More updates

Ok, here is another update of Nov and Dec. For Nov, at the beginning, we went to Disneyland! We hadn't been in a while, so why not! :)

 The girls LOVED meeting Rapunzel. Payton went since the boy was in the picture too! :)

 Lexi didn't love splash mountain, but we had fun getting her to go on it once! It was WARM, so we spent a lot of time on Splash mountain. Lexi's new favorite ride was Grizzly Run. She loved it! And loved getting wet! I think we went 3 times a day! haha!

A week later we went to the Gilbert Temple Groundbreaking. We are VERY excited to have a temple in Gilbert! It will be 1 mile south of our house!

 Maddie got a picture with the Golden shovels before the ceremony, but had to leave right before it ended, but me and Lexi and Payton stayed and got to shovel the ground with the golden shovels. I am SO glad my kids got to go to this.

That same day Lexi got in the pool. She had been dying to go swimming, so she got in. It wasn't freezing, but it was pretty cold! (about 55') She can hardly wait for spring/summer!

Every year for Thanksgiving my whole family goes to the zoo. We had so much fun! Check out all those grand kids!

Maddie was in the Nutcracker. She was a Gingerette! Here she is in full costume and Make-up! She had SO much fun, and was SO cute!

Here are ALL of the gingerettes!! This is the pose for the finale! So cute!

In the beginning of December we got to visit Santa and

And Mrs. Clause

Even Payton sat on Santa's lap. He really wanted the candy cane.

The kids had their choir concert. Lexi's first one! You could hear her over all 60 kindergartners! She did great! Doesn't she look cute! (she is in the front row, white skirt, black jacket, pink sash.)

The kids got their jammies from the elves....

Maddie got horses, of course...

Lexi got cute hearts!!

Tyler even got me jammies!



We hope you had a great Christmas and a memorable 2010. I know we did! We didn't send out Christmas cards this year, so don't be offended if you didn't get any....no one did!

I will update January soon!

Big Update...Oct

I know it has been a long time....I would make excuses that I have been so busy, but, really, they are just excuses! :) This is a quick update! Some highlights from Oct. I was going to include Nov, but this has already taken me 1/2 an hour, so it's just Oct. Hopefully you will get Nov before Dec is over! Haha!

So, at the beginning of Oct, Oct 7th, to be exact, the kids woke up freezing....they came out of their rooms like this:

I couldn't stop laughing because this was the temp outside....

yes, that says 64'....yes, 64'. SO COOOOOOLLLLDDD!! Haha! Definitely Arizona babies! Notice how that is at 6:45 in the am. It still got up to 90' that day, and within 2 days we were back in the upper 90's and 100's.

My Mom invited me and my kids on a last minute UT trip during Fall break, so we jumped in the car and headed to UT!!

We made it!!!

We started in Ogden, to visit my brother, Nate, and his adorable wife, Abby. We only stayed one night at their place, then we headed down to Salt Lake City and spend the day there! We went on a tour of the conference center, then took the kids to the Temple grounds. BEAUTIFUL!!

I'm so glad they got to touch the temple!!

We also went to the visitors center and saw the Christus

We also went on top of the Church office building, to the Beehive House and the Tabernacle. I'm so glad they got to experience all of that!!

Before leaving SLC, we decided to go find Hatch Family Chocolates. It is a Chocolate show on TLC about little people who do AMAZING creations out of chocolate. Yeah, we found it....

Yeah, I got pics with the owners, Katie and Steve...

And, we bought chocolates. They were pretty good! My kids loved the chocolate covered gummy worms! haha!!

After the chocolates, we went to the SLC Cemetery. If you have never been there, GO!! It was amazing! They have a little map of many different people buried there, including President Hinckley

Pres. McKay, Woodruff, etc. Also, Orwin Porter Rockwell, other members of the quorum of the 12, and important women and men in the church! We spent 1 hour there, but I would have loved to spend 2 more hours! They also have a special memorial for people who have miscarried, or had a pre-term baby who died.

It is pretty touching.

After SLC we went down to Provo to visit my friend, Heidi and her family. We had LOTS of fun! We went to the dead animal museum

It's on the BYU campus. Bean museum?? It was really fun!

Then we went up the Sundance Canyon and hiked in to Stewart Falls.

Can we say BEAUTIFUL!!!!

It was great weather (still chilly) but the kids stripped down to their swimsuits and didn't really play in the water, but played on the hill by the water. It was CHILLY!!

Isn't it gorgeous!

Thanks, Heidi for letting us stay at your house, and entertaining us for the day!

After Provo, we headed down to Price to visit my sister, Katie. She had 2 volleyball games, so we were cheering her on! We stayed with cousins, and the kids had a great time! The weather was beautiful so we stayed outside most of the time and enjoyed playing outside!

