Onesies

The girls have been begging for pajama onesies for a long time. They all got them for Christmas this year. Surprisingly, they asked me to take pictures of them (which doesn't happen EVER). So here are some silly pictures!!


Kylie, Miranda and Carlin striking a pose.


Having fun


Sleeping?


A rare moment of sisterly love for these two!

Carlin's 11th Birthday

My baby has turned 11!!! Where has time gone! We celebrated Carlin's birthday by going to an early dinner at El Palmar. Then we came back home for cake and ice cream and presents before everyone had to go to all of their activities.

Carlin about to open her gifts.


She loved this one!!


The cake! (I didn't realize that I didn't have any candles so we had to put tea light candles on the cake! Silly me!!)



All of her new clothes.

Matt got his Eagle Scout Award!!!

Matt was approved to be an eagle scout back in April when he turned 18. He barely got everything turned in before his 18th birthday!!! (There's nothing like the stress of waiting until the last minute!!) We finally had the ceremony!!! Here are some pictures of the evening. We are so proud of you Matt!!!

Picture of Matt with his uniform on one last time.


The cake before it was eaten.



The display table before you entered the room where the ceremony was.


Bishop Wickham presenting his Eagle Scout Award



Matt pinning on the Mother's pin.


The Father's pin


Matt pinning the Mentor's Pin on Seth Astle.


Richard Jackson presenting the stake Silver Dollars.


All of the family together.

Christmas 2011

We spent Christmas at home this year. We got together with Warren's parents on Christmas eve and my family on Christmas Day. It was a pretty good year. Santa was good to all the kids and we had a blast spending the holidays with our family and friends.

Here is our christmas tree loaded with gifts on Christmas Eve.


We always take a picture in front of the tree before we take it down.

Christmas Caroling

We got together with some friends this year to go Christmas caroling and eat. We had a great time. It was fun to see the people's reaction as we started to sing as they opened the door. We even recruited some more people as we went along. We will have to do it again next year.

A picture of all the kids before we went caroling complete with candles.

Making Spirits Bright

Miranda and Carlin performed in a dance recital. They did a ballet dance to "Isle of Misfit Toys." They did a great job. I wish I could post the video but it is too big!!!

Here is a picture of them and their friend Alyssa after the performance.

Miranda and Carlin performed in the TRICK'S Littlest Nutcracker

Carlin and Miranda had the opportunity to perform in the Littlest Nutcracker for their dance studio. In the first performance, they were party guests and in the second they played the lead roles, Clara and Fritz. They really enjoy their dance class!

Here is a group picture of all the girls before the first performance.


Carlin and Miranda as Fritz and Clara before the second performance.


The girls with the Barnes girls back stage.