oh YES!  It's the BEST Sacrifice for us and a blessing to all that will ever come into contact with our Son and God's servant and cherished Son.  He has the opportunity to do more in two years than I have ever accomplished in my life as to bringing people to peace, hope and happiness.  He will be so good and he will be just the person someone needs to help them in this Earthly life.  So the call he opened surrounded by dear friends and family..Yes alot of girls!  His good friend Zac and Dylan, His Grandpa and Grandma Jacobsen, The Hobbs Family, Norm and Jeff Baltazar, Rod and Ann Taggart came to hear the news!  Alan and Melenna ended up with sick kiddos :(  and the rest of the family....hmm who knows!  But the chairs were filled and excitement filled the room.  WE LOVE YOU JADEN!! Nov 28

Mary, Jessica, Britten and Zac

Dylan and Megan

Rod and Ann Taggart, Ke'Nia and Ken

Grandma and Grandpa Dax, Dakotha and Kels

My Sis and her Hubby

Such a cute lady!! That would be my niece Kels!

it's opened

I am reading it..just for a second

He reads where he is going...

sharing the news!

He accepts!!

Nie is NINE!

Inside/Outside pool in Park City

Wreck-it-Ralph

Nie and her Besties

Party on!

Disneyland did NOT happen for us when it came down to the last minute so we made Park City our destiny for a couple of days for Ke'Nias birthday.  Me and the two young-uns partied it up with Melenna and her 3 and we stayed in a sweet condo and just chilled!  The pool a movie and sleepover made up for the missed Disneyland trip and all was happy :)  Ken and the boys met up with us the night of her birthday and we had dinner.  With a half a dozen of red roses and a balloon along with presents made Ke'Nia a happy 9 year old and saved us a few dollars!