Unfortunately, I only got a few pictures at the volleyball game.!

Here is the fan club...see the painted faces?? That was Allison's idea! Love it!

Go CEU!!

Unfortunately, this is as much playing as Katie did!

Oh well, we still love Katie!! Woohoo!!

On the way home, we went by the dinosaur tracks on the Reservation. Who knows if they are real, but the kids thought they were cool!

While we were gone, our Guinea pig, Cinnamon, had a baby. Yes, this is the baby at 3 days old!! They have their eyes open, they run, and they eat real food within a day! It's like giving birth to a toddler! Unfortunately, 2 died at birth, but this little guy, Little Bear, survived! The kids LOVE him!

Then came Halloween!! We carved pumpkins....

I had to adorable candy corn witches and a scary ghost with chains. Payton really wanted to be something with blood and guts and scary, but we compromised with this. He thought it was great. Do you love Lexi's trick-or-treat bucket?? I made it!

We had a GREAT Oct and I hope the kids loved the memories we made.

We had an amazing Nov...and that is to come.....sometime!

Nutcracker!!

So, Maddie is in the Nutcracker again this year! She is sooooo excited because she is a Gingerette (she gets to come out of a BIG skirt in the 2nd half).

If you would like to come, here is the flyer and information!! Maddie only performs in the following shows:

 Fri. Nov 26 7pm

Sat. Nov 27 7pm

Sat Dec 4 2pm

Sun Dec 5 3pm

Fri Dec 10 7pm

Sat Dec 11 7pm

This is a GREAT production, and the same one I was in when I was young! Most of the dancers are under 18, and they do an amazing job!!

Bring your daughters and girlfriends! We have made this a tradition since Maddie was 3. She would dress up in her Christmas dress and we would go to the Nutcracker! So fun!

This was last year when she was a doll! So cute!

E-mail me if you have any questions! edennison78@yahoo.com
or you can visit http://www.balletetudes.net/BE/Ballet_Etudes_Main.html for details and ordering tickets!

Thanks!

(by the way...I will get around to making a real post...sometime! :))

Congrats, Nicole!!

My favorite nurse in the whole world is named Nicole. She was one of Jakes nurse's in the Heart Unit and we became really close friends. She is now one of my closest friends. I can call her for ANYTHING and she is always willing to listen and help!

Well, one of my friends suggested we nominate her for the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year. I thought it was a GREAT idea, so we did! Out of over 400++ entries, Nicole was a FINALIST!! She was SO nice to invite me to be one of her guests for the Dinner. It was a black tie affair and REALLY nice.

 It was SO fun to go and be there to support her. She unfortunately didn't win (even though I think she should have), most of the other nominees had been nominated by supervisors or other colleagues. I think she was one of the only ones to be nominated by a patient!!  It was fun hanging out with Tara and Tim!! :)

This is my sister, Katie's dress. We all call it the Cha Cha dress. It was really fun to wear. Thanks, Katie, for letting me wear it! And, thanks for the adorable red shoes! They are SO FUN too!! Thanks, Shelley, for the adorable purse! It went with my outfit perfectly!

Anyways, I had a GREAT time. Congrats, Nicole. I think you are AMAZING!! I'm so glad we are such great friends. I'm glad Jake brought us together.

Happy Anniversary

So, 12 years ago I married the man of my dreams!!

Yes, we were young, carefree, and in love

(and yes, my dress was fluffy and huge...I loved it then, and I still love it!) 

This is my mom's mom and dad. I fondly called them Muttie and Grampy. Grampy married and sealed Tyler and me. That means Tyler and I are married for time and ETERNITY....we are together FOREVER!!  I was soooo honored and blessed to have my grandparents there. I was the last person he sealed. He passed away 5 months later. What a huge blessing and honor it was to have him seal me to my amazing man!

I know I was young and in love and "blinded by love" but I am still absolutely head over heels in love with my man. He loves me and my family and I know he would do anything for me....he does! We aren't quite so blinded, but I am still head over heels in love with him.

Happy anniversary, babe. I love you!!

Happy birthday to YOU!!

My kiddos are all turning one year older this week!! I can't believe it! Last year I had separate birthday parties for each kid. It was lots of fun, but LOTS of work, so this year I decided to throw one BIG party. The kids could invite whoever and however many they wanted! It ended up being REALLY fun! Luckily, we planned a water party at our greenbelt with

Slip-n-slides

and a water slide bouncer!

By the way, we hit a heat record....110' YES 110' was how hot it was during the day. Good thing it was ALL about the water! We had cupcakes

and popsicles

 and Cotton Candy! 

YUMMY!!

Thank you to all of the friends and cousins that came,

Happy birthday, kiddos!! I love you!!