Sad News

Our cat Cupid died today. We had her for 10 years. Thomas and I adopted her 10 years ago this month. She was such a sweet cat. She loved attention.

She liked to run into the garage when we shut it...this time she was a little too late. We found her this morning. Thomas had to go outside and buried her in the cold wind and snow. Even with all the vomit and the cat passing, we have had a good Christmas.

A Sneak Peak of our Christmas Morning

Here you see Kaden about to throw up. Notice the orange bowl? Yeah, that one is Kinley's. We woke up at 4 a.m. and it wasn't to open presents...both Kinley and Kaden are yaking. FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Zaugg Family Party

We had our Zaugg family Christmas party on Sunday. I love this party! Every year the kids make gingerbread houses, santa comes and we have a white elephant gift exchange. Its not as fun when mom and dad are gone (no one plays santa like grandpa!) but we had a lot of fun. We even got to talk to my parents on skype...so it felt like they were there! (Sorry mom and dad...I have issues talking on the phone when I am not alone...ask Thomas...if he walks in the room and I am on the phone, I will leave the room...he likes to follow me...it bugs!)I love being around my family...thanks for the great party guys!

Duffy Family Party

We had Aaron and Amy come over for our super huge Duffy family party. We had chili and breadsticks and we made gingerbread houses. Hailey was sick, so she stayed in our room all night sleeping. She was so sad to miss out

Rookie Mistake

Today I told Kinley to go clean her room. She went away (should have been my first hint something was up...) shut the door (second hint) and was quiet (third hint) for 10 minutes. She finally came in and told me, "Mom, I need help getting a blanket". Wow, I thought, it was AMAZING that a KID listened to what I asked her to do!! She needed help making her bed!!

I go into her room...

Wrong. So dead wrong.

How am I ever going to keep a clean house if this is how my children think you are spost to clean a room??

She had all her tupperware bins that we keep her toys in under her bed out....DUMPED OUT! She had all her books from her closet, her underwear, tumbling clothes, kitchen toys, tiny toys, all the bedding off her bed...in the pile! Dress up clothes, shoes...and to top it off? SHE TOOK ALL THE CLOTHES HANGING IN HER CLOSET AND THREW IT IN THE PILE!! I was so mad! (keep in mind, she has been on my last nerve for the past 5 months or so....) I called Thomas at work (haha) and had him come up to talk to her.

This, my friends, was a Rookie mistake. You don't ask a 4 year old to go clean her room and don't even poke your head in to check on her.

Kaden won!

Kaden LOVES to draw and color. He spends HOURS at it. He decided he wanted to enter this years reflections contest. The theme was "wow". He had decided that he was going to draw all these animals and trees...ect. He spent weeks and weeks perfecting it. He drew 3 "final" copies. He asked questions and learned as much as he could. I was really impressed and proud of him!! I went to parent teacher conference the night before the gallery was to be presented, and Kaden's art was missing! He was so upset. I tried to tell him that we would find it, and if not, I would let him pick out a prize from all a dollar (yes, I bribe...got issues with that? LOL) He cried saying he didn't want a prize, he wanted his picture back. What do you say to that? So, I asked his teacher, she had remembered turning it in, but said she would help me find it in the morning. I came back to the school on Friday morning and told the office my son's picture was missing, and he was upset. To which they reply..."If it's missing, he won!" WAHOOO!! He got a trophy and his art moved on to the next level. He is so excited about the trophy, but still wonders when his picture is coming back!

Hailey also entered the contest. She did photography. (Her picture is right next to the tip of her head...the leaves and the river one.) We had driven around the canyon and stopped at a few places for her to snap her shots. She had a few that looked great! I am so proud of them both for wanting to do the contest!! Both of their entries made me proud of them!

Halloween...yah, I know its late.

When we went out to let Hailey take pictures for the reflections contest, we threw them in a picture. I think it turned out okay. I won't be sending it in a Christmas card or anything. (And not just because I usually don't send out cards...) None of them have their hair done, they have on their coats and Kaden has a huge hole in his pants. I thought the picture was at least blog worthy. We had a lot of fun for Halloween. We went to my brother's house the night before for his wards trunk-or-treat and then a family party. We had a lot of fun.
Hailey dressed up as a pixie. I think she liked her pink eyelashes the best.

Kinley makes me laugh. First she wanted to be a kitty. Then she wanted to be a fairy. Then my friend Melisa brought her over a tu-tu *THANK YOU* and she wanted to wear that. I called her a dead cat when she wasn't around....BUT the OFFICIAL name she had was........A dancing kitty fairy. Go figure.

Kaden wanted to be yoda ever since he found the "perfect yoda walking stick" in the summer. I looked and looked for a costume. They had some really cute ones for toddlers....but really dorky ones for bigger kids. Kaden had faith in me though...he kept saying that he KNEW I could make one. He was right, I tricked my sister into making this robe for him (THANKS COLETTE!). She gave me the job of the ears. I am not a seamstress, so I am so proud of my ears and the fact that you can somewhat tell they are spost to be yodas! YEA